~$2,300 C2D build...

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Jordan1

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I may be building a Conroe system for a friend. Budget is around $2,300 USD. This will be my first C2D build so feel free to leave suggestions on what I could change. One of the main things the PC will be used for is gaming. He will also be needing a monitor, keyboard, mouse, speakers, and OS. Prices are from the 'egg.

Here's what I'm looking at so far...

$29.99 - NEC 18X DVD±R DVD Burner
$79.99 - LIAN LI PC-7B plus II
$89.99 - Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3320620AS 320GB 7200 RPM SATA
$339.99 - ViewSonic VX2025WM Black-Silver 20.1" 8ms LCD
$149.99 - FSP Group (Fortron Source) FX700-GLN ATX12V/ EPS12V 700W Quad. SLi
$23.75 - Logitech Media Elite keyboard
$39.99 - Logitech MX518 mouse
$271.00 - CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)
$109.99 - Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 w/SP2B
$259.99 - eVGA 122-CK-NF68-AR nForce 680i SLI
$751.99 - eVGA 8800GTS / Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 (combo deal)
$31.75 - Logitech X-230 32 watts RMS 2.1 speakers

subtotal: $2,178.41
shipping: $64.93
total: $2,243.34
 
everything looks good....it's just that i've heard of problems when installing MCE. Goood luck :D
 
Jordan1 said:
I may be building a Conroe system for a friend. Budget is around $2,300 USD. This will be my first C2D build so feel free to leave suggestions on what I could change. One of the main things the PC will be used for is gaming. He will also be needing a monitor, keyboard, mouse, speakers, and OS. Prices are from the 'egg.

Here's what I'm looking at so far...

$29.99 - NEC 18X DVD±R DVD Burner
$79.99 - LIAN LI PC-7B plus II
$89.99 - Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3320620AS 320GB 7200 RPM SATA
$339.99 - ViewSonic VX2025WM Black-Silver 20.1" 8ms LCD
$149.99 - FSP Group (Fortron Source) FX700-GLN ATX12V/ EPS12V 700W Quad. SLi
$23.75 - Logitech Media Elite keyboard
$39.99 - Logitech MX518 mouse
$271.00 - CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)
$109.99 - Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 w/SP2B
$259.99 - eVGA 122-CK-NF68-AR nForce 680i SLI
$751.99 - eVGA 8800GTS / Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 (combo deal)
$31.75 - Logitech X-230 32 watts RMS 2.1 speakers

subtotal: $2,178.41
shipping: $64.93
total: $2,243.34
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Hmm...I got that monitor, its pretty damn good. However it has known DVI cable issues, I have experienced them myself. if you unplug it ever it ( i think while its still on) it will run into issues.
Also if you want to do some serious OCing look into better RAM, the standard Corsair XMS stuff is.... less than excellent for OCing. Get At least Dominator.


and you forgot a floppy :D
 
buffbiff21 said:
Hmm...I got that monitor, its pretty damn good. However it has known DVI cable issues, I have experienced them myself. if you unplug it ever it ( i think while its still on) it will run into issues.
Also if you want to do some serious OCing look into better RAM, the standard Corsair XMS stuff is.... less than excellent for OCing. Get At least Dominator.

and you forgot a floppy :D
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You don't think $271 was enough to spend on ram? hehe... I'd stick with what you've chosen or go with cheaper ram. DDR2 overclocks nicely, just relax the timings and feed it some voltage. How far do you plan to OC? lol... I dont even see a 3rd party HSF on that list, so I would assume you don't plan on OCing past 400*9=3.6Ghz, which is possible with stock cooling. Forget the floppy drive; Move on, lol.
 
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