Topic: Thinking of a new build...

[Simon]

I'm sure it will all be fine Simon. Hopefully a lot smoother than the last one according to that thread!!

Oh, that would be no fun, Steve!   

[Simon]

The E6750 should be faster at a single task or doing two seperate ones than the Q6600 as each core is faster.
The only advantage the Q6600 would have would be if something comes out in the future than can utilise all 4 cores at once or if you run more than 2 CPU intensive apps at the same time.

As I said above, the only really CPU intensive stuff I do is music editing, but obviously I don't try to do it at the same time as a full virus scan, so I think the E6750 will be fine, San.  I also got the free delivery via AVF, so thanks for that tip off.

I'm not about much tomorrow, so asked for delivery on Thursday, but the case was from Ebuyer, so that may not arrive till Friday.  Not much more I can do till then, except to start backing up everything I need off the old machine.

[Simon]

I'm surprised at some of those prices, we purchased the

E8400 for $231.00, which is 108.419 pounds. http://www.ebuyer.com/product/143290

Gigabyte GA-P35C-DS3R  http://www.ebuyer.com/product/131173  about what we paid.

OCZ 4GB PC2-6400 800Mhz 240 pin DDR2 Vista Upgrade Edition, 2 x 2048MB, 5-6-6-18  From US ebay $116.54, 54.7073 GBP delivered

And we were going to get this DVD Burner, was highly recommended. http://www.cdfreaks.com/devices/DVD__RW/Samsung/SH-S203B.html

Aussie prices are cheaper on a lot of things, Kate, so that doesn't surprise me.  Your DVDs are about 25% cheaper than ours, on the whole, but of course, the shipping costs negate any savings we might make by importing them.

[sam]

Not much more I can do till then, except to start backing up everything I need off the old machine.

making multiples! I'm a proper geek about this, but you can never have enough backups.. trust me I've seen people lose years of research by not having good backups.

[Simon]

Well, I'm not dismantling the old machine, so would still have it in an emergency.  Luckily, I just bought a 250Gb external drive, which will make life a lot easier. 

[Rik]

making multiples! I'm a proper geek about this, but you can never have enough backups.. trust me I've seen people lose years of research by not having good backups.

You sound like me, Sam.

[sam]

you have to be cautious - but not like that bloody BT add.. "I lost the folder"... for f***s sake - its a directory and burn stuff to CD!!! Bit of a small rant there - I just saw it again and it winds me up!

[Simon]

Yes, that one makes me laugh too.  How could anyone be stupid enough to trust BT with their precious photos, and then be smug about it?!!

[Simon]

Case arrived today!   

[Rik]

So that's you offline for a while, then.

[Simon]

No, I'll need to be online for help when it all goes tits up!   

[Simon]

Got the parts today, but won't be making a start till Sunday.  One thing I forgot is thermal paste.  There's no mention of it it the literature that came with the CPU.  Is it still necessary to use it these days?

[cookiemonster]

Got the parts today, but won't be making a start till Sunday.  One thing I forgot is thermal paste.  There's no mention of it it the literature that came with the CPU.  Is it still necessary to use it these days?

Yeah Simon it's still very necessary. I'm very surprised that you never got a small tube with your CPU or Motherboard as i always have done in the past.

[Simon]

Ah, there may be, Steve, as I haven't unpacked everything completely yet, just made sure everything is there. 

[cookiemonster]

Yeah you'll probably find a small tube somewhere. More likely with your cooler.