Hi everyone,
Like a lot of this forum visitors I am also one who wishes to ask your advice about my future build. I have put together all my previous computers on my own, but somehow the technology has advanced tremendously and I don't feel very sure of the pieces I need. I don't want to spend a lot of money on the computer and the pieces I have chosen reflect my budget which is 10 000 in my national currency
and approximately $820. I'll also list what every item costs in my country (Estonia) in dollars.
As I searched through the forums I've collected some ideas.
CPU: Intel Core 2 E6750 seems like the best choice, as it is rather cheap and also overclocks well as I've read. First I thought about E6600, but this one costs more. Could anyone tell me why's that, shouldn't E6750 be faster?
E6750 is $225 and E6600 is $270
Cooler: This is a hard one, don't know which one should do the job okay. As I plan on OC'ing a little then the one which comes with the processor might be too weak. Someone mentioned Arctic cooler Freezer 7 PRO in a thread. Is it good enough, only costs $25.
Motherboard: Gigabyte Socket 775 GA-P35-DS3 ($130) seems to have everything I need. Gigabyte Socket 775 GA-P35-DS3L is a little cheaper ($120), but I don't see why it differs from the other one. Or perhaps something else that doesn't have ddr3 support as I don't need one.
Memory: As much as I've read then there is no point in buying expensive memory.
A-DATA DDR2 2x1GB DDRII Over Clock Extreme Edition DDR2 800+ is the cheapest pricing $100
Kingston DDR2 PC2-6400 800MHz 2GB CL 5 (Kit of 2 - 1GB) - costs approx. $50 more.
Which one should I take..the options of RAM are somewhat limited in my country, they don't import other brands except those 2 and Corsair, which costs a lot.
I'll just add that 1000MHz A-DATA ones cost $130, should I think about that?
Videocard: Think I should go with 8800 GTS 320Mb as it is the cheapest high end card and I don't need to play games on very high resolutions nor with max. settings.
Sparkle GeForce 8 Series 8800GTS 320MB PCI-E, Dual DVI, TV-Out - that's the cheapest one in my country with a price tag of $340 Other manufacturers like Gigabyte, Club3d, XFX, Asus, MSI cost a little more (add $10-$20), but in the old times it didn't matter a lot whose name was on the videocard.
This is the most expensive item in my list and I don't feel like spending more on a videocard. Or is the one with 640MB so much better that it would justify additional 80$ making its price $420 and blowing my budget
This should be it, I can plunder from my old PC 2 SATA drives, DVD+-RW and case with PSU.
All the cheapest items in the list added together are $790 which leaves a little room. The budget is somewhat flexible, but I wouldn't want it to cross $850 margin.
I thank in advance all the people who are willing to participate and give me advice.
All your responses are important to me, so don't be shy
Like a lot of this forum visitors I am also one who wishes to ask your advice about my future build. I have put together all my previous computers on my own, but somehow the technology has advanced tremendously and I don't feel very sure of the pieces I need. I don't want to spend a lot of money on the computer and the pieces I have chosen reflect my budget which is 10 000 in my national currency
and approximately $820. I'll also list what every item costs in my country (Estonia) in dollars. As I searched through the forums I've collected some ideas.
CPU: Intel Core 2 E6750 seems like the best choice, as it is rather cheap and also overclocks well as I've read. First I thought about E6600, but this one costs more. Could anyone tell me why's that, shouldn't E6750 be faster?
E6750 is $225 and E6600 is $270
Cooler: This is a hard one, don't know which one should do the job okay. As I plan on OC'ing a little then the one which comes with the processor might be too weak. Someone mentioned Arctic cooler Freezer 7 PRO in a thread. Is it good enough, only costs $25.
Motherboard: Gigabyte Socket 775 GA-P35-DS3 ($130) seems to have everything I need. Gigabyte Socket 775 GA-P35-DS3L is a little cheaper ($120), but I don't see why it differs from the other one. Or perhaps something else that doesn't have ddr3 support as I don't need one.
Memory: As much as I've read then there is no point in buying expensive memory.
A-DATA DDR2 2x1GB DDRII Over Clock Extreme Edition DDR2 800+ is the cheapest pricing $100
Kingston DDR2 PC2-6400 800MHz 2GB CL 5 (Kit of 2 - 1GB) - costs approx. $50 more.
Which one should I take..the options of RAM are somewhat limited in my country, they don't import other brands except those 2 and Corsair, which costs a lot.
I'll just add that 1000MHz A-DATA ones cost $130, should I think about that?
Videocard: Think I should go with 8800 GTS 320Mb as it is the cheapest high end card and I don't need to play games on very high resolutions nor with max. settings.
Sparkle GeForce 8 Series 8800GTS 320MB PCI-E, Dual DVI, TV-Out - that's the cheapest one in my country with a price tag of $340 Other manufacturers like Gigabyte, Club3d, XFX, Asus, MSI cost a little more (add $10-$20), but in the old times it didn't matter a lot whose name was on the videocard.
This is the most expensive item in my list and I don't feel like spending more on a videocard. Or is the one with 640MB so much better that it would justify additional 80$ making its price $420 and blowing my budget
This should be it, I can plunder from my old PC 2 SATA drives, DVD+-RW and case with PSU.
All the cheapest items in the list added together are $790 which leaves a little room. The budget is somewhat flexible, but I wouldn't want it to cross $850 margin.
I thank in advance all the people who are willing to participate and give me advice.
All your responses are important to me, so don't be shy
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