CPU and Mobo needed
Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 1:20 pm
As the last Intel system I built was a dual celeron setup on the Famous Abit BP6 it has been quite some time for me, and I require some assistance.
The mobo first.
I am a fan of Gigabyte and build PC's with their motherboards regulary, they are all however AMD systems. I know little or nothing about the differences between chipsets for Intel CPU's apart from their advertised specs.
The P35 chipset seems to be popular amongst the people on the SPCR forums, particulary the Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3 range of boards.
How much faster is the P35 chipset compared to the G33 and G31, or indeed the various nVidia chipsets, and how much slower is it compared to its higher numbered brethren.?
I am not planning for the worlds fastest system, merely one that will be plenty fast enough for most people, with the possibility of a nice overclock, and Ideally dont want to spend more than £65 which will buy me a GA-P35-DS3. Is their any point trying to save £20 by buying a motherboard with a lesser chipset.?
The CPU.
As Intel are about to do a price drop on their entire range in a couple of days, I am quite open on this one.
I was originally looking at building a system around a 5000+, but as the Intel CPUs that just beat it in performance are not much more expensive, and have the ability for large overclocks I started looking at Intel CPU's, specifically the E4500.
Is this a wise choice for a CPU.
BTW, this CPU and mobo will be replacing my Asus A8R-MVP and 4000+ with 2GB of RAM. I am also buying 4GB of 1000MHz RAM which should help me gain a reasonable overclock. I am planning on buying the Xigmatek HDT-S1283, and running it with my Nexus @ 5v, this should keep the CPU temps within sensible realms even when overclocked a little.
Any and all suggestions are welcome.
Andy
The mobo first.
I am a fan of Gigabyte and build PC's with their motherboards regulary, they are all however AMD systems. I know little or nothing about the differences between chipsets for Intel CPU's apart from their advertised specs.
The P35 chipset seems to be popular amongst the people on the SPCR forums, particulary the Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3 range of boards.
How much faster is the P35 chipset compared to the G33 and G31, or indeed the various nVidia chipsets, and how much slower is it compared to its higher numbered brethren.?
I am not planning for the worlds fastest system, merely one that will be plenty fast enough for most people, with the possibility of a nice overclock, and Ideally dont want to spend more than £65 which will buy me a GA-P35-DS3. Is their any point trying to save £20 by buying a motherboard with a lesser chipset.?
The CPU.
As Intel are about to do a price drop on their entire range in a couple of days, I am quite open on this one.
I was originally looking at building a system around a 5000+, but as the Intel CPUs that just beat it in performance are not much more expensive, and have the ability for large overclocks I started looking at Intel CPU's, specifically the E4500.
Is this a wise choice for a CPU.
BTW, this CPU and mobo will be replacing my Asus A8R-MVP and 4000+ with 2GB of RAM. I am also buying 4GB of 1000MHz RAM which should help me gain a reasonable overclock. I am planning on buying the Xigmatek HDT-S1283, and running it with my Nexus @ 5v, this should keep the CPU temps within sensible realms even when overclocked a little.
Any and all suggestions are welcome.
Andy