Consider a q6600; they are around the same price, and can be clocked up to 3.2-3.4 pretty easily on air cooling. 4 cores for the price of 2.
I guess you might lose 1-2 fps that way. 
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No to the Rosewill!! 
Read this: http://www.tomswiki.com/page/Tiere [...] ngs?t=anon
Friends don't let friends buy cheap PSUs!! 
| DXrick wrote : No to the Rosewill!! |
Yes sir... I'll keep looking =/
I think I'll keep with the 4850, I just don't think the 4870 is worth another $100+. Using the 100 I'll switch to the Corsair P/S mentioned earlier.
I'm still sorta sketchy with the processor. I'm really going to be pressing the CPU on gaming and not much else so I'm not entirely sure the 8400 will make it to 3.8 with stability (it's my goal).
I hear you need large voltage increases to get there. Not being an expert on OCing how does this affect the lifetime/stability of the CPU?
Message edited by Anonymous on 07-08-2008 at 08:51:04 PM
It's really nice now.
OK, so I haven't convinced you yet with the Xigmatek 
Define "best" then.
Do you want something that cools a little better and is a little quieter than the Xigmatek, but costs $103+shipping, or $57+$11+2*shipping?
http://www.ncixus.com/products/27130/NH-U12P/Noctua/
or
http://www.ncixus.com/products/235 [...] RMALRIGHT/ + http://www.ncixus.com/products/17749/SFF21F/Scythe/
The Xigmatek and its bracket together cost $37 cooler +8 shipping+7 bracket+7 shipping = $59
The Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme/SFF21F combo costs $68+(no idea how much to ship a cooler and a fan), maybe $90
The Noctua is $110, probably, after shipping.
The last two combinations are better than the Xigmatek, i.e. lower temps and dBA, but the differences are small and the price difference is not justified IMO. Of course, this depends on how much money you have and how much you care about noise and so on. You decide.
1- You need at least 750W if you'll Cross Fire
2- with A RAM PC6400 and if you want to reach 3.8GHz better to go back to E8500
You just push FSB to 400 and set Multi 9.5 and here you are 3.8 GHz
And your ratio will be 1:1
E8400 has Max. multiplier of 9, so if you want ratio 1:1 the Max you'll reach is 3.6 GHz
FSB 400 and Multi 9
And I prefer to go back to E8500 it is much easier to push 20% more and get 3.8GHz
And keep the amazing Mushkin Ram
3- The rest are good
Best luck 
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| kad wrote : 1- You need at least 750W if you'll Cross Fire
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Would you explain the 1:1 ration thingy to me?
| njalioto wrote : Would you explain the 1:1 ration thingy to me? |
Well before I start again and again I advise you strongly to stick to E8500
The ratio is N
N= DDR rating/2XFSB
If you set your FSB frequency to 400 and DDR rating is 800
Then ratio is 1:1
Using E8400 which has max multiplier of 9 and in order to reach 3.8GHZ
you need to set you FSB to 423(423X9=3807 MHz i.e 3.8
And in ratio 1:1 your RAM will be running at 423X2=846 while it is rated at 800
So you'll be taking the chance to OC you RAM
However your Mushkin RAM has good OC potential(read reviews on Newegg)
and you might be able to run it at this speed with default timing 5-4-4-12 and voltage1.8V
You need to increase voltage or relax timing to 5-5-5-12
And it is a risk I personally do not like to take
and it is up yo you
good luck
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