An itch needs to be scratched

slowrunner

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I've had an itch to do another upgrade for a while now, and if I go ahead with it my current gear will be going into a spare case for Dad to finally drag him out of the depths of despair that manifests itself as a pentium D 661.

This is what I'm hovering on,

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Going to use my current nero s cooler, hdd's, 4670, psu and case.

Any suggestions/critique?
 
I'd agree with Shadow. Remember you can still OC the i5K on the retail cooler (4ghz is expected), you get free delivery so you could add a much better heatsink later.

Unless the OEM version of the i5K is much cheaper than the retail one then you can usually squeeze a good air cooling heatsink in with the price difference (gelid tranquillo is a popular choice). Obviously it's easier to do the job once than dissassemble the rig to apply a heatsink later.
 
SLI/Crossfire aren't a concern, the 4670 is all I need.

I've had a good look for a cheaper board and the only other options that give the sata ports I need (more than 6, I need more storage) are the Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3/UD4 or the Asrock P67 Extreme 6, sadly both makes I've had nothing but trouble with before.

The nero s is working perfectly for me currently, and most importantly, it's silent, is a different cooler really needed?

The oem chip is only £12 cheaper, but I might switch to it.

The ssd is the one thing that I'm not really sure of, I don't really need one, but they appear to be the way to go. I've been running off the 200GB samsung for 4/5 years now, so it's ready for retirement. I've leaned toward the corsair as it seems to be one of the more reliable ones from what I've read.
 
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If you've had issues with others motherboards, fair enough, but I will say ASUS don't have a UK RMA base I don't think, so if you do have problems its a pain to get a replacement, Gigabyte does, not sure about Asrock. That being said, in my experience, Asus make good stuff.

if your currently cooler is okay, and has 1155/1156 socket fittings it should be fine. You can always get another later if you feel the need.

SSD, most people recommend getting one if you can :) As for choice, the Corsair or Crucial M4 are the best I think in terms of reliability, but the Crucial is considered best (slightly better performance I think) but you pay more for it.
 
Having had another look through the boards I could drop to the UD3P and save £40, it wasn't a contender at first as it's listed as only having 6 sata ports until you go to the main product description which reveals it has 8.
I could even drop to P67 but, meh...

Yeah my nero s does have 1155/1166 brackets so going to stick with it.

Outright ssd performance I'm not fussed with, so happy to save the £30 and lose 8GB with the corsair over the crucial.
 
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