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Intel Core 2 Duo E6400-$224
X-Dreamer II -$60
ASUS P5VDC-MX Socket T-$55
CORSAIR ValueSelect 1GB (2 x 512MB)-$115
ITE-ON Black 16X DVD-ROM 52X CD-R 32X CD-RW 52X CD-ROM-$25
eVGA 7950GT 512MB-$300

All for $779

This is a build for my friend, he plays UT2004, WoW, BF2 and some lighter games on his computer now and it runs slow. He wants me to build a computer for him that will be almost lag less and I thought this would do find. As far as windows is concerned he has a copy from his old computer so thats no problem. With the monitor I was thinking this

-Inc by Hanns-G CY-199DP / 19" / 8ms-$149.99

So would this be good or could I cut cost or get better parts?
 
Looks good, but your missing a hard drive, and that motherboard wont work with the Core 2 Duo. You also need DDR2 RAM for most boards.
 
drunkbum222 said:
Why wouldn't that work the motherboard is a socket T LGA 775 just like the Core 2 Duo, and it takes 2x 184pin DDR and 2x 240pin DDR2.
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if you read under the specifications tab... it doesn't list core 2 duo as a supported CPU...

if you are going for the cheapest, then this will work... but i don't know a thing about ECS's reliability, if that's a concern to you...
 
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So basically, you picked a motherboard that doesnt support that CPU, and doesn't have a PCI-E slot. So you need to get a new motherboard, and get DDR2 RAM.
 
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[-0MEGA-];448804 said:
So basivally, you picked a motherboard that doesnt support that CPU, and doesn't have a PCI-E slot. So you need to get a new motherboard, and get DDR2 RAM.
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i don't know about the DDR2 thing... some of these mobo's on newegg support DDR and DDR2... you ust can't mix the types... i.e. a stick of DDR and DDR2... i've seen it more and more with the new socket T boards... it seems that most boards can't actually support conroe right away and you need an old CPU to reflash the BIOS... and i think they put in support for DDR just as a last resort if somebody doesn't have the right CPU/RAM combination...
 
goosy22 said:
i don't know about the DDR2 thing... some of these mobo's on newegg support DDR and DDR2... you ust can't mix the types... i.e. a stick of DDR and DDR2... i've seen it more and more with the new socket T boards... it seems that most boards can't actually support conroe right away and you need an old CPU to reflash the BIOS... and i think they put in support for DDR just as a last resort if somebody doesn't have the right CPU/RAM combination...
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Those boards are for people who have invested in good quality DDR ram and want to move to the new performance on Conroe without losing their investment. For example, somebody who bought Crucial Ballistix DDR500 ram would REALLY hate to move to Conroe and have to spend 350 bucksto buy 2 gig of DDR2 1000 which would kinda be the DDR2 equivilent of the DDR500. Also kinda like with boards that support AGP and/or PCIe graphics cards, although a couple of them have PCIe x16 slots physically, with only 4 or 8 lanes ran to it to it isn't electronically x16.

That said, a GOOD budget board for this category would be the Gigabyte S3. Knock the E6400 down to an E6300 to shave some money, go with a 7800GTX or 7900GT to save some cash there as well. Hell, if all he plays is BF2 and UT2004, he could probably make due with a few less fps and maybe a bit less eye candy adn go with 7600GT and really cut his budget. For DDR2, look for DDR2800 memory with 1.8 or 1.9V's. The P965 chipset likes its ram 1.8V, and can handle 1.9, but if you get cheaper highspeed memory it's basically already overclocked with a higher voltage (2.0 or higher) and looser timings, whcih sometimes does not want to register. If he has to he can buy 1 stick now, and 1 stick later when he has the chance.
 
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Saurian said:
Those boards are for people who have invested in good quality DDR ram and want to move to the new performance on Conroe without losing their investment. For example, somebody who bought Crucial Ballistix DDR500 ram would REALLY hate to move to Conroe and have to spend 350 bucksto buy 2 gig of DDR2 1000 which would kinda be the DDR2 equivilent of the DDR500. Also kinda like with boards that support AGP and/or PCIe graphics cards, although a couple of them have PCIe x16 slots physically, with only 4 or 8 lanes ran to it to it isn't electronically x16.
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good point... didn't even think of that... god i feel dumb :P
 
goosy22 said:
i don't know about the DDR2 thing... some of these mobo's on newegg support DDR and DDR2... you ust can't mix the types... i.e. a stick of DDR and DDR2... i've seen it more and more with the new socket T boards... it seems that most boards can't actually support conroe right away and you need an old CPU to reflash the BIOS... and i think they put in support for DDR just as a last resort if somebody doesn't have the right CPU/RAM combination...
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What Saurian said is very true, there for people who already have DDR memory and an AGP video card, and don't want to upgrade to PCI-E and DDR2 quite yet.

Thats what I did, if you look at my sig, I have a C2D E6300, but im using my DDR memory and AGP video card.
 
[-0MEGA-];449069 said:
What Saurian said is very true, there for people who already have DDR memory and an AGP video card, and don't want to upgrade to PCI-E and DDR2 quite yet.

Thats what I did, if you look at my sig, I have a C2D E6300, but im using my DDR memory and AGP video card.
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didn't even notice geoff... i guess i just had a different thought on that...:o
 
goosy22 said:
if you read under the specifications tab... it doesn't list core 2 duo as a supported CPU...

if you are going for the cheapest, then this will work... but i don't know a thing about ECS's reliability, if that's a concern to you...
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the one i posted will work... however, you never really stated a budget... so i went for the cheapest...
 
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