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Budget Build for $500 css, cod4 etc Happy New year!

B1gg3stN00b said:
Powercolor Radeon2600XT
AMD Athlon X2 6000+
A-Data RAM
Gigabyte mobo.
Cheap case with cheap power supply.
Cheap DVD burner
WD HDD of sorts.
Doesn't take much to support those games.

I get 100fps on BF2 maxed, about 140 with CS:S/DOD:S with overclocking on my 2600XT.
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Case and PSU - always buy a decent one. Don't be stingy on this. Cheap PSUs will one day bring you big expense. I had many cheap ones. One literally burnt luckily all parts are intact.
 
Well my ideas got outa hand and the build pretty much became the q6600 build i was wantin except no q6600, So ill look into gfx cards since a 8800gt is now outta the agenda and this is the case Coolermaster elite 330 http://www.ebuyer.com/product/127584. or the coolermaster cm690 Dominator http://www.ebuyer.com/product/131551

That ocz ram kit looks nice, but i can get crucical ballistix 2gig same 800mhz for a little dearer http://www.ebuyer.com/product/119273, is it worth it? I going by my friend who lives by this ram so he may be a little bit biased :O

One more thing, I know the mobo that i want but there seems to be two varities, the Gigabyte GA-P35C-DS3R which claims to support ddr3 http://www.ebuyer.com/product/131173/show_product_specifications and the GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3R that doesnt. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128050

Which one should i get? the ddr3 compatible is only 10£ dearer for me and comes from the uk
 
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E2180 with an Arctic Freezer Pro 7.
GA-P35-DS3L
Geil 2x1 Oranges
Corsair 450VX
ATI 2600XT

* CM Centurion 5
* Hitatchi Deskstar 7K160

DDR2 isn't going anywhere.

- Christine
 
one more thing. im not familiar with EU computer stores but the eBuyer place doesn't have Geil memory or the E2180 so you can go with E2160 and the Crucial Ballistix 1GB kit.

- Christine
 
Im using ebuyer and newegg, So i can try to get the best off both :D

Is this the ram you are talking about

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-058-GL

So far i got:
cpu e2200
Psu vx550 cosair
ram either ocz 2gig or crucial 2 gig
vid card hd3850
mobo gigabyte p35dsr
case cm690
hdd Western Digital WD3200AAKS 320GB SATAII 16MB
 
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820144062 (GX22GB6400UDCA=) this is the model, they use the Micron D9 Chipset and they are so cheap I would try to get 4 gigs of this or 2 gigs of Crucial Ballistix. OCZ PC-7200 and above uses Micron D9 so don't purchase any OCZ kit under that. The Geil kit you posted uses Elpida, if you can't order from newegg try googling the model number GX22GB6400UDCA= and look for a store in the UK.

- Christine
 
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Why 4gigs? are they have as good as the ballistix? Would 2 gigs run everything.

They are cheap so I will be able to get 4 gigs but just wanted to know why.

thanks christine, you got the same name as my sister :toast:
 
Ballistix are $49 After Rebate, Geil are $36 After Rebate. Two 2x1GB Geil Kits (4GB) would be cheaper than a standard 2x2GB (4GB) Gig kit. Head to Head the Ballistix Kit will slightly overclock more than the Geil. if you want you can purchase Two 2x1GB Ballistix Kits but I always try to look for gem stones, bang for buck. I would be happy to have 2 or 4 gigs of either brand of memory.

- Christine
 
Yeh im looking for best bang for buck :D I prefer the the geil now, since the reviews are brilliant and they are cheaper, I dont think i would lose much sleep over less overclockin ability haha

Cheers christine :toast:

edit: what is rebate? i see that you get money off, my aunti will be purchasing this stuff for me and it will be delivered to her house in minnesota, then she'll send it over by post to me here inthe uk. This rebate thing could be give for her haha
 
Duxx said:
p35. All of the e2xxx series are mosters when you OC them, the e2200 has a multiplier of 11, 10 for e2180, 9 for 2160, and 8 for the 2140, so the higher you go, easier it is to OC to the suggested settings. Im getting the e2200 and hoping to OC it to at least 4.4 with a 400 fsb and then getting the new quads in march. It should hold me over fine. :)
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with the cheapo duo at 4.4 gig u might not want a quad.. ;)

trog
 
I decided to gowith 2gigs of geil ram for the mean time(Money is tight atm) so then after a month ill get 4 gigs!

Ill post up the all together build and see what you all think :D

edit:saw your post, ahh thats ok, can you post up the ballistix ram please :D

your a great help many thanks
 
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