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Hi, guys! |
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I've decided to get an Intel based box, but I've not been following |
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closely the hardware development for more than 5 years. Another |
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trouble is that most of the people I can ask don't use Gentoo and they |
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miss the point of "much compiling". So, I need your help. |
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1) CPU: |
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model,CPU Freq,FSB Freq,cache,technology |
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E8400, 3.00GHz, 1333MHz, 6MB, 45nm |
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Q8200, 2.33GHz, 1333MHz, 4MB, 45nm |
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Q6600, 2.40GHz, 1066MHz, 8MB, 65nm |
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Which one? (please, consider overclocking). |
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On the local market those are in the same price range and I'm going to |
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take Q6600 for the bigger cache (8MB). Is that the correct choice? |
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2) Main board. |
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I was advised to get Asus P5K Premium (P35, ICH9) for Q6600. The thing |
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is there are models from the P5Q series (like P5Q3) which have a newer |
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chipset (P45, ICH10) but the same price. I can't understand why should |
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I choose the premium mobo even it's an older model. Please, advise. |
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3) DDR2 |
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600,800 or 1066? The thing confusing me is that the newer CPUs run at |
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1333MHz and the older (Q6600) at 1066. So, which DDR2? |
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4) Overclock |
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I intend to overclock the system but not extremely. I've been told |
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Q6600 would go up to 3GHz w/o any trouble. Is that true? How high |
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would the other two CPUs go w/o additional cooling and compromising |
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the stability? |
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Thanks in advance! |
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Best regards, |
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Daniel |
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