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I already have a dvd-rw drive NEC3250A I think (no cables or anything with it, will they come with the motherboard?)


Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 160GB ST3160811AS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 160GB ST3160811AS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM £34.99
(£41.11) £34.99

How is this hard drive? Not too noisy is it?

Antec NSK4400 Mini Tower Case - 380W SmartPower PSU Antec NSK4400 Mini Tower Case - 380W SmartPower PSU £42.99
(£50.51) £42.99


Logitech Cordless Desktop S 510 - Black/Silver Logitech Cordless Desktop S 510 - Black/Silver £29.99
(£35.24) £29.99


BFG GeForce 7600 GT OC 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail BFG GeForce 7600 GT OC 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £72.99
(£85.76) £72.99

Heard this is the best/cheapest Dual DVI graphics for the money

SMC SMCWPCI-G EU EZ Connect 54Mbps Wireless PCI Card SMC SMCWPCI-G EU EZ Connect 54Mbps Wireless PCI Card £14.99
(£17.61) £14.99
(£17.61)

Anygood for wireless? I need it and heard it doesnt come on motherboards

OcUK 1GB (2x512MB) PC2-6400 800MHz DDR2 Dual Channel Kit OcUK 1GB (2x512MB) PC2-6400 800MHz DDR2 Dual Channel Kit £61.99
(£72.84) £61.99


Its DDR2, dont know about motherboard or processor combo so that could change to DDR1

The total for that is £314.77 but I need a CPU and motherboard.

An E6300 is £120
An AMD2 3500+ is £65
Pentium 4 3.0GHz is £57
Pentium 4 820 is £70

I have no idea on motherboards. Any suggestions for the processors above? I would love a C2D but I am thinking I wont use the power of it.

Could you please give me advice on the best 'bang for buck' on the processors above, I may have missed some other ones.

Other then that I think I am done and will be ordering this afternoon :)
 
The best bang for the buck processor is definitely the E6300. It wipes the floor with the competition for a great price. To go along with it I'd suggest a mobo like the Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3. It'll allow for excellent overclocks while not being too inexpensive itself.
 
BillytheImpaler said:
The best bang for the buck processor is definitely the E6300. It wipes the floor with the competition for a great price. To go along with it I'd suggest a mobo like the Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3. It'll allow for excellent overclocks while not being too inexpensive itself.
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Maybe but that is gonna be at least £200 for the combo and its way too much.

Originally my budget was about £400 but I know that I am gonna have to go over that. Fairly flexible about it but ignore the C2D processors since I want something to compare it to and see if the cost difference is worth it since I need a new mp3 player too.

EDIT: I am also not against overclocking if that helps but I havent done it before

Also there is a skt 939 AMD 64 4000+. I dont mind skt 939 since I rarely upgrade and there will be new skts by the time I do
 
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Really want to get this done tonight.

Out of:
3500+ 939 Venice £55
4000+ 939 £65
3500+ AM2 £65
Opteron 144 £65
P4 3.0 GHz £57
P4 820 £70

I have thought about overclocking but the good boards come to more then the processors which I think is a bit of a waste. So I think that rules out the opteron and venice.

The pentiums are said to run hot? Is this the case? Also I think they may suck too much power in a 380watt machine.

That leaves me with the 3500 AM2 and 4000+ 939. Obviously the 4000+ is the faster processor but will DDR2 ram give me any increase?

Any ideas
 
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