Help me spend €800ish on mainboard, cpu, ram & gfx

tman · 17-07-2007 01:12PM #1

This pc is seriously beginning to creak, I reckon it's high time that I gave it a quick beef injection...
I got a nice enough case recently (Antec Sonata), have a decent 19" lcd and oodles of storage (1.11TB), a sound card that I'm happy enough with and a dvdrw drive that just refuses to die (good old NEC3500A:))

So that only leaves the mainboard, CPU, ram and graphics card that need to be replaced.
I've been out of touch with the upgrading world for a couple of years, then only thing that I have my heart set on at the moment is an Intel Core 2 duo 6600 cpu and 2GB of ram for Vista/general goodness...

http://www.komplett.ie/k/shoplist.aspx?mode=receive&si=483108&su=65095679-FFAA-4077-8A07-0B94009188DB
Everything on that list apart from the cpu was a random pick... I was hoping someone could point me in the right direction for the other bits that I need.
Maximum that I'm willing to spend is €850 including postage, and I would consider using somewhere other than Komplett if needs be

thanks in advance, can't wait to get her up and running:)

game4it70 · 17-07-2007 01:20PM

hi tman,
the guys in the know will advise you better then me but...
is the mobo not a bit overkill?
do you need a quad mobo?
i think you could maybe get a cheaper one.
what about ur power supply?
will it be able to handle the new rig?
the ram,gfx and cpu are all good though.

tman · 17-07-2007 01:27PM

Yeah, guess it is fairly OTT (like I said, they were just random picks)
Any decent mobo will do really, I can't see myself making use of SLI, so I'd say a fair bit can be chopped off the price there.
http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=332090 - that's the next best price I can see for an 8800GT that's actually in stock

My PSU is a 450w one, so it should be fine by my reckoning. (and afaik it should have the neccesary connections)

awhir · 17-07-2007 01:48PM

here form http://www.hardwareversand.de you can get these for around 770inc shipping.

Article Availability Price per unit Quantity Price
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Box 4096Kb, LGA775, 64bit, Conroe 202,00 €

ABIT IP35, Sockel 775 Intel P35, ATX 121,68 €

Club3D 8800GTS, 640MB, NVIDIA Geforce 8800GTS, PCI-Express 322,49 €

2048MB-Kit Mushkin HP2-6400, CL4 98,46 €

Sum: 744,63 € 1)

Timans · 17-07-2007 02:01PM

Just get a P35 mobo, a 8800GTS, E6600 and 2GB of CL4 ram.

tman · 17-07-2007 02:08PM

Cool, that's my mind made up then.:p
I definitely favour Abit mobos anyway, so the IP35 looks like the one for me.

Is there all that much use in getting a 640MB graphics card? from experience the model with twice the memory but only a fraction of the cost more usually uses slower memory which doesn't even get fully utilised...

awhir · 17-07-2007 02:08PM

Timans wrote:

Just get a P35 mobo, a 8800GTS, E6600 and 2GB of CL4 ram.

thats what i reccomended.

tman · 17-07-2007 03:46PM

I've just placed the order now in the hopes that I get it in time for the weekend... thanks a million for your input guys.

awhir · 17-07-2007 03:57PM

what did you buy ?

tman · 17-07-2007 04:10PM

I made a bit of a whoopsie with the order and had to cancel it... Won't be able to order it again until the auth is lifted from my credit card:(
I'm going for more or less the same items as you mentioned, but will most likely stick with a 320MB version of the 8800GTS

I was going to stick with Komplett, but after having a closer look at hardwareversand.de I might go with them instead.
Can't say that I've ever heard of them before now though, and the design of the site doesn't exactly give off a professional image...

dazftw · 17-07-2007 05:15PM

Loads of guys on here use that german website and trust awhir he gives you great deals... isn't that right awhir lol

I need an XFX 8800GTX btw... lol That 320mb GTS will do you for a 19"

Yea I should really use ebay more.

kazzer · 17-07-2007 09:04PM

Wait until the 23rd and get the E6750 for 178.70e. More MHz, less euros.

http://www1.hardwareversand.de/6V4Nlsi6_nZ3Ta/1/articledetail.jsp?aid=10620&agid=398

tman · 17-07-2007 09:15PM

Holy crap that's a sweet price!:eek:
I'll definitely be ordering one of those instead, would've been kicking myself right now if I'd let my komplett order ship!

/edit
what's the difference between tray and box on that site?
I would be awfully pissed off if all of my stuff arrived and it was sans cpu cooler

kazzer · 17-07-2007 09:40PM

The tray version comes without cooler, and the box is the retail version with a cooler. Remember intel are introducing new processors onto the market on the 22nd July along with some nice price cuts. E.g a boxed E6850 with a 3GHz clock for 250e on hardwareversand. The Q6600 quad core is supposed to sell at about $266 around the 22nd.

tman · 17-07-2007 10:42PM

My final order was just shy of €700, hopefully the rest of my shopping experience with hardwareversand is as positive as their pricing!

I take it I can just pay the credit transfer from a bank, but would it be possible from my local post office instead? (would just be a little bit handier...)

Thanks a million for your advice so far folks, it was greatly appreciated

Help me spend €800ish on mainboard, cpu, ram & gfx

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