£350 spec me

Scon · 2 Jun 2011 at 23:41

Got £350 on a cpu+mb, let's see what you got.

Or should i wait for BD release?

Moothead2 · 2 Jun 2011 at 23:48

Depends. You could get a 2500k + Good P67/Z68 board or wait until maybe September when BD is released. Up to you, don't think anyone really knows how fast BD will be.

Reaper 392 · 2 Jun 2011 at 23:51

will you need ram and a cooler as well?

TheYoungster · 3 Jun 2011 at 01:40

Moothead2 said:
Depends. You could get a 2500k + Good P67/Z68 board or wait until maybe September when BD is released. Up to you, don't think anyone really knows how fast BD will be.

bd? can you shed some light for me please? i might wait to september if its something worth waiting for

Surveyor · 3 Jun 2011 at 01:49

TheYoungster said:
bd? can you shed some light for me please? i might wait to september if its something worth waiting for

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olivier renault · 3 Jun 2011 at 08:38

there is a lot of hype, and no firm release date. Since you are in no hurry, I'd wait a bit to see how it develops.

Scon · 3 Jun 2011 at 15:50

Sorry, been busy today.

Just need cpu + mb, and i will be gaming and running some servers occasionally.

I was thinking 2600k and a G45, which comes in at £327 which isn't too bad i don't think.

Cookeh · 3 Jun 2011 at 16:29

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £155.99
1 x Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £144.98
Total : £308.71 (includes shipping : £6.45).

How's that?
Z68 has many useful features over P67 - one of the most prominent is the SSD caching, and another is that you can switch between onboard and dedicated graphics, whilst being able to o/v CPU and iGPU.
i7 isn't worth the premium over i5 for gaming as games don't make use of HT.

Scon · 3 Jun 2011 at 21:12

what would you rather have, a 2600k and a G45, or a 2500k and a GD 65/ That Asrock board.

I know the 2500k will be just as fast for gaming, but for £20 more i'm not sure i can resist the 2600k, persuade me

Cookeh · 3 Jun 2011 at 21:18

I would take the Z68 and i5.

Z68 has so many features that just make it more desirable and generally better than P67.

Take the SSD caching for example, 60GB SSD + a HDD effectively makes the HDD into an SSD, so you get massive drive space with speeds much faster than a standard HDD.

Can alternate between integrated and dedicated GPU to save electricity and money.

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