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Getting some new hardware,thoughts?

Legendary Battlemage
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Alright, well I'm getting some new parts and I was just wondering if you could tell me your thoughts on the product and if it's any good or not.

I'm getting a new motherboard, more RAM and a new CPU.

This will NOT be my main computer, but I do want it to be decent, so just let me know what you think of the parts and if I can get better for a price close to the current item....

Keep in mind, this is going to be a cheap build but I want for it to be a good bit more powerful than the current build (AMD Athlon 64 3500+ 2.19GHz, 1.25GB DDR RAM, and ASUS A8AE-LE)

Motherboard
JetWay HI03 LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail



CPU
Intel Core 2 Duo E5200 2.5GHz 2MB L2 Cache LGA 775 Dual-Core Processor - Retail



RAM
PNY OPTIMA 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model MD2048KD2-800 - Retail




So, thoughts, opinions?
 
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Why get 800MHz? Just because its cheaper or what? Sorry I just don't understand why get the 800MHz >.<

And yeah I was skeptical about the Motherboard, but I can't really find another cheap one that fits what im looking for :/


Added second build with different mobo and different RAM. Which one is better?
 
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I had an ASROCK, broke on me :(.
But yes stick with DDR2 not 3. Get a CORE 2 Duo E7200, you might get a much better performance for a little bit more.
 
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Well I've already went about 30 bucks up from the original processor and I'm not sure I want to keep pushing it :/
 
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Doesn't matter which E2xxx you choose if you're going to OC. I'd go for a Gigabyte mobo with P35 chipset.
 
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The Jetway motherboard I chose as a second option does have the P35 chipset. Not sure about the first one but I'm pretty sure I'm not even gonna get that. I'm just going with the second one, I guess I need to edit the first post
 
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Alright thanks I switched to PC6400 anything else?
 
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he probably already has one
 
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I do have a spare one, it's just a 256MB 7300GS...I'm guessing that'll mean some sort of bottleneck in the system, but I cant really spend money on a better one unless I can find a pretty decent one for cheap
 
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bottlenecks only gonna happen if your gfx cards really, and cpus really bad. this'll be fine
 
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Well I got all the parts, It works pretty well for the money, about 400$ in total, I prolly could have gotten more bang for the buck but I honestly didn't do a whole lot of searching.

All parts came from Newegg, was considering getting from Tiger Direct but alot of there parts were higher priced.


So, here's what I got.

A-DATA 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory



XION Solaris XON-403 Black with Green LED Light Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case


Intel Pentium E5200 Wolfdale 2.5GHz 2MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor


APEVIA CF12SL-UGN 120mm Green LED Case Fan


APEVIA ATX-AS500W-GN 500W ATX Power Supply


EVGA 256-P2-N541-T2 GeForce 7600GS 256MB 128-bit GDDR2 PCI Express x16 SLI Supported Video Card


JetWay HI03-Extreme LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard



It's been running smoothly, I run BF2 (AIX Mod) at High with about 60FPS.

The only complaint I have is the L2 Cache on the CPU and the older Chipset on the Motherboard.

But it's been running well.

I'll get some pics up later if anyones interested in seeing them.


Keep in mind, this wasn't built as a major gaming PC, more of a low end one.
 
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Xion makes nice cases i got a

you prolly should have saved for better ram/cpu/gfx card lol
 
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Well, There are reports of the CPU overclocking to about 4.0GHz.

Only problem is the L2 cache :/
 
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frozenrat;4100014[B said:
]Well, There are reports of the CPU overclocking to about 4.0GHz.[/B]

Only problem is the L2 cache :/

And celeron's can get up to 5.0ghz, bu they are still a rubbish chip :p

These days the clock speed of your CPU barely means anything, it's all about the Cache and the FSB.
 
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The difference is the E5200 can get there with a decent amount of Cache (2MB, most Celerons have about 512K) and the FSB isn't too low for a low end gaming machine
 
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