what new CPU for a cheap baseunit

[Metroid]

thanks for that. so £400 about.

seems i'm better off spending another £50-£100 for a core 2 duo cpu.

will see what stock is like when i get paid

Take time and check around.

Scan is a good place for buying things and also they have delivery free.

Conroe is not in its website.

I'm waiting to see that stock on 24/07

[mt50]

Take time and check around.

Scan is a good place for buying things and also they have delivery free.

Conroe is not in its website.

I'm waiting to see that stock on 24/07

yeah i'm going to always do a quick check to see a guide price then when it's time to buy i check lots of site to get a good price/spec.

get paid on the 21st so don't mind a couple of week wait. after all no good shows out for download for a couple of months now lol.

[charleski]

also wouldn't a 64bit single core be better than a 32bit dual core(p4's are 32bit right)for windows vista when thats out.

All Pentiums are 64 bit, so no need to worry about that.

If you can push your budget up a bit further, then a 6300 will definitely be a good idea. You're going to end up spending around £120 for a motherboard that can support it, though, as the value-segment motherboards for Conroe won't be out for a while still.

[xbo]

If you're looking for something sooner rather than later I'd recommend the Asus Pundit barebones system. It is less than £100 and includes mobo, PSU, gfx, case, HSF, and is getting some great reviews (that I can back up as I own one)

[mt50]

http://www.thomaswilliam.co.uk/build.jpg

slightly over budget, but should be a kick-ass system

chazt, thanks for that i'm gonna go for that i think, maybe change the case but other than that it looks tops, just seen on tomshardware you can overclock the 805 easy, upto 4ghz, i'll be happy at 3.0/3.2ghz

thanks

will save £100-£150 on a conroe PC.