triple channel ddr3 is only for the x58 intel chipset

e6600 would be your bottle neck tbh will have a look and see what i can put together

Was thinking to upgrade the mobo, memory and get a cpu cooler.

Dude, I'm in the exact same line of thought. Except for the cooler. I've a TRUE120 which I'm keeping, but the Noctua brand has very good reviews. In saying that, as the rig is 3 years old this December, I may upgrade everything.

Was thinking to get a new mobo to take advantage of ddr3 triple channel RAM. my current gigabyte mobo i believe only supports ddr2. Don't have a clue which mobo to get.

I take it your CPU is socket 775? If so, the mobo that I have my eye on may also suit you: http://www.jaguarcompsys.ie/product_info.php?cPath=1_28_37&products_id=2745 - socket 775, and takes DDR3 RAM. Not sure how the P5E3 handles overclocking, though :/

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BUT, and that's a huge f?cking BUT, why not get a new chip stateside, and throw the chip only with the luggage that will go in the hold of the plane. A CPU is only an inch by an inch, and in anti-static bag it won't really be seen but at the same time it'll be safe with the clothes. You'll get it for sweet f?ck all in the states. Would you be anywhere near NYC? There's a very sweet tech shop there (www.jr.com) that you'd be able to get good tech at a very good price. If your missus buys it, she may be able to get a rebate as she has a US address...?

I think the exchange rate is a euro to a dollar forty four, so for about ?162 you'd get a i5-2500K 3.00GHz Unlocked Quad-Core Tell me you're not tempted

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Just saw Grims post after writing my post. Very nice. Will look into his recommendations myself. Going from 2.63GHz to a  3.3GHz is good also.

aye another option would to buy the ram and cpu in the states and buy the mobo in Europe kind of fucked if anything goes wrong though

For you and I, yes, but as she has family there, Supa could just ship it to them, and they'd send it to the shop

Quote from: [TiG]the_syco on November 06, 2011, 10:25:26 PM

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Just saw Grims post after writing my post. Very nice. Will look into his recommendations myself. Going from 2.63GHz to a  3.3GHz is good also.

the beauty of the 2500k is that with some slight tweaking and a decent cooler it will overclock to 4.5ghz

Aye, and as it's an "unlocked" processor, I think that'd be easier to do so. TBH, if I do get it, I'll be looking at watercooling.

yeah that ram would be fine

vengence and dominator are aimed more at overclocking


as for us site all i can think off is something like http://www.newegg.com/

Would be there be any issue with the different voltage or they are all mostly dual voltage anyway. Or does that come in to it?

Not sure, but I'd think that would only come into play for the PSU's.

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On a side note, have oc'ed the CPU from 2.83GHz to about 3.2GHz. CPU temp is about 35 degrees, going up to 51 degrees when I run Prime95.

idd voltage only matters psu wise

Ya thats what thought alright