Building A Computer

Marine-RX179 · 18 Nov 2012 at 07:49

CaptAwesomo said:
My new computewr has these specs:
Intel Duo Coe 1.86GHz 64bit
Intel Intergrated Graphics
5GB 240 Pin DDR2 RAM
Windows 7 Pro 32bit
Micro ATX RM Case

The E2160 should be able to hit 3.0GHz on overclock no problem, but how close can it get to that would be depending on the motherboard. But regardless of the board, it should still have fair amount of overclocking headroom over stock clock, unless the bios doesn't allow modifying the FSB and multiplier (or voltage) settings.

If you want to do some reasonably gaming on a budget, your best bet is upgrade the PSU to something more capable like this:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-063-OC

And then just grab a 9800GT/GTS250 for around £20-£30, and you will have some reasonble gaming grunt up to 1680 res (on medium to high rather than ultra).

CaptAwesomo · 18 Nov 2012 at 19:41

CaptAwesomo · 18 Nov 2012 at 20:34

Jamsames said:
so its gone from £5 build to hptx to micro atx?

Nope, they're 2 separate builds

Something Else · 19 Nov 2012 at 19:33

i like your enthusiasm with this and i hope you get your sr2 build.

id still go with an x79 setup rather than sr2 though, looks nicer with the ram either side of the cpu

CaptAwesomo · 19 Nov 2012 at 19:52

So do I, any good motherboards you can give links to?
I'm putting all ideas in a spread sheet called "upgrades" so I have a variety and I'm able to compare