need help with budget c2d setup

[phonicsmonkey]

im going to get a e6300, 7950gt, but the ram and mobo i dont know what to get.

im thinking about getting the evga nf4 mobo cause i can get it for about 100$, but im pretty clueless on what mobo to get, same with ram. ive got around 350-400 cnd to spend on ram and mobo.

and also im in canada, so i cant buy from most us retailers, and prices are a little higher.

im new to ocing, but id like to able to midly oc without changing the voltages that much (if at all)

 

[CurseTheSky]

Don't get nForce 4. Go with something like a P965 chipset. The ASUS P5B-E is a great buy.

For memory, anything DDR2 667 or DDR2 800 with decent latencies will do. Memory prices have dropped a bit, so you don't need to spend $350+ on 2GBs of memory to get something that will overclock more than 50MHz.

 

[secretanchitman]

cursethesky has it right. forget the nforce4. i would go with a 965x/975x or the nforce 6 series. same with the memory, 1GB and 2GB are cheap now. i also would get at least DDR2-667 memory, so your OCing potential will be higher.

the board and memory in my sig are excellent together. got my pentium D 930 up to 4.1Ghz stable. and the memory voltages stay below 2.3v. but since C2D cpus start at a 266FSB, you'll get a much better overclock.

 

[phonicsmonkey]

Originally posted by: CurseTheSky
Don't get nForce 4. Go with something like a P965 chipset. The ASUS P5B-E is a great buy.

For memory, anything DDR2 667 or DDR2 800 with decent latencies will do. Memory prices have dropped a bit, so you don't need to spend $350+ on 2GBs of memory to get something that will overclock more than 50MHz.

whats the difference between p5b and the p5b-e?

 

[secretanchitman]

p5b doesnt have certain features/stuff compared to the E. pretty sure because asus usually makes its mobos that way.