Spec Me - £500 Budget.

Prophet

Prophet

Prophet

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I'd like to change my base unit for something that will play modern games and generally speed things up.

I've got £500 to spend.

Case + fans
CPU
Cooler
Motherboard + Sound
Ram (I'd like 4GB)
Graphics card
Hard Drive
DVD Burner

I already have a Corsair 620W PSU.

I'm going to overclock this so stability is important.

Spec me OCers :)
 
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775) £14.99
(£17.61) £14.99
(£17.61)

OCZ 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series DDR2 (OCZ2
P800R22GK) £21.99
(£25.84) £43.98
(£51.68)

Abit IP35-E (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £58.99
(£69.31) £58.99
(£69.31)

Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKS) £55.99
(£65.79) £55.99
(£65.79)

Pioneer DVR-212DBK 18x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
(£21.14) £17.99
(£21.14)

Intel Core 2 Duo E8200 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 2.66GHz (1333FSB) - Retail £109.99
(£129.24) £109.99
(£129.24)

Akasa AK-ZEN-01-BK Zen Black Case - No PSU £24.99
(£29.36) £24.99
(£29.36)

Leadtek GeForce 8800 GT 256MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £109.99
(£129.24) £109.99
(£129.24)

Total : £525.06

A little over, but gives you an idea.
 
Here's my attempt. Went for a slightly nicer case, awesome air cooler, and 4gb ram

howsthisuk4.jpg
 
Great, thanks guys :)

I'm happy to go with the e2180 CPU as I've only read good things about them. How does the Abit board deal with overclocking? I'd originally planned on a DS3 board but I'm happy to go with Abit if its the better option. Also, the RAM. Is 2X2GB the better option over 4X1GB for clocking/stability?

I'll also check out the MM.

Cheers :)
 
Word of warning :

Don't buy the cheap Ocz RAM with the ABit IP35 or the ABit IP35-E. You have the potential to get into a right old pickle with it not booting. Save yourself the potential and get the OcUK IP35 board or change the ram to Geil or something.

(The problem is caused by voltages and default timings on the ram that the board tried to use at boot).
 
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