I'm a bit confused, is core 2 duo out yet?

[Turin]

As title says, I'm not too sure if the processor is out yet. If so, I'd like to see if there's a relatively cheap setup with it?

Ty

Turin

Processor: E6300 Core 2 Duo: 1.86ghz 2mb L2 - £130
Hard-Drive: Samsung T133S 250GB SATA2 - £65
RAM: Crucial PC3200 BallistiX DDR 1024MB - £85
Graphic Card: Gainward GeForce 7900GT 256MB - £180
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-8I945GZME-RH, I945GZ - £50

As a pose to this.


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Is this a good setup?

 

[Sean]

Yes, the processor is out, but availiability on most of them is quite low.

www.aria.co.uk
www.microdirect.co.uk
www.overclockers.co.uk
www.ebuyer.com
www.scan.co.uk
www.komplett.co.uk

 

[urbanfox]

As title says, I'm not too sure if the processor is out yet. If so, I'd like to see if there's a relatively cheap setup with it?

Ty

Turin

Processor: E6300 Core 2 Duo: 1.86ghz 2mb L2 - £130
Hard-Drive: Samsung T133S 250GB SATA2 - £65
RAM: Crucial PC3200 BallistiX DDR 1024MB - £85
Graphic Card: Gainward GeForce 7900GT 256MB - £180
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-8I945GZME-RH, I945GZ - £50

As a pose to this.


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Is this a good setup?

Requires DDR2 for core 2.

 

[Turin]

Ty for the reponse guys - so with the DDR2 memory, would it be better than the one you gave me earlier m8?

 

[Neptune]

the dual core prossecers r a pile of poo. theres v little out atm that supports both of them.

 

[urbanfox]

Ty for the reponse guys - so with the DDR2 memory, would it be better than the one you gave me earlier m8?

The SS from that old thread is good memory. I'll check later since time has passed for something better.

 

[urbanfox]

the dual core prossecers r a pile of poo. theres v little out atm that supports both of them.

You're kidding me right...

 

[Sean]

the dual core prossecers r a pile of poo. theres v little out atm that supports both of them.

Wrong.

Message too short.

 

[Senture]

the dual core prossecers r a pile of poo. theres v little out atm that supports both of them.

*AHOOO!*. I'm sorry I'm alergic to bulls**t, there is loads that supports dual core.

 

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You know, that dual-core comment made my day

 

[urbanfox]

Well, even ignoring that fact that he is totally wrong, today's dual cores with one core disabled are still faster than yesterday's single cores. So really, shame on him twice.

 

[Bacardi]

i was gona reply to that "conroe isnt supported" crap this afternoon but the stupidity of the comment didnt warrant a response lol. he probs thinking about 64bit processors. most apps still just use the x32 system. and windows XP x64 is a little buggy.. if thats what he meant then fair enough but theres nowt up with dual core processors lol

 

[Turin]

So all in all, you think I should go for this setup (with the old suggested ram) instead of the one posted a month ago?

 

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So all in all, you think I should go for this setup (with the old suggested ram) instead of the one posted a month ago?

Yes. That Core2 Duo, for the record, can complete with most high-end Athlon64 x2's. (And if you get 667mhz ram, overclock it slightly, and you've got something that can realistically challenge a FX-60, in some cases ).

Considering I'm an AMD fanboy, I'll admit this:

E6300 > all AMD processors.

It may not be as fast as a FX-62 (Overclock it and fix that), but it also costs a _****load_ less.

 

[KaylanCloud]

The ram that most people are raving about at the moment are :-

GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) (MY-058-GL) @ £152.69

GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC6400 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX21GB6400UDC) (MY-057-GL) @ £76.32

Reason being some people are reaching 3.5-4.0Ghz when coupled with a conroe processor.

*Both available from Overclockers.co.uk*

 

[Turin]

n1 Kaylan, overclockers.co.uk is a good site, I was just browsing through it lol.

So final setup before order goes through - anyone, especially Urban, disagree or object?

CPU1: Intel Conroe Core 2 Duo E6300 - £130
MOBO: Asrock ConroeXFire-eSATA2 - £65
RAM1: OCZ Gold PC5400 DDR2 20248MB - £142
HDD1: Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 200GB - £65
GFXC: 7900GT (gainward) - £180
PSUX: Seasonix S12 Powersupply 430W, 2 x Sata - £50

£700 with P&P.

Can you add or take away anything maintaining that price and make it better?
Turin

 

[Sean]

Looks fine to me.. just double check all of the prices above with the prices listed on other sites in my first post, make sure you get the best deal
Oh and double check that the processor is retail and not OEM (aka comes with a heatsink and fan)

 

[Pyros]

I've just ordered parts for a new one today too, all from overclockers, i've got coming:

CPU: Intel Core 2 DUO E6400 "LGA775 Allendale" 2.13ghz (1066FSB) Retail - £139.99
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA_965P_DS4 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 -£104.99
Ram: GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400 800mhz Ultra low latency DDR2 dual channel - £124.95
HDD: Seagate Barracude 7200.9 160GB Sata-II 8mb cache oem - £34.95
GFX: Conect3D ATI Radeon X1900XT 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI(PCI-Express) - £169.95
Case: Thermaltake VA3000SNA Tsunami Dream SuperMidi Aluminium Tower - £59.95
Mouse: Logitech B58 optical wheel mouse - £6.95
Optical Drive: NEC ND3550 16x 16 DVD+/-RW Dual Layer - £19.95

Total (incl. shipping and VAT) = £790.35

Just need to get a monitor now, thinking this one.

I think it should run MSN nicely.