Last words on a spec before I press the Buy button

[Belisarius]

Hi,

After some helpful comments in this and other threads this is what I'm planning to buy:

GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-5300C4 667MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel Kit £32.89
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775) £17.61
Intel Core 2 Duo E2200 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.20GHz (800FSB) - Retail £57.56

This is all getting plugged in to an ASROCK DualVSTA mobo with an AGP 6600GT and a couple of SATA 80gb drives.

This is a stop gap system. I'll try and OC the E2200 for what I can. I appreciate the mobo is not a good OC'er but apparently the multiplier on the E2200 gives better options than an E6000 series cpu.

I know I'm going to need the Arctic for later but I do wonder if I can get by with the stock cooler for now?

Plan is to buy an new mobo in a few months along with PCIe and a quad. I assume I can use the Geil still?

Anyway, final comments would be appreciated to I can order late tonight for shipping it out tomorrow.

Thanks for all the help.

Andy

 

[mp260767]

have a look at the G.Skill 2GB DDR2 NQ PC2-6400C5 (2x1GB) CAS5 Dual Channel Kit £27.99 (£32.89 inc VAT).

being as u said u'll try and o/c the 2200 go with the gskill memory and the ac7 cooler, 6400 memory will help when it comes to clocking the quad as well.

 

[Belisarius]

have a look at the G.Skill 2GB DDR2 NQ PC2-6400C5 (2x1GB) CAS5 Dual Channel Kit £27.99 (£32.89 inc VAT).

being as u said u'll try and o/c the 2200 go with the gskill memory and the ac7 cooler, 6400 memory will help when it comes to clocking the quad as well.

Damn! Just clicked the button Need to be in bed as up early to travel to Blackpool tomorrow. Looks like I'll have to stick with the Geil.

Thanks for the advice anyway. When I go quad I may just buy 4gb of matching memory anyway.

Cheers

Andy