2600k build - £500 budget

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Hi, I'm only looking for a CPU/RAM/MOBO.

I currently already have, and will be using:

power supply: Corsair HX 520
graphics: RADEON HD5770
Will the above two components (mainly aimed at the power supply) be able to cope with an i7? Also I already have a case/monitor/mouse/keyboard.

Here is what I spec'd up:
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Any opinions? Would ideally prefer 8GB as I'm going to do a lot of graphic work, but dont want to comprimise getting slow ram for more GB...

Thanks!
 
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Hi there,

For your uses I would recommend going for this board and this cooler. (overclock the 2600K as far as it will go with safe voltages). Based on your PSU and stated usage I am assuming you won't be needing a motherboard with x8/x8 crossfire/SLI - which tend to cost £140+.

Also, may I ask when do you plan to build the system? Right now the best option for CPU heavy applications is an Intel Sandy Bridge CPU. However, in the coming months AMD are releasing Bulldozer which may offer better bang-for-buck, and before chistmas we are expecting Intel Ivy Bridge - which should be a fair bit faster than Sandy bridge.
 
cmndr_andi said:
Hi there,

For your uses I would recommend going for this board and this cooler. (overclock the 2600K as far as it will go with safe voltages). Based on your PSU and stated usage I am assuming you won't be needing a motherboard with x8/x8 crossfire/SLI - which tend to cost £140+.
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Nope although I do game, I doubt I will want to use eyefinity.

Also, may I ask when do you plan to build the system? Right now the best option for CPU heavy applications is an Intel Sandy Bridge CPU. However, in the coming months AMD are releasing Bulldozer which may offer better bang-for-buck, and before chistmas we are expecting Intel Ivy Bridge - which should be a fair bit faster than Sandy bridge.
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Well, I was going to buy fairly soon - but if the Bulldozer is going to be better/cheaper than an i7 may be tempted to wait. However I did this with sandy bridge, was going to buy an old i5 - waited for sandy bridge then never got round to buying when they came out.
 
The main problem with PSUs are usually the amps available on the 12V rail(s). So it all depends on what graphics card you are using. Even then, it can output 480W on 12V rail so plenty for your CPU and GPU, and has a healthy 140W on the +3 and +5 for all the peripherals and hard drives.

The Corsair HX series are very dependable.
 
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Well, I was going to buy fairly soon - but if the Bulldozer is going to be better/cheaper than an i7 may be tempted to wait. However I did this with sandy bridge, was going to buy an old i5 - waited for sandy bridge then never got round to buying when they came out.
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Ah, in that case I would just buy the sandy bridge system whenever you are ready. Bulldozer isn't going to be around until ~July and we haven't seen any solid numbers that it will be faster than Sandy Bridge yet (it will have more cores, but the performance per core is expected to be a fair bit slower than Sandy Bridge).
 
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Ah, in that case I would just buy the sandy bridge system whenever you are ready. Bulldozer isn't going to be around until ~July and we haven't seen any solid numbers that it will be faster than Sandy Bridge yet (it will have more cores, but the performance per core is expected to be a fair bit slower than Sandy Bridge).
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Hmm just read about the z68 mobos. What will they have which the current ones wont have? Just read that they will be coming out next month so maybe worth waiting for that??
 
The main benefit of the Z68 boards is they will combine the best parts of the P67 and H67 boards. Z68 features:

- Ability to overclock CPUs (you still want a K series CPU as well to overclock properly)
- Ability to run integrated graphics (using the Intel HD 2000/3000 IGP which is on the CPU)
- Ability to use Intel Quick Sync (for super quick video transcoding using the integrated graphics core - as well as the main CPU)
- Ability to use Quick Sync while using a discrete graphics card (using Lucid Virtu)
- SSD Caching - to speed up your system using a small, cheap SSD

These are the main benefits I believe, if you feel you will definiteluy use some of these new features then you may want to wait - though these boards are expected to cost more than most existing P67 boards.
 
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