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Check this and give me recommendations ^budget is very tight. This comes to £570.

Thermaltake VC3000BWS Armour Jr SuperMidi Tower - Black Thermaltake VC3000BWS Armour Jr SuperMidi Tower - Black £54.99
(£64.61) £54.99
(£64.61)
Hiper HPU-4K580-MK Type R 580W Modular ATX2.2 PSU - Black UV Hiper HPU-4K580-MK Type R 580W Modular ATX2.2 PSU - Black UV £54.99
(£64.61) £54.99
(£64.61)
Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - Retail Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £105.99
(£124.54) £105.99
(£124.54)
Asus P5B (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard Asus P5B (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £77.99
(£91.64) £77.99
(£91.64)
Leadtek GeForce 7600 GS SILENT 256MB DDR2 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail Leadtek GeForce 7600 GS SILENT 256MB DDR2 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £59.99
(£70.49) £59.99
(£70.49)
Corsair 1GB DDR2 XMS2-6400C5 TwinX (2x512MB) Corsair 1GB DDR2 XMS2-6400C5 TwinX (2x512MB) £84.99
(£99.86) £84.99
(£99.86)
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 10 160GB 6V160E0 SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 10 160GB 6V160E0 SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM £33.99
(£39.94) £33.99
(£39.94)
 
Looks like a nice budget rig, be careful with maxtor, mine's bust and I'm not the only one! bought the same HDD as you last month. I'd have gone for a samsung with hindsight.
 
I'd make two changes for the sake of reliability, the Maxtor for something else - maybe a WD, Seagate or Samsung, while it might be fine there have been enough stories to suggest that Maxtor aren't always a safe bet. I'd also change the PSU to something else, the Corsair 520w is only £5 more but in a different class when it comes to build quality and reliability. :)
 
Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale"
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I read in another thread that Allendale isn't in production yet?

I also read that Allendale doesn't overclock so well in comparison to Conroe..?

Anyone know more about that?
 
Are you going to be overclocking? If not change the motherboard for something cheaper. The P5B is an excellent board but pointloess if not overclocking.

by going for a cheaper board you could fit a 7600gt into the spec which would be better for gaming (if thats what you want the build for)
 
furnace said:
I read in another thread that Allendale isn't in production yet?

I also read that Allendale doesn't overclock so well in comparison to Conroe..?

Anyone know more about that?
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Yeah, balls, and balls.

Allendale is the name for the 6300 and the 6400. It's the conroe with 2MB L2 cache and (SHOCK HORROR) it's not actually called conroe, which puts some people off. Probably the same people that pay 5X more for branded clothes when you can get them from TK maxx if you wait a month :D
 
furnace said:
I read in another thread that Allendale isn't in production yet?

I also read that Allendale doesn't overclock so well in comparison to Conroe..?

Anyone know more about that?
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All current core 2 duos on the market are conroes. The E6300 and E6400 both physically have 4mb of cache but 2mb is diabled (probably didn't work or meet the specifications).

Soon will be see native allendales which only have 2mb of physical cache.
 
Don't get the hyper, they die and take your system with it. There's been many posts on here about how they died, after we all went and got them.
 
oweneades said:
All current core 2 duos on the market are conroes. The E6300 and E6400 both physically have 4mb of cache but 2mb is diabled (probably didn't work or meet the specifications).

Soon will be see native allendales which only have 2mb of physical cache.
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I'd debate that. The e6300 and e6600 are actually allendale chips, not just conroe with half the cache disabled.
 
beast said:
I'd debate that. The e6300 and e6600 are actually allendale chips, not just conroe with half the cache disabled.
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Why's that?

Is there evidence either way, or is it just presumption?

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The first of our two contestants is the Core 2 Duo E6300, the humblest of Intel's new Core 2 processors. Unlike its fancier big brothers, the E6300 has only 2MB of L2 cache to share between its two execution cores. You'll find plenty of sources that will tell you the code name for these 2MB Core 2 Duo processors is "Allendale," but Intel says otherwise. These CPUs are still code-named "Conroe," which makes sense since they're the same physical chips with half of their L2 cache disabled. Intel may well be cooking up a chip code-named Allendale with 2MB of L2 cache natively, but this is not that chip.
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http://techreport.com/reviews/2006q3/e6300-vs-sff/index.x?pg=1 Paragraph 4

That article seems to say otherwise..?
 
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stopsign104 said:
Why are the reviews for the hiper good then? and good everywhere else apart from these forums?
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A reviewer on a website doesn't test the PSU for months, unlike an end user on a forum ;) I'd go with what the guys here tell you!
 
furnace said:
Why's that?

Is there evidence either way, or is it just presumption?

EDIT:
http://techreport.com/reviews/2006q3/e6300-vs-sff/index.x?pg=1 Paragraph 4

That article seems to say otherwise..?
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More info on here about the different C2D's along with the allendale/conroe difference:


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Core_2#Allendale

Honestly, I'm confused! If the "allendale" chips aren't really allendale but conroe with half the cache disabled, and they are working on a native chip, then why do we have the thread in CPU section citing that there will no longer be ANY 2MB cache chips?! :confused:
 
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beast said:
More info on here about the different C2D's along with the allendale/conroe difference:


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Core_2#Allendale

Honestly, I'm confused! If the "allendale" chips aren't really allendale but conroe with half the cache disabled, and they are working on a native chip, then why do we have the thread in CPU section citing that there will no longer be ANY 2MB cache chips?! :confused:
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Haha gawd knows :confused: I guess we'll just wait and see what happens, eh! As long as the processors clock and perform well, who cares what they're called :D
 
Yeah seems fine, dunno if there's any cheaper options? A one-socket surge protector with extension leads coming from it will do the same job. But it's definately worth surge protecting your computer :)
 
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