Core duo system what memory/motherboard?

Glass · 21 Jul 2006 at 09:20

Looking to build a system for a friend and am thinking of getting him a core duo cpu, on a budget and not sure on what motherboards/memory are compatiable with these new cpus advice please.

BfZ · 21 Jul 2006 at 09:27

I think 965 motherboards are designed for conroe and i think in general these are cheaper than the 975x boards. As for ram most people are going for g.skill 6400 hz kit, although there's a cheaper NR kit. There was a link posted in this forum about a review of various motherboards / value ddr2 memory somewhere

Glass · 21 Jul 2006 at 09:31

thanks for the reply i see there are a lot of threads about this new cpu, as stated I would like to include it in a build but no needs for oc'ing so just looking for budget/reliable components.

any other input for me would be great thanks.

GuruJockStrap · 21 Jul 2006 at 09:43

Read this: http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2797

Stelly · 21 Jul 2006 at 09:44

I would also recommend a Core Duo 2 (Conroe) you dont need to overclock it... I just dont see the point of buying old hardware, also the Gskill memory is really good...

Stelly

Glass · 21 Jul 2006 at 10:03

thanks for the link jock, exactly the info i'm needing.

Dutch Guy · 21 Jul 2006 at 10:40

The 'problem' is that although a Core2 Duo CPU and vlue RAM isn't really expensive you still need a whopping expensive mobo

Glass · 21 Jul 2006 at 11:00

Asrock 775 DUAL-VSTA £40ish from some online retailers.

I've managed to spec a system for £500ish everything apart from the optical drives which my friend already has.

Asrock 775 DUAL-VSTA £37
1GB (2X512MB) Corsair Value Select, DDR2 PC5400 (667) £58
300 Gb Maxtor 6V300F0 DiamondMax 10, SATA300 £62
Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 S775, 1.86Ghz £151
Coolermaster Cavalier 3 Silver Chrome Finish £45
CoolerMaster Hiper L3 LGA 775 extreem silent Heat Pipe £18
256Mb Gigabyte PCI-E GV RX80256D - Radeon X800 DDRIII £106
480W Silent pPFC Power Supply AMD & P4 Ready 12cm £15

only things I'm not sure on are the graphics card

Not sure if I can get better bang for my buck with a cheaper card, recommendations pleasae around the £70ish mark would be good.

Stelly · 21 Jul 2006 at 11:10

XFX GeForce 6800 XT Extreme Edition 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (PVT42E-UDE3) (GX-067-XF)

or

HIS Excalibur ATI Radeon X800 GTO ICEQII TURBO 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (RX800GTO-256ICEQT) (GX-044-HT)

Wouldnt recomend going cheaper

Stelly

GhostRider · 21 Jul 2006 at 17:01

CP-135-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Conroe" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - OEM (CP-135-IN)
£114.95 £114.95
MB-003-AK Asrock ConroeXFire-eSATA2 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-003-AK)
£51.95 £51.95
MY-030-GL GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC5300 667MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX21GB5300DC) (MY-030-GL)
£51.95 £51.95
GX-044-CO Connect3D ATI Radeon X1800 XT 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-044-CO)
£136.95 £136.95
CA-007-EN Enermax Noisetaker 485W EG495AX-VE(G) SFMA ATX2.0 PSU (CA-007-EN)
£49.95 £49.95
CA-020-AK Akasa AK-ZEN-01-BK Zen Black Case (CA-020-AK)
£27.95 £27.95
Subtotal £433.70
VAT £75.90
Total £509.60

Try and get an 1800 into the spec and a better PSU. I hope this helps