New Components (Need help)

XILLAX

XILLAX

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Hey

Recently my CPU has been very slow and very hot (I made a topic yesterday in the CPU forum but no suggestions helped make it any cooler without buying a new cooler - lol)

So, I've decided that I will just buy a new CPU, motherboard & ram.

I have £300 budget and have found these components:

CPU
Intel Core i5 760 2.80GHz (Lynnfield) (RJC found this for me;))
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-339-IN

MOBO:
MSI P55A-G55 Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-140-MS

RAM:
Corsair Dominator 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-288-CS


So, is this the best I can get for my cash? and does it all work together?

BTW, I already have a 160gb hdd & an ATI Radeon HD 4850 512MB graphics card

Thanks,
XILLAX
 
haha, well my brother has 1.5TB so I just put movies etc onto his hard drive via our homegroup :P

Probably won't get that package because:
1) it costs more for virtually the same setup -- and what seems to be a mobo which isn't as good
2) it only has 1 year warrenty and manufacturers warrenty will be void since it's overclocked

Are my assumptions about warrenty & mobo correct? or am I totally wrong lol
 
I have no idea mate, that's why I try to not offer advice, if we keep this nice and bumped, the good guys will come a long soon and help!
 
Hi there,

Sorry I missed your previous thread -I just had a look. Have you tried re-seating the stock intel cooler and ensured it is 100% secure (try jiggling it)? Often with these pushpin coolers one of the pins comes loose and drastically reduces the cooling performance leading to a very hot chip. Also, using some new thermal paste like this good stuff should help out a bit. As was suggested in that post a new cooler would be a very good idea - something like this costs less than £20, will fit any current system (i3/i5/i7/AM3) and cools so much better than the stock intel one (and is much quieter too).

For a brand new system - the components you list above are pretty much the best you can get for the money. If you go with a Phenom II X4 955BE/790X system you will save about £30 (which could be put towards a new cooler or a new graphics card) and plays games just as well - however in CPU-limited applications the i5 is the faster chip.

However, instead of spending all this money you may want to consider just upgrading your CPU. Your board supports the Core 2 Quad Q6600 (with the F10 BIOS), this is a fantastic chip and will only cost you ~£80 second hand. Add in a the CPU cooler mentioned above and you have an excellent upgrade to your system and only spend £100. The money saved could be spent on a much better graphics card, an SSD or stay in the bank.
 
Anewbe4u said:
I have no idea mate, that's why I try to not offer advice, if we keep this nice and bumped, the good guys will come a long soon and help!
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haha thanks anyway :D

cmndr_andi said:
Hi there,

Sorry I missed your previous thread -I just had a look. Have you tried re-seating the stock intel cooler and ensured it is 100% secure (try jiggling it)? Often with these pushpin coolers one of the pins comes loose and drastically reduces the cooling performance leading to a very hot chip. Also, using some new thermal paste like this good stuff should help out a bit. As was suggested in that post a new cooler would be a very good idea - something like this costs less than £20, will fit any current system (i3/i5/i7/AM3) and cools so much better than the stock intel one (and is much quieter too).

For a brand new system - the components you list above are pretty much the best you can get for the money. If you go with a Phenom II X4 955BE/790X system you will save about £30 (which could be put towards a new cooler or a new graphics card) and plays games just as well - however in CPU-limited applications the i5 is the faster chip.

However, instead of spending all this money you may want to consider just upgrading your CPU. Your board supports the Core 2 Quad Q6600 (with the F10 BIOS), this is a fantastic chip and will only cost you ~£80 second hand. Add in a the CPU cooler mentioned above and you have an excellent upgrade to your system and only spend £100. The money saved could be spent on a much better graphics card, an SSD or stay in the bank.
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Thanks a lot for you feedback man, really cleared things up for me.

Checked the fan and it seemed pretty solid

I think I'm going to go with the whole new system using the i5 and will probably buy that cooler too (I already have some of that thermal paste).

When I get some more money, I'll probably buy a Q6600, aswell as a hdd and sell it to someone as a complete pc.
 
Consider AMD (people gonna start to think i work for em lol), they offer more bang for you buck for the average user imo and the money saved could be invested in a bigger HDD or go towards a GPU upgrade.

You could get a phenom2 955 quad core + mobo + 4gb ram for £250 and be a very happy chappie.
 
Thanks for the suggestion.

Is it true that AMD cpu's and ATi gfx cards work better together than Intel cpu's and ATi gfx cards? or is that just a myth(or just something I came up with myself :D)?
 
XILLAX said:
Thanks for the suggestion.

Is it true that AMD cpu's and ATi gfx cards work better together than Intel cpu's and ATi gfx cards? or is that just a myth(or just something I came up with myself :D)?
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This isn't the case (at least not these days). Intel CPUs work great with AMD graphics cards, and most mid to high-end intel motherboards fully support AMD CrossfireX.
 
ahh nice nice

I think I'll stick with the i5 as I often have high cpu usage when I'm multi-tasking(playing games whilst coding programs etc on my other monitor)
 
It is a myth tho for reasons i couldn't explain logically i prefer to put AMD and ATI together :). The only basis for this is that very few AMD motherboards support SLI so if your even considering multiple GPUs down the line and going the AMD route you would want an ATI GPU for that reason alone.

If you dont want multi GPUs then it makes no difference whatsoever.

Personally i would prefer the AMD phenom 2 over the i5 as the performance difference is tiny compared to the price difference and the black edition AMDs are made for overclocking letting you get so much more for your money.
 
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Right OK.

Thanks for all the inputs guys!

I've decided to stick to my original plans and get the i5, just because I've always used Intel and never had a problem + because some people have said the i5 works better under heavy CPU usage.

I love you all for helping me. No homo.
 
Fag!

Just kidding :), i5 wouldnt be my choice but tbh there both nice CPUs and you will be happy either way. £300 is a tight budget for an intel build tho m8y, good luck.
 
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