mitchc05

Hi all,

Been thinking of building a Core 2 Duo rig since I will have just enough money but the end of August. Here is what I was thinking, I just need some suggestions for a motherboard. Not sure about the Asus P5B - anyone had any experience with it yet?

CPU
http://www.pccyber.com/scrItem.asp?p...roduct_id=9639

Mobo
http://www.pccyber.com/scrItem.asp?p...roduct_id=9461

RAM
http://www.pccyber.com/scrItem.asp?p...roduct_id=8018

Video Card
http://www.pccyber.com/scrItem.asp?p...roduct_id=8601

Thanks and try to remember that I'm in Canada so no newegg links please.

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kingwilliam

http://www.buy.com/prod/ATI_Radeon_X...202211859.html

Check this out

mitchc05

Could I not just flash an XT to XTX and save some money? On Buy.com Canada website the XTX is $468

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Laptop (HP dv5020ca): AMD Turion 64 ML-32 @ 1.8ghz, 1024mb 333mhz RAM, 80gb 4200rpm, Radeon Xpress 200m w/ 128mb (Shared)

Wankerfx

Do you live in Ottawa? I buy from PCCYBER too. You should also consider the Gigabyte DS3 ($175.00) or the P5B Deluxe ($245.00).

LOL, you're also buying the exact same ram I want.

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mitchc05

LOL I don't actually live in Ottawa but not far away. I buy most of my pc stuff there too.

I have looked at the P5B Deluxe - just trying to save some money with the P5B non deluxe. Thanks for mentioning the Gigabyte DS3, that looks like a nice board as well. I have normally had good luck with Asus though, never used a Gigabyte board.

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Laptop (HP dv5020ca): AMD Turion 64 ML-32 @ 1.8ghz, 1024mb 333mhz RAM, 80gb 4200rpm, Radeon Xpress 200m w/ 128mb (Shared)

blade_3k

yea im thinking the same build well almost im going with the E6300 and the Asus P5B but diff ram and vid card but yea.. most ppl here would say the gigabyte board oc's better cause more ppl used it and ocd with it i cant find a single review on the net on that P5B board... it seems solid i guess though. but trying getting some PC2-6400 ram with like 4-4-4-15 timmings or close, that would be much better.

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Wankerfx

You can overclock that ram to 4-4-4-8 with DDR2-850 @ 2.1V (Nasgul)

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Kimon

The difference between the two is insignificant and I don't think there is a need to flash it to XTX since XT is just an underclocked XTX.

ELmo1989

good setup.

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GTACrime

Nice setup indeed. I bought the same RAM.