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mattbrown91 · 19 Jun 2007 at 23:08

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775) £14.99(£17.61)
Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C4 800MHz Dual Channel Kit (BL2KIT12864AA804) £61.99(£72.84)
Gigabyte GA_965P_S3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £59.99(£70.49)
Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.13GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £104.99(£123.36)
Sub Total : £241.96
Shipping : £8.25
VAT : £43.79
Total : £294.00

What do you think ? Could I improve for the money ?

semi-pro waster · 19 Jun 2007 at 23:18

I'd probably spend the extra £5 to get the DS3 for the solid caps but in all honesty it probably makes little difference. Do you already have good sundry parts to complete the specification?

Jono8 · 19 Jun 2007 at 23:21

i went for the GA-p35c-DSR3 for a bit of future proofing for the up and coming penryn's but the 965's are still supposed to be very good.

mattbrown91 · 19 Jun 2007 at 23:31

Well, I'll probably need a beefier PSU and my Graphics Card will need replacing soon. It's a 6600GT.