Would this build work?

kain666 · 30 Sep 2010 at 10:12

Would this build work?

Motherboard: ASRock H55M-GE R2.0 Intel H55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 microATX

Harddrive: Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (0F10383)

Opticaldrives:1xdvd

Processor:intelcorei3

Ram: Kingston Value RAM 1 GB Memory - DIMM 240-pin - 1333 MHz ( PC3-10600 )x4

Graphic card: OcUK Value GeForce GTX 460 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express

Psu: Crusade450

Os: Windows7retail

Marine-RX179 · 30 Sep 2010 at 10:27

Motherboard: Pay the extra and get this instead:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-418-AS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1124

ASRock's motherboard's performance is pretty much hit or miss, also the particular board you quoted does not have USB3.0 or SATA 6Gps ports, whereas the Asus I quoted has, and that particular board is in fact used with OcUK's i3 530 overclocked to 4.40GHz bundle so it's a great clocker.

HDD: Go for this instead:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-082-SA&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=1279
Faster and much different in price.

RAM: You mean you already have 4 sticks of those 1GB RAMs?

PSU: Go for this instead:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-017-CS
Much better quality, efficiency and better warranty and cheaper as well.

Mark M · 30 Sep 2010 at 10:29

I think he is going for 4 of the Kingston Ram?

Marine-RX179 · 30 Sep 2010 at 10:32

No reason to go for RAMs like that...should just get 2x2GB of some low cost decent branded 1600MHz rams, such as this:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-041-PA&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517

kain666 · 30 Sep 2010 at 10:56

update

Would this build work?

Motherboard: EVGA H55V Intel H55 (Socket 1156) DDR3

Harddrive: Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM

Opticaldrives:1xdvd

Processor: intelcorei7

Ram: Kingston Value RAM 1 GB Memory - DIMM 240-pin - 1333 MHz ( PC3-10600 ) x 4

Graphic card: gtx 460 evga 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express

Psu: Crusade650

Os: Windows7retail

kain666 · 7 Oct 2010 at 12:16

would it work?

Liampope · 7 Oct 2010 at 12:58

Dont get 4x 1GB sticks. Get 2x 2GB sticks. Ideally something better than kingston value ram too.

Freddie1980 · 7 Oct 2010 at 13:28

kain666 said:
would it work?

No it wouldn't.

Now I have your attention.........Core i7's 900 series work on X58 motherboard only!

Core i7's 800 series works on P55, H55 and H57 but are best suited for P55 as that's the platform they were designed for (Core i7 800 series don't have onboard video so there's no point in getting a H55 or H57 chipset). Core i3 and Core i5 500 series and 600 series can work on P55, H57 and H55 but are best suited for H55 and H57 as you take advantage of the onchip graphics adapator (even if you don't intend to use it its handy for backup purposes) and the only board that have video out are the H55 and H57.

If you plan to do any sort of overclocking it's advisable you use Core i3's on H55 and H57 as they don't overclock very well on the P55 platform. I would tend to think the revese is true as well Core i7's 800's (and Core i5 700 series for that matter) won't overclock very well on H55 or H57 either.

Liampope · 7 Oct 2010 at 13:31

^^^ oops. Well done - I didn't notice that 3 go up to a 7

kain666 · 7 Oct 2010 at 14:41

Liampope said:
^^^ oops. Well done - I didn't notice that 3 go up to a 7

needed a bit more pow for 3d modeling.

kain666 · 7 Oct 2010 at 14:46

Liampope said:
Dont get 4x 1GB sticks. Get 2x 2GB sticks. Ideally something better than kingston value ram too.

already got the ram.

Freddie1980 said:
No it wouldn't.

Now I have your attention.........Core i7's 900 series work on X58 motherboard only!

Core i7's 800 series works on P55, H55 and H57 but are best suited for P55 as that's the platform they were designed for (Core i7 800 series don't have onboard video so there's no point in getting a H55 or H57 chipset). Core i3 and Core i5 500 series and 600 series can work on P55, H57 and H55 but are best suited for H55 and H57 as you take advantage of the onchip graphics adapator (even if you don't intend to use it its handy for backup purposes) and the only board that have video out are the H55 and H57.

If you plan to do any sort of overclocking it's advisable you use Core i3's on H55 and H57 as they don't overclock very well on the P55 platform. I would tend to think the revese is true as well Core i7's 800's (and Core i5 700 series for that matter) won't overclock very well on H55 or H57 either.

thanks for the help.

Liampope said:
^^^ oops. Well done - I didn't notice that 3 go up to a 7

needed a bit more pow for 3d modeling.

Freddie1980 · 7 Oct 2010 at 16:41

kain666 said:
thanks for the help.

Sorry I couldn't be more clearer but thanks to Intel we know have a very confusing range of differant sockets and motherboard chipsets not to mention misleading labels eg a Core i7 950 will work on a LGA1366 X58 board but a Core i7 860 needs a differant socket LGA1156 and a differant socket P55.

Then you have main stream Core i5's starting with chips like the Core i5 760 again LGA1156 P55 but then get Core i5 660 which is a dual core CPU not a core like the previous Core i5 I just mentioned and that needs LGA1156 H55/H57 after that you get Core i3 which is dual core LGA1156 H55/H57............Intel really needs to get this sorted out.

reflux · 7 Oct 2010 at 16:42

Freddie1980 said:
Sorry I couldn't be more clearer but thanks to Intel we know have a very confusing range of differant sockets and motherboard chipsets.

I agree. Their socket segmentation and naming scheme is totally ridiculous. They're just confusing their customers, so I don't know why they do it.