Took the plunge, SB build ordered

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Just placed my order:

XFX ATI Radeon 6950 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor with FREE Lost Planet 2 PC Game

MSI P67A-GD65 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge)

XFX Pro 750W Core Edition Power Supply

Antec 100 One Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black

GeIL 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz VALUE PLUS Dual Channel (GVP34GB1600C9DC)

Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ)

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler (Socket 939 / AM2 / AM3 / 775 / 1155/ 1156 / 1366)

TP-LINK 300mbps High Gain Wireless N USB Adapter (TL-WN822N)

Samsung SH-S223L/BEBE 22x DVDąRW SATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black)


Hopefully ill pull a couple more fps than by current build.

I'll get some pics going when it arrives

*super excited*


*Update* - Kit arrived

buildkit.jpg

More to follow
 
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Looks very good indeed.

Heard rumors of that board dying, but not read anything about it - so assume its fine! :p

Enjoy!
 
Cookeh said:
Looks very good indeed.

Heard rumors of that board dying, but not read anything about it - so assume its fine! :p

Enjoy!
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Im confident it will all work out especially with the 1.5v GeIL ram to avoid breaking the cpu. I've heard a lot of different things about the boards and cpus but if something were to go wrong RMA for the win.
 
That's a great system you ordered there mate, enjoy :D

I would have gone with the 850w psu as its only £6 more :)
 
I went to subway after the first pic :P

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All I can say is, Modular PSU is the way to a happier life. Its a little messy unforunately due to awkward positioning of the components I cant do much more. Im installing board drivers and graphics atm, once thats done ill need to figure out why my memory is only running at 1333Mhz.
 
Unless you've overclocked your ram, or changed its settings then 1333Mhz is its default in an Intel rig.

Cable management is horrible. Could try tucking cables behind mobo try, and beneath graphics card?
 
unfortunately the cables arent long enough to put round the back and plugin and the spares are too big to get the back on again.
 
Right could you explain in one sentence what the SB does, I read and article telling me it was basically a cpu and a gpu combined in one, but then you have your own gfx card?

Or is it like the onboard gfx cards in motherboards, that get superceeded?

I agree on the modular, right now I have brought a non modular thanks to low budget, man I wish it looked as nice as my old cable management did!

Looks a great build.
 
Monotone said:
Right could you explain in one sentence what the SB does, I read and article telling me it was basically a cpu and a gpu combined in one, but then you have your own gfx card?

Or is it like the onboard gfx cards in motherboards, that get superceeded?

I agree on the modular, right now I have brought a non modular thanks to low budget, man I wish it looked as nice as my old cable management did!

Looks a great build.
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To be honest theres lots of different things SB does and I dont know enough about each to explain them. I went SB because I needed a new pc and it seemed worth it to hang on for an extra 6 weeks for the newest most shiney...er technologically advanced CPU I could get.

The built in graphics are basic, mostly useful for netbooks and basic media. If you want to play games a dedicated graphics card is always a must.

I managed to get my RAM up to 1600MHz, had to change the ratio option in the bios and upped the voltage to 1.55. All my modern games are Digital Download so can't unleash the power until then, going to run a 3dmark see what I get.
 
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