Build Advice

rojones · 20 Jun 2008 at 09:04

I know people hate these Spec me threads and i apologise in advance, but getting people who have better knowledge/experience than me on advice on these things is great.

My current setup is listed in my sig, im looking to move to a Core2Duo solution.

I want it to be pretty keen price wise as im looking to purchase an ATI 4850 as part of the deal.

So far i have come up with this.

Asus P5K SE Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (£58.74 Inc VAT)
Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 2.53GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (£89.29 Inc VAT)
G.Skill 2GB DDR2 PK PC2-8500C5 (2x1GB) CAS5 Dual Channel Kit (F2-8500CL5D-2GBPK) (£41.11 Inc VAT)

Which comes out at £189.14 Inc VAT then by the time i add a 4850 it will be just over the £300 mark i hope.

So would anyone suggest any alternatives to the above for the same kind of ball park price of £300 ish inlcuding an ATI 4850 (when its released on OCUK)

Ive never been one to ever O/C kit much but everyone talks about the Core2Duo's being great and the reviews on the E7200 seem to be encouraging.

Thanks

mp260767 · 20 Jun 2008 at 10:04

depending on how much you plan on clocking the 7200, i'd think about dropping the memory to pc6400, and get an after market cooler like the Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro.

Ben M · 20 Jun 2008 at 10:45

mp260767 said:
depending on how much you plan on clocking the 7200, i'd think about dropping the memory to pc6400, and get an after market cooler like the Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro.

Beaten to it =(

That memory is overkill, PC 6400 would be more than fine until you're looking at pretty big overclocks (over 400 (or 1600 if you're counting it as intel do) fsb. a 400mhz fsb would take your chip to 3.8ghz

rojones · 20 Jun 2008 at 11:21

Cool. Thanks for the advice

After doing a bit more reading and reseraching im wondering if the following would be a good build, could save a few more pennies again.

Akasa AK-965 CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775) Akasa AK-965 CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775) (£12.91)

Asus P5K SE Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard Asus P5K SE Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (£58.74)

GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C5 800MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400DC) GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C5 800MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400DC) (£30.54)

Intel Core 2 Duo E2200 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.20GHz (800FSB) - Retail Intel Core 2 Duo E2200 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.20GHz (800FSB) - Retail (£52.86)

Then Add a 4850 should come around £300

From what ive read from people using the same cooler and cpu they are getting 3Ghz easily ?

mp260767 · 20 Jun 2008 at 12:17

yeah the 2200's have been clocking well, just remember they aren't guaranteed to clock to 3ghz, might only get 2.5/2.8 etc.

rojones · 20 Jun 2008 at 12:35

yeh i understand that.

Thanks.

Decided to go down a slightly different route. More cost effective.

Asus P5KC IP35 Mobo (but more future proof + Crossfire)
2GB (2X1GB Corsair TwinX XMS2 PC2-6400 800Mhz
Intel Core2Duo E4500 2.2Ghz (11Multiplier) Hopefuly Clock well
Akasa AK-965 Heatpipe Cooler
Sapphie HD 4850 512MB

Not a bad upgrade i hope for just over £300 especially if i can get the CPU to clock well.