What would you do?

[BigJavy]

So I got my Intel Retail Edge bundel (Intel dg965wh mobo, e6300 cpu, vista) and now I'm kinda torn what to do. I feel like to really take advantage of the e6300, I need to oc. That's not gonna happen on this mobo. Should I ditch the mobo and go w/ either a ds3 or p5b-e? If I do that, I can only swing 1 gig of ram (probably do 1 good oc'ing stick so I can upgrade later). Help quick! I've got everything but this and the vid card (probably going to go w/ something around $150 for now... maybe a 7900gs) figured out so I need help quick! I'm trying to keep the cost of my ram/mobo solution at ~$250-275 or a little less if possible. With both of those mobo's being about $150, that leaves $125ish for the ram. Any recommendations?

(Or should I just suck it up w/ 1 gb of ram and no oc'ing w/ the intel mobo for now?)

Thanks!


jason

 

[~LoKe]

Unless you do heavy video/image editing, you won't need more than 1GB of RAM.

 

[engiNURD]

Seeing as how you have a motherboard right now, use it and get 2GB of ram. When you get more cash, upgrade the mobo and sell the intel one on fleabay. Make sure you get at least DDR2-667. Also, throw in a Scythe Ninja Plus and some AS5. Then you can OC to your hearts content.

$205 - G.Skill 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2-800 F2-6400CL4D-2GBPK (on sale)

You'll need the 2GB for vista.

 

[amyangel]

great!

 

[BigJavy]

Thanks for the replies. I was actually planning on getting that ram... a couple of the reviews says it has no problem booting at 1.8 but I know my mobo is finicky w/ memory. If it doesn't work, i'll get a new mobo... not new ram. Now if I could only find a 8800gts for $200.....