£140 - Mobo, CPU and RAM

Gimpymoo · 11 Feb 2009 at 22:50

Will be used for gaming and the usual stuff.

Dont mind overclocking.

As much RAM as possible although 2GB is OK as can upgrade the month after.

Been out the loop for while and have no idea regarding current gen mobo chipsets and which (If any) need to be avoided.

Thanks for any help.

Guzzidom · 11 Feb 2009 at 22:53

Asus budget AM2+ board, one of the new triple core AM3 Phenoms and 2 gig of budget OCZ ram?

Gimpymoo · 11 Feb 2009 at 23:03

How would this compare with an Intel dual core setup?

For the extra a Intel setup would cost, what would the "real world" benefit be?

JTrickle · 11 Feb 2009 at 23:04

B Grade Gigabyte 630i mobo at £29 + 5200 processor + 2gb memory will be about £110.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BG-119-GI&groupid=595&catid=689&subcat=

Ben M · 11 Feb 2009 at 23:06

Abit IP35 Pro XE Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £67.84
(£58.99) £67.84
(£58.99)
Intel Pentium Dual-Core E5200 "LGA775 Core 2" 2.50GHz (800FSB) - Retail Intel Pentium Dual-Core E5200 "LGA775 Core 2" 2.50GHz (800FSB) - Retail £62.09
(£53.99) £62.09
(£53.99)
OCZ 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series DDR2 (OCZ2P800R22GK) OCZ 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series DDR2 (OCZ2P800R22GK) £19.54
(£16.99) £19.54
(£16.99)
Sub Total : £129.97
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DHL @ Home Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £8.49
VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £20.77
Total : £159.23

less the shipping it's £150, just over...

Kennysevenfold · 11 Feb 2009 at 23:07

how about this mate.?

Product Name Qty Price Line Total

Gigabyte GA-MA770-DS3 AMD 770 (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £62.09
(£53.99) £62.09
(£53.99)

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5200 2.70GHz (Socket AM2) - Retail £52.89
(£45.99) £52.89
(£45.99)

OCZ 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series DDR2 (OCZ2P800R22GK) £19.54
(£16.99) £19.54
(£16.99) Sub Total : £116.97 Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DHL @ Home Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £8.49 VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £18.82 Total : £144.28

Gimpymoo · 11 Feb 2009 at 23:19

Good posts guys, thanks.

So for the £15 difference, whats the "real world" difference going to be?

Am I wrong in thinking the LGA775 route would be more "future proof" if such a thing is possible.

Im just a little uncertain of AM2.

Kennysevenfold · 11 Feb 2009 at 23:25

Gimpymoo said:
Good posts guys, thanks.

Am I wrong in thinking the LGA775 router would be more "future proof" if such a thing is possible.

Im just a little uncertain of AM2.

with i7 out and LGA 1366.?

and AM3 socket now out......

with £140 you can not future proof

anything will be out of date in a few months

Gimpymoo · 11 Feb 2009 at 23:36

Good point.

How about this motherboard:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-313-AS&tool=3 - £67.84

http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=3&l2=149&l3=758&l4=0&model=2409&modelmenu=1

AM3 compatible

I was all set to go the Intel route but AMD may just win out again for me.

Audigex · 12 Feb 2009 at 02:10

Go with either, you'll have to upgrade all three later anyway. You may aswell just keep the combo of three until one dies, then get a second hand of that component unless it's completely out-dated.

That's not AM3, but it will work with some of those AMD cpu's which will work on AM2 or AM3 if I'm not mistaken. That's not going to be many, just a few over the transition period.