Deal alert: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700 for $299.99!

[runawayprisoner]

Went to my local store last week. All sold-out.

And anyway, for $100 more, I'm guaranteed a chip that can do 500MHz more, and that's golden! At least better than purchasing a X3350/Q9450 or Q9300 for sure.

[Phil]

I thought intel shipped stuff directly to your house

[runawayprisoner]

Ah, no. Not those chips. Not unless I order them. I can order a batch of 10 chips for... *censored price* but then that'll take them about a week to complete all clearances and packaging and... stuffs before they would arrive. And since I'm building a system that I can use (I sold my OWN computer), I need the chip NOW! It's *censored price* more expensive than what I can get them for, but the extra *censored price* is worth it... if I can get the chip tomorrow instead of next week. It's actually cheaper than express international shipping from *censored country name* to here.

God... too many things censored!

[refraction]

Originally Posted by Phil

Ref is yours a G0??

yea, G0 SLACR energy efficient model as seen here

Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - OEM

[runawayprisoner]

Wow... energy efficient edition? I take it... that means the processor uses only 95W? That's awesome! (Way less than what my X3350 used... at stock!)

[Phil]

Ref what cooler are you using??

[refraction]

This one, well, the Ultra-120 but they dont sell that anymore

Thermalright Ultra-120A CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/LGA775)

with this fan on it

YS-TECH FD1225 120mm Fan - 4 Pin

and as modelled by me ;p

[runawayprisoner]

That's gotta be loud as hell? 45dBA?

[refraction]

Originally Posted by runawayprisoner

That's gotta be loud as hell? 45dBA?

it is when on full pelt, fortunately i thought about that, and i have it on an akasa fan controller, which spends most of its time on minimum

[Phil]

nice modling

Why dont you try water cooling you rig??

[refraction]

im very tempted to go back to watercooling, ive had it before, but i made the n00bish mistake of using tap water. 6 months later it looked like i used the semen from the last "300 guy gangbang" video to power it, which in turn made the fins on the pump spindle snap.

[Phil]

Tap water? Youre kidding right?? thank god you didnt spring a friggin leak. use pc ice or distilled water.......

Or flourinert, if you can find some

[refraction]

yeh thats what im grabbing for my next attempt, pleanty of distilled water

[Phil]

hey distilled water is cheap, only $3 a litre

Im going to get a danger den setup..(around $500 with all parts..) And Enzotechs new cpu water block is winning me over with its solid copper base

[refraction]

yeh im thinking dangerden. I had a Waterchill kit before, it was pretty good, i loved the push in pipe connectors, they seemed watertight too.

but yes, dangerden is looking tempting. look like this will be the place to buy for me. They even have a full surface heatsink for 8800GTX's! so i can stick a waterblock on the chip and still have cool memory!

[Phil]

then you could overclock your gpu a bit. btw what case do you have. i have the p182 se (comes with pre drilled tube pass troughs).....im going to have to mount my radiater on the back of my case....or on the top...hmmm

[refraction]

Ive got the Thermaltake Armour full tower. so pleanty of 120mm fan slots (ok one!) if not it has 4x predrilled tube holes on the back which are covered with them crappy bits of metal you get on cases

[Phil]

Armours are nice, but i like the flash factor of my p182 but my case is pretty tight in there

[runawayprisoner]

Hmm... I'm still going to keep the mATX case. ;p Imagine... 4GHz quad with 9800GTX overclocked to oblivion in mATX! That'd make some people go pale.

[Phil]

My intentions are to beat you at 3dmark rap!!