WhHow does this look? And what Mobo?

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Hi Guys,

Looking to upgrade my P4 3.2Ghz Prescott.

The PC is used for general Surfing, Downloading, watching DivX/XviD, Office, and very minor Audio Editing.
NO GAMING or anything intensive at all!

Budget £200-250

I've decided to go with:

Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2200 £56.39
Scythe Ninja II CPU Cooler £30.34
Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-6400C5 TwinX (2x1GB) £23.49
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 3450 Silence 256MB DDR2 TV-Out/DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) £24.66

I cant decide on motherboard.
It needs to have:

Atleast 1x PCI slot (for Soundcard)
Atleast a PCI-X slot (for GPU)
Onboard 10/100 LAN
4x SATA Ports
6x USB Ports
Passive Cooling

What do you guys recommend???

 

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anyone....

 

[pastymuncher]

Shop around and get the far superior E5200 for an extra £2. For a motherboard i would keep a look out for a cheap P35/P43 board although the Gigabyte P31 based boards are fantastic value for money. If you can find a Gigabyte P31 DS3 or DS3L for around £45 then snap it up.

 

[hp7909]

The PC is used for general Surfing, Downloading, watching DivX/XviD, Office, and very minor Audio Editing.
NO GAMING or anything intensive at all!

• Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H AMD 780G Micro-ATX (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £59.99 -excellent onboard GPU
• Corsair 4GB DDR2 XMS2 PC2-6400C5 TwinX (2x2GB) £32.99 -for the audio editing
• AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+ 2.20GHz (Socket AM2) - OEM £24.99
• Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro PWM CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2) £12.99
• Sub Total : £130.96
• Shipping : £25.00
• VAT : £27.29
• Total : £183.25

But, search other e-tailers for the energy efficient 'e' series AMD X2 CPUs, e.g. 4850e.