ubuntu-au Digest, Vol 23, Issue 17

[Christopher Lees]

On Sat, 2008-01-12 at 07:25 +0000, ubuntu-au-request at lists.ubuntu.com
wrote:

> Message: 1
> Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2008 16:39:45 +1100
> From: Todd <todd at nodaleks.com>
> 
> 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.