A build.

Ichigo

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EVGA Nforce 680I SLI LGA775 Conroe ATX 2PCI-E16 Motherboard

Apparently this motherboard has issues with quad-cores, which is fine since I'm not planning on buying a quad-core. All I need to know is that this board will run without issues with the CPU and RAM that I have chosen and has good potential for overclocking. It's $120 CDN, so unless you can find me an equivalent deal for another board, I think I'm going with this.

Intel Pentium Dual Core E2140 Dual Core Processor LGA775 1.6GHZ 800FSB 1MB Retail

Cheapest. If I can get into the high 2Ghz range, I won't complain, but I've heard this has potential to hit 3Ghz. With the board I mentioned and the RAM, it seems very possible, unless you guys disagree. If so, please let me know.

OCZ Gold XTC PC2-6400 2GB 2X1GB DDR2-800 CL5-5-5-12 240PIN DIMM Dual Channel Memory Kit

Cheapest 2GB kit I could find in Canada, even without the rebate. o_o It should be fine for the overclocking that I wish to do, am I right?

BFG GeForce 8600GT OC 565MHZ 256MB 1.4GHZ GDDR3 PCI-E Dual DVI-I HDTV Out HDCP DIRECTX10 Video Card

$100. Can't complain. It's the best I'll get for what I can afford right now. HD video decoding is a nice bonus.

All I want to know is if everything will play together nicely and whether you think I have a good chance of madly overclocking this thing. Thanks.
 

airhendrix13

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If you can find a P35 board around that price range, that would be better. Not only is it more futureproof, but OC's a little bit better.

You are going to need good cooling if you want to nearly double the speed of you CPU. If you have a little extra cash, buy an aftermarket heatsink.

Good parts though.

Enjoy,

Ryan
 

LightningRider

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Yeah I would get P35 mobo as well, see as how you don't seem to be interested in SLI anyways with your budget. I assume you already have HDD's, PSU etc.