A bit, maybe 4Ghz, depends on how much Vcore the cpu needs as they are all different.
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A bit, maybe 4Ghz, depends on how much Vcore the cpu needs as they are all different.
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cool - the aforementioned pre-build spec has it at a 4ghz o/c, i might go down the aftermarket cooler route to make sure he has a good chance of hitting that.
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how does the Corsair Hydro H80 fit? does it use a drive bay or two? or will i need to mod the case?
a youtube vid has it mounted to the rear case exhaust, will it fit?
i'm interested in that one as for £40 it looks a bargain
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You can mount the radiator where the 120mm exhaust fan is. The H100 has the larger rad but you can't mount that with an internal optical drive too.
You can swap in the GB Z87-Wifi. I went with the Asus as it should OC better, has more sata ports and kept with the colour scheme nicely.
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you win 
bar the mb i think i'll just use your spec as is
cheers all, everyone was very helpful; just need to dig out some TIM cleaner and thermal paste now!
bar the mb i think i'll just use your spec as is
cheers all, everyone was very helpful; just need to dig out some TIM cleaner and thermal paste now!
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you win
bar the mb i think i'll just use your spec as is
cheers all, everyone was very helpful; just need to dig out some TIM cleaner and thermal paste now!
The H80 should have some TIM pre-applied anyway dude
Asus Z87I-Pro have so much better layout than Gigabyte, I wouldn't go for any other motherboard for mini-itx rig. And have 6 sata 6gb instead of 4 like Gigabyte. Easier to route power cables and hide them behind RAM sockets.
And have very nice color, looks very nice with Avexir yellow/orange ram
And have very nice color, looks very nice with Avexir yellow/orange ram
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The H80 should have some TIM pre-applied anyway dude
still cleaner required for the stock stuff on the cpu
as for the asus; he's cheap and i'll be building it for him so it'll prolly be the gigabyte
cheers everyone
still cleaner required for the stock stuff on the cpu
as for the asus; he's cheap and i'll be building it for him so it'll prolly be the gigabyte
cheers everyone
The Cpu does`nt come with any paste applied.
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still cleaner required for the stock stuff on the cpu
as for the asus; he's cheap and i'll be building it for him so it'll prolly be the gigabyte
cheers everyone
CPU comes clean as my buddy Idleman has already said
I'd still go with my spec but of course I'm biased lol The MSI 280X is great value, I'd probably toy with putting Corsair SP120 QE fans on the CLC at some point and use the red rings to tie that colour in more.
As you called him cheep (like the budgie). There is a trial for Windows 8 he can use for free saving £70 for now, if he hates 8 he can buy 7 no harm done. Also how often will he use an optical drive? If it's just for the OS install you can use a pendrive or lend him the use of your ODD for a bit. If you leave the ODD out as I hinted before, you can get the H100 which has the larger radiator for better cooling at a few quid more.
All the best with it boys, we'd love to see some pics of it complete
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The advice on here is top notch as always
I think he'd look at me a bit strange if i didn't put an optical drive in there.
Also he mentioned that he'll be playing games mainly along the lines of football manager and total war so i'm wondering if the Gfx card is really required and whether the money would be better spent on 16gig of ram.
Could drop to a Sapphire Radeon R9 280X Dual-X and use the £50 on the ram, though im not sure there'd be any benefit to the extra memory, its not like hes going to be doing a lot of video editing or the likes.
If i could re-jig it would it be worth going to an i7 3.5ghz (would need to find £70 for that obviously) - i've heard it doesn't offer a lot in terms of gaming performance (over the i5).
No doubt by the time he makes his mind up all of the prices will have changed and i'll have to start from scratch
I think he'd look at me a bit strange if i didn't put an optical drive in there.
Also he mentioned that he'll be playing games mainly along the lines of football manager and total war so i'm wondering if the Gfx card is really required and whether the money would be better spent on 16gig of ram.
Could drop to a Sapphire Radeon R9 280X Dual-X and use the £50 on the ram, though im not sure there'd be any benefit to the extra memory, its not like hes going to be doing a lot of video editing or the likes.
If i could re-jig it would it be worth going to an i7 3.5ghz (would need to find £70 for that obviously) - i've heard it doesn't offer a lot in terms of gaming performance (over the i5).
No doubt by the time he makes his mind up all of the prices will have changed and i'll have to start from scratch
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If he plans to use this rig for some high res video rendering, then 16gb ram is ok, but if its just for gaming there is no point in using more than 8.
I had 16gb in gaming pc and never used more than half. To be honest I didn't even use 8 gb.
Why not consider another disk instead. Hybride ssd's, so called SSHD's are xheap right now and come in very nice capacity. I have system on SSD, then games and programs on SSHD. I had normal HDD for those before and it worked much slower.
So better use the money on SSHD.
I had 16gb in gaming pc and never used more than half. To be honest I didn't even use 8 gb.
Why not consider another disk instead. Hybride ssd's, so called SSHD's are xheap right now and come in very nice capacity. I have system on SSD, then games and programs on SSHD. I had normal HDD for those before and it worked much slower.
So better use the money on SSHD.
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All ordered now.
Can't wait for it all to turn up - and its not even mine
He decided he wanted 16gig of ram, and we saw a 2tb hdd for cheap so he's got that too.
The rest of it is as before with the black and gold prodigy case; just waiting for all of the pre-order stuff to turn up.
Whats the case like for cabling? Will i be able to keep it tidy enough with tie wraps? and is there anything i should watch out for?
Cheers guys
Can't wait for it all to turn up - and its not even mine
He decided he wanted 16gig of ram, and we saw a 2tb hdd for cheap so he's got that too.
The rest of it is as before with the black and gold prodigy case; just waiting for all of the pre-order stuff to turn up.
Whats the case like for cabling? Will i be able to keep it tidy enough with tie wraps? and is there anything i should watch out for?
Cheers guys