AMD based gaming rig SPEC me up!

spanielgita said:
haha, lots of enthusiasm for the i5! love it. Does the bundle deal save money?
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it saves about £10, but gets you a motherboard that has had more complaints than top gear, and doesnt have SLI or crossfire support (or if it does, its at a very low speed)

MSI is definitly the way to go
 
Reaper 392 said:
it saves about £10, but gets you a motherboard that has had more complaints than top gear, and doesnt have SLI or crossfire support (or if it does, its at a very low speed)

MSI is definitly the way to go
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yeah the msi is a better board for crossfire/ sli and stuff but it might tip you over budget slighty

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-170-MS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1906

or

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-165-MS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1906

the second one is quite a bit off budget around £30 but it is one hell of a board for overclocking i have one and manged to get my i5 to 4.4ghz no problem will get 5 but cooler isnt good enought
 
What about this then?
MSI ATI Radeon HD 6950 OC Twin FrozR III Power Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £209.99
(£174.99) £209.99
(£174.99)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor with FREE Operation Flashpoint Red River Game £155.99
(£129.99) £155.99
(£129.99)
MSI P67A-GD53 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £109.99
(£91.66) £109.99
(£91.66)
OCZ Agility 3 60GB 2.5" SATA-3 Solid State Hard Drive ** PRE ORDER PRICE ** (AGT3-25SAT3-60G) £99.98
(£83.32) £99.98
(£83.32)
BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W Power Supply £42.98
(£35.82) £42.98
(£35.82)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £35.99
(£29.99) £35.99
(£29.99)
Sub Total : £545.77
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.00
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £111.15
Total : £666.92
 
Pohly said:
yeah the msi is a better board for crossfire/ sli and stuff but it might tip you over budget slighty

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-170-MS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1906

or

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-165-MS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1906

the second one is quite a bit off budget around £30 but it is one hell of a board for overclocking i have one and manged to get my i5 to 4.4ghz no problem will get 5 but cooler isnt good enought
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Thats a helluva overclock! Do you see big performance gains over stock?
 
spanielgita said:
What about this then?
MSI ATI Radeon HD 6950 OC Twin FrozR III Power Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £209.99
(£174.99) £209.99
(£174.99)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor with FREE Operation Flashpoint Red River Game £155.99
(£129.99) £155.99
(£129.99)
MSI P67A-GD53 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £109.99
(£91.66) £109.99
(£91.66)
OCZ Agility 3 60GB 2.5" SATA-3 Solid State Hard Drive ** PRE ORDER PRICE ** (AGT3-25SAT3-60G) £99.98
(£83.32) £99.98
(£83.32)
BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W Power Supply £42.98
(£35.82) £42.98
(£35.82)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £35.99
(£29.99) £35.99
(£29.99)
Sub Total : £545.77
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.00
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £111.15
Total : £666.92
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look great to me.
 
should be fine. but if someone who knows more about these things than me could come in here and give a go/no go on the bequiet PSU with that graphics card, that would be great

the PSU is great (i have one myself), but im not 100% sure if its powerful enough
 
Reaper 392 said:
geting the i5 2500k to 4.4ghz is super easy, and i'd be dissapointed if any motherboard couldnt do it. hell, a review site got it up to 4.4Ghz on the stock cooler.

and that would give you a nice boost :)
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yeah but mine dont know if im just lucky im running at really low voltage i think it was like 1.26v :O
 
AMD all the way!!!!!!!!!!

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AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 975 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.60GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £125.99
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OCZ StealthXStream 2 600W Power Supply £50.99
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OCZ Agility Series 30GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-1AGT30G) £49.99
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Asus M4N68T-M LE NForce 630a (Socket AM2+/AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £41.99
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OCZ Special OPS 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3SOE1600LV4GK) £34.99
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VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £110.66
Total : £663.94
 
Pohly said:
just checked on here

and with the cpu oc'd to 4.4 and all thing running 100% (totally unrealistic) it pulled out 452W so the be quite should be fine
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PSU calculators can be a bit rubbish sometimes. thats one of the good ones, and it still recommended a ~700W PSU for SLI 480's :eek:

i was more interested if the PSU in question had enough power in the 12V line for what it needed to power though. i know it wont use more than 530W in total, but i dont know how much the bequiet can provide to the graphics card alone
 
Reaper 392 said:
PSU calculators can be a bit rubbish sometimes. thats one of the good ones, and it still recommended a ~700W PSU for SLI 480's :eek:

i was more interested if the PSU in question had enough power in the 12V line for what it needed to power though. i know it wont use more than 530W in total, but i dont know how much the bequiet can provide to the graphics card alone
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http://www.be-quiet.net/be-quiet.net/index.php?StoryID=17&ProductID=43&websiteLang=en#

it says it has +12v1 at 18A and +12v2 at 18A not sure how much a 6950/6970 uses
 
stulid said:
AMD all the way!!!!!!!!!!

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Gainward GeForce GTX 580 "GOOD Edition" 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £347.99
(£289.99) £347.99
(£289.99)
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 975 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.60GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £125.99
(£104.99) £125.99
(£104.99)
OCZ StealthXStream 2 600W Power Supply £50.99
(£42.49) £50.99
(£42.49)
OCZ Agility Series 30GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-1AGT30G) £49.99
(£41.66) £49.99
(£41.66)
Asus M4N68T-M LE NForce 630a (Socket AM2+/AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £41.99
(£34.99) £41.99
(£34.99)
OCZ Special OPS 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3SOE1600LV4GK) £34.99
(£29.16) £34.99
(£29.16)
Sub Total : £543.28
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.00
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £110.66
Total : £663.94
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why go for the 975, when the 955 can be turned into a 975 with a small multiplier change, and the i5 2500k is way superior (even the i3 2100 is superior in most respects)

motherboard has no SATA 6gb/s slots (although, because the SSD is 3x slower than the one the OP has been recommended, will this bea problem?)

grahics card is epicthough
 
prehaps something like this then?

obviously cuts down on the processor, but its still better than an AMD one

Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Gainward GeForce GTX 580 "GOOD Edition" 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £347.99
(£289.99) £347.99
(£289.99)
Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £89.99
(£74.99) £89.99
(£74.99)
MSI H67MA-E35 Intel H67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro-ATX Motherboard - (Sandybridge) **B3 REVISION** £59.99
(£49.99) £59.99
(£49.99)
OCZ StealthXStream 2 600W Power Supply £50.99
(£42.49) £50.99
(£42.49)
OCZ Agility Series 30GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-1AGT30G) £49.99
(£41.66) £49.99
(£41.66)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £35.99
(£29.99) £35.99
(£29.99)
Sub Total : £529.11
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.00
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £107.82
Total : £646.93
 
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