Critique My E6750 Core 2 Build Before I Buy

[gigahertz20]

I'm going to be building a new computer soon as my current 2.2GHz Socket A AMD processor and Radeon 9700 Pro are way to slow. I've been waiting for the new Intel Core 2 Duos and now they are here.

Tell me what you think? Suggestions? Comments? I'm not buying a Q6600 quad core because I primarily game and don't do video encoding or 3D rendering. I also chose the Geforce 7900GS because I don't want to plunge on a new DX10 card such as an 8800GTS yet. I only have a 19" 1280X1024 monitor so a 7900GS is fine for the games I play. I'll upgrade it if games like Crysis, TF2, Half-Life Episode 2 have unplayable frame rates on it (I doubt).



My Build


INTEL CORE 2 DUO E6750 2.66GHZ DUAL CORE W/4MB CACHE 1333MHZ
http://www.mwave.com/mwave/vie...a=BA24051&RSKU=BA24051
$195


GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3R LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...p?item=N82E16813128050
$130


G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-6400PHU2-2GBHZ - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...p?item=N82E16820231065
$130

EVGA 256-P2-N624-AR GeForce 7900GS 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 KO Video Card - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...p?item=N82E16814130056
$125 $105 after rebate


Corsair HX Series CMPSU-520HX 520W Power Supply Retail
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/...&prodlist=pricegrabber
$105.00 $95 after rebate



Total Before Rebates: $685



No Optical Drive, Hard Drive, Case, Speakers, Monitor, OS, Mouse, Keyboard is needed (I already bought an Antec P180 case and a 500GB Seagate 7200.10 on July 4th)

 

[Blain]

Wait a few days on buying the CPU.

 

[gigahertz20]

Originally posted by: Blain
Wait a few days on buying the CPU.

Yeah, I'm going to wait until the middle of this week and see if Newegg or some other e-tailers get them in. I don't think they will get much cheaper in price though, the suggested price according to Anandtech is $183 so $195 at mwave is not that bad.

 

[Sinn707]

Looks great. Any plans to oc by the way?

 

[gigahertz20]

Originally posted by: Sinn707
Looks great. Any plans to oc by the way?

Yeah a friend is going to give me a Thermaltake Big Typhoon VX, it's not the best HSF (Anandtech did a review on it) but it should allow me to OC it fairly good.



I wish Anandtech would have overclocked the E6750 in their article they posted last week, I'm curious as to how far I will be able to push the E6750, I'm thinking around 3.6GHz.

 

[Sinn707]

Stable 3.6 would be tough with mediocre air cooling but 3.2 should pretty doable. No 2 chips are the same unfortunately so you never know.

 

[gigahertz20]

Originally posted by: Sinn707
Stable 3.6 would be tough with mediocre air cooling but 3.2 should pretty doable. No 2 chips are the same unfortunately so you never know.

Maybe, but I heard the E6750's and the E6850's are great overclockers. The Typhoon VX isn't that bad of a cooler. I'll have to wait and see what other people report for their OCing results with this proc.

http://www.anandtech.com/casec...howdoc.aspx?i=3005&p=5

 

[mrfatboy]

i am getting the same basic setup in the next week except for the following.

1)8800 GTS 640
2)P35C-DS3R (can't beat upward compatibility for $30)
3) I was going to get that ram but got 2GB Crucial Ballistix for $60 the week of the 4th


have fun!

 

[gigahertz20]

Originally posted by: mrfatboy
i am getting the same basic setup in the next week except for the following.

1)8800 GTS 640
2)P35C-DS3R (can't beat upward compatibility for $30)
3) I was going to get that ram but got 2GB Crucial Ballistix for $60 the week of the 4th


have fun!

Damn for $60 I hate you! Where did you find this deal?