spec me a mobo and ram for core i5 2500k skt 1155
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Z series mobo and Corsair XMS3 or Kingston Genesis whatever is cheaper or on offer.
The Z series offers the overclocking features as well as having an IGP. How much you spend on the mobo will depend how bothered you are about SLI and or Crossfire.
Flick through the build threads you'll see plenty of i5s spec'd with Z mobos
The Z series offers the overclocking features as well as having an IGP. How much you spend on the mobo will depend how bothered you are about SLI and or Crossfire.
Flick through the build threads you'll see plenty of i5s spec'd with Z mobos
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1 x Asus Maximus IV Extreme-Z Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £314.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual/Quad Channel Kit (CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9) £99.98
Total : £424.57 (includes shipping : £8.00).
You might want to give us a budget
wow, i had to double take on that mobo. It actually has paralell ports???!???
i was thinking of going up in budget a tad bit and getting this
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-493-AS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1990
Is that best value for the price? (£145)
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-493-AS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1990
Is that best value for the price? (£145)
You can get 16Gb of Exceleram Rippler (2 sets of 2x4) for just under £50 and it's pretty decent. Unfortunately not from here, but worth having a look.
Motherboard wise the Gigabyte D3 is a great board for £85 if somewhat ugly.
Depends, you might get a slightly higher overclock and it supports SLi and dual 8x Crossfire. If you value those at £60 more then yeah, it's a decent board.
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I've never really heard of this ram brand.. I've bouht some cheap rams before that didn't work. I don't fancy doing returns at this time of the year. How reputable are they and are they overclock friendly?
They're rated for 1600Mhz 9-9-9 at 1.5v, which is pretty standard for good DDR3 and I haven't heard of any issues.
You don't really need any faster, overclocking or not as it simply makes no difference to performance in the huge majority of applications.
Edit: They have a 10 year warranty too.
You don't really need any faster, overclocking or not as it simply makes no difference to performance in the huge majority of applications.
Edit: They have a 10 year warranty too.
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Sorry for such a vague original post but as one member pointed out you didnt set a budget.
The reason I said XMS3 and Kingston is that Overclockers use these parts themselves for the pre-overclocked bundles. Also they frequently feature on special offers, kingston genesis grey (2X4GB) is £40 currently.
As far as mobo's are concerned you need to ask what you want from it. If you want to dual card the GPU you'd be wise to pick a board which has sync'd pci-express lanes.
If you want to overclock the CPU an aftermarket cooler would be nice. Gelid tranquillo will be £20 odd if you bought the OEM i5K a heatsink purchase will be needed
The reason I said XMS3 and Kingston is that Overclockers use these parts themselves for the pre-overclocked bundles. Also they frequently feature on special offers, kingston genesis grey (2X4GB) is £40 currently.
As far as mobo's are concerned you need to ask what you want from it. If you want to dual card the GPU you'd be wise to pick a board which has sync'd pci-express lanes.
If you want to overclock the CPU an aftermarket cooler would be nice. Gelid tranquillo will be £20 odd if you bought the OEM i5K a heatsink purchase will be needed
no problem. I have a h50 cooler on my current system, not clocked that does a fine job at a mere 37 degrees celcius, im sure it would handle the i5 no problem.
I'm new to overclocking, may or may not do it.
The £85 board is a little off putting because it looks fugly, and has a PARALELL PORT!!
But based on my needs I doubt I'd need anything more, don't intend to do xfire.. Is xfire even possible on a hd4870?
I'd like to play bf3 on this new machine would getting another hd4870 and doing crossfire be able to hack bf3?
The upgrade was just an impulse decsion, I needed sata 3, because I have a m4 ssd, so I needed to jump from skt775 (which doens't have any sata 3 boards) in order to beneift.
I figured my current parts have resell value of £170 (based on looking at some previous auctions on a well known auction site), the new build will cost me £256 in total. So the difference isn't huge for updating my computer.
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Well you are aware you are entitled to free delivery don't you?
You can sit back and watch the deals on RAM and mobos. You don't pay the delivery so your not really penalised for doing so.
Personally I always opt for a good mid level board. You ideally want Ivybridge support and SLI/fire 8X8 support, lucid virtu. These mobo's will have auto overclock options anyway your heatsink will be more than fine to use for a modest overclock.
Your 4000 series card itsn't directx11 so I wouldnt suggest doubling it up. It does however make sense having a mobo that can xfire or sli properly. Then you can consider budget GPUs like the 6850 or even the 6870 and dual card them later.
You can sit back and watch the deals on RAM and mobos. You don't pay the delivery so your not really penalised for doing so.
Personally I always opt for a good mid level board. You ideally want Ivybridge support and SLI/fire 8X8 support, lucid virtu. These mobo's will have auto overclock options anyway your heatsink will be more than fine to use for a modest overclock.
Your 4000 series card itsn't directx11 so I wouldnt suggest doubling it up. It does however make sense having a mobo that can xfire or sli properly. Then you can consider budget GPUs like the 6850 or even the 6870 and dual card them later.