New i5 2500k build

HeyBerts · 22 Jun 2011 at 23:43

Hello All

Long time lurker first time poster here.

I am looking a building a new rig; I have had desktops about five years ago but switched to laptops due the portability but now looking to resort back to a desktop.

I am at university and a geographer and the GIS software and Data Analysis programs were melting my laptop, so this is the reason for resorting back to a desktop plus the ability to play games quite frequently.

After a fair amount of research I have decided to run an i5 2500k due to is overclockability. What I am struggling with is deciding on is motherboard and graphics card although all help would be appreciated.

The case, PSU, fans, optical drive and hard drives will be bought first and then the motherboard, RAM, graphics card and processor shortly (within the month).

Case: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-214-CM&groupid=701&catid=7&subcat=

Hard Drive: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-097-SA x2

SSD: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-030-OC&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=910

PSU: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-038-CS&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=

Optical Drive: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CD-099-SA

Cooler: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-035-OP

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

Ram: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-299-CS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=

Processor: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-360-IN

Graphics Card: Not sure

Any help would be greatly appreciated
Berts

Surveyor · 22 Jun 2011 at 23:49

You'll likely get recommended this motherboard:

Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard

It seems to be the in thing at the moment in that price range.

Added Z68 features if they're of use to you.

stulid · 22 Jun 2011 at 23:51

XFX 750W PSU - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-004-XF&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1497

Is also a Seasonic made quality unit.

Same Motherboard but includes a heatsink for free - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-036-OP&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1906 - HAHAHA

Surveyor · 22 Jun 2011 at 23:52

stulid said:
XFX 750W PSU - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-004-XF&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1497

Is also a Seasonic made quality unit.

Same Motherboard but includes a heatsink for free - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-036-OP&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1906 - HAHAHA

Wot, no Asrock?

You've let me down.

sk82jack · 22 Jun 2011 at 23:54

If your only getting a 30GB SSD, a Z68 board may be of interest to you for Intel's Smart Response Technology, which uses an SSD drive as a cache to speed up access times to your most commonly used files.

Also, depending on when your buying, the Antec Kuhler H2O 620 is better, quieter and cheaper than the Corsair H60, but is out of stock at the moment

Cheaper RAM - Corsair XMS3 - also low-profile should you wanna go for an air cooler in the future.

stulid · 22 Jun 2011 at 23:56

Surveyor said:
Wot, no Asrock?

You've let me down.

The MSI will do him, sell the heatsink for profit.

J-FRO · 23 Jun 2011 at 00:01

stulid said:
The MSI will do him, sell the heatsink for profit.

+1

Or as I'm doing, seeing if my H50 is up to the challenge. If it's not, get shot, installed Hyper 212 and save up for a NH-D14, despite my disgust at the colours.

stulid · 23 Jun 2011 at 00:02

What sort of budget do you have for the graphics card?

This is cheap, just 2 left and on offer today only - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-074-GI

But you may as well come back in the month when your ready to order and ask me again.

stulid · 23 Jun 2011 at 00:12

J-FRO said:
+1

Or as I'm doing, seeing if my H50 is up to the challenge. If it's not, get shot, installed Hyper 212 and save up for a NH-D14, despite my disgust at the colours.

Sound plan there.

CrixxzeH · 23 Jun 2011 at 07:45

stulid said:
you may as well come back in the month when your ready to order and ask me again.

Pfftt?... I mean yeah why not?
epic comments from Stulid.

olivier renault · 23 Jun 2011 at 08:31

No point asking now if he is not ready to buy. Availability, deals and prices will be different.

Should buy everything at once and save on shipping. No point buying components for them to sit around for a month. And this Week's offers aren't great compared to recently.

Need to know the total budget, otherwise builds are gonna be all over the place.

The choice of PSU depends on the graphics card you want and you can afford. 650W is enough for a single GPU, 750W for crossfire £200 cards, 850W, ect...

Most likely to be a 2500K build, maybe a 2600K build if you have a lot of data crunching that can use hyper-threading.

Also depends if your software can make use of CUDA or ATI Stream.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus ATI Radeon HD 6950 DirectCU II 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £173.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £167.99
1 x MSI P67A-GD65 Intel P67 (socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** with FREE Coolermaster Hyper 212 Plus CPU Cooler £139.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £99.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit £68.40
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £32.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £65.99
1 x XFX Pro 650W Core Edition Power Supply £64.98
1 x Antec 100 One Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £43.99
Total : £876.00 (includes shipping : £14.75).