Buying a over clock bundle and case need help

RushFX · 20 Jul 2011 at 18:35

Hi im looking at i5 2500k sandy bridge bundles and ive decided to go for either "Radon Utahraptor" or "Radon Apatosaurus" the later is slightly more expensive i would like to know what is the diffrence between the two?

I can see the motherboard is different could someone please tell me the advantages of having the slightly more expensive one.

Also any suggestions would be welcome im going to be spending upto £450
i already have Psu, dvd writer ,and hdd and plan to upgrade to a ssd shortly.
I think ill be going with the zalaman z9 case which is around 50 quid

anuraj · 20 Jul 2011 at 18:41

The apatosaurus has a higher overclocked speed.

RushFX · 20 Jul 2011 at 18:43

anuraj said:
The apatosaurus has a higher overclocked speed.

is that the only diffrence?

RushFX · 20 Jul 2011 at 18:45

are both xfire and sli capable?

anuraj · 20 Jul 2011 at 18:46

RushFX said:
is that the only diffrence?

Well yeah and the apatosaurus has a much better mobo.

They are both crossfire/sli compatible.

Moothead2 · 20 Jul 2011 at 18:49

Just buy the parts seperate, the cooler that comes with it is pretty poor by todays standards and the CPU can easily be overclocked to 4.4GHz maually.

RushFX · 20 Jul 2011 at 18:53

Moothead2 said:
Just buy the parts seperate, the cooler that comes with it is pretty poor by todays standards and the CPU can easily be overclocked to 4.4GHz maually.

im scared ill mess it up

ive never overclocked a cpu before and dont want to damage it id rather pay a little extra and let the professionals do the hard work

RushFX · 20 Jul 2011 at 18:55

do u think if i ring them up and ask them to give me a better cooler instead of the one that comes with it and i pay them abit more cash they could do this for me?

RushFX · 20 Jul 2011 at 18:57

was thinking maybe this one because im getting a z9 case

Zalman CNPS9900-MAX Blue LED CPU Cooler

Moothead2 · 20 Jul 2011 at 18:58

RushFX said:
do u think if i ring them up and ask them to give me a better cooler instead of the one that comes with it and i pay them abit more cash they could do this for me?

I'm pretty sure they would. Still, you wouldn't mess it up if you did it yourself. The only way you'd likely damage it is if you increased the voltage by too much but if you asked for help here you'd never do it

. Always have to start somewhere, remember

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R088ieS86 · 20 Jul 2011 at 19:06

As moot said, its quite hard to damage by overclocking, most of the time you just blue screen. All part of the learning process.

You get much better parts for your money if you have a go.
Face your fear

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £161.99
1 x Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £144.98
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £44.99
1 x Thermalright Archon CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/AM2/AM3) £44.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £29.99
1 x Thermalright TY-140mm Silent Fan (Fits 120mm fittings) £10.99
Total : £452.03 (includes shipping : £11.75).

If you wanted to spend all £450.

RushFX · 20 Jul 2011 at 19:07

Moothead2 said:
I'm pretty sure they would. Still, you wouldn't mess it up if you did it yourself. The only way you'd likely damage it is if you increased the voltage by too much but if you asked for help here you'd never do it . Always have to start somewhere, remember .

the motherboard comes with oc genie i guess that would make it a lot easier

RushFX · 20 Jul 2011 at 19:09

R088ieS86 said:
As moot said, its quite hard to damage by overclocking, most of the time you just blue screen. All part of the learning process.

You get much better parts for your money if you have a go.
Face your fear

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £161.99
1 x Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £144.98
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £44.99
1 x Thermalright Archon CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/AM2/AM3) £44.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £29.99
1 x Thermalright TY-140mm Silent Fan (Fits 120mm fittings) £10.99
Total : £452.03 (includes shipping : £11.75).

If you wanted to spend all £450.

i think i might actually just copy this exact list , im gonna look at the motherboard and stuff now

thanx m8

RushFX · 20 Jul 2011 at 19:23

Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £161.99

Asus P8Z68-V Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £129.98

Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £44.99

Zalman CNPS9900-MAX Blue LED CPU Cooler £43.91

Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £29.99

comes to Total : £424.96

would this be a good system?

R088ieS86 · 20 Jul 2011 at 23:09

Theres no reason why that wouldn't be a good system.

The motherboard supports the features of Z68 boards along with SLi and Crossfire and the cooler is pretty good as well abeit being a little loud at high end speeds.

Good Luck

RushFX · 21 Jul 2011 at 05:30

R088ieS86 said:
Theres no reason why that wouldn't be a good system.

The motherboard supports the features of Z68 boards along with SLi and Crossfire and the cooler is pretty good as well abeit being a little loud at high end speeds.

Good Luck

thanks mate for your help , much appreciated