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27-03-2011 4:59pm#1
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you can overclock the 2300 aswell on the stock cooler probably not 4.0GHz but 3.6GHz or even 3.8GHz (if your lucky with the chip you recieve
) but defo not any higher then that due to the locked multiplier but still very good value for money but at this point i would suggest spending abit more on your budget (maybe put it up to €850) and get a cpu cooler with a 2500K because then that would be a unanimous decision for that set up 
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IrishMetalhead wrote: »you can overclock the 2300 aswell on the stock cooler probably not 4.0GHz but 3.6GHz or even 3.8GHz (if your lucky with the chip you recieve) but defo not any higher then that due to the locked multiplier but still very good value for money but at this point i would suggest spending abit more on your budget (maybe put it up to €850) and get a cpu cooler with a 2500K because then that would be a unanimous decision for that set up
The point is that you can get a cooler a few months down the line pretty easily, but there is no upgrade path for the 2300 or X6.0 -
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IrishMetalhead wrote: »you can overclock the 2300 aswell on the stock cooler probably not 4.0GHz but 3.6GHz or even 3.8GHz (if your lucky with the chip you recieve)
I've read that increasing the base clock even from 100->105 with the P67 chipset can cause lockups or worse. It's recommended all overclocking be done using multiplier only, keeping the base clock fixed at 100Mhz. Thus 2500k with a P67 mobo is really the minimum you should get if you plan overclock.
Following from that, ram speed isn't so important here either, but I'd get the cheap 4gb mushkin kit over the cheap Corsair Valueselect
http://www3.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?aid=33951&agid=1192&lb0 -
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If your after something abit simple but still powerfull I would recommend this then I also included HWVS's Building services in the price but exl. shipping:
Phenom's are better processors for gaming than the Atlon's so there probably the best budget gaming cpu's atm and the 6870 is almost the exact same as the 5850 in terms of speed but I'm pretty sure the 6870 is actually faster in most games.
Edit: Also I included the sticks of Corsair XMS3's because the Mushkin's are currently out of stock so they were the next decent 4GB kit that were in stock.
Edit2: Also the 650W version of the Amazon is only there because the PC Configurator wouldn't allow me to select the 550W version even tho it would run it =/
Probably one of few HWVS's flaws.0 -
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Serephucus wrote: »Definitely keep the 2500K. Much better processor, no question.
You sure you haven't miscalculated there? You have your motherboard down as costing less than €5.
Cheers guys, should have been €84.33 but total figure is still ok.
Christ id love to chance building it myself. Have messed around abit inside pcs just switching graphics cards and things. Its a nice lump of money and dont want to waste it...0 -
If you're somewhat familiar and comfortable with switching components around, you're not too far from building yourself. It is essentially doing that a few times in a row. I certainly wouldn't pay for them to install the OS, €35 for booting from a DVD is crazy :pac:.
You could save €55 by handling both of those tasks yourself and put that towards the components I recommended above0 -
Depending one where you are, you could get someone here to help you with it. I myself am in Maynooth. Have a look at this thread, to get an idea of who's where.
It's actually great fun to build a PC, and once you get comfortable with it, not that hard at all. Your first one can be a bit daunting though. 0 -
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