I need a Micro ATX because of the case I bought. The other components I already have. These are the only ones I have not bought b/c I thought I could use some more opinions.
What in the hell is PC Chips? are they potato chips with a difference.
That chipset is good, i have it on a Gigabyte and Abit board. Which i would suggest over an unknown manufacturer... if you stick with the big guns youll be fine.
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"The MB is 31 C and the CPU is 109 C. I think it's the CPU overheating." - Faromic THF's
PC Chips is even worse than ECS - stay away from their stuff. The Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L mentioned above is an excellent choice and only costs $80 at newegg IIRC. Also, you can save half on the CPU by getting an e2160 for $75 or so, then just OC it (using the stock Intel CPU cooler) to 3GHz.
The RAM is fine -- you'll only be running it at DDR2-667 speed anyway (for the 3GHz OC).
Return or sell your uATX case and buy a standard-sized case -- newegg, Frys, zipzoomfly, etc always have something on sale/rebate, so you can get a decent case for $50 or less.
Total of e2160+GA-P35-DS3L+RAM = $180 or so; add $50 for a case and you're at $230, with better performance and quality than your original list.
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e2160@3GHz: OCing my way to Ubuntuland!
for a budget build all seem well. but really get a semi decent GPU. the 7050 is a piece of s***, it will have problem doing flash vids. it will bottleneck your CPU by far.
get a 7300gt (a marked improvement) it less than £30, take this from you CPU budget as that will be bottlenecked. you will notice better performace for your money with a e6450 and a nVidia 7300gt.
for a budget build all seem well. but really get a semi decent GPU. the 7050 is a piece of s***, it will have problem doing flash vids. it will bottleneck your CPU by far.
get a 7300gt (a marked improvement) it less than £30, take this from you CPU budget as that will be bottlenecked. you will notice better performace for your money with a e6450 and a nVidia 7300gt.
hope this helps
Have you any proof to back this up? I own a Gigabyte 7100 Chipset and i know for a fact that it plays 1080p h.246 content with ease, so i dont see how flash videos will be an issue.
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"The MB is 31 C and the CPU is 109 C. I think it's the CPU overheating." - Faromic THF's
