On Sat, 2008-01-12 at 07:25 +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2008 16:39:45 +1100 > From: Todd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Have been doing some more research after reading what has been posted > here. I am looking at the following: > > Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L ) $110 > > Video Card: Gigabyte 8500 GT 256 MB $88.00 > > HDD: 3.5" HDD SATA-300 320GB 16MB Seagate SV35 (ST3320620SV) $105 > > CPU? The suggested INTEL CORE2DUO E8200 2.66Ghz/1333 at $250 is a little > above my intended budget.
I can't comment on reliability, but for motherboard I've got an Asus P5K Premium which works brilliantly - even the wifi works. The ordinary P5K is about $149 and it would work very well. They are Intel sockets though. Looks like you've got a good price on the video card. As for CPU to go with my suggested board, here's what it says in my catalogue: E4500 $159 E4600 $179 E6550 $209 E6750 $239 So there are plenty of Core 2 CPUs under $250. For RAM I'd get two 512 sticks rather than one 1gig stick, but if you want to keep costs down you can get a 1 gig stick for $35 - just ten dollars more than a single 512 stick. -- ubuntu-au mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
