CPU / RAM / Mboard for £500

ramirez

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Hi chaps,

Want to upgrade my dad's XP3200 Athlon XP to something a like Core Duo.

He runs Prime95 24/7 on his current PC so needs to be good for that - any suggestions?

Doesn't need to be good for games - im just going to get him a cheap PCI express card so just need the CPU/RAM and motherboard for £500.
 
This might do, it should be good for an overclock to maybe 3ghz(possibly more but it depends how lucky you are) and I've included a PCI-E graphics card that doesn't use system Ram.

MY-058-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) (MY-058-GL)
£169.99 £169.99
CP-135-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - OEM (CP-135-IN)
£99.99 £99.99
MB-061-GI Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-061-GI)
£89.99 £89.99
HS-000-SB Tuniq Tower 120 CPU Cooler (HS-000-SB)
£28.99 £28.99
GX-108-SP Sapphire ATI Radeon X1300 256MB DDR2 AVIVO TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-108-SP)
£39.99 £39.99
Subtotal £428.95
VAT £75.07
Total £504.02
 
Take a look at the bundles, they'd be ideal, then just add an Nvidia 7300 or something with passive cooling....
 
semi-pro waster said:
This might do, it should be good for an overclock to maybe 3ghz(possibly more but it depends how lucky you are) and I've included a PCI-E graphics card that doesn't use system Ram.

MY-058-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) (MY-058-GL)
£169.99 £169.99
CP-135-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - OEM (CP-135-IN)
£99.99 £99.99
MB-061-GI Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-061-GI)
£89.99 £89.99
HS-000-SB Tuniq Tower 120 CPU Cooler (HS-000-SB)
£28.99 £28.99
GX-108-SP Sapphire ATI Radeon X1300 256MB DDR2 AVIVO TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-108-SP)
£39.99 £39.99
Subtotal £428.95
VAT £75.07
Total £504.02
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Why hardware better for overclocking?....... he said its for his dad and its important for stability, well prime at least, a basic board with some basic memory and a 6600 would proberly be more ideal, and that tuniq is overkill for him imo.
 
t31os said:
Why hardware better for overclocking?....... he said its for his dad and its important for stability, well prime at least, a basic board with some basic memory and a 6600 would proberly be more ideal, and that tuniq is overkill for him imo.
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Maybe, I'm not too sure, I thought Prime could use the additional speed of a good solid overclock? Conroe chips do seem to be pretty stable when overclocked but yes, you certainly could go the other way and start with the faster chip but a more basic overall system. :)
 
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