Spec Me A Conroe!

[Turbanation]

Need CPU, Mobo and RAM. Whats the cheapest with 2 GIG and 4 GIG ram?

Try to do it with 6600.

 

[furnace]

£431 exc P&P:

2GB Geil
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-034-GL

Gigabyte S3 (afaik, same as DS3 but without the ultra-durable capacitors)
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-063-GI

E6600
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-135-IN

Not great ram, though.
OR you could go Allendale:

£340 with the 4300 but same mobo and ram (21% saving by going with the 4300 )
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-142-IN

 

[Turbanation]

Any more specs with 4 GIG ram?

 

[furnace]

You can just double up on that ram, like, buy it twice..?

Or did you want 2x 2GB sticks? I don't think OcUK do those...

 

[masslac]

Firstly, do you really need 4GB RAM? What's your max budget, and what will you be using the machine for?

 

[Turbanation]

4GIG ram for Vista

 

[Jonny L]

lol, you don't need 4 gigs of ram for vista, 2 will be fine, if you need more eventually just add it then.

 

[Turbanation]

Bcos the inquirer said Visa eats up 2GIG Ram

Plus Im a serious gamer.

 

[semi-pro waster]

Ok, I'll make the obvious reply, if the source is the Inquirer then I'd take it with a pinch of salt as they do have a habit of exaggerating, they might have the right basic idea but they tend to go a bit overboard.

I haven't looked into Vista greatly yet but I'm guessing that you won't need 2gb to run it in a reasonably configured form e.g. if you have every possible shiny option and all background services turned on then you might use 2gb as a starting point but for most people 2gb will still be fine for all uses including gaming.