Best value for money upgrade

krooton · 31 Jan 2008 at 11:13

It's time to kiss my 939 goodbye, and finally join the C2D revolution.

I want to spend as little as possible with the most bang for buck.

2GB DDR2 can be had for £25, so that's fine.

CPU choices E2140 or E2200, I'm guessing the 11x multi is worth the extra tenner?

Finally, it's down to the mobo, where I am stumped.
The only quality ones I am sure of are around £70-£80, but I was wondering if there are cheaper options that would still offer me say a 3.2Ghz overclock?

All this will be with a 8800GT.

Cheers

FooAtari · 31 Jan 2008 at 11:26

Asus P5K-SE? Im using it in a Linux box. Clocked 2140 to 2.4Ghz with it. I didn't bother trying to go higher as only using the stock cooler and I don't need that computer to be demon fast.

Hmmm it's 70 quid actually, thought it was around the 50 mark.

Gigabyte GA-P31-DS3L Intel P31?

krooton · 31 Jan 2008 at 11:35

Is the P31 not an old chipset?

ArcAneTSGK · 31 Jan 2008 at 17:03

Might be better for you to get a P-35 chipset. They have a good Gigabyte on on their, E2180 is a good CPU if you can afford, that overclocks well (with a good cooler)

krooton · 31 Jan 2008 at 17:06

Well, I've opted for an E2160, MSI Neo2-FR, and 2GB Corsair PC2-6400 XMS.

Should do me fine I hope

Ben M · 31 Jan 2008 at 17:29

OcUK value IP35pro mobo is quite good apparently

Superjeep4x4 · 31 Jan 2008 at 23:37

P31 is a pretty good chipset actually. The difference are it uses an older southbridge and doesnt take as much ram as the P35. I got a GA-P31-DS3L off a friend on the cheap and its a pretty nice board actually. Will take the 45's as well. I have my e2180 sitting at 3.2 in it.