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Budget upgrade

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Okay so I was thinking about upgrading my motherboard, cpu, ram and MAYBE the hard drive. I don't know if it's necessary. I would prefer not to go through the trouble of backuping/formatting.

Anyway I'll be going for a e2180 (oc it) and 2 gigs of cheap G.Skill RAM. I don't really know which motherboard to get. It should be around 100$/€ and great for overclocking.

This is the motherboard section of the site im ordering from: http://www.jimmspc-store.fi/valmistajat/3/102

If anyone is willing to help me out it would be appreciated!
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Gigabyte-EP35-DS3
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DFI Blood-Iron P35

This comment was edited at 07/21/2008 5:21 PM
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Is there any other difference between these new gigabytes and the old ones except the energy saving thing? If someone got some positive experience with one i might get it.

Also should I get an aftermarket cooler with the e2180? I've read people saying that you can oc it really high even with the stock cooler.
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Nope.
and
Yea, you should get an Arctic Freezer 7 with Arctic Silver 5 thermal paste.
This comment was edited at 06/26/2008 1:19 AM
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#4

or a Zalman 9700 with Arctic Silver Thermal

Both good choices.

Intel's stock heat sink and fans suck
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lol the Intel stock ones are good..
:)
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Even if you don't get an aftermarket cooler, you need that arctic silver 5. Just make sure you wipe the shit stuff off the stock first :P

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#5 Zalman 9700 is way WAY too expensive.

Core-Contact Freezer or Arctic F7, as simple as that.
This comment was edited at 06/26/2008 1:19 AM
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go for artic f7
E8400 @ 3.8GHz | Gigabyte P35-DS3L | 4GB Corsair | Arctic Cooling Freezer Pro 7 | 500GB | 8800gt|
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dont upgrade at all. get outside of your house.
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too bad I can't find any place where they sell the arctic freezer 7. Zalman 9500 should be alright.
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#6 No they aren't

#8 true that

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