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q6600 asus go buy now
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4. April 2008 @ 09:03 |
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ok i just would like to say something to whoever is going out to buy a new cpu and motherboard
first words are
OMG
i just got a intel q6600 go stepping and a asus maximus Formula and a asus silent knight 2 heatsink
and well i just over clocked the cpu to 3.5GHz with ease with a temp of 30 idel
so if u r going to get a new setup go for this its out if this world and im very very sure that i can go much higher with this cpu but i will when i need to
thanx go get it now
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4. April 2008 @ 11:06 |
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You can pull that off with a P35-DS3L let alone the DS3R I usually recommend, which is still barely more than half the price of the Maximus. I try to steer people into getting quality gear where possible, but spending an extra $110 on a motherboard that isn't necessary is poor advice.
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4. April 2008 @ 13:52 |
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ok im sorry but i just got it and its soooooooooo good i thought it was good advice to recment such a good product
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4. April 2008 @ 14:03 |
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The Maximus Formula is a good motherboard and the Q6600 is a good CPU, but people don't have to spend that much money to achieve the same result. The Maximus is more suited to top-end crossfire setups.
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4. April 2008 @ 20:49 |
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but u cant justify this as being to expencive and the qualty of the board it far in excesse of the P35-DS3L as for instance it has a off board SupremeFX II soundcard and it also come with stalker, 3dmark 06 full and Kaspersky Anti-Virus products which add up to a lot of money just the softwear alone
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5. April 2008 @ 08:34 |
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Not really, the build quality of the Gigabyte boards is excellent, especially for the price. The onboard audio quality of the Gigabyte boards is also very impressive, though it's not really suitable for gaming.
The board coming with Stalker is nice, but nobody really needs the full version of 3dmark, and I prefer using AVG Free edition to pretty much all paid AntiVirus software.
Additionally, Asus' tech support leaves a lot to be desired. When you pay that much for a motherboard you'd expect good customer support. You'd be very lucky if you get it.
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5. May 2008 @ 02:06 |
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Originally posted by mrcapdown:
but u cant justify this as being to expencive and the qualty of the board it far in excesse of the P35-DS3L as for instance it has a off board SupremeFX II soundcard and it also come with stalker, 3dmark 06 full and Kaspersky Anti-Virus products which add up to a lot of money just the softwear alone
I agree with sammorris 100%
I had to rma an ASUS striker which is also an extremely expensive motherboard ($300) and the service was extremely (i guess thats why they call it the ASUS Striker EXTREME)bad. It took them 4 weeks to "diagnose" the problem and the motherboard that they did send me showed signs of extremely rough use. I usually take very good care of my hardware and that really pissed me off.
I had better experience with Zalman when a fan died and that was a 40 buck product(CNPS 9500)!
I would NEVER recommend anyone to buy an ASUS.
I am not saying that you are giving bad advice, but I bet you havent had the "pleasure" of dealing with ASUS so I am just warning you and everyone else about their bad service.
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5. May 2008 @ 02:54 |
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man you dug this up from the grave.
lol
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5. May 2008 @ 03:04 |
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Originally posted by mrcapdown:
ok i just would like to say something to whoever is going out to buy a new cpu and motherboard
first words are
OMG
i just got a intel q6600 go stepping and a asus maximus Formula and a asus silent knight 2 heatsink
and well i just over clocked the cpu to 3.5GHz with ease with a temp of 30 idel
so if u r going to get a new setup go for this its out if this world and im very very sure that i can go much higher with this cpu but i will when i need to thanx go get it now
Is that a proven stable 3.5Ghz? still not seen any reliable benches from you on your other q6600 post you started:)
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5. May 2008 @ 06:31 |
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u konw what this is bs i try to help but all i get patronizing comments so sod the lot of u im going to overclock.net
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5. May 2008 @ 07:55 |
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I'll take that as a no then !
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Sure sounds like a no to me too :)
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5. May 2008 @ 09:29 |
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lol I love when people can't take it that they get proven wrong. I'm really not a bad person in real life but I guess I get some guilty pleasure out of it... Sorry!
I suppose occasionally when I get flak unnecesarily because I challenge someone's concrete-set views I just get a bit sick of it. Not that I suppose I'm much different.
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5. May 2008 @ 10:30 |
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Originally posted by mrcapdown:
u konw what this is bs i try to help but all i get patronizing comments so sod the lot of u im going to overclock.net
the comments weren't directed at you
they were directed at ASUS.
-im1992
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5. May 2008 @ 10:31 |
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Originally posted by marsey99:
man you dug this up from the grave.
lol
i just coundn't resist telling everyone what a PITA ASUS really is.
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5. May 2008 @ 10:33 |
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I've not really had much luck with them either, but obviously be advised some people on this forum are die hard Asus fanboys from the ground up, so you have to be very careful what you say. It's pathetic I know, but that's what happens sometimes.
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5. May 2008 @ 11:39 |
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Asus make some very good boards, it?s just a shame their customer service is totally crap.
They obviously don't give a damn or they would do something about it, it?s been crap for years, and never gets any better.
