So sunday I am getting a Q8200 Engineering Sample chip for my main rig. It will get overclocked until it can't go any further, me thinks. I wouldn't be surprised if it stopped around 3.3 to 3.4 for me due to the low multiplier. Oh well...
Anywho, I'm getting this chip by trading a set of triple channel DDR3 memory for it. The same person is also selling me some mushkin redline, DDR2 for 20$. Good deal I think, since that's 1/3 the price. This unfortunately leaves me at a tough decision to make:
I will have 3 computers, but how I purpose them decides what kind of motherboard I'll buy to drop my E5300 and the redline into. I'm considering having either the E5300 go into media center/server duty, or having the 3800X2 powered AMD rig running as a file server. Literally, all I need is a case and a motherboard... so help me decide here:
If I go with the Media Server E5300 route, I'm almost 100% positive I'll be running the E5300 near stock, probably with power saving features enabled and all that, with a 9400 based IGP board... micro-ATX or mini-ATX, depending, and probably a Zotac product. I'll have an appropriately small case. I'm not sure on whether this 9400 solution would be compatible with blu-ray, as it's something I'd like to have it be used for. I'll also be getting a 23" monitor that does 1080 for use as a TV. I have speakers. I'm also not sure if the HDMI is already rigged to the onboard sound or not. If it was, that'd make an even more ideal integrated solution.
But that's something I'm playing with.
Now, there's the alternative route. I can setup the E5300 as my woman's gaming machine, this is probably the nicer route to take for us since we more than likely won't be using any type of player in the living room anyway. If she gets an E5300, she gets all the speed I'm used to, and the 3800 will get relocated to a more appropriate place for it's age and power level. Granted, it's still a quick system, but I won't lie and say I'm giving her the short straw (but if you look at my sig her box ain't terrible, labeled "Hers")
So yeah, kind of wordy, but maybe you guys can help me. I need a purposed build here, either updated gaming box for her, or a media center. How should I build out my E5300 for our home?
Anywho, I'm getting this chip by trading a set of triple channel DDR3 memory for it. The same person is also selling me some mushkin redline, DDR2 for 20$. Good deal I think, since that's 1/3 the price. This unfortunately leaves me at a tough decision to make:
I will have 3 computers, but how I purpose them decides what kind of motherboard I'll buy to drop my E5300 and the redline into. I'm considering having either the E5300 go into media center/server duty, or having the 3800X2 powered AMD rig running as a file server. Literally, all I need is a case and a motherboard... so help me decide here:
If I go with the Media Server E5300 route, I'm almost 100% positive I'll be running the E5300 near stock, probably with power saving features enabled and all that, with a 9400 based IGP board... micro-ATX or mini-ATX, depending, and probably a Zotac product. I'll have an appropriately small case. I'm not sure on whether this 9400 solution would be compatible with blu-ray, as it's something I'd like to have it be used for. I'll also be getting a 23" monitor that does 1080 for use as a TV. I have speakers. I'm also not sure if the HDMI is already rigged to the onboard sound or not. If it was, that'd make an even more ideal integrated solution.
But that's something I'm playing with.
Now, there's the alternative route. I can setup the E5300 as my woman's gaming machine, this is probably the nicer route to take for us since we more than likely won't be using any type of player in the living room anyway. If she gets an E5300, she gets all the speed I'm used to, and the 3800 will get relocated to a more appropriate place for it's age and power level. Granted, it's still a quick system, but I won't lie and say I'm giving her the short straw (but if you look at my sig her box ain't terrible, labeled "Hers")
So yeah, kind of wordy, but maybe you guys can help me. I need a purposed build here, either updated gaming box for her, or a media center. How should I build out my E5300 for our home?
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