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Just built myself a rig online, just want confirmation if the components are compatible.

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

Cooler Master CM690-II Lite Dominator Case & GX 750W Power Supply

Asus P7P55D-E Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard

OcUK GeForce GTS 450 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599)

Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1333C9D3B1K2/4G)

Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX)

Akasa AK-CC017V2 Freedom Tower CPU Cooler (Socket AM2 / AM3 / 775 / 1155/ 1156 / 1366)

Samsung SH-S222AB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM

I'm torn between the intel i5 2500k and Asus P7P55D-E, or AMD phenom II x6 1090T and a Gigabyte GA-890GPA-UD3H AMD 890GX. Any advice on this build? Cheers fellas.
 
Hi there,

That motherboard won't work with the CPU (the mobo is LGA 1156 and the CPU is LGA 1155). Instead I would suggest going for this motherboard and the same i5 2500K CPU.

As for RAM I would suggest going for this kit and change the GPU to either this, this or this instead of the GTS 450.

If you need a PSU, I would go with this one - it's a really excelleny deal.

As for the AMD X6 - the sandy bridge i5 is much faster.
 
What is the rig for and what is your budget? As your having it built online I understand it will be difficult to advise within a budget but it helps.

Also the i5 2500k over any AMD any day.
 
£700 is the budget, id say bit of gaming, media, laptop replacement and im a bit flexible on it, specifically i want a NVIDIA card, specifically, why the i5 over the amd phenom II x6? my view is 6 cores better than 4? with the mobo i chose to go with the amd, would i be able to overclock to say, 4ghz?
I chose the case and psu deal, seemed pretty schweet :D
 
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6 cores is better than 4 only if each core has the same performance. When comparing an i5 2500K with a Phenom II X6 1090T, each of the i5's cores is much faster. Hence in applications (especially in games) the i5 2500K is the much faster CPU and it overclocks further (the i5 will happily go to 4.5GHz, while the X6 1090T tops out at around 4.1GHz).

Have a look at this comparison.

If you want an Nvidia card then I would strongly suggest going for a GTX 460 768MB over a GTS 450 - this chart shows how the two cards compare.
 
Just to be clear, are you buying parts and self building or building online and having it sent to you built? It makes quite a large difference in what you get for the price.
 
cheers fellas, so my build currently stands at:

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

Cooler Master CM690-II Lite Dominator Case & GX 750W Power Supply, not bad, 2 birds, one stone, big psu, nice case, good deal

MSI P67A-GD53 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION **

Nvidia GeForce 1gb GTX 460

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599)

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

Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX)

Akasa AK-CC017V2 Freedom Tower CPU Cooler (Socket AM2 / AM3 / 775 / 1155/ 1156 / 1366)

Samsung SH-S222AB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM
 
I'm not sure, I think I'll have it sent out just as parts and assemble it myself using the guide on the forums, or would it benefit me to have it pre built? or is there a charge for it? I've built it out of parts rather than pre-built.
 
I would upgrade the GPU a bit. Maybe to this if you wanted to stick with Nvidia. I managed to spec a rig similar to the one you did including this GPU as well as the Antex 620W PSU that cmndr andi and the case seperate.
Also if you need an OS you would probably be better going with this offer. Saves a little money.
The motherboard you spec'd is also out of stock at OcUK. This one should be fine.
 
I went a little over budget but hows this;

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus GeForce GTX 560Ti DirectCU II 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £173.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £167.99
1 x Gigabyte P67A-UD3-B3 Intel P67 Chipset (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £114.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £79.99
1 x Cooler Master CM-690 II Lite Dominator Case - Black £59.99
1 x Antec High Current Gamer 620W Power Supply £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £43.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £39.98
1 x Arctic Cooling Freezer 13 High Performance CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/1155/1156/1366/939/AM2/AM2+) £22.99
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-5260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
Total : £786.38 (includes shipping : £13.75).

Could bring the price by changing the GPU to something else and you could get a slightly slower CPU to bring price down too so you do have options to play around with ;)

Stoner81.
 
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Spec above looks good, though the P67A-UD3 board only runs the second full-size graphics slot at x4 speed and doesn't support SLI (see here). The spec info on the OCUK (for the P67A-UD3) product page seems to be for the P67X-UD3.
 
Thnaks chaps, you have helped me out a great deal, stoner, your spec is great, however ill change the gpu to save some pennies, get the retail 2500k sandybridge for the warranty, keep the mobo i have in my basket get a 500gb hdd and win 7 bundle
Thanks again, you've been a big help =)
 
Just quickly, why are all of the 1155 p67 mobo's all b3 revision? those are 2nd inspected returns right? and is there a difference between p67 and h67?
 
the b2 revisions had problems with the SATA 3GB/s ports and had to be recalled and replaced with b3 revisions.

H67/61 doesn't allow overclocking but has integrated graphics and supports Quick Sync for accelerated video encoding iirc - Z68 is a combination of both + SSD caching.
 
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