£450 - mobo/cpu and ram - Which ?

Brizzles · 13 Jan 2011 at 17:19

Sandybridge (with its possible teething problems ? )

or

i7 9** / x58

or

AMD Phenom x4 or x6 / 890FX

Primarily a gaming set-up with Xfire 5850 cards.

£450 for the 3 components, i have everything else.

What would you suggest ?

Cheers.

RJC · 13 Jan 2011 at 17:24

I would go with SB and read the threads Gibbo has done and hopefully you will be safe.

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor with FREE Lost Planet 2 PC Game - Retail £266.99
(£222.49) £266.99
(£222.49)
MSI P67A-GD65 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) £143.99
(£119.99) £143.99
(£119.99)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £41.99
(£34.99) £41.99
(£34.99)
Sub Total : £377.47
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 : £77.39
Total : £464.36

You should get free del and VAT back on the board

stulid · 13 Jan 2011 at 17:27

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor with FREE Lost Planet 2 PC Game - Retail £188.99
(£157.49) £188.99
(£157.49)
Foxconn P67A-S Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) £99.98
(£83.32) £99.98
(£83.32)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £41.99
(£34.99) £41.99
(£34.99)
Sub Total : £275.80
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 : £57.06
Total : £342.36

motherboard does 8X/8X

shadow_boxer · 13 Jan 2011 at 17:43

OcUK Motherboard Bundle - Intel Core i5 2500K & Asus P8P67 Intel P67 Mainboard £299.99
GeIL 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz VALUE PLUS Dual Channel £41.99

Cookeh · 13 Jan 2011 at 18:00

shadow_boxer said:
OcUK Motherboard Bundle - Intel Core i5 2500K & Asus P8P67 Intel P67 Mainboard £299.99
GeIL 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz VALUE PLUS Dual Channel £41.99

+1.

Reasons its SB:
1). Why bother going I7 9XX now that SB is out and out-performs it?
2). AMD Phenom IIs aren't particularly good at handling two or more gpus.

stulid · 13 Jan 2011 at 18:10

-1

Doesnt the ASUS P8P67 only do 16X and 4X for the pci-e slots - http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=Qx3PdnZI9Pq9BcIU&templete=2

1 x PCIe 2.0 x16 (single at x16)
1 x PCIe 2.0 x16 * (max. at x4 mode [Black])

mrdbristol said:
Primarily a gaming set-up with Xfire 5850 cards.

Cookeh · 13 Jan 2011 at 18:33

stulid said:
-1

Doesnt the ASUS P8P67 only do 16X and 4X for the pci-e slots - http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=Qx3PdnZI9Pq9BcIU&templete=2

Foxconn is it

stulid · 13 Jan 2011 at 18:36

Cookeh said:
Foxconn is it

After you mentioned it in that other thread, I just had to go check (could such a cheap board do it right?), and seems you were right, reviews suggest the foxconn switches too 8X/8X

shadow_boxer · 13 Jan 2011 at 18:42

Ah sorry didn't read OP properly and that you have dual 5850s, my bad.

Not a big fan of Foxconn here after experiencing their customer services first hand and their monumental lack of BIOS/driver updates. But in terms of value for money, that boards got to be right up there.

Cookeh · 13 Jan 2011 at 18:48

This would be my choice:

Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor with FREE Lost Planet 2 PC Game - Retail £266.99
(£222.49) £266.99

Foxconn P67A-S Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) £99.98
(£83.32) £99.98

GeIL 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz VALUE PLUS Dual Channel (GVP34GB1600C9DC) £41.99
(£34.99) £41.99

Sub Total : £340.80
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 : £70.06
Total : £420.36

Mobo does 8x8x CF, RAM is a better clocker than Corsair XMS3 (or so says Gibbo, RJK, Ace etc

) and a bigger shinier cpu.

Cookeh · 13 Jan 2011 at 18:49

stulid said:
After you mentioned it in that other thread, I just had to go check (could such a cheap board do it right?), and seems you were right, reviews suggest the foxconn switches too 8X/8X

Yeah, Foxconn seem to provide boards with very good features for very little comparatively.

I haven't seen them for a good year or so, good to see a comeback.

shadow_boxer · 13 Jan 2011 at 18:53

Yeah true, my Foxconn Bloodrage GTI is a great looking board and overclocks my i7 D0 to 4GHz at 1.274v. Their support, however, has much to be desired. In particular their lack of drivers/BIOS updates on their website. I have to go to a forum that one of their former employees posts on to get any sort of decent support and updates.