Before i order, advice

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So before i get ordering, is there anything i could improve on?

Admittedly i'm a bit flakey on PSU's and i haven't a clue what wattage i'd need, so i went with a safe option. But would it be worth going to a bequite 530w or a ocz 500w?

Also i won't be using SLI/CF, but the i haven't a clue what a decent motherboard would be, so i just went with something instock and had a good review. So if there is a cheaper alternative, please say.



Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £161.99

Asus P8P67 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £134.98

Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5850 Extreme 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **OcUK Exclusive** £114.98

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £79.99

OCZ StealthXStream 2 600W Power Supply £50.99

Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £49.99

OCZ Platinum 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Ultra Low Voltage Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3P1600C9ELV4GK) £36.98

Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ) £32.99

Sony Optiarc AD-5260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.98
91-SM Smoke Ultra Quiet 120mm Fan - 3 pin £17.97

£710.83 inc postage
 
 
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the 530W bequiet will be perfect for that lot.

also, a quick money saver:
- windows 7 home premium + 500GB HDD: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=SW-000-OP&groupid=33&catid=1963&subcat=

and, im 99% sure this will save you a packet: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-324-GI&tool=5

im struggling to see why the asus is so much more than this one, especially considering the number of people with problems with them. they look like they have exactly the same specs on them
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beaten to it
 
As a new customer, can i just say this is probably the most helpful and considerate forums i've ever been on, so kudo's to you guys
 
i've been wanting to upgrade for a week or two now and this is the sort of spec i've been looking at,just wasnt sure on things like mobo and psu.Just one thing i need to change is i need lots of memory and was thinking of getting 2 lots of this (yup 16gb total.dont ask lol) Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit.Would this memory be ok with the above spec kept the same?

sorry for thread hijack op :D seemed silly to start new thread to ask almost same thing.
 
Deo_volente said:
i've been wanting to upgrade for a week or two now and this is the sort of spec i've been looking at,just wasnt sure on things like mobo and psu.Just one thing i need to change is i need lots of memory and was thinking of getting 2 lots of this (yup 16gb total.dont ask lol) Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit.Would this memory be ok with the above spec kept the same?

sorry for thread hijack op :D seemed silly to start new thread to ask almost same thing.
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Yes it will be fine, the good thing about that ram is it does not have huge heat spreaders on it, that may interfere with a lot of the over-sized aftermarket heatsinks that people like to fit, a OEM cpu would a heatsink as it doesnt come with one. if you bought a retail CPU then it comes with a compact Intel stock heatsink which wont get in the way, water cooling such as Corsairs H50/H70/Antec Kulher are also ok to use with RAM that has tall heatspreaders.
 
stulid said:
This motherboard - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-324-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1906 cheaper, and people are moaning about ASUS boards, as here - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18261244

Antec 100 case - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-161-AN&groupid=701&catid=7&subcat=160 like the 300 but cheaper and nicer.

And you need a heatsink for the CPU, such as this Corsair A50 - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-001-CS&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=1395

Stick with the OCZ PSU, its good - http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/OCZ-StealthXStream-2-600-W-Power-Supply-Review/1058
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Hilarious, I make a post about ASUS boards' unreliability and issues surrounding them and get flooded by morons telling me I'm talking absolute tosh and asking for evidence.

I then tell them where to look, and they still persist. Go out waste 10mins of my life gathering 30 odd links for them and they still go on....

Yet you say it and get...... absolutely nothing.

/rant :D

Couldn't agree more with the recommendations I've quoted.

@Mr. Thread Hijacker ;) yes it would, although it could affect the heights of your overclock and is complete overkill.

While it is by no means bad ram, the GeIL, G.Skill (watch out for the heatspreaders fouling the cooler) or XMS3 (out of stock :o) equivalent is much better, and can clock further :)
 
stulid said:
Can you stop talking trash about ASUS motherboards please!!!

Scaremongering isn't needed here.

ASUS boards are perfect.
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Indeed I can :p I'm not THAT stupid! :D

Contemplating digging up the thread I got banned for and proving to them just how naive and wrong they are and how I was right.

...

Buuuuuuut, it's effort and it simply isn't worth it.
 
I've ordered the parts and will hopefully be recieving it on monday, maybe tuesday.

Thanks for all the help guys.

£134.99 x 1 - Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM

£95.82 x 1 - Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5850 Extreme 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **OcUK Exclusive**

£87.48 x 1 - Gigabyte P67A-UD3-B3 Intel P67 Chipset (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION **

£84.49 x 1 - Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit /w Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX)

£42.49 x 1 - OCZ StealthXStream 2 600W Power Supply

£41.66 x 1 - Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black

£30.82 x 1 - OCZ Platinum 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Ultra Low Voltage Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3P1600C9ELV4GK)

£23.32 x 1 - Corsair A50 High-Performance CPU Cooler (Socket AM2AM3LGA775LGA1155LGA1156LGA1366)

£12.48 x 1 - Sony Optiarc AD-5260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM

£4.99 x 3 - Akasa AK-191-SM Smoke Ultra Quiet 120mm Fan - 3 pin
 
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Cookeh said:
@Mr. Thread Hijacker ;) yes it would, although it could affect the heights of your overclock and is complete overkill.

While it is by no means bad ram, the GeIL, G.Skill (watch out for the heatspreaders fouling the cooler) or XMS3 (out of stock :o) equivalent is much better, and can clock further :)
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do you think the G.Skill would foul on an A50 cooler on the Gigabyte board? Need lots of memory to allow me to multi-client (8+ clients for an mmo) and also will be used for photoshop/lightroom editing.
 
Deo_volente said:
do you think the G.Skill would foul on an A50 cooler on the Gigabyte board? Need lots of memory to allow me to multi-client (8+ clients for an mmo) and also will be used for photoshop/lightroom editing.
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It's possible.

Without actively googling it I can't be sure, depends on width of cooler, location of ram slots and height of cooler :p
 
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