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Still trying to decide on a mobo/os for my home pc, thanks for the help from the forum thus far, from a gaming standpoint running a ati hd 4850 card, is there a big difference between these two setups? I'd like to oc either, looking for the best bang for the buck though...

Option 1:

Intel E7200 duol 2.53
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819115052
Asus P5Q mobo
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813131299
4 gig ram @1000
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820227280

est cost $ 180

Option 2:

Intel E5200 duo 2.5
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819116072
Ausus P5kPL
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813131288
4 gig ram @ 800
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820227280

est cost $ 270

I know the P5Q mobo is alot better, but is it overkill for the E7200, I'm not sure if the 7200 is that much better than the 5200, maybe someone can shed some light on this for me? Option 2 costing 33% more, will it be 33% better?

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I would go with the P45 motherboard, E5200 and go with a different 2x2 GB DDR2 1.8v RAM. The E5200 won't overclock as high as the E7200, but is still a good overclocker. This will leave you a good upgrade path for the future with possible crossfire for your GPU and possible replacement of the CPU later. The only reason i'd go with a G31 is if your budget is really tight.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820146731

Reply to dirtmountain

Depends. Do you want a pentium e or c2d sticker? The 7200 only leads in cache dependant benchmarks

Reply to blackwidow_rsa

Agreed.

Dont go G31 unless funds are really tight.
Consider a P43 which can be had for less than a P45 but is still a decent chipset.

The E7200 may be about 5% faster and may OC another 5% more but the E5200 is a great chip for the price. If funds are tight, dont think twice about getting the E5200

------------------------------ If its good in theory but not in practice,
its not good theory.
Reply to zenmaster

Well, I ended up ordering the P45 mobo, e5200 cpu, and a artic cooling freezer pro 7, and the4 gigs ram, now I just have to wait for it to arrive!

Reply to Yoseff

I hate the waiting ! Good luck

Reply to dirtmountain

Wow, that's weird, my g31 mobo got my e5200 to 3.9 ghz stable. Only costed me $53 for it too. Plus my sub $10 cooler has it at nice temps. I wouldn't put a lot of money into an e5200 board. As long as it has voltage control and specs up to 1600 fsb you should be fine.

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Message edited by habitat87 on 11-07-2008 at 03:27:23 AM

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habitat87 wrote :

Just curious, what mobo and cooler are you using?

Reply to Slomo4shO

mobo : GIGABYTE GA-EG31M-S2
cpu cooler : MASSCOOL 8W553B1M3

Temps at these speeds are 35 idle and 60 load

I'm a little disapointed on the hsf because there's no damn control for the fan (3 pin). It pushes a lot of air and you can hear it. It ain't like off the charts or anything, but I was aiming for a near silent computer.

390fsbx10 if your wondering

I also got it up to 4.2ghz but it wasn't stable and required high voltage.

Message edited by habitat87 on 11-07-2008 at 05:34:37 AM

Reply to habitat87

I went with the P45 mostly because I have a ati 4850 vid card, if I see another one used for sale I'd pick it up and the 45 can crossfire them (granted at 8x only) and would be one less thing to upgrade if I jumped cpu's in the future. Plus after rebates it's now only $99. Same with the cooler, overkill a bit, but safe and should last.

3.9 is fast, I'll be happy at 3.5, the oc software is new to me, hope that it works well for this, looks pretty sweet

Reply to Yoseff

Yeah, I'm not saying it was a bad idea. You get what you pay for usually, and some things are a good deal. I was pointing out that the g31 has good performance. Feature set might be a different story though.

Use the bios to overclock if anything, software is usually never good.

Message edited by habitat87 on 11-08-2008 at 12:38:17 AM

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