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faqman98
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_ 		27. September 2007 @ 21:42 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Get a P35 (ASUS, Gigabyte, MSI) motherboard, they are good for overclocking. The 975X is old and outdated and not worth $215. The corsair power supply can be obtained from buy.com for $30 cheaper. The q6600 will only go as high as 3.2GHz when overclocking on air I believe, but once again why overclock when you can run all your programs just fine at stock speed. (The q6600 comes in two flavors an older B3 stepping model and the newer G0 stepping model which is from what i heard a better overclocker.) I know Clubit.com ($266) and tankguys.com have those. From newegg a G0 model is not guaranteed.
If you are going to overclock make sure you get a good CPU cooler because the stock cooler sucks. Zalmans are good.
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_ 		28. September 2007 @ 04:41 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
There's nothing explicitly wrong with 975X, it produced the Asus P5W-DH Deluxe, a great overclocking board, but Intel's own boards are pretty suck at overclocking.
The Corsair HX 520W is the far better power supply of the two, so go with that one.

Go with this motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...byte%2bP35-DS3P
The rest looks good.
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Yea there is nothing wrong with the 975X exept for the fact the southbridge is two generations old and that benchmarking has shown that the P35 is faster.
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faqman98
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thanks a ton
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