M Mr. tech In Runtime Messages 384 Apr 7, 2007 #1 There are soooo many options! What do you look for when buying a motherboard or CPU? What brands are better? Any suggestions?
There are soooo many options! What do you look for when buying a motherboard or CPU? What brands are better? Any suggestions?
Camshaft Baseband Member Messages 58 Apr 7, 2007 #2 it depends on your budget and what you want to use it for
saltynay Patron Messages 5,149 Location West Coast, Singapore Apr 7, 2007 #3 Intel, asus, abit, Gigabyte are all good motherboard brands and AMD and Intel for Cpu's but it depends on your budget and use??? Matt
Intel, asus, abit, Gigabyte are all good motherboard brands and AMD and Intel for Cpu's but it depends on your budget and use??? Matt
OP OP M Mr. tech In Runtime Messages 384 Apr 7, 2007 #4 My budget is around 500-600 AUS which would be around 700-800 US... I've been looking around and found this set-up. What do you think? Is it all compatible? From what I've read it is but I'm not the smartest when ti comes to computer hardware... Newegg.com - ASUS P5B Deluxe LGA 775 Intel P965 Express ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail Newegg.com - Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 Conroe 2.13GHz 2M shared L2 Cache LGA 775 Processor - Retail Newegg.com - CORSAIR ValueSelect 1GB (2 x 512MB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 533 (PC2 4200) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail Newegg.com - Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 (Perpendicular Recording) ST3250820AS 250GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM Thanks for your help!
My budget is around 500-600 AUS which would be around 700-800 US... I've been looking around and found this set-up. What do you think? Is it all compatible? From what I've read it is but I'm not the smartest when ti comes to computer hardware... Newegg.com - ASUS P5B Deluxe LGA 775 Intel P965 Express ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail Newegg.com - Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 Conroe 2.13GHz 2M shared L2 Cache LGA 775 Processor - Retail Newegg.com - CORSAIR ValueSelect 1GB (2 x 512MB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 533 (PC2 4200) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail Newegg.com - Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 (Perpendicular Recording) ST3250820AS 250GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM Thanks for your help!
S Sora Renowned Budgeting Master Messages 4,153 Location Uniontown, PA Apr 7, 2007 #5 I suggest a P5B-E instead as its pretty much the same thing for cheaper. Then for ram that ram is overpriced I think. go with this stick. Newegg.com - G.SKILL 1GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) Desktop Memory - Retail
I suggest a P5B-E instead as its pretty much the same thing for cheaper. Then for ram that ram is overpriced I think. go with this stick. Newegg.com - G.SKILL 1GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) Desktop Memory - Retail