£850 Gaming PC

stulid said:
No,

Just use the stock cooler until, you can afford one.

It will still do a 4ghz+ OC etc.
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as stulid has said, a stock cooler and a decent motherboard is preferable to a good cooler and a worse motherboard. upgrading the cooler is cheap. upgrading the motherboard really isnt
 
Hmm ok, I guess I loose future Ivybridge and GPU compatability with the ASUS one?

Yea, the Asrock one has no reviews and the ASUS has a number of good ones and is cheaper is all
 
If its LGA775 fitment? then it will go on.

The ASrock board has extra holes for these coolers, so get some thermal paste if you want to re-apply it?
 
Just use the stock cooler, when you have a spare £25-30 get a new heatsink, you can fit it without taking the motherboard out as theres a big hole in the motherboard tray to get access to the rear.
 
Ok mate cheers, I will be quite worried about trying my first ever overclock on a stock cooler tho =P, maybe il have to go even further over budget -.- What heatsink would u recommend when I go for one anyhow?
 
WIth the motherboard theres a simple feature in the BIOS where you just select from preset speeds (4.2-4.8ghz) just select the lowest one.

Anandtech reviewed these chips and overclocked using the stock heatsink.
 
Ok, so unfortunately, the damn RAM has gone off offer now, and I think I might need to rethink my budget anyway, could you give me a similar spec with an absolute maximum of £850 and preferably £800

Thanks!!!
 
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Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £169.99
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MSI Z68A-GD65-G3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £159.98
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Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £23.99
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Samsung SH-S222AL/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
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All thats changed is from a 1TB drive - 500gb

8Gb RAM - 4Gb

The motherboard is still a Gen3 (the Asrock has gone up by £10)

And a different keyboard.
 
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FinalSquall said:
Ok cheers mate, will it still OC to 4GHz stable on stock cooler with that mobo?, and how much would 1tb hd add to that? about £20 I guess?
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The board has loads of OC functions it seems - http://www.msi.com/product/mb/Z68A-GD65--G3-.html#?div=Overview - it has OCgenieII




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MSI GeForce GTX 560Ti Twin FrozR II 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £173.99
(£144.99) £173.99
(£144.99)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £169.99
(£141.66) £169.99
(£141.66)
MSI Z68A-GD65-G3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £159.98
(£133.32) £159.98
(£133.32)
Lancool Dragon-Lord PC-K62 Mid Tower Case with Window - Black £84.98
(£70.82) £84.98
(£70.82)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £79.99
(£66.66) £79.99
(£66.66)
Antec TruePower New Modular 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £67.98
(£56.65) £67.98
(£56.65)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £44.99
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Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £23.99
(£19.99) £23.99
(£19.99)
Samsung SH-S222AL/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
(£13.32) £15.98
(£13.32)
Logitech K300 Compact Keyboard (920-001488) £15.98
(£13.32) £15.98
(£13.32)
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VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £142.14
Total : £852.86
 
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