recommend me a motherboard

Yah, SATA burners don't work well in my nF4 system either. They work great in my new Intel systems, though.

enginurd said:
You seriously won't notice the difference of 200Mhz, and it really isn't worth $216.
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Correction: The Q9550 has a multiplier of 8.5x while the Q9450 has a multiplier of 8x. Therefore, the actual clock speed difference is 0.5x333=166Mhz. The price of the Q9550 is $530, and the Q9450 is $316 (per 1000 pieces).

To give you perspective, the E2180 is 200Mhz faster than the E2160, and its only $10 more. So $10 difference for 200Mhz? not bad. $214 difference for 166Mhz? :eek:
 
ok guys here's my component list now

500GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 32mb cache
80GB Barracude backup drive
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450
DFI LANParty DKP35-T2RS
8GB (4x2GB) Corsair XMS2 PC2-6400 C4
Corsair 620w modular PSU
BFG 8800GTS(G92) OC 675MHz (9800GT depending on price/performance and if they come out in time)
Vista Ultimate 64 - gotta take the plunge sometime lol

that just leaves me with what wireless network card to choose and someone said go with a better cooler than the zalman 8700, I like the 9700 but I just don't want a green fan in my tower, plus I'm not sure how the motherboard would take 3/4 of a kilo standing up lol
 
Zalman is blah. Zerotherm Nirvana NV120.

Maybe we've been over this already and my memory just sucks, but... do you honestly think you need 8GB of RAM? For what?
 
photoshop, lightwave and after effects mainly

the extra 4gb would only cost me £60, so I thought it was worth it

plus I read an article on improved vista performance with 8gb, so I thought it was a good choice
 
Question, observation, and some recommendations...

Question: Why are you pursuing Vista Ultimate... especially when you could buy an OEM copy of Vista Home Premium x64 for less?

Observation: There's virtually no difference performance-wise, outside of synthetic benchmarks, between CL4 and CL5 memory. If you're not planning any major overclocking, then any "brand name" of DDR2 800 (PC2-6400) RAM would work.

Recommendation: There are better CPU coolers available for the money...

Tuniq Tower 120 HSF - $45
ZEROtherm Nirvana NV120 120mm HSF - $46
Thermalright Ultima-90 HSF - $46 & Panaflo FBA09A12M 92mm Fan - $3
Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme HSF - $57 & Scythe S-Flex SFF21E 120MM Case Fan - $14

Out of those recommendations, the ZEROtherm Nirvana has the best bang-per-buck performance, but the Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme/S-FLEX combo is the best of the bunch. (Yeah, yeah... I know the prices are in US dollars... my point is to get a better CPU cooler than the Zalmans....)
 
hmm 790g without components, getting a bit on the heavy side hehe, any particular reason you chose the S-Flex fan?

zerotherm nirvana looks great though, and only 638g without components

I think that'll be my choice

why am I going for vista ultimate? well I just fancied having it over home premium, and I can afford it - it's only OEM
 
The S-FLEX fans are some of the best performing, quietest, and most durable case fans around. But because of their price, we only recommend them for CPU cooling, where it's critical to have an effective, long-lasting CPU fan.

If you don't need the BitLocker encryption and the additonal Business features that Ultimate provides, then it's not worth the money. Here's the comparison page for Vista.
 
that's the one I've chosen isn't it? I mean I can't actually see dark written anywhere on any website, but I assumed DK was short for that
 
just thought I'd update you guys on my final build

QX9650
DFI DK-P35 T2RS
4 x 2gb DDR2 800 C4
EVGA 9800GTX KO (SSC was delayed)
Zerotherm Nirvana
MSI PC60G-F wireless card
500gb 'cuda + 80gb 'cuda
Corsair HX620

I didn't get any metal shavings when installing the cpu cooler like I've heard some people complain about, but man the fan is LOUD, especially with my thermaltake shark having a hole in the side of the case and all :p - but it pushes a lot of air so I'm ok with that, I can really feel the cool air rushing out of the back

8gigs of ram was recognised straight away, no problems with the build at all so far, apart from an issue with the graphics card fan slowing down

PSU modular cables were nice and long, I had no trouble routing any of the wires around the case, you can barely see any unless you're really looking for them, which is cool

one thing that suprised me was the length of the graphics card, even looking at pictures before I bought it I had no idea it would be so long, I had to angle it around to get it to fit past the edge of my HDD cage and now it's in there's about 1cm space to space lol

overall I'm very happy, I can't wait to get using it :D
 
This may sound stupid, but are you sure you have the CPU fan connected properly/in the right place? It should slow down a /lot/ when the machine is mostly idle. Shouldn't be loud at all.
 
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