Looking for some advice please.

YdnAK47

YdnAK47

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Hello, my father has quite a old PC now that he just uses for web browsing, playing music, nothing to heavy. But it has come to the time to upgrade some parts.

He doesn't want to spend too much so is going to keep his current processor, he would want to overclock it as I heard that it overclocks quite well it is a C2D E6300, so would want a 'new' cheapish motherboard.

So far he has; THIS GFX Card and THIS CPU

He also has 2x sticks of these.

What we need now is a oldish (to keep the costs down) motherboard that would would well/overclock with that processor (E6300) and that GFX Card (Radeon 5670)

Also would a 230WATT PSU be enough to power this?

Thanks a lot any help is much appreciated
 
Hi and welcome to forums
What sort of budget have you got in mind?
Could do with new RAM otherwise that will be limitting factor in OCing tbh
The PSU will be fine if its good make, if its generic no brand thing then I wouldnt be too happy OCing with it
 
from the look of the cpu i think its the "older" 6300, which clocks ok but not as much as the later ones iirc.

have a look at the Asus P5QL/EPU Intel P43, new from ocuk at £56, or the Gigabyte GA-G31M-ES2L Intel G31 for £36, with the ram would be able to get your o/c to 2.8 if things go ok.
 
Hey thanks for the replies, I've posted the same question on another forum and they come back with the Gigabyte GA-G31M-ES2L Intel G31 too mp260767 so going to pick of of those up tomorrow, as for the the power supply I havent bothered checking but no doubt will be low quailty so think I am going to go with somethin 600-700watt, can you recommend me anything (budget i.e cheapest)

thanks
 
Cool Cool, antying a bit cheaper? lol... Im going to get it from ****.co.uk tomorrow as I live close by so anything off there you recommend?
 
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Ahright pal nice one. going to go for the Gigabyte GA-G31M-ES2L Intel G31 tomorrow, got a 5670 GFX card... Going to giv it a try on my current PSU, i can't see that gfx card draining much power, it doesnt even plug into the PUS it runs straight off the board...
 
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