Dear Anandtech,
It has come to pass that I need a respectable Conroe system as the new family computer. Gaming does not matter, but Vista and using it for 5 years do. I am trying to build a really silent computer, so if AT knows of any comparable parts please tell me so. I do not know much about Intel compatible mobos and ram, and i was wondering if AT could help me out.
The following is what I know of:
$313 CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600
$150 GPU:. I will buy this when the GF 8600s come out in April (thus the need for a onboard vga on the mobo).
$69 HDD: Western Digital Caviar SE 250GB SATA
$100 Case and PSU: Antec Sonata II + 450watt PSU
$33 DVD: Lite On 18x DVD-RW
$60 Mouse and KB: Nice logitech and Rosewill
$50 Sound Card: Low end Creative X-Fi
$279 Speakers: Logitch Z-5500
$0 (We already have a 17" LCD)
I would like help on the following:
~$120 Mobo: ??? All i require is a basic mobo that can work with the E6600 (LGA 775). No sli, no major overclocking, just basic USB, SATA. Greatly preferred, however, is having onboard video. In case the GPU blows out, we can still use the computer untill we get a new one.
~$180 RAM: ??? I want 2GB that cost me at most $180 and wont substantially bottleneck my system.
Total Cost: $1,350
It has come to pass that I need a respectable Conroe system as the new family computer. Gaming does not matter, but Vista and using it for 5 years do. I am trying to build a really silent computer, so if AT knows of any comparable parts please tell me so. I do not know much about Intel compatible mobos and ram, and i was wondering if AT could help me out.
The following is what I know of:
$313 CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600
$150 GPU:. I will buy this when the GF 8600s come out in April (thus the need for a onboard vga on the mobo).
$69 HDD: Western Digital Caviar SE 250GB SATA
$100 Case and PSU: Antec Sonata II + 450watt PSU
$33 DVD: Lite On 18x DVD-RW
$60 Mouse and KB: Nice logitech and Rosewill
$50 Sound Card: Low end Creative X-Fi
$279 Speakers: Logitch Z-5500
$0 (We already have a 17" LCD)
I would like help on the following:
~$120 Mobo: ??? All i require is a basic mobo that can work with the E6600 (LGA 775). No sli, no major overclocking, just basic USB, SATA. Greatly preferred, however, is having onboard video. In case the GPU blows out, we can still use the computer untill we get a new one.
~$180 RAM: ??? I want 2GB that cost me at most $180 and wont substantially bottleneck my system.
Total Cost: $1,350
