Asking for your advice on a new system

[sttobin]

Hi All,

I?m putting together a new system and looking for input. The system I have roughed out:
E6600 - I want the 4MB cache.
Asus P5B Deluxe or Striker MB
2GB Corsair TWIN2X2048-6400C4 (800 MHZ) or 2GB Corsair TWIN2X2048-8500C5D (1066 MHz)
Tuniq Tower 120
Two Raptors on RAID 0
eVGA e-GeForce 7950 GT KO PCI Express 512MB GDDR3 Video Card

I plan to OC the E6600 from 266 MHz to 380 MHz, which should give me a CPU running at 3.4 GHZ if my math is correct. I am assuming the Tuniq Tower will keep the CPU cool enough.

The system is not really for gaming, more for use with graphics programs such as CS2.

I am wondering:
1. Does it make any sense to buy the Corsair TWIN2X2048-8500C5D? Shouldn't the
Corsair TWIN2X2048-6400C4 be able to handle a 1:1 ratio for my OC needs?

2. Which MB would be a better choice for OC and RAID? Stable/Mature Bios and
Drivers are my concern.

Any advice would be great.

 

[jpeyton]

P5B-E/Deluxe or Gigabyte DS3 would be my choices.

If you're not gaming and using the system for CS2, buy a slower graphics card and add more RAM.

 

[gOJDO]

I agree with jpeyton. You can also look after Gigabyte GA965P-S3. The S3 is cheaper then the DS3 and the only difference is the solid capacitors on the DS3. I am writing this post from a DS3, running my E6400 OCed at 3.2GHz(8x400). All Gigabyte GA965P-xxx mainboards are a good choice and are excellent OC-ers.
The P5B series are very good OC-ers also, except the P5B Vanilla. The best from Asus, if you are not going to put 2 graphics card is the Asus Commando. It is better than Striker.

 

[rxblitzrx]

S3 is a solid board. I've had no trouble with mine and for the price you can't beat it. I'm pretty sure you can hit whatever overclock you want with the S3 so I would spend the extra money somewhere else. For instance, get a northbridge cooler,a VGA cooler for your video card, or a quiet power supply.

If you're like me and don't game at all, a silent running system is music to my ears.