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lucky13

lucky13

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Hey, since I have finished uni and got a proper job it is time to blow some of the first two paychecks on a decent upgrade.

I currently have a e8400
p5q deluxe
thermal take ultra cooler
4gb ram
4850 512mb
coolermaster case with the psu it came with

I would like to get the new I5 2500k as it is great bang for buck.
I have already bought some unused ram the g skill rip jaws 2x 2gb sticks red colour.

I am thinking about a red them for this system as my last one uses a blue theme.

So what I need :D

I need a good mobo for overclocking, psu, case (was thinking of the 82 pound one on OCUK that has the red powder coat interior saw it in general hardware today), GPU, Can my cooler be reused? Is it possible to buy the correct bracket. Otherwise I need a new cooler.


In terms of use, I play quite a few games and would like to max them. I use Pro Engineer and some other cad programs plus general internet and skype etc.

I have a 1920x1080 monitor, keyboard and mouse.

Budget up to about 700 but this is a guide as i will buy it all over a couple of months.

Thanks :D
 
 
Sorry I have a 500gb hard drive that could get me through for a month.

I have windows vista as well so will need windows 7. Is there much difference between the z68 and p67 boards?

I have been trying to read up on them. :)

Thanks for that spec it looks good.
 
P67 vs Z68. Depends if you need or want.
- SRT (SSD cache to boost hard drive transfers).
- Lucid Virtu (GPU virtualisation, mainly power saving).
- QuickSync (using the IGP to boost encoding / transcoding).

You have cheaper P67 that will give you good value for money.

P67 or Z68, the Asrock is sort of a mid-high spec board, with all the toys (SATA3, USB3, Z68...), SLI support and very good overclocking support. Very good board at a good price. Asus Z68 (pro or not) also good buys if you want something above the ordinary.

I would try to get a 2GB 6950 as well. Good alternative to the PC-K62 is the COolermaster 690 II lite.
 
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Those were the main points i had seen aswell and for a potential saving of 40 pounds as i may be able to get a msi p67 for under 100 then I think i will go with that.

the 2gb 6950 is what i am aiming for and will get it next month and just use my 4850 till then.

Can any one give good advice of what should be backed up from windows like game saves? and how best to do it.

I am thinking of i5 2500k
p67 mobo the 115pound version.
ram i have
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-006-LA

the cpu cooler and lancool case.
Then re use my hard drive, dvd rw and peripherals.
 
something like this?

YOUR BASKET
1 x XFX ATI Radeon 6950 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £203.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor £173.99
1 x MSI P67A-GD65 Intel P67 (socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** with FREE Coolermaster Hyper 212 Plus CPU Cooler £139.99
1 x Lancool Dragon-Lord PC-K62 Mid Tower - Red Dragon Windowed Edition £86.78
1 x Lepa B-Series 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £72.98
1 x Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML4GX3M2A1600C9) £34.99
Total : £727.73 (includes shipping : £12.50).



You need DDR3 ram, dunno what you got.

The motherboard is a good overclocker, and the cooler is good up to 4.4, 4.6GHz. I would aim at 4.2, 4.4GHz stable overclock under, 1.3V Vcore, and 1.5V Vram. That's a safe 30% overclock.

As for backing up the OS, I don't know. I would recommend a clean re-install. That means the OS, games, applications, and backing up all the user data, onto another drive, or another partition. Or a whole stack of DVDs.
 
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