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SniperFC

SniperFC

SniperFC

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I'm looking to upgrade in the next week or so unless then Bulldog comes out beating the pants of the i5 2500K in single core operation this is the build I'll be going with:


Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz
OcUK GeForce GTX 460 768MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
Corsair Hydro H80 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler
Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive
Corsair Carbide 400R Midi Tower Case - Black
Asus P8P67 LE Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard ** B3 REVISION **
Corsair Vengeance Blue 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual
Akasa FC. SIX Channel Fan Controller - Brushed aluminium - AK-FC-08BK
4 x BitFenix Spectre 140mm Fan - Black

I wont be playing games so not bothered about the GFX card but being able to run 2 monitors and a LCD HDMI TV is an advantage but not essential. If there is a cheaper one then all the better.

Budget of about £750. My concern is that I hoping the run it all on my existing 500W Coolermaster PSU (Coolermaster eXtreme Power 500W (RP-500-PCAR))!! Will it be ok or should I look at a new PSU?

When working from home I'll be using RAM intensive software hence the 16gb.

Any advice would be great.

Thanks,
 
Ditch the P67 board for a newer Z68 board

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-364-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1990

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

My concern is that I hoping the run it all on my existing 500W Coolermaster PSU (Coolermaster eXtreme Power 500W (RP-500-PCAR))!! Will it be ok or should I look at a new PSU?
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Its not a big power hungry spec, should be ok, but it should be the next thing to upgrade.

Why the four extra fans? you dont need them.
 
Wow quick reply thanks.

Is there a decent Z68 board with the UEFI. I noticed that Gigabyte don't yet do them. I went with the extra fans so I could have all fans running min RPM to keep noise down. Do you think it would be better to just stick with the standard case fans and also do away with the fan controller?

Thanks,
 
Thanks for the info. That will save me some money. I take it all the touting of boot times and the like of UEFI arn't yet fully realised.

I do like the gigabyte Motherboards, had a fair few of them in the past. :)
 
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