The goal on this build has been to accumulate cheapo parts for the past two months or so, and use them for a new Conroe build for my first overclocking ventures. The goal isn't necessarily to go absolute cheapo, but to get good OCable stuff for cheap, with a goal of at least 3GHz.
Now that everything is finally on order and either received or en route, I'm doing myself the vanity of a build page. If only I hadn't blown my cash on this stuff, I could get a better camera for some better pix
So here's the pieces and prices (includes all shipping, taxes, and rebates... all links to where they were ordered, although not all deals are still active):
Case:
$20 Ultra Aluminus with window (shoulda waited till it was $10)
Case Power:
$40 Raidmax Volcano 630W
Motherboard:
$133 Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3
CPU:
$157 E6300 Conroe
CPU cooling:
$45 Thermalright Ultra-120
$9 ($3 * 3) Yate Loon D12SL-12-BK 120mm Low Speed
RAM:
$220 2GB Crucial Ballistix PC2-6400 4-4-4-12
Video:
$138 PNY Verto 7900GS 256MB PCI-E 16X
Hard drive:
$27 Maxtor 160GB SATA (Microcenter, link is gone)
Optical drive:
$32 Samsung 18X Lightscribe
I don't screw around with burners, only BenQ, NEC or Samsung for me.
Sound:
Onboard till I find something cheap and good.
Keyboard/mouse:
$20 Logitech LX 710 wireless I won't need much range.
Additional Cooling:
$6 ($3 * 2) Evercool EC4010 40mm Case Fan
$7 Thermaltake CL-C0025 RAM Heatsink
Current Total Spent
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$854
Possible future purchases:
$50 Audigy 2 ZS Platinum?
And so, it begins...
Now that everything is finally on order and either received or en route, I'm doing myself the vanity of a build page. If only I hadn't blown my cash on this stuff, I could get a better camera for some better pix

Case:
$20 Ultra Aluminus with window (shoulda waited till it was $10)
Case Power:
$40 Raidmax Volcano 630W
Motherboard:
$133 Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3
CPU:
$157 E6300 Conroe
CPU cooling:
$45 Thermalright Ultra-120
$9 ($3 * 3) Yate Loon D12SL-12-BK 120mm Low Speed
RAM:
$220 2GB Crucial Ballistix PC2-6400 4-4-4-12
Video:
$138 PNY Verto 7900GS 256MB PCI-E 16X
Hard drive:
$27 Maxtor 160GB SATA (Microcenter, link is gone)
Optical drive:
$32 Samsung 18X Lightscribe
I don't screw around with burners, only BenQ, NEC or Samsung for me.
Sound:
Onboard till I find something cheap and good.
Keyboard/mouse:
$20 Logitech LX 710 wireless I won't need much range.
Additional Cooling:
$6 ($3 * 2) Evercool EC4010 40mm Case Fan
$7 Thermaltake CL-C0025 RAM Heatsink
Current Total Spent
--------------------------
$854
Possible future purchases:
$50 Audigy 2 ZS Platinum?
And so, it begins...