budget conroe build?

[jimmyness]

right, i was gonna go for the e6600, then i thought naa, ill get the am2 3800, now im gonna go for the e6300, and OC the **** out of it, i already have a 430w seasonic psu, 250gb wd hdd, and a 74gb hdd, the crap i got at the mo im gonna sell, that is a asus p4p800se, 1gb geil ram, 6800gt (agp, with vf700) and a p4 northy with zalman heat sink, that should gimmie about £300, for my upgrades im thinkin 7900gt, e6300, 2gb ram and some mobo,:

cpu: http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/114212

mobo: http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/113951

ram: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/GSkill_Memory.html (top one)

vga: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/7900_Series.html (top one)

well whad ya think? any ideas for gettin the price down, so far its at about £580.

also how much eefect does cache have, is it worth the extra £100 for the e6600??

thanks

 

[Khann]

E6300 isn't Conroe.

 

[Nitestick]

what? the E6300 is a desktop Core 2 Duo, so unless i missed something it is a Conroe.

it all seems good to me, i can't really help you out with the motherboard and i definitely wouldn't have a clue about British prices. maybe someone like Trifid can help.

 

[Khann]

E6300 is a different core to the E6600+. It's not technically Conroe.

 

[JoshSB]

But it still has all the features, Khann is saying that the E6300 has an Allendale core, which still is pretty much the same as the Conroe, just half the L2 Cache.

Anyways, when it comes to Conroe, nothing is budget atm =P

 

[Ridlyn]

Does it really matter what the name of core really matters, just how well it performs.

It all seems very good to me, but i would try and upgrade the ram to ddr2 800 if you can afford it.

 

[JawnJawn]

So which Conroe is the cheapest "real" Conroe?

 

[Chase]

Haha....wow I didn't know the E6300 wasn't technically a real Conroe...JawnJawn, don't worry about the name (although right now it is really cool to say "hey, I have a Conroe"). Worry more about performance vs $$. Which right now your setup looks nice.

::-Chase-::

 

[Khann]

Yeah it doesn't really matter, I was just being a smart arse, lol.

 

[Orayn]

The only "real" Conroes are the E6600 and above. If you want a budget Conroe build, get the $130 motherboard from Intel, and an E6300. With a good third party heatsink/fan and a little luck you could break 3GHz.