Hello, You know that old saying about building a brand new PC around a piece of hardware... well I just got some of the GeIL Ram on offer on OC, and now I find myself wanting to do just that... Basically I'm building up a gaming PC, but I realise I'm going to have to wait until February for the parts I want.. that and I'm getting cold feet about buying a part, only for it to be out of date only a month later. So with that in mind I'm wanting to do a (cheapish) new pc build (to better my older 3ghz P4) I'm thinking so far 'Intel Core 2 Duo E6750, S775, 2.66 GHz, 1333MHz FSB, Conroe Core, 4MB Cache, Retail' but thats it, I don't need a monitor or ought, just wanting suggestions on a cheap mobo (DDR2 800) (prob p35 unless you say otherwise as I've only heard good things) and a graphics card? I don't mind paying a bit more if it provides a far better performance boost Like I say its not going to be my gaming PC, just a decent PC that I can sort of play games on (better than my current PC, I need to finish STALKER), and that will tide me over whilst I carry on buying parts for my uber PC.. just so I don't rush it and end up buying stuff just because I'm bored of waiting and weak willed I know its another boring help me buy a pc component thread but any help would be much appreciated, cheers and merry xmas dan
For the motherboard, Gigabyte P35-DS3R or DS3L, Abit IP35-E or Pro or Asus P5K-E. For the graphics card, Radeon HD 3850 or GeForce 8800GT depending one what price you want to pay and how available they are near you.
Cheers, I'm think 2gig will be fine because I'm probably going to be keeping 32 bit xp for this build, and should I get a new OS for it later I can just get a 2 more gigs at that point. Think I'm going to go the Gravemind route, just trying to sort for the cheapest I can find them. Cheers for the help
quick addition ordering now, pushed the budget up a bit... just finally what the deal with this motherboard? Asus P5K SE, iP35, S 775, PCI-E (x16), DDR2 1066/667/800MHz, SATA II, ATX http://www.scan.co.uk/products/productinfo.asp?WebProductID=740897 (running quad core 6600, 2 gig geil ram and a 512 xfx alpha dog) ...Unless anyone knows better, or a cheapy cheap sli board cheers for teh help again, lats post I swear
Looks fine to me, no idea how well it will overclock though (the Abit IP35 Pro is the best motherboad for that).
would that be this one? http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=605524 *edit, went with the Dark raider one, cheers for the help* *Double edit, anyone having any knowledge of how it overclocks?*
