Finally decided to bite the bullet and get something better than my old P4. All prices here are in Australian $$ and taken from Ozzie websites. I've got $600 to spend on a new: Mobo Ram Cpu GFX I'm a student in year 10, so this will be used for gaming, surfing the web, homework and graphic related design. I'm thinking of diving in and doing a bit of overclocking, but as it will be my first time, obviously nothing extreme. What I've come up with so far: RAM Crucial Ballistix RAM 2GB 5300 $109 nintek CPU Core 2 Duo E8200 (2.66GHz/45nm/1333FSB/6M) $219 ITestate Mobo Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L $110 ITestate GPU Hightech ATI HD3850 PCI-E 512MB IceQ 3 Turbo $253 onlinevip Total: $691 Anything you think I should change? Any tips? Opinions? Cheers
Looks good, great budget gaming setup, what power supply will you be using, you'll want to make sure its something of good quality!
The prices you quoted (not the RAM) add up to $582 - is the RAM $12, or have you forgotten to add that and shipping is $12? You may be better off with some 800MHz PC6400 Memory to allow you some headroom when overclocking. Other than that, looks great. I would echo Gravemind's question about the PSU though.
All the Ballistix have Micron D9GMH predominantly, so you shouldn't have any issues running the DDR2-667 Ballistix up at the 1000+MHz mark.
I've got a Antec true 480 currently, But I guess if that doesn't cut it, I'll update to something more beefy. Hmm.. My maths doesn't seem up to date. Guess that's why I'm still in school The ram is $109 Thanks for pointing that out
