Ordered! :D

cogrady84 · 25 Oct 2007 at 23:36

/discuss

Abit IP35-E (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
Intel Core 2 Duo E2140 "LGA775 Conroe" 1.60GHz (800FSB) - Retail
Crucial 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-5300C5 Dual Channel Kit - x2
City Link Parcel Next Day (Saturday Delivery): £18.25
VAT: £31.19
Order Total: £209.40

\o/ \o/

cogrady84 · 25 Oct 2007 at 23:48

i already have an 8800gts 640mb

cogrady84 · 25 Oct 2007 at 23:52

well this has been ordered on a budget as a replacement for 2gb patriot LL, x2 4400, dfi LP UT ultra-d 939

cogrady84 · 25 Oct 2007 at 23:57

JoeCooper said:
hes made 3 posts, and you got that?

well even so, he isnt going to be able to run many games with that, the CPU barely reaches the minimum requirement of BF2, if at all... most games like that are CPU intencive. if i got that machine, it would be solely for internet and office 2003...

good luck with it

are you basing your response on clockspeed?

cogrady84 · 26 Oct 2007 at 00:03

i was planning on overclocking some, and yes its for gaming, FS:X and WoW

cogrady84 · 26 Oct 2007 at 00:10

JoeCooper said:
good for you, i dont care anymore. he will find out.

Your reasoning is basically telling me to go out and buy a 3ghz Celeron... :cool:

cogrady84 · 26 Oct 2007 at 00:23

JoeCooper said:
Items in Shopping Cart Qty Your Price Total
Corsair Value S. PC5300 DDR2 2048MB Kit w/two matched Value Select 1024MB

Article number: 313834
Stock status: 100+ stocked 37.51 75.02
Intel Pentium Dual Core E2140 1.6GHz Socket LGA775, 1MB, BOXED w/fan

Article number: 336551
Stock status: 17 stocked 42.50 42.50
ABIT IP35-E, P35, Socket-775, ATX, SATAII, GbLAN, DDR2, PCI-Ex16

Article number: 335662
Stock status: Temporarily sold out. 65.00 65.00
PRF:
Total:
0.00
182.52

And you added saturday delivery onto that value ram?

cogrady84 · 26 Oct 2007 at 00:26

syke said:
Ignore him mate.

The spec you have got is a great spec, especially for the money.

As well as that, it opens up the window for a good upgrade to Quad at a later date.

Good luck with the build .

Be sure to post pics etc.

What PSU/Case is it going with?

absolutely ******** case i had to borrow from a mate to fit my enermax galaxy 1kw psu into... so new case is on the horizon next month

cogrady84 · 26 Oct 2007 at 00:37

oops.. sorry about the language... :S

erm, i bought the PSU in a bundle with the 8800gts from a particular website and that was the only half decent psu they had...

cogrady84 · 26 Oct 2007 at 01:00

deleted said:
That CPU series clocks amazingly well, a thread around here somewhere compares it (i think) against the q6 in games when its oc'd, like no difference at all tbh. Save the cash and OC.

That was the idea... i didnt necessarily make my decisions totally on budget and was making an educated decision knowing that it clocks well... for that price... why not? either way its far superior to my current setup, i can part out and sell my current components and break out very little down...

cogrady84 · 26 Oct 2007 at 15:04

mame said:
Only thing im not sure about is whether it will be much on an improvment. Without overclocking, I wouldn't be surprised if, its not slightly slower.

EDIT: just been thinking about this abit more and i dont think you have actually gained anything at all with that upgrade other than the option of getting a q6600 at some point. Yes, you could OC the the new chip and it will then be faster than the x2 4400, but not £200 worth. Even if you did later decide to get the q6600, i still dont see why you would spend £200 now on .... nothing?

Well that and the fact that i can sell the old parts for £140... and i get a 2gb ram upgrade... :confused:

cogrady84 · 28 Oct 2007 at 02:24

WOOT

Just to update you guys... my parts arrived today, all assembled and working well. my E2140 1.6ghz is currently running at 2.8ghz, rock solid stable, slight voltage increase of ~0.4 on RAM and CPU. RAM running at 700mhz (33mhzOC) atm, gonna really push this baby tomorrow, but heres a link to my results so far :cool:

http://i20.tinypic.com/wl5f02.jpg