conroe upgrade - spec me

Psycho Sonny · 13 Jul 2006 at 01:17

all i basically want to know is how much will it cost to upgrade an ancient pc to conroe all im looking for is the price of E6600 and the best mobo and best ram, do not need anything else, i want the best overclocking ram so i can get the most out of the E6600, im not interested in any other parts just the 3 mentioned just so i get a rough idea how much it will cost and if it would be worth it just now

Stelly · 13 Jul 2006 at 08:41

how much money you looking at spending??

Stelly

fenderbass86 · 13 Jul 2006 at 09:39

Probably:

CP-128-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-128-IN) 1
£214.95 £214.95
MB-020-DF DFI Infinity 975X (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-020-DF) 1
£129.95 £129.95
MY-013-GS G.Skill 2GB DDR2 HZ PC2-6400 (2x1GB) CAS4 Dual Channel Kit (F2-6400PHU2-2GBHZ) (MY-013-GS) 1
£147.95 £147.95
Subtotal £492.85
VAT £86.25
Total £579.10

You could even get the Intel Extreme D975bx-304 975X for the same price as the DFI.

Psycho Sonny · 13 Jul 2006 at 11:14

Stelly said:
how much money you looking at spending??

Stelly

nothing, but i would spend if i thought it was worth it, but £600 isnt really worth it over my current pc an x2 4800 @ 2.5ghz i was gonna stick the conroe in this pc and then take the stuff outta this and put it in my ancient pc, ill wait til its more like £300 - £400 and wait til better motherboards come out, also im pretty sure intel are making some more processors for their conroe range which will help bring price down

Stelly · 13 Jul 2006 at 11:15

fenderbass86 said:
Probably:

CP-128-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-128-IN) 1
£214.95 £214.95
MB-020-DF DFI Infinity 975X (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-020-DF) 1
£129.95 £129.95
MY-013-GS G.Skill 2GB DDR2 HZ PC2-6400 (2x1GB) CAS4 Dual Channel Kit (F2-6400PHU2-2GBHZ) (MY-013-GS) 1
£147.95 £147.95
Subtotal £492.85
VAT £86.25
Total £579.10

You could even get the Intel Extreme D975bx-304 975X for the same price as the DFI.

Come on Fender go extreme

Stelly

p.s. I'm not seeing you on msn mate

Psycho Sonny · 13 Jul 2006 at 11:16

fenderbass86 said:
Probably:

CP-128-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-128-IN) 1
£214.95 £214.95
MB-020-DF DFI Infinity 975X (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-020-DF) 1
£129.95 £129.95
MY-013-GS G.Skill 2GB DDR2 HZ PC2-6400 (2x1GB) CAS4 Dual Channel Kit (F2-6400PHU2-2GBHZ) (MY-013-GS) 1
£147.95 £147.95
Subtotal £492.85
VAT £86.25
Total £579.10

You could even get the Intel Extreme D975bx-304 975X for the same price as the DFI.

wouldnt pc2-8500 be better for overclocking? or does it not work like AMD's sorry im a complete noob when it comes to "the dark side"

Stelly · 13 Jul 2006 at 11:17

Psycho Sonny said:
wouldnt pc2-8500 be better for overclocking? or does it not work like AMD's sorry im a complete noob when it comes to "the dark side"

not at all... you get the same performance out of the RAM that has been quoted but at a lower price

Stelly

fenderbass86 · 13 Jul 2006 at 11:30

Stelly said:
Come on Fender go extreme

Stelly

p.s. I'm not seeing you on msn mate

I'd love to but some of us are tight with money!

Yeah i'm sorry Stel, my sister's been back from Uni and she's using it at the moment. I'll try today though.

Stelly · 13 Jul 2006 at 11:36

fenderbass86 said:
I'd love to but some of us are tight with money!

Yeah i'm sorry Stel, my sister's been back from Uni and she's using it at the moment. I'll try today though.

Ok mate, see you soon

Stelly