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I'm still attempting to piece together a budget system for my brother (word documents, spreadsheets and so forth but also a few games(crysis!)). I'm not expecting it to be capable of High in Crysis, but I want it to produce some respectable graphics at least. Through advice I have cobbled together something decent enough considering the low budget/high prices in Ireland.
- Intel e2180 (AMD 5000+ BE was not available) Dabs Ireland - Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2180 2.0GHz 1M Cache S775 800MH (BX80557E2180)
- OCZ Platinum 2GB PC2-6400 RAM Dabs Ireland - OCZ Technology 2x1GB 240DIMM PC2-6400 DDR2 Platinum (OCZ2P800R22GK)
- Samsung Spinpoint 160GB HDD Dabs Ireland - Samsung Spinpoint 160GB 7200RPM S300 3.5" (HD161HJ)
- An old Lite-on DVD-Rom drive I have lying around or this Dabs Ireland - Optiarc (Sony/NEC) 20X DVD+/RW/12X RAM SATA BLACK (7200S-0B)
- The case will be either a modded IQon (Ex-Irish PC manufacturer) case or my old one if I mess it up (and a dabs value PSU that will be coming with my new case Dabs Ireland - Dabs Value Raidmax SIRIUS alu. case + 500w psu (12cm) ATX (CAS-903))
- An XFX 8600gt although I will stretch to an 8800GT if I possibly can
- 8600gt Dabs Ireland - XFX GeForce 8600GT 512MB DDR2 PCIE DVI 540/800 (PV-T84J-YAJG)
- 8800gt from ebay
- Only problem is with the motherboard, I want a cheap enough one but considering the processor I'm using, i need overclocking to release its potential. I was searching google and found out that pin mods are still capable (I thought they died with Athlon XPs). Perhaps a cheap motherboard (610i or Intel 945) would suffice if pin modded. If not how are p43 motherboards compared to p35's
overclocking E2180 with a Pin Mod - boards.ie
- Intel e2180 (AMD 5000+ BE was not available) Dabs Ireland - Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2180 2.0GHz 1M Cache S775 800MH (BX80557E2180)
- OCZ Platinum 2GB PC2-6400 RAM Dabs Ireland - OCZ Technology 2x1GB 240DIMM PC2-6400 DDR2 Platinum (OCZ2P800R22GK)
- Samsung Spinpoint 160GB HDD Dabs Ireland - Samsung Spinpoint 160GB 7200RPM S300 3.5" (HD161HJ)
- An old Lite-on DVD-Rom drive I have lying around or this Dabs Ireland - Optiarc (Sony/NEC) 20X DVD+/RW/12X RAM SATA BLACK (7200S-0B)
- The case will be either a modded IQon (Ex-Irish PC manufacturer) case or my old one if I mess it up (and a dabs value PSU that will be coming with my new case Dabs Ireland - Dabs Value Raidmax SIRIUS alu. case + 500w psu (12cm) ATX (CAS-903))
- An XFX 8600gt although I will stretch to an 8800GT if I possibly can
- 8600gt Dabs Ireland - XFX GeForce 8600GT 512MB DDR2 PCIE DVI 540/800 (PV-T84J-YAJG)
- 8800gt from ebay
- Only problem is with the motherboard, I want a cheap enough one but considering the processor I'm using, i need overclocking to release its potential. I was searching google and found out that pin mods are still capable (I thought they died with Athlon XPs). Perhaps a cheap motherboard (610i or Intel 945) would suffice if pin modded. If not how are p43 motherboards compared to p35's
overclocking E2180 with a Pin Mod - boards.ie