i5 750/mb/memory
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Cheap as possible that works, normal size mobo.
INTEL i5 750 £164.98
GIGABYTE GA-P55-USB3 £104.99
CORSAIR XMS3 8Gb DDR3 £229.99
total £499.96.
the memory is a matching kit of identical and tested together set.
you could probably make it about £35 cheaper if you got two sets of 4Gb memory kits, and a slightly more rubbish motherboard.
GIGABYTE GA-P55-USB3 £104.99
CORSAIR XMS3 8Gb DDR3 £229.99
total £499.96.
the memory is a matching kit of identical and tested together set.
you could probably make it about £35 cheaper if you got two sets of 4Gb memory kits, and a slightly more rubbish motherboard.
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Yes. And then again. No.
You get two less USB ports, SLI or CF is not going to happen (but one card will run just as well as on a P55).
At the cheap end of the motherboard scale none will be amazing overclockers but that's not the aim, it will work as needed, to run the 750 at stock and have 8GB ram.
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im sticking with hotwired.
if its cheap and cheerful, with no OC, really dont see anything wrong with the H55
if its cheap and cheerful, with no OC, really dont see anything wrong with the H55
This is exactly what I'm looking for, it just needs to work no sli, no overclock.
Is there something incompatible with the Gigabyte GA-P55-US3L Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard [GA-P55-US3L] at £82.99?
tru dat, the p55 board costs like 5 more neway
no there's not.
But it doesn't have cooling on the VRM's and its not got USB3.0.
it also looks narrow, thought you wanted normal size.
I'm not an industry expert, what do you know the P55 will do that the H55 won't that will benefit a stock 750.
The H55 board is narrower, that is correct, it doesn't have to make room for the heat sinks it doesn't have (doesn't need?, wouldn't be sold as such if its going to fry. At the minimum it needs to work reliably with stock hardware plugged in.), since we've both specced retail i5 750's the retail fan will be blowing air over the motherboard and those components anyway. Many 3rd party coolers don't blow air onto the motherboard and more expensive boards are considering some form of overclocking both of which warrants heatsinks.
Incidentally, the 8GB kit is a guaranteed 8GB but you are also paying for the 1600MHz which is an overclock of sorts.
The two 4GB kits which would make 8GB are not a guaranteed 8GB but as they are the same brand same type they have a good chance of working with each other and are 1333MHz so don't need to be overclocked to reach advertised speeds. Just plug in.
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