i5 Motherboards @ OcUK Now!

Tom|Nbk · 7 Sep 2009 at 20:08

As per title, i5 CPU and MOBO up now, no sign of the MSI yet

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=701&catid=5&subid=1495

Drake22 · 7 Sep 2009 at 20:13

ye i ve jsut found out too

some nice boards there

rjk · 7 Sep 2009 at 20:16

the Asus P7P55D Deluxe is my fave so far

expect a clocking rundown from me at midnight

also i will review the boards i have used as much as i can to give everyone a good idea

PermaBanned · 7 Sep 2009 at 20:17

As always lots of nice boards. But i thought these were meant to be competing with the Phenom IIs, not the i7 9**s?

Tom|Nbk · 7 Sep 2009 at 20:18

Can we have the MSI boards put up?

Me and many others have credit cards prepped

PermaBanned · 7 Sep 2009 at 20:19

Yeah, a MSI pre order would be really nice. Especially since i'm not off all day tomorrow

aaron333 · 7 Sep 2009 at 20:20

rjkoneill said:
the Asus P7P55D Deluxe is my fave so far

expect a clocking rundown from me at midnight

also i will review the boards i have used as much as i can to give everyone a good idea

If you had the choice of i7 or i5, what would you choose? Is there that much difference between i5 and i7?

lukext · 7 Sep 2009 at 20:21

mmm, was expecting cheaper, but i suppose launch price and everything...

Tom|Nbk · 7 Sep 2009 at 20:23

lukext said:
mmm, was expecting cheaper, but i suppose launch price and everything...

I was hoping for £150

but i'll not argue for a tenner, ordering shortly. I paid around 150 for my E8400 iirc at release so it seems fair to me.

VaderDSL · 7 Sep 2009 at 20:25

aaron333 said:
If you had the choice of i7 or i5, what would you choose? Is there that much difference between i5 and i7?

WHat do you do on your PC? If you do a lot of encoding/graphics work that sort of thing then the i7 on x58 with the HT and greater bandwidth will benefit you.
For a gaming system, save some cash with the i5 and put what you save towards a 5870

aaron333 · 7 Sep 2009 at 20:26

VaderDSL said:
WHat do you do on your PC? If you do a lot of encoding/graphics work that sort of thing then the i7 on x58 with the HT and greater bandwidth will benefit you.
For a gaming system, save some cash with the i5 and put what you save towards a 5870

I got rid of my Q6600. Generally gaming, but for the sake of £40, the i7 920 can be bought and it will also lead on to i9. If there's not that much difference between them, heck i'll get the i5

icey_haj · 7 Sep 2009 at 20:27

MSI GD-65 @ ~ £65

Core i5 750 2.66Ghz @ £159.99

4GB G.Skill 1600Mhz @ £67.99

= £293.

Not too bad really.

(Although, a decent cooler will be required as well for overclocking).

thebandit · 7 Sep 2009 at 20:28

yer, I'm disappointed to be honest, at these prices I'm sticking firmly with the Phenom II upgrade path.

aaron333 · 7 Sep 2009 at 20:29

Nevermind.

lukext · 7 Sep 2009 at 20:30

Tom|Nbk said:
I was hoping for £150

but i'll not argue for a tenner, ordering shortly. I paid around 150 for my E8400 iirc at release so it seems fair to me.

I suppose when you think about it they arn't that badly priced, a decend AM3 board is about 130 these days, 955 is about 140 and dc ram for am3 and i5/i7 is the same. So long as i5 out performs AM3, its pretty good.

PermaBanned · 7 Sep 2009 at 20:31

aaron333 said:
Forget it, I'm going i5. Better start saving

I'm still waiting on Arrandale

aaron333 · 7 Sep 2009 at 20:34

Superewza said:
I'm still waiting on Arrandale

You've lost me :confused:

Tom|Nbk · 7 Sep 2009 at 20:35

icey_haj said:
Not too bad really.

(Although, a decent cooler will be required as well for overclocking).

Of which there aren't any at the moment, I think I'll be using stock cooling for a while until the Corsair H50 1156 brackets are available

jbloggs · 7 Sep 2009 at 20:36

Very few decent air coolers for 1156, and no 1156 bolt-thru kits for Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme in stock with OUK, rather disappointing!

aaron333 · 7 Sep 2009 at 20:36

Tom|Nbk said:
Of which there aren't any at the moment, I think I'll be using stock cooling for a while until the Corsair H50 1156 brackets are available

IIRC, on some boards you can use a Socket 775 Cooler.