Good Gaming CPU and Board?

[SixOne]

Hello everyone, This is my first time on this forum and I am very new to custom built computers.

I would like to know if anyone has any recommendations on MotherBoards and CPU's that are great and also(remember I said I was new to the whole thing)easy to overclock for A mainly Gaming PC.

I would like the Motherboard and CPU to be under an affordable Price of $400(I am a Student who recently became employed and is still being trained with a minimal 4 hour shift weekly)

AMD or Intel, makes no difference to me. I was thinking something along the lines of A XFX 680i LT SLI Motherboard and A Intel Core 2 Duo E6550 2.33 GHz , although I would like to pay a little less for something with the same perfromance( Overclocking a smaller processor is an definate option)

I plan on using a Thermaltake Armor Jr. Case if this helps at all.

Once I can make some extra money I plan on upgrading to Liquid Cooling.

Any Help Would be Appriciated,

Six.

P.S. please excuse my spelling errors, I am only 14.

[enaberif]

p5k-e + e6760 or q6600

[Cptn Vortex]

Gigabyte P35-DS3L, and a Xeon X3210 quadcore. Chances are the X3210 will be G0, and it should easily get 3.2GHZ with little to no Vcore boost. The gigabyte board is also quite friendly for Overclocking, and has some great BIOS recovery features for when you mess up!

[SixOne]

Aren't Xeon Processors used for servers?

[Cptn Vortex]

Traditionally, yes. But the 3000 series are designed for single processor boards, or workstation class CPU's, not so much Server CPU's. You can pop them in any S775 board that supports core 2 Quad CPU's. They also run at lower stock voltage, and allow for longer chip life at higher temps. Essentially they are just higher binned Core 2 Quads, picked out of the same fab for their quality over the regular Core 2 chips.

[SixOne]

the Xeon May be an Option although, it may cost more for a processor than anticipated.

[Prof. Dr. Silver]

Originally Posted by Cptn Vortex

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The Vortex (Formerly the Windtunnel)

w00000t....I like the name change....!

And yeah, definately go quad and P35....should be some great deals around! Make sure you compare a lot of them!

Seasons Greetings

[Cptn Vortex]

Yeah, there is still alot of air moving around, but is much less organized than a Windtunnell hehe..


As for the price of the Quads, they are not too expensive.
http://www.frontierpc.com/ProductDet...essor&version=
NCIX.com - Buy Intel Xeon X3210 Quad Core Processor 2.13GHZ LGA775 8MB 1066FSB Retail Processor - BX80562X3210 In Canada.

[3.0charlie]

I second the Captain's choices, under 400$ - great combo. Slap a Thermalright Ultima90 with a Scythe fan and you're good to go.

And welcome to the forums!

John

[SixOne]

Originally Posted by Cptn Vortex

Traditionally, yes. But the 3000 series are designed for single processor boards, or workstation class CPU's, not so much Server CPU's. You can pop them in any S775 board that supports core 2 Quad CPU's. They also run at lower stock voltage, and allow for longer chip life at higher temps. Essentially they are just higher binned Core 2 Quads, picked out of the same fab for their quality over the regular Core 2 chips.

So would it be possible to attain similar effects with the Intel Xeon 3065 but with lower GHz's if OC'ed?