Going the AMD route and need advice

[Wiggins]

Hi

I'm building a rig for my daughter and have decided as funds were a little low to go down the cost effective AMD route.

Now this is new country for me as I have always been a Pentium fan so looking for a little advice.

I have just purchased a Gigabyte GA-M55plus-S3G which is an AM2 board. One thing I have heard is that some of the Processors do have bottlenecks with 800Mhz memory so would like to know what chips you would reccomend which would not have any problem with 2GB of dual channel 800Mhz Memory.

I wont be overclocking the chip, it will just be sat at stock. And the cheapest versions of the AM2 chips, the better.

Many Thanks

 

[MeatLoaf]

Im assuming you dont need a mobo as you already have one, and i think that one has onboard graphics.

LiteON DH-20A1S-18C 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
(£17.61) £14.99
(£17.61)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+ 2.00GHz (Socket AM2) - OEM £20.99
(£24.66) £20.99
(£24.66)
OcUK 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C5 800MHz DDR2 Dual Channel Kit £23.99
(£28.19) £23.99
(£28.19)
Maxtor Diamondmax 21 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (STM3250310AS) £34.99
(£41.11) £34.99
(£41.11)
Antec NSK 4480B Mini Tower Case (Black) - 380W Earth Watts PSU £39.99
(£46.99) £39.99
(£46.99)
Sub Total : £134.95
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £25.36
Total : £170.26

Should all work fine with your mobo

 

[tonys]

how about a cpu cooler aswell, as the cpu is oem.