Best CPU/Mobo/Heatsink combo for ~£110
Hi,
I'm looking to buy a dual core processor (to overclock as close to 3Ghz as possible), motherboard and heatsink (if the stock one isn't enough) for someone who has ~£110 to spend. Can anyone think of a better combination than this:
Gigabyte P31-DS3 (£46.99)
Intel Core 2 Duo E2180 (£45.81)
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro (£17.61)
The PSU is 650W Seasonic and I've already got 4GB Crucial Ballistix PC5300 RAM to put into it along with the existing hard drives, DVD-RW and 7800GT so that side of things is all sorted. Ultimately the user would want to get a Radeon HD 4850 in time without any bottlenecking issues.
Hi,
I'm looking to buy a dual core processor (to overclock as close to 3Ghz as possible), motherboard and heatsink (if the stock one isn't enough) for someone who has ~£110 to spend. Can anyone think of a better combination than this:
Gigabyte P31-DS3 (£46.99)
Intel Core 2 Duo E2180 (£45.81)
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro (£17.61)
The PSU is 650W Seasonic and I've already got 4GB Crucial Ballistix PC5300 RAM to put into it along with the existing hard drives, DVD-RW and 7800GT so that side of things is all sorted. Ultimately the user would want to get a Radeon HD 4850 in time without any bottlenecking issues.
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