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Originally posted by CookieRevised
Memory is actually not that expensive anymore, you should realy invest in that. The thing which makes it expensive is the DDR3. If your motherboard also supports DDR2 I would buy that instead if you're short on cash (it is roughly twice as cheap). You will loose some performance speed, but at equivalent speeds that is actually not very noticable.

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Just to point out, DDR2 prices have skyrocketed for some reason. I bought 2x2GB of Kingston PC2-8500 in May for £31. The cheapest I can find that stuff for now is £71.

Also I can't find the voltage information on that RAM you've got. You must make sure it is rated at less than 1.65V otherwise you will destroy the memory controller on your CPU.

Throw away that CPU fan as well, for £6 it's going to be dreadful (or least, no better than the one included with the CPU). Something like a Coolermaster or Zalman would be slightly more expensive (£10-£20) but would be adequate. I personally have a Noctua NH-U12P but it's probably seriously overkill if you're not overclocking.

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And now I realise you've already ordered, my bad >.>