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I'm helping a friend pick parts for his new rig. He is going to run C2D either an e4300 or an e6 3/400. He would like to overclock to ~3ghz and would like to keep the board to ~$150 or less and needs 2 gb RAM for preferably under $200.
We are ordering tonight and would like to order...
I purchased the desk below a few years ago from Office Depot.
http://www.officedepot.com/ddMain.do?level=FM&id=175889&location_info=SG_2_CT_816_FM_175889
It sounds close to what your looking for. I also use a 19" CRT and it fits on the top shelf fine. The keyboard/mouse tray is very wide.
I've got a BBA 9600XT for sale that I bought ~5 weeks ago.
I haven't done any overclocking with it at all. I decided to jump on Best Buy's current 6800NU + HL2 deal which is why I'm selling the 9600xt.
I've narrowed down to a few different setups. $450 is still the max I can spend.
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Chaintech VNF3-250 - $72
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=13-152-043&catalog=23&manufactory=BROWSE
Corsair Value Select 2x512 - $155...
I have so far been unable to find Processor/board/1gb RAM for $450 using socket 939. I might be able to accomplish that if I got the cheapest RAM I can find, but I'd rather not sacrifice performance to get 939.
If anyone is aware of any 939 setup for $450 or less I'd deffinately consider it...
I'm building a budget system and am still undecided about the CPU, RAM, Motherboard. So far I have purchased the following:
Antec SLK2650-BQE - $60
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=11-129-148&depa=1
Lite-On CDRW/DVD ROM combo drive - $38...