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[SIK_L_CELL]

Hey guys, I just returned from a rather unexpected 2 year "Vacation" I could use some halp as far as what is the way to go now. Ill be freezing the cpu and my gpu will be on water as always. Thanks, SIK

[Snafu]

Hey!

Core2Duo with a 680i board and a pair of 8800gtx seem the hot ticket.

Quads I hear do not oc as well as C2D but maybe that is changing (nutcase has posted some screen shots)

Cheers

[NINaudio]

Some of the initial results I've seen with the p35 chipsets look pretty promising as far as oc'ing the quads goes.

[Hawk]

:welcome: back . . . .

[harleybro]

SIK :yikes: :yikes: long time no see just getting things rolling again myself. Depends on the pricetag. I just ordered a MSI P35 mobo since the MSI was the only one I could locate. The 680i would be best for SLI. I believe 12 way power for the cpu which is why the quads should do better. For chips I would go Core2Duo dependind on apps you will be running. 06 sees a big boost from quad core while all other tests seem to do better in dual core. As for cards the 8800 Ultra's a promising but very expensive. I have an issue justifying 800 for a card when the gtx's can be had for around 500. If you want to go ATI the 2900's are looking promising but you might want to wait for the 2900xtx's. ;)

[SIK_L_CELL]

Thanks for the advice. I will be building another monster hopefully. It will be hard to get myself to buy Intel and Nvidia but ya gotta do what you gotta do.:na:

[shimmishim]

SIK :yikes: :yikes: long time no see just getting things rolling again myself. Depends on the pricetag. I just ordered a MSI P35 mobo since the MSI was the only one I could locate. The 680i would be best for SLI. I believe 12 way power for the cpu which is why the quads should do better. For chips I would go Core2Duo dependind on apps you will be running. 06 sees a big boost from quad core while all other tests seem to do better in dual core. As for cards the 8800 Ultra's a promising but very expensive. I have an issue justifying 800 for a card when the gtx's can be had for around 500. If you want to go ATI the 2900's are looking promising but you might want to wait for the 2900xtx's. ;)

http://www.excaliberpc.com/Asus_P5K_Deluxe_Motherboard_LGA775/P5K_Deluxe_WiFi-AP/partinfo-id-579393.html

http://www.excaliberpc.com/Asus_P5K_Motherboard_LGA775_Intel/P5K/partinfo-id-579376.html

http://www.excaliberpc.com/Asus_P5K3_Deluxe_Motherboard_LGA775/P5K3_Deluxe_WiFi-AP/partinfo-id-579375.html

err... there's 3 right there from the vendor...

should have gotten the Asus :hide:

also, stay away from the 2900XT(X) until they move over to 65nm
there's an article somewhere where kinc ran the gpu on LN2 and hit -70C LOAD!!!

in other words, they put out a lot of heat.

i'd go with the 8800gtx or 8800gts