$1000 new Intel C2D setup

[PMildren]

I am wanting to upgrade an older system. The only things I need to purchase are motherboard, RAM, SATA HDD and CPU. I have been looking at getting an E6300. Need 2GB of RAM to go with it. The setup might get some light OC, but nothing too intensive. System is primarily for gaming. Will be coupled with an eVGA 8800GTS and SB Audigy sound card.

 

[Ladicius]

that the older system in your sig? I need an upgrade bad

 

[engiNURD]

$184 - Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 Conroe 1.86GHz
$100 - Foxconn P9657AA-8KS2H Socket T (LGA 775) Intel P965 Express
$210 - G.SKILL 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2-800 F2-6400CL5D-2GBNQ
$490 - eVGA 640-P2-N821-AR GeForce 8800GTS 640MB
$95 - Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3320620AS 320GB 7200RPM SATA300 16MB Cache
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$1080 + tax and shipping

Hope you have a good 400W PSU.

 

[andru]

That foxconn mainboard got pretty poor reviews. Anyone have another suggestion they've had a good experience with?

 

[Cintirich]

Gigabyte 965P-S3 $115.99

Solid very solid C2D mobo choice if you dont care about SLI or RAID. You should be able to overclock well on it without much effort.

 

[engiNURD]

Review on that foxconn board:
http://www.tweaktown.com/articles/963/6/page_6_bios_and_overclocking_foxconn/index.html

That foxconn mainboard got pretty poor reviews. Anyone have another suggestion they've had a good experience with?

Poor reviews from who? My friend got one, and it works fine for him (I suggested it to him, lol).

If you don't trust the foxconn, go with the S3 for $16 more.