which bundle ?

jamjar · 11 Mar 2007 at 09:41

Hi All i,m going to get one of these bundles ,but not sure which to go with ,i,ve heard of Corsair memory ,but not Geil ,is it any good ? :confused:

this
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-042-OK&groupid=701&catid=339&subcat=
or this
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-043-OK&groupid=701&catid=339&subcat=

are Asus and Gigabyte both as reliable as each other ?

hope this is in the right section ***

jamjar · 11 Mar 2007 at 10:28

mcc49 said:
I would get the Asus/Geil bundle but is it really that much cheaper? given the option I would get seperately-

Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £173.99 (£204.44)

Asus P5N-E SLi nForce 650 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £69.99 (£82.24)

Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-5300C3 667MHz Dual Channel Kit (BL2KIT12864AA663) £109.99 (£129.24)

Sub Total : £353.97
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £8.25
Vat : £63.39
Total : £425.61

better system and £50 cheaper

yes sounds good ,but i,m not interested in SLI ,so would this motherboard be ok instead ?
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-150-AS

jamjar · 11 Mar 2007 at 10:29

hai said:
Have to agree, would be much better to pick parts separately and the ones suggested above are very good

yes this might be so...but the parts that they sell as bundles are known to work together ...

jamjar · 11 Mar 2007 at 12:06

mcc49 said:
I would get the Asus/Geil bundle but is it really that much cheaper? given the option I would get seperately-

Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £173.99 (£204.44)

Asus P5N-E SLi nForce 650 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £69.99 (£82.24)

Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-5300C3 667MHz Dual Channel Kit (BL2KIT12864AA663) £109.99 (£129.24)

Sub Total : £353.97
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £8.25

How about the CPU and the motherboard with this memory ,would it be ok and combatable ?
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-108-CS
Vat : £63.39
Total : £425.61

better system and £50 cheaper

jamjar · 11 Mar 2007 at 12:08

any good bundle ?

Would this bundle be ok ? :confused:

Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £173.99 (£204.44)

Asus P5N-E SLi nForce 650 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £69.99 (£82.24)

Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-6400C4 TwinX (2x1GB)£129.99
£152.74 inc VAT :confused: