Finalising my Gaming Build

BCM7861

BCM7861

BCM7861

Associate
Joined
15 Aug 2011
Posts
11
Hey guys, can someone please check through this to check that it is all compatible and will be decent for today's needs, also I would like it to be upgradable. If anyone can see any changes that will stay around the £300 mark (£50 either way) I would be very grateful. Thanks in advance.

CPU-Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor

MoBo-Asus P8P67 LE Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard B3 Revision

PSU-BeQuiet Efficient Power 600W '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply

Memory-Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit

HD-Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM

Case-Unsure, under £30 please (Thermaltake V3 Black Edition)??

Disk Drive-Samsung SH-S222AL/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe ReWriter

I have a GPU I would like to use until Christmas (Zotac gts250 1GB 256bit DDR3) and I have a mouse, keyboard, Windows 7 64 bit and a monitor

Any help is appreciated.
 
BCM7861 said:
Thanks for everyones response, what would be the K version and how much would that be?
Click to expand...

It allows you to overclock.

The i5 2500K is £167, but is a true quad core cpu, and currently the "daddy" as it just flies.

i3 2100 vs i5 2500K - http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/289?vs=288


There is a i3 2120K coming but is some way off yet, most i5 250K cpus get to 4.5ghz with a £30 cooler added to them, Anandtech used the stock cooler supplied with the retail CPU to do over 4ghz easily.

The complete review is here - http://www.anandtech.com/show/4083/...el-core-i7-2600k-i5-2500k-core-i3-2100-tested
 
Last edited:
Would I desperately need to overclock the other one? I was thinking of waiting till I've saved up enough to get the 2120K later on so I can just use the other one until then, is it easily changeable?
 
BCM7861 said:
Would I desperately need to overclock the other one? I was thinking of waiting till I've saved up enough to get the 2120K later on so I can just use the other one until then, is it easily changeable?
Click to expand...

Yes its easily changeable, there may even be a BIOS update for the board to accept Ivybridge CPU's (released early next year) which other P67 and Z68 boards are able to accept.

Gigabyte has been releasing new BIOS'S for their boards (H61/H67/P67 and Z68) to accept 22nm (Ivybridge CPU's) so hopefully others follow suit closer to time.

A i3 2100 is fast at stock - http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/core-i3-2120-2100_5.html#sect0
 
Cheers, I think ill stick with the build I posted until the 2120K becomes affordable for me, does everything I posted fit together fine and neatly in any case, could I just buy any large case and fit it all in?
 
stulid said:
I hope you are amongst the people in the thread?
Click to expand...

I am now ;)

I would have posted sooner, but I was mid-way through reading it yesterday, and got caught up in other things and had to go. I had to read all the other posts as well and then think what to say. :p
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom