Cheapest Core 2 Duo m'board

[greektony]

I am planning on building a new system in the next few weeks. Does anyone know if you can get a core 2 duo board for around £50? All the ones I can find are almost £150 or more which i cannot afford when i have to factor in new RAM, CPU, graphics card etc...

Maybe like an AsRock one or something. Any help is much appreciated!

[Ricco]

Asrock Conroe 945G-DVI
http://www.komplett.co.uk/k/ki.asp?sku=324639&cks=NWP

Has some good support around the web too, not the best overclocker , but OK

[cougarslam]

Asrock 775 DUAL-VSTA VIA PT880, S775, AGP / PCI-Express, DDR/DDR2 667, SATA Raid 1066FSB ATX

http://scan.co.uk/Products/ProductIn...oductID=434321

£36.30 Inc VAT + del using scan2hexus loyalty

can use existing ddr and agp gffx on that.

[oclocker]

if you don't like via chipsets i recommend the asrock 945 chipset ones

i went for the conroe one as 4 ddr2 slots vs 2 on the cheaper one

gonna set up over weekend with aceleron D and buy a conroe chip asap.

scan - motherboards -925/945/975 set lowest price filter and there they are..

[greektony]

i'm not a computer n00b, but I have been out the loop for the past couple of months.......is there any easy way to tell which motherboards accept conroe 2 duos? Cheers

[cougarslam]

they tend to say in the mobo spec

supports core 2 duo or conroe

that other asrock mobo is micro atx so less room for pci expansion cards. And more fiddly yo setup due to smaller size.

[krazy_olie]

All p965 boards support conroe/allendale some 945 and 975(x) boards too but you have to check each board. Some only work with a bios flash and are a bit dodgy

I have purchased the 2nd cheapest p965 board the gigabyte s3 which is the same as ds3 but has regular as opposed to solid capacitors. Though I believe the solid capacitor thing is a bit of a gimic. I believe the MSI neo is cheaper but lacking in some features.

[greektony]

cheers guys. I'll have a look at that gigabyte one you mentioned krazy_olie