So I've been out of the overclocking scene for a long time.
I'm thinking of a new system. I do photoshop so clockspeed is cruical. However, photographic equipment takes presidence over computer stuff ,so I need the cheapest way to get the fastest speed.
I realize conroe is amazing and you can overclock these things to 3GHz+.
However, motherboards seem expensive. RAM seems expensive (and I need a lot of RAM, at least 2GB).
I guess I can't just pick up a cheap 965P board and cheap RAM (lots of it) and a E6200 and hope it hits 3GHz? 4GHz?
I don't need fancy stuff, I don't need RAID. Thoughts? What's the cheapest way to get the best speed?
I'm thinking of a new system. I do photoshop so clockspeed is cruical. However, photographic equipment takes presidence over computer stuff ,so I need the cheapest way to get the fastest speed.
I realize conroe is amazing and you can overclock these things to 3GHz+.
However, motherboards seem expensive. RAM seems expensive (and I need a lot of RAM, at least 2GB).
I guess I can't just pick up a cheap 965P board and cheap RAM (lots of it) and a E6200 and hope it hits 3GHz? 4GHz?
I don't need fancy stuff, I don't need RAID. Thoughts? What's the cheapest way to get the best speed?