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Here are the parts that i ordered:

 

ASUS P5N32-E SLI LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail

Arctic Silver CMQ-22G The high-density, ceramic-based thermal compound

Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 Conroe 1.86GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX80557E6300 - OEM (open box)

Dynatron DF124028BH-3/L 40mm 2 Ball Cooling Fan Fan for 1U System - oem

EVGA 640-P2-N821-AR GeForce 8800GTS 640MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Video Card - retail

CORSAIR XMS2 DOMINATOR 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TWIN2X2048-6400C4D - retail

FAN CORSAIR XMS|CMXAF1 RTL - retail

COOLER MASTER RL-MUA-EBU1 AQUAGATE Mini R80 / R120 Liquid Cooling System - retail

OCZ GameXStream OCZ700GXSSLI ATX12V 700W Power Supply - retail

Antec Performance One P180B Black Mid Tower Computer Case

 

The parts that are migrating over form my old system:

Logitech G15 Keyboard

Gateway Fpd2275w 22inch widescreen HD Display

Soundblaster X-fi extreme gamer fatality edition

Microsoft intellimouse explorer 4.0

 

well there is everything what do you think?

 

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My only ding is on the Aquagate Mini..

 

Other than that..awesome system.

 

:)

 

have a bad experience with it? its working liek a charm atm. 20c temps at idle. doing windows update at the moment, another hour or so. then its off to the benchies.

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have a bad experience with it? its working liek a charm atm. 20c temps at idle. doing windows update at the moment, another hour or so. then its off to the benchies.

 

I guess it depends on your intentions.

If you intend to o/c the piss outta her then its not going to hold up very well.

DD makes some uber affordable kits and components that lay waste to most pre-packaged setups.

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Wow, I think you went a little overboard, but whatever floats your boat :\

 

I just built a new computer, but I reused a lot of stuff. I only got a new Mobo (MSI MS-7350), new processor (Core 2 Duo E4300), and some new ram (2 gigs of Wintec DDR2). I also bought a 7900 GT CO SC off of a friend of mine in Michigan who was running two in SLi mode, but he got rid of one because he is a college student and needs money. lol

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Wow, I think you went a little overboard, but whatever floats your boat :\

 

I just built a new computer, but I reused a lot of stuff. I only got a new Mobo (MSI MS-7350), new processor (Core 2 Duo E4300), and some new ram (2 gigs of Wintec DDR2). I also bought a 7900 GT CO SC off of a friend of mine in Michigan who was running two in SLi mode, but he got rid of one because he is a college student and needs money. lol

 

i had to. the only thing form my old sys i could reuse was the monitor, kybd mouse and sound card.

 

I was running:

 

p4 2.6ht o/c to 2.86

2 gb corsair twinx pc3200 ddr ram

radeon x1950pro agp 256mb

asus p4p800-e

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I guess it depends on your intentions.

If you intend to o/c the piss outta her then its not going to hold up very well.

DD makes some uber affordable kits and components that lay waste to most pre-packaged setups.

 

The E6300 on a STOCK intel cooler will overclock to well over 2.8ghz. So using a lowerend water cooling solution to hit speeds a bit higher is nice and the price of 49$ makes it a no brainer.

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nice setup

 

but i thought Ceramique was intended to be a temporary testing compound removed and reapplied a lot

unlike AS5 which is intended to be a permanent compound solution

 

its artic silver ceramique. so i dunno. its good shit though

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The E4300 is a goooood budget oc chip. BUT if you have the money to put into better ram and mobo you can push the E6300 further.

 

that is not what I heard, Bill. I heard that the E4300 can be pushed to 3.2, where as the 6300 will only safely go to 2.8.

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that is not what I heard, Bill. I heard that the E4300 can be pushed to 3.2, where as the 6300 will only safely go to 2.8.

 

i've seen the 6300 reliably go to 3.4ghz

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My only suggestion would be to have waited until mid April. Intel is going to drop their prices on processors drastically. I'm waiting til then and then going to spring for a whole new setup w/ an EVGA 8800GTS or better, and a quad core proc.

 

Nice selection though.

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Megaman that is what i read and thought before too.

 

no doubt we talked about it at the lan. Well just last week I got into with a buddy he showed me a site ( I can't rember it) thats a Oc comparison page. the E4300 is a damn good performer for the money its awesome as shit. The E6300 was just hitting higher numbers. I ran mine at 2.7 upstairs at the lan and 2.9 downstairs. But I was just showing off to someone that the machine would run sollid at 2.9

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That's a nice lil rig there. Great choice on a case, ram, & video. I don't care too much for that mobo, but it should hold up.

 

<E-Penis wagging>

I've got a watercooled (made my own) E6600 (4MB L2 cache) overclocked to 3.42Ghz on a Abit AW9D w/2GB XMS DDR2-800 Plus a X1900XT 512MB, soon to be a X2900XT 1GB.

</E-penis wagging>

 

I think pretty much all the Core 2 Duos are good overclockers as long as you put a good quality cooler and Arctic silver compound. I recommend the Arctic silver MX-1, as it has the thermal properties of the silver, but it is non conductive and has a 5+ year lifespan.

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