Hi guys, i've been living in the past for some time 2008 came and i was still on a northwood p4 
i'm a student and obviously a little cash strapped. I still like playing games on lan though, mostly fps games, CSS, COD4 and also games like GRID and DIRT(to play these i have the gfx so that the cars basically look like lego bricks) anyways..
im on a tight budget and ive just brought a C2D 2.2ghz E2200 chip from OCUK, its the dual core conroe or allendale im confused as to which it is exactly, advertised as a conroe on OCuk,
my intention is to overclock to 3GHz+with the help of a freezer pro 7, i have a gfx card which a mate has given me its a pci-e 8600 GT 512mb, i've seen him use this card before it ran r6 las vegas 2 full settings with no lag, however he did have a Q6600 so i will expect less performance. but hey its free, and will own my old rig anyway.
im wondering the best mobo+ram to buy to accompany the items i have, i would like to get the best performance for money.
my idea was to get a asus P5k intel p35 (socket 775)£70 inc vat + 2gig of g.skill PC6400 timings 4-4-3-5 £30 ish
so im willing to spend around £70-100 2 get the job done right. what do u think? any advice for my build would be welcomed
i'm a student and obviously a little cash strapped. I still like playing games on lan though, mostly fps games, CSS, COD4 and also games like GRID and DIRT(to play these i have the gfx so that the cars basically look like lego bricks) anyways.. im on a tight budget and ive just brought a C2D 2.2ghz E2200 chip from OCUK, its the dual core conroe or allendale im confused as to which it is exactly, advertised as a conroe on OCuk,
my intention is to overclock to 3GHz+with the help of a freezer pro 7, i have a gfx card which a mate has given me its a pci-e 8600 GT 512mb, i've seen him use this card before it ran r6 las vegas 2 full settings with no lag, however he did have a Q6600 so i will expect less performance. but hey its free, and will own my old rig anyway.
im wondering the best mobo+ram to buy to accompany the items i have, i would like to get the best performance for money.
my idea was to get a asus P5k intel p35 (socket 775)£70 inc vat + 2gig of g.skill PC6400 timings 4-4-3-5 £30 ish
so im willing to spend around £70-100 2 get the job done right. what do u think? any advice for my build would be welcomed
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