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Insanties_birth

Insanties_birth

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Thinking of getting either a titan raptor or having this set up. Just a few questions I need to ask.
Firstly would I need any extra cooling fans (additional to what the case comes with)?
Would the power supply be okay to run all this? I'd consider overclocking down the line so would that need any extra power or is 650w okay for these parts overclocked (if I did overclock it would be very minor, no more than 10%)?
Lastly is the motherboard suitable for this kind of setup or would there be a better one you could recommend?

Mostly just worried I wouldn't keep it cool enough and it would overheat but I'm not planning on overclocking it much, Thanks for any help.

Case - NZXT Gamma Mid-Tower Case - Black

Processor - intel core i5 750 (2.66ghz)

Graphics Card - Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5870

Hard Drive - Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ) [HD502HJ]

Memory - OCZ Obsidian 8GB (4x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 Dual Channel (OCZ3OB1600LV4GK) [OCZ3OB1600LV4GK]

Motherboard - ???

Optical Drive - Samsung SH-S222L/RSMN 22x DVD±RW IDE Lightscribe ReWriter Drive (Black/Silver/Beige) - Retail

Power Supply - Corsair TX 750W ATX SLI Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-750TXUK) [CMPSU-750TXUK]


Processor Cooler - Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler (Socket 939 / AM2 / AM3 / 775 / 1156 / 1366) X1

Sound Card High Definition 7.1 OnBoard Sound Card

TOTAL COST - £840 (without mother board)
 
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Insanties_birth said:
Thinking of getting either a titan raptor or having this set up. Just a few questions I need to ask.
Firstly would I need any extra cooling fans (additional to what the case comes with)?
Would the power supply be okay to run all this? I'd consider overclocking down the line so would that need any extra power or is 650w okay for these parts overclocked (if I did overclock it would be very minor, no more than 10%)?
Lastly is the motherboard suitable for this kind of setup or would there be a better one you could recommend?

Mostly just worried I wouldn't keep it cool enough and it would overheat but I'm not planning on overclocking it much, Thanks for any help.

Case - NZXT Gamma Mid-Tower Case - Black

Processor - intel core i5 661 (3.33ghz)

Graphics Card - Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5870

Hard Drive - Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache

Memory - Corsair XMS3 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 10666C9 1333MHz TwinX Dual Channel

Motherboard - Gigabyte GA-MA770T-UD3P AMD 770 DDR3 Motherboard

Optical Drive - LG GH22NS40 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter

Power Supply - Corsair TX 650W ATX SLi Compliant Power Supply


Processor Cooler - AMD Quad Core Approved CPU Cooler

Sound Card High Definition 7.1 OnBoard Sound Card

Warranty 1 Year Onsite Collect & Return Warranty
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The motherboard you have chosen is an AM3 socket mobo for PhenomII/AthlonII processors from AMD.

For i5 you need a 1156 socket mobo like this:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-206-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1495

You also might want to choose the i5 750 over the 661


And get aftermarket cooling as the included ones are noisy and crap.
Like THIS if you're short on money or
THIS
 if you don't mind spending few quid more : ).


Also you need a dual channel memory LIKE THIS

:))

And get THIS HDD

+ what monitor do you currently have? do you really need the 5870 ? What's your current setup?
 
PhoenixUK said:
The motherboard you have chosen is an AM3 socket mobo for PhenomII/AthlonII processors from AMD.

For i5 you need a 1156 socket mobo like this:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-206-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1495

You also might want to choose the i5 750 over the 661


And get aftermarket cooling as the included ones are noisy and crap.
Like THIS if you're short on money or
THIS
 if you don't mind spending few quid more : ).


Also you need a dual channel memory LIKE THIS

:))

And get THIS HDD

+ what monitor do you currently have? do you really need the 5870 ? What's your current setup?
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Yeah that was my mistake sorry. I could do with a decent mobo reccomendation as I have no idea what is a good mobo :(

I think I'd rather stick with the i5 661 just because it's 3.33 ghz rather than 2.66 and I doubt it's much worse at processing.

I'm doing everything wrong lol. Okay I'll change it to dual channel memory.

I'll probably go with the cheaper fans to keep costs down but yes I want the 5870, currently got a decent 26inch screen and I want a relatively future proof machine so a 5870 is a card I think would last a while.
 
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Insanties_birth said:
Yeah that was my mistake sorry. I could do with a decent mobo reccomendation as I have no idea what is a good mobo :(

I think I'd rather stick with the i5 661 just because it's 3.33 ghz rather than 2.66 and I doubt it's much worse at processing.

I'm doing everything wrong lol. Okay I'll change it to dual channel memory.

I'll probably go with the cheaper fans to keep costs down but yes I want the 5870, currently got a decent 26inch screen and I want a relatively future proof machine so a 5870 is a card I think would last a while.
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The i5 750 is a QUAD CORE and i5 661 is DUAL CORE with multithreading, also the 750 has more cache and it will clock to about the same speeds as 661 so in the end the diff between 2.66 and 3.33 doesn't matter, you can run both at 4ghz with decent cooling : ).


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I'd say it's better to go with cheaper GPU and the add second in CF when you need more power or just sell it and change it for whatever is good at the time. GPUs get outdated really fast nowadays (new gen every about 6months) and even likes of 5970 probably won't last long or will get outperformed by cheapo card 1yr later.
 
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PhoenixUK said:
The i5 750 is a QUAD CORE and i5 661 is DUAL CORE with multithreading, also the 750 has more cache and it will clock to about the same speeds as 661 so in the end the diff between 2.66 and 3.33 doesn't matter, you can run both at 4ghz with decent cooling : ).
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Didn't realise one was a quad core and the other was dual core. Okay I'll go for the 750 then.
 
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