Lol you wrote "cup cooler" on the thread.polarwrath11

Yeah, ok. I just noticed that the Hyper 212 Plus won't fit on my motherboard, the heat pipes going from the base to the fins will touch the heat pipes on the mb. So can some one recommend a good S775 cooler that hasn't got such a big base, in the same price range (don't mind giving a bit more) that's the only real criteria. I have been locking on different coolers for a while now I just can't make up my mind, I'm hopeless that way. :P Not a good trait.

Thinking of getting the Colermaster Hyper 212 Plus, but I have seen and read that there are groves on the bottom of the heat sink (pics here) where the heat pipes meets the CPU. Is this something to be worried about when installing it, to get the groves filled with thermal paste? Or can you recommend a different cooler for a S775 for about the same price point?

Don't know if it is relevant but the same thing happens to Nokia 5800, doesn't show up in the podcast folder...

Dragon Age does not have a quad core requirement, it does not even recommend a quad core, nor does it need one. It will take advantage of a quad if you do have from what i've heard. A stock e6600 will bottleneck that 5870, at least some games will. I would look and see if your motherboard is capable of some overclocking if you don't want to upgrade cpus.Captain__Tripps

Its not that I don't want to get a new CPU, I had planed to get the Q9550@2.83 but I found that my mb didn't support it. And as said, the best CPU I can putt on the mb is the Core 2 Extreme X6800 and that is way way to expensive for me to get.

MB support list

But would it still bottleneck so bad even if I overclocked my E6600 or do I rely need go get a new CUP/MB to use the HD5870 to its fullest?

I recently got GT5 Prologue and the Logitech GT Driving Force Wheel, and That. Is. Fantastic!!! I didn't like driving games before that I now, with a good wheel I love them! I did get GRID to but never got the setting for the wheel right so I didn't play that much. Also there is a big difference between driving simulators (GT5) and racing games (GRID).

Holy hell you people answer quickly hear!:) I haven't overclocked before but I would be willing to try, recommend any good guides? The main reason I wanted a Quod-core is coz Dragon Age has it in it recommended specs:

Recommended Specifications

• CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad 2.4Ghz Processor or equivalent
• RAM: 4 GB (Vista) or 2 GB (XP)
• Video: ATI 3850 512 MB or greater
• NVIDIA 8800GTS 512 MB or greater
• DVD ROM (Physical copy)
• 20 GB HD space

I actually have the 8800GTS 640mb but I want a DX11 card with an HDMI port, so I don't have to get a new card any time soon. Shame its sold-out everywhere.

So the howl thing would just bottleneck if a jacked up the detail with my current CPU :( it was not in my budget to get a new mb... ;):?

Hi

I'm going to by the ATI HD5870 and go from 2gb to 4gb of RAM and I had plan to get a new CPU to, but my Intel motherboard (Asus P5N32-SLI Premium) can't even take Quad-cores. I currently have a Core2Duo E6600 @ 2.4GHz.
Will the CPU and motherboard hold back the howl system if all I want to do is game, or wont it rely matter in game the preferment if I got a new motherboard and CPU???

thx

I am definitly playing this game.NemesisLives