£300 budjet Mobo-cpu-ram

Tom01793 · 13 Oct 2011 at 08:38

Hi all i am after getting a new mobo-cpu-ram but dont wana break the bank,
I all rdy have a good gpu-psu-case-kb-mouse and screen

i was thinking one over the overclocked bundels would be good anyone have any other idears?

stulid · 13 Oct 2011 at 08:49

A few questions,

Your harddrive/DVD drive, are they SATA or IDE?

What case and PSU do you have?

Tom01793 · 13 Oct 2011 at 09:06

My hdd'd Are SATA but my dvd drive is still on IDE,

My psu is an 850W BFG from ocuk And the case is a relitivly big gerneric gameing case 2x120m fans front/back and a 90mm fan on the side, ow and the gpu is msi 560ti oc edition twin razor

olivier renault · 13 Oct 2011 at 09:34

Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £167.99
Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £99.98
Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G) £23.99

But really, I'd add an extra £50 for 8GB and maybe a better board?

Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £167.99
Asus P8Z68-V Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £124.98
Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £47.99
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.50
Total : £352.36

Or 8GB + cooler?

Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £167.99
Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £99.98
Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £47.99
Zalman CNPS10X-Quiet CPU Cooler (754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/775/1155/1156/1366) £29.99
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.50
Total : £357.35

Although the cooler is a moot point if you can't overclock the gigabyte reliably to 4.4GHz (30% overclock is the sweet spot).

stulid · 13 Oct 2011 at 09:54

Tom01793 said:
My hdd'd Are SATA but my dvd drive is still on IDE,

My psu is an 850W BFG from ocuk And the case is a relitivly big gerneric gameing case 2x120m fans front/back and a 90mm fan on the side, ow and the gpu is msi 560ti oc edition twin razor

Well you will need a new SATA DVD drive, so heres the spec for you,

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £167.99
(£139.99) £167.99
(£139.99)
Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.98
(£66.65) £79.98
(£66.65)
Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G) £23.99
(£19.99) £23.99
(£19.99)
LG GH24NS70 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
(£14.99) £17.99
(£14.99)
Sub Total : £241.62
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £50.22
Total : £301.34

This is the motherboard,

http://www.kitguru.net/components/m...-z68ap-d3-z68-review-bargain-buy-of-the-year/

Tom01793 · 13 Oct 2011 at 10:39

Thanks very much guys, bassed on the items then is it not best just to buy one of the overclocked bundels or is it better to buy them seperate and try the overclock my self ?

once again cheers, i just want the best bang for my buck

stulid · 13 Oct 2011 at 10:42

Do it yourself, go into the BIOS and change the CPU multiplier form 33X to 40X, bingo instant 4GHZ.

Tom01793 · 13 Oct 2011 at 10:48

Sold

Tom01793 · 13 Oct 2011 at 10:54

Will the stock cooler cope wid the 4Ghz

stulid · 13 Oct 2011 at 10:55

Yes.

Both Anandtech and Guru3D used it in their i5 2500K reviews to go even higher

Tom01793 · 13 Oct 2011 at 11:07

Ace,

Is 4ghz the max i could expect out of this
Also do i need to change the voltage?

stulid · 13 Oct 2011 at 11:10

4GHz is easily done on stock voltage, with a bigger cooler theres no reason why you cant be doing 4.5Ghz or a bit more with a Vcore increase.

Tom01793 · 13 Oct 2011 at 11:30

hi

what do u mean by Vcore increase and is it easyish to do, i have not had to oc a multicore processor useing this method before?

stulid · 13 Oct 2011 at 11:48

After setting the frequency desired in the BIOS, its worth testing the stability of the overclock with a program such as Prime95 (run for hours) or intel burntest (20+ runs) to see if there is any errors reported.

To increase the stability a tiny bit more Vcore can be added in the voltage section of the BIOS.

At 4Ghz I would imagine nothing needs adjusting, but at 4.5GHz more will be required, the other thing about the motherboard is that it may auto adjust this value itself to suit (called serialVID)

For example if you go into the BIOS and make a note of the vcore reported, then set the multiplier to a higher number (40+) then save and exit the BIOS, if you go back in you should see the Vcore has increased all on is own.

Tom01793 · 13 Oct 2011 at 12:04

Thanks v much for the info your a wizard