e8400 mobo and memory ..$300 to spend.. possible?

[magnumty]

I have about 300 to spend on and upgrade, is it possible to get the chip, mobo, and 2 gigs of memory for 300? I prefer to use newegg. any suggestions appreciated.. doesent have to be a super overclocker.. thanks.

 

[myocardia]

No, it's gonna cost you ~$400 right now for an E8400, P35 motherboard and 2x1 GB of RAM from newegg, if you include the shipping costs.

 

[BlueWeasel]

Actually, depending on the current RAM deals, he might be able to get all of that for ~$360. Maybe slightly less if you include rebates.

 

[taltamir]

http://www.mwave.com/mwave/Dee...teria=e8400&ALL=y&TP=4
e8400 for 209+7$ shipping (8$ for 3rd day, 10$ for 2nd day air)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16813128059
89$ with free shipping
P35 mobo. relatively good. should oc to 4Ghz on quality air with quality ram.

Grand total 305$

I got that, but paid extra 60$ on mobo to get one with a ICH9R south bridge (GA-EP35-DS3R) cause I needed the extra SATA ports (I got multiple raid arrays)

Oh I forgot the ram.. you can get almost any 2x1GB pack of quality ram for 20$ after rebate.

 

[toslat]

HP DDR2-667 Value RAM was FAR with $7 shipping from antonline.com not sure if deal is still on

Depending on taxes and availability in ur state, the microcenter $189 E8400 might be cheaper.

 

[justlnluck]

If you don't overclock, is there a benefit of 800 vs 667 ram?

 

[taltamir]

its gonna be somewhat faster. not sure the exact amount though.

 

[hans007]

$300 is doable. you can get a $189 e8400 (theres a few places online, though newegg isnt one of them)

newegg is $219.99 free shipping

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...E16819115037&Tpk=e8400



this gigabye g31 board is actualy fairly well recommended as the best g31

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16813128078

its $67 + $6

there is also an ecs g31 for $55 after mail in rebate of $20 and it also has free shipping (you might be better of getting the gigabye though, i guess if you dont o/c it really doesnt matter)


wintec ddr2-800 2gb is $38.99 + $5 shipping (i actually have this memory and its fine and works great)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16820161172


memory has gone up slightly the last couple weeks... but still its definitely doable. newegg had some ddr2-667 for $3 less too.

so thats $39+5+67+6 =$114

plus the $189 e8400 and whatever shipping is for that. its not quite $300, but its barely over like $303. + taxes and whatever shipping is on the e8400 (or if he has a microcenter local he can get it there for $189.99)


i guess if he went all through newegg, got ddr2-667 and the ecs after rebate, and the newegg e8400 its $220+$55 after rebate, + $35.99 + 5 ddr2-667....

so thats $314 if he does it all through newegg at the absolute minimum with a rebate.

 

[hans007]

Originally posted by: justlnluck
If you don't overclock, is there a benefit of 800 vs 667 ram?

if you dont overclock there is no benefit if you do dual channel.


667 x 2 @ 64bit memory bus, = 1333 @ 64bit processor bus.


the only advantage is for integrated video bandwidth...