Help with PC gaming build

[Squilliam]

Tanstalas said:

Squilliam said:

Yeah, awesome card. Im afraid I own an 8800GTX in that I'll probably have it for years without anything decent to upgrade to! Anyway it'll take a year but the 28nm products are the ones I am waiting for. I never rebuy on the same process node, it feels like im not buying anything better.

What CPU etc? It takes a lot to get CPU limited if you have a decent quad core.

I have a Q6700 with an Asus P5Q-E board.

Co-worker has same CPU and had it OC'd to 3.3 but ran  bit warm so he put it down to 3.0 and it runs cool

That shouldn't be a problem. Anyway you should hold off until AMD Bulldozer / Intel Sandy Bridge are out on their new sockets. The current ones are no longer forwards compatible, unfortunately however Intel are continuing with their enthusiast / mainstream sockets.