my guide is up for those of you that care to read it.
i just got the water cooling stuff, waiting for a pump, and it is going on my system here:
Amd athlon 64 x2 4600+ 2.5ghz socket AM2 cpu
Asus M2N-E Sli atx mother board
Kingston 2gb (2x1gb) DDR2 PC800 ram
Xfx 8600gt xxx 256mb GDDR3 pci-e gfx card
(xxx=factory overclock, 620mhz)
emprex cd-rw/dvd-rw
lite-on dvd-rom
western digital 80gb sata II hdd
western digital 100gb ide hdd
thermaltake tr2 500w atx psu
the other system up there is just a backup/mini gamer.
i love my 8600gt, it overclocks very well even with the air cooler. i agree its not super powerful but it gets the job done very well. the farthest ive bothered to go is 650mhz on core and 860mhz on ram, past that there is no preformance gain in css or bf2. once i get the water in ill probably push it farther than that.
if i could i would definately get a second one.
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