New cheap compy

[NIKO]

New cheap compy. I am really really short on cash so im making this cheap

Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131199
CPU
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115029
HDD
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822210004

[Phobos]

You're going to want to have a video card if you are going to play CSS at reasonable framerates integrated gfx aren't that great anymore...

[NIKO]

lol yea i know. im worring about the graphics card later. but right now I only have the CPU. I just want to know if the mother board im getting is going to work well with my CPU.

[Phobos]

Well, with the mobo you've listed, the fastest RAM you can get is 667. My mobo supports Dual Channel DDR2 800, but it costs nearly 200 bucks lol.

[Zero001]

The motherboards FSB rating is 1066/800MHz the CPU's FSB is 1333MHz. It won't work.

[Phobos]

The motherboards FSB rating is 1066/800MHz the CPU's FSB is 1333MHz. It won't work.

Hah. I didn't even check that those links. Nice call.

[NIKO]

The motherboards FSB rating is 1066/800MHz the CPU's FSB is 1333MHz. It won't work.

....then i guess i will look for a motherboard that has a FSB of 1333MHz or higher. I love being a noob lol

[NIKO]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128059&Tpk=GIGABYTE%2bGA-P35-DS3L

I think this motherbaord should work fine. its rated at 1333MHz and higher, ontop of that it says it supports core 2 duo. let me know if this will work fine with my CPU.

[Zero001]

The DS3L is a great board, but why such a pricey chip on a budget PC?

[NIKO]

Well I have set new goals for myself at work so i can get a little better PC, plus with this Motherboard i can eventually upgrade to a quad without having to spend a lot. I should be up and runnin in a month and a half. every week or so Im buyin a new part.

bytw i lied about my cpu...this is the accual one that I bought
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115030&Tpk=CPU%2bINTEL%2bE6550

[NIKO]

zero, could you help me pick the best one please

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

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128088

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128084

[Zero001]

An E7200 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115052) would've been a better cpu and it cost less.

As far as the boards P35>G31>GeForce 7100

[Smallsasaurus]

NIKO, I just built my dad a budget computer and used the first MoBo you had listed there. It posted first try for me, OC's like a champ, and had everything I needed in a budget board. My only 2 knocks against it was it only had 2 slots for memory, (so if you ever wanted 4Gbs RAM, you would have to by 2x2GB sticks, instead of 2 sets of very affordable 2x1GB sticks) and it only had a place to directly plug 1 case fan to the mother board. A simple adapter allowed my other 2 fans to work, but it was a bit of a nuisance.

Long story short, anyone of those boards should be okay.

Oh, and if you are willing to anti-up a bit you can get a Q6600 (http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0287043) Quad Core for $200. Be careful though, I haven't tried this CPU in any of these motherboards, so I'm not sure its 100% compatible. It should work, but sometimes things are a little screwy. Also, this is OEM, so no cpu fan is included. If you are with in range of a Micro Center store, you can get one with a fan for the same price.

The CPU Zero recommended is a great one too.

Edit:Sorry, I lied, this is actually the MoBo I used:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128077

Pretty similar though.

[NIKO]

i would like to know if this power supply would work well with my Gigabyte p35-s3g MOBO and my core 2 duo CPU

http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2872506&cp=&sr=1&origkw=power+supply&kw=power+supply&parentPage=search

its a good price and I wont have to deal with shipping because If they ship it to my store, its no extra cost. BUT I would like to know if it is compatible with my MOBO.