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MRBARKER

MRBARKER

MRBARKER

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I am new so hello :)

I am looking for cpu (Conroe) & motherboard + 2GB DDR2 memory + case , my budget is £650 - £700

I am not into Overclocking , something that will last me

I have or going to buy 8800 GTS soon as am not a massive gamer , ( This Item is not included in the price )

Items i am keeping from my old pc

XP
19 Viewsonic 912 B TFT
Saitek Eclipe II Keyboard
Western Digital WDG1U2500 MyBook Essential 250GB
Maxtor 160 HD SATA X 2 ( Yes i know they are pants but still working)
OCZ GameXStream 700w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Power Supply
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty FPS Edition
Sony DVD
Sony CDRW
 
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Something like this might do. All are good solid parts and lend themselves to overclocking.

CellShock 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C4 800MHz Dual Channel Kit £189.99
(£223.24) £189.99
(£223.24)
Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - OEM £177.99
(£209.14) £177.99
(£209.14)
Asus P5W DH Deluxe WiFi (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £129.99
(£152.74) £129.99
(£152.74)
Tuniq Tower 120 CPU Cooler £28.99
(£34.06) £28.99
(£34.06)
Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS Aluminium Midi-Tower Case - Black £48.99
(£57.56) £48.99
(£57.56)
Sub Total : £575.95
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 : £102.53
Total : £688.43
 
Its it work getting Core 2 Duo E6700 2.67ghz - Skt775 Fsb1066 4mb Cache Boxed In or just Intel Core 2 DUO E6600

How long will this Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 last

Are Intel going to release anymore Intel Core 2 DUO in the next couple of months
 
I'd say not worth buying the 6700, you have to spend about £150 more but the chances are that it will overclock to the same sort of levels anyway. I don't imagine that Intel are about release anything particularly special in the next couple of months and there aren't likely to be any spectacular price changes.
 
This my final , will be placing order on monday morning

CORE 2 DUO E6600 2.4GHZ - SKT775 FSB1066 4MB CACHE BOXED

ASUS P5B DELUXE WIFI AP LGA775 CORE 2 DUO P965 FSB1066 8GB DDR2 SATA DUAL GIGABI

Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 80GB ST380811AS SATA-II 8MB - OEM x 2

OCZ (OCZ2SOE800URB2GK) DDR2 PC2-6400 800MHZ SPECIAL OPS EDITION URBAN ELITE
 
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You aren't overclocking so it's not as important. The arctic cooling freezer 7 pro is inexpensive and will provide more than enough cooling for an unclocked CPU. But you could easily overclock that chip to trounce the X6800 (£670 pounds worth to you and me) I did this in about 5 mins using a guide on here. Isn't that tempting? :D
 
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