- office work
- gaming (Wouldnt mind playing the latest and greatest, which with my current system they lag.)
- watching movies and surfing the internet
So here are the current specs below:
Motherboard: http://www.newegg.co...N82E16813128345 GIGABYTE (GA-EP45-DS3L) $104
CPU: http://www.newegg.co...N82E16819115036 Intel E8500 3.16Ghz $190
Heatsink: http://www.newegg.co...N82E16835186134 ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 $27
Ram: http://www.newegg.co...N82E16820146726 Mushkin 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel $75
Video Card: http://www.newegg.co...N82E16814129112 VisionTek 900241 Radeon HD 4850 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 $170
Hard Drive: http://www.newegg.co...N82E16822136298 Western Digital 640GB SATA 3G 7200rpm 16MB (WD6400AAKS) $76
Case: http://www.newegg.co...N82E16811119047 Cooler Master Centurion 5 $50 (Reason is for accessability without a door)
Power Supply: http://www.newegg.co...N82E16817371011 Antec NeoPower 650 650W $90
Monitor: Already have a 21" Viewsonic
Questions:
1. Would it be better to go with the Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600?
2. Additonal Fans? No issues with space for the Arctic 7 Heatsink?
3. What Overclocking can I do?
Edited by xager8on, 11 November 2008 - 08:17 AM.