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What cpu & memory for ASUS P5K-VM?
- Thread starter bsather
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P4P800-VM. Why, oh why... I had a 2.6C. I clockgen'd it to 3.2, but it didn't stay at 3.2 thanks to clockgen.
If you're not overclocking you have a couple choices:
Q6600 (or the Penryn quad cores) - pricier, if you have work or games that can take advantage of 4 cores.
E6550 - <$200, @2.3GHz
E6750 - $200, @2.6GHz. I'd probably get that.
E2180 - $100 @ 2GHz, 1MB L2. If you don't think you're going to miss anything in terms of clockspeed or cache.
I wouldn't say get the E44/4500. At $150, all you get is 2MB of cache.
Memory: Anything. DDR2-667, value RAM would be my pick. Depends on the price. You can go as low as $60 2GB kits of RandomAM, or $<80 kits of G.Skill DDR2-800 with the red heatspreaders (grab it while you can...)
If you're not overclocking you have a couple choices:
Q6600 (or the Penryn quad cores) - pricier, if you have work or games that can take advantage of 4 cores.
E6550 - <$200, @2.3GHz
E6750 - $200, @2.6GHz. I'd probably get that.
E2180 - $100 @ 2GHz, 1MB L2. If you don't think you're going to miss anything in terms of clockspeed or cache.
I wouldn't say get the E44/4500. At $150, all you get is 2MB of cache.
Memory: Anything. DDR2-667, value RAM would be my pick. Depends on the price. You can go as low as $60 2GB kits of RandomAM, or $<80 kits of G.Skill DDR2-800 with the red heatspreaders (grab it while you can...)
Midrange? I'd either go for a e6750 or the Q6600 depending on what it is I was going to do with the PC. These two are basically the best price vs performance ratio for midrange at the moment. If you want low end I'd go either e4300 or e4400. These are just my choices though. I'm a gamer though and have no use or interest in the 2xxx series CPUs.
No OCing involved makes it easy and cheap for you to decide. Like Leman said grab the cheapest 667 modules you can find. If you want OCZ RAM check with the mobo's CVL listing to see which it is compatible with just to play it safe.
No OCing involved makes it easy and cheap for you to decide. Like Leman said grab the cheapest 667 modules you can find. If you want OCZ RAM check with the mobo's CVL listing to see which it is compatible with just to play it safe.
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E2180 - $100 @ 2GHz, 1MB L2. If you don't think you're going to miss anything in terms of clockspeed or cache.
Man, I love my little E1260. I got it up to 3.2Ghz and it ran beautiful. It was pretty good at stock speed too but OCing it really gave it wings.
Thanks much for the suggestions. Going with the E6750, 2G OCZ Memory http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16820227139 in the SG01 or SG03 case with NT06 cooler and ST50EF-PLUS-SC power supply. This may turn into a htpc so how does the MSI RX2600XT http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127298&Tpk=MSI+RX2600XT-T2D512EZ look for video?
Why not the G.Skills? At $60 without rebate, its a lot less hassle.
Whatever.
You don't need the NT06 for the SG03. There should be enough space between the power supply and the heatsink for the retail HSF to function.
And this is what I think of your 2600XT. (Well, I'd also say 8800GT, but that fan looks noisy, and its still not released.) But that's if you're into high resolution gaming. Otherwise, I think the 2600XT (or preferably, 8600GT/S) is fine. You have to be careful with those wraparound passive sinks. They might smash into your northbridge or memory.
Whatever.
You don't need the NT06 for the SG03. There should be enough space between the power supply and the heatsink for the retail HSF to function.
And this is what I think of your 2600XT. (Well, I'd also say 8800GT, but that fan looks noisy, and its still not released.) But that's if you're into high resolution gaming. Otherwise, I think the 2600XT (or preferably, 8600GT/S) is fine. You have to be careful with those wraparound passive sinks. They might smash into your northbridge or memory.