$600 to build a overclockable system.

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This is all I manged to save up for 3 months and I don't think I could save anymore since I moved out. What would you guys recommend for a good overclock and a good video card just to play Battelfield or Counter Strike on .

I have 2 gig of DDR2 667 ECC Ram , so I could count that out and the DVD/Burner too.
 
jeez, uh you can get a gigabyte ds3 for about 120 on newegg, then grab a c2d 6300 is like 180. then you could throw a 8800gts for 250 or so into the mix. This is assuming you have other things like a case, sound card, cables, fans, aftermarket HSF etc. this also leaves you about 50 if you need to buy aforementioned aftermarket HSF..

that's a pretty tight budget though. You could swap down to a c2d e4300 but i don't think its actually any cheaper at this moment than the 6300. you could also wait for price cuts which should come sometime this month? i've also seen a 6320 for the same price as the 6300 which is the same thing but with 4mb of cache. If you can find it its worth it.
 
thank you for your response. I actually have a Zalman 9700 fan :) and I have most of the cables too. Thank you for your response.
 
that's a 320mb 8800gts btw, forgot to mention that.

check the hot deals section. you might find some good deals for some of the parts mentioned
 
THESE FROM NEWEGG:

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3320620AS (Perpendicular Recording Technology) 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM $80 code:pPALCUDA
AMD Athlon 64 X2 3600+ Brisbane 1.9GHz Socket AM2 Processor Model ADO3600IAA5DL - OEM $65
UBISOFT Gift - PC Game Soft Rainbow Six:Vegas - OEM FREE w/CPU
BIOSTAR TFORCE 550 Socket AM2 NVIDIA nForce 550 MCP ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail $78
Rosewill RP500-2 ATX 2.01 500W Power Supply - Retail $49
EVGA 320-P2-N811-AR GeForce 8800GTS 320MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Video Card - Retail $279-20MIR
$15Shipping

SUBTOTAL $566

THE CASE FROM SVC.COM:
COOLER MASTER RC-534-KWN1 BLACK CENTURION STEEL MID TOWER ATX CASE W/ SIDE WINDOW $29
$10Shipping

TOTAL $609

Oh and if you need a heatsink, pick up whatever you like. Probably the ewiz.com sale will be best for the Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 $20Shipped
 
Yeah, you can't buy c2d on that budget. Best bet is to go with the 3600+ as the previous poster mentioned. Most people get them from 1.9ghz to about 3. Pretty crazy. But then again my e4300 got to about 3.2 from 1.8 :D
 
you guys are very helpful, fyi I have a Zalman Heatsink so that should work well.
 
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