budget oc rig

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Bolus

Discussion Starter · Mar 12, 2009

Hey Guys,

I'm planning on building a low budget system for my girlfriend, on which I occasionally like to play a game as well. Of course I will try to get as much out of the system as possible

. Could you give me some advice on what to get. I was thinking of the following:

- pentium dual core E2220
- Gigabyte GA-G31M-ES2L
- G.Skill F2-8000CL5D-2GBPK - Geheugen - 2 GB ( 2 x 1 GB ) - DIMM 240-pins - DDR2 - 1000 MHz / PC2-8000 - CL5 - 2.1
- Club3d Radeon HD4650

I don't have any experience with mATX, is it overclockable? It's much cheaper than ATX. All tips are welcome! Thanks in advance.

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Acoma_Andy

· #2 · Mar 12, 2009

Go with an E5200 instead of E2220, should be right around the same price.

And pick the HD4670 instead of the HD4650.

And I see you are dutch, which shop are you ordering from? I would suggest using http://www.salland.eu

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linskingdom

· #3 · Mar 12, 2009

The GA-G31M-ES2L is able to OC but may be not that good as P31/P35 atx. 4605 is a 45w GPU and 4670 is a 60 GPU so make sure psu can handle them.

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mcastaneda68

· #4 · Mar 12, 2009

The Gigabyte GA-G31M-ES2L motherboard has the integrated graphics by Intel GMA 3100.
So, if you want to go with onboard graphics, why purchase a discrete graphics card HD4650 or HD4670 ?

If you are buying the discrete graphics, then I suggest the P31 motherboard, which does not have integrated graphics.

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Bolus

Discussion Starter · #5 · Mar 13, 2009

Usefull tips, thanks a lot guys. Is the HD4670 better than the 8800GT? Because that's the one I have, maybe I can do some swapping

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And the memory, is Gskill ok? Lot's of price difference there.

I was thinking of buying at azerty, good prices and service bud Salland is also a great shop.

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Acoma_Andy

· #6 · Mar 13, 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bolus

Usefull tips, thanks a lot guys. Is the HD4670 better than the 8800GT? Because that's the one I have, maybe I can do some swapping

.

And the memory, is Gskill ok? Lot's of price difference there.

I was thinking of buying at azerty, good prices and service bud Salland is also a great shop.

No, the 8800GT is faster then the HD4670.

If your smart, you get 2x2GB memory and give her the 2x1GB. Let me dig up a set, I'll edit my post in a bit.

Edit:
Don't know if this is a pricing error or not, but this set is hella cheap for what you get:
http://www.azerty.nl/8-747-203944/oc...gb-2-x-2-.html

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Bolus

Discussion Starter · #7 · Mar 13, 2009

That's certainly a nice offer. I was thinking the same thing about the memory, although I don't use vista, It can't hurt to be ready for some heavier software. I greatly appreciate your suggestions!

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