In about a month I'm going to be building a new PC, and I have about $1000 to spend on it. Here is everything I picked out: Motherboard: MSI P35 Neo ($106.99) CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6550 ($182.99) RAM: 2 1GB sticks, 2 512MB sticks of 667MHz DDR2 Kingston RAM ($79.58) Graphics card: Asus EN8800GT ($295.99) Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda 250GB SATA2 ($74.99) Case: Antec Sonata III; Includes 500 watt Antec EarthWatts power supply ($112.99) OS: Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit OEM ($129.99) LG DVD Writer ($33.19) Antec Fan TriCool 120 ($7.99) A second case fan for the front of the case, same as the fan included with the case. Does anyone have any suggestions, or know of any problems I'll run into with these?
Yep. why get DDR2 667mhz memory when the board supports 800mhz memory? Also for only a few dollars more (not the film) you can get the E6750 core 2 duo which has much better performance and if you wanna overclock, the cpu can run at 3.2ghz stable. Canada Computers - CPU > Desktop Intel Processors : Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 Socket LGA775, 2.66 GHz, 1333 MHz FSB, 4MB L2 Cache, 65nm (Retail Box) (BX80557E6750). As for the case, i initially looked at getting that same case but decided that the shiny surface maybe wouldn't look to good after a few months of acidental knocks. The 8800GT is a solid performer, not particularly cheap but alot less than the GTX with only a small drop in framerate.
"why get DDR2 667mhz memory when the board supports 800mhz memory?" Since it's a bit less expensive, but it's less than $30 difference so I should get 800mhz memory instead. So now these 2 1GB sticks and these 2 512MB sticks. "you can get the E6750 core 2 duo which has much better performance and if you wanna overclock, the cpu can run at 3.2ghz stable." Good idea. Question, how fast do you think it's possible to overclock it using the stock heatsink and fan? "As for the case, i initially looked at getting that same case but decided that the shiny surface maybe wouldn't look to good after a few months of acidental knocks." I don't have to worry about the case getting knocked where I'll have it, so that shouldn't be a problem for me.
I wouldn't like to say how far you could overclock the CPU using the stock heatsink and fan. Im looking at getting a Zalman CNPS9700-NT nVidia Tritium Super Aero Flower Cooler - Aria Technology when they eventually come back into stock.
Here is the answer you were looking for: E2180 + Zalman 9700 NT + Corsair DDR2 XMS 6400 1GB matched pair with Heat Spreader Just seen an earlier reply - user offering NT version of Zalman. I'm using it too, no issues, my 5200+ @ 3ghz running Orthos heats up to 37C only. And still, it's only 1900 rpm NT is more for modding, maybe i should have bought a LED instead of NT - less expensive. But anyway, i'm happy with it