I still won?t avoid Asus in the future, as I go for what seems best at the time; it has just meant that I will look for an alternative before deciding on Asus.
As for crying off in a sulk because people either don't agree with what you say, or pick you up on things they notice, then that just seems slightly immature to me.
Do you really expect anyone to take any advice from someone that can?t defend what they say even when questioned in such a light hearted manner as on this thread?
As for my comments, they were well deserved, you started a thread dedicated to overclocking a certain CPU type, but then don?t follow it through with one single post worth the effort to type.
There is a big difference from Mickey Mouse OC?ing that just posts screen shots of CPUz of a high freq, but that doesn?t prove anything ?other than you?re fooling yourself?, one ppst just showed a BIOS reading ?not even bootable to Windows and that was again a waste of time.
I fully understand why someone would feel pleased with owning such equipment as that in the title, but it just seemed like someone patting themselves on the back via a forum, again another immature thing to do.
Save yourself the neck-ache and let us do what was intended from the off, and let us pat your back for you.
WOW!!! Congratulations, you've certainly convinced me - order now placed, I?ll ask how to get it working when it arrives.
Thanks so much for the advice 'you're a true star and hero'
BTW. No mickey taking intended 'I'm serious!'
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5. May 2008 @ 13:03 |
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Rather condescending, but true...
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5. May 2008 @ 16:33 |
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This tread was made purely to show how good these two products are not to show off what i have just bought.
As for the support im sorry you have had bad expernce with them but my father has a asus laptop with had a broken key so it was sent off and was return in 14 days with a new keyboard and also a new lid cover since the old one had a few scuffs on it free of charge.
AS for me having the ump early im sorry sorta of toke it out on you lot as i had my girlfird i live with about to leve because of this pc adiiction i have not your problem i know but as I say sorry.
DK as for the overclocking post i was changing the top post instead of posting new ones as for me not posting about my overclocking stress tesT i said
Originally posted by mrcapdown:
sorry BigDK i have not got eny yet been a bit preoccupied the the new cyborg mouse and msi HD3870 i got today but truth betold i need to get a new psu so i can get this thing stable its at 3.5 at the moment and its playing games fine but the test it might not be so good but i will let it run tonight and post tomorrow if i get the time
and it failed but as i said i need a new psu as i have a rubbish trust 520w one at the moment witch could not even power a light bulb properley.
So there you have it
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5. May 2008 @ 18:48 |
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Unfortunately one of the things you have to learn about forums is not to take out personal problems on other forum users. It's a trap I've fallen into, and like to think I've learned a lesson about.
Also, just because you have a bad PSU doesn't necessarily mean your overclock will work when you put a good one in.
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5. May 2008 @ 19:21 |
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I can't see that overclock remaining stable personally.
About Asus, there are some die-hard fanboi's out there trust me.
I run my own custom PC business, we make pre-built systems but also make custom spec PC's to whatever the customer wants. Most of the time we send them what we call a "Tech Sheet" which is an in depth file with all the components and spec of those components. And the amount of times i've had the response "I want an Asus motherboard please" annoys me, because yes they make some good boards, but some gigabyte and XFX board are superior, and some just as good for cheaper.
I have the Asus P5K which i think is a great board. But i have also had the unfortunate pleasure of using the P5N-E Sli, my god what a terrible board. I think this is a hugely popular board because of it descent spec and that it is SLi, also the price is good £55+. But asus was complacent with this board i think, try installing Vista on it, 9/10 of those boards it is not going to happen. It will reject RAM for absolutely no reason, and sometimes the board just will not boot. I've have worked with 15+ of these boards and hate them. There like a spoilt kid!
Oh and by the way sammorris, i saw a post where you said if there is a place that does competativly prices custom PC's then to let you know. Well message me and i can give you a sample Tech Sheet with out price on, i think you will be suprised! (this is not advertising btw, just communicating with a fellow AD user)
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5. May 2008 @ 19:25 |
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Very kind of you nick, but are you from the US? Ibuypower certainly are...
As for the boards, welcome to the party, I chose the P5N-E SLI over a GA-965P-DS3 and regretted it for almost its entire 9 month life. Still, we all make mistakes, I just try to keep people from making the same mistake. I mean so unstable it can't run Vista, what a bloody joke.
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hi sam. We are based in the UK :) so feel free to message me if you want a sample Tech Sheet
Yes the P5N-E is quite possibly one of the worst boards, for a time we used to sell on ebay, the problem with the was that there are alot of companies on there that sell Quad-Core PC;s for like £300! We soon realised how they achieved these prices, Poor Motherboards i.e Biostar - We hadn't even heard of them until we saw them on Ebay. Poor RAM, none branded value RAM that we claimed as beein branded, and poor quality cases. AND 80% of the quad-core PC's used the P5N GGGRRRR lol.
I love the gigbyte s-series motherboards. And im a big fan of XFX!
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5. May 2008 @ 19:51 |
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Rightly so really, XFX seem to offer far superior quality to EVGA, and Gigabyte S-series boards are excellent. As for Biostar, they're not THAT bad, they're just cheap.
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