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Not an issue. A 212 Evo will handle an OC'd 5820K quite comfortably. Only need something a bit more beefy if you're trying for silly OC's past 4.3Ghz.
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CPU choice in a new £800 build
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Not an issue. A 212 Evo will handle an OC'd 5820K quite comfortably. Only need something a bit more beefy if you're trying for silly OC's past 4.3Ghz.
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I think the little extra spent on the 6600k is money well spent.
As you say - you've increased your budget, so it's not eating into your GPU money.
As you say - you've increased your budget, so it's not eating into your GPU money.
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You'll regret only spending £120 on a monitor.
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Ive started a thread over in the monitors section and would value opinions. However my budget cant go higher than it already is.
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Guys im kinda backtracking on this at the moment because the cost of my build is a bit higher than i really wanted.
Would i be really crippling myself if i still went for the z170 board but put a £100 dual core i3 in it instead? Id have a future upgrade path to a k processor in the future. With the stock cooler id save £120 on my build, nearly enough for a cheap laptop to use when im not on the big rig.
Would i be really crippling myself if i still went for the z170 board but put a £100 dual core i3 in it instead? Id have a future upgrade path to a k processor in the future. With the stock cooler id save £120 on my build, nearly enough for a cheap laptop to use when im not on the big rig.
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https://www.overclockers.co.uk/8pac...locked-quad-core-gaming-bundle-bu-050-as.html
That's what I have, does everything you need it to and you could get an i7 later on in a year or so.
That's what I have, does everything you need it to and you could get an i7 later on in a year or so.
imo dont get anything less than the 6600k. why cant you manage to build a 6600k complete system for under £800 ?? looks very doable to me so you must be going wrong somewhere
True, but only if the OS can be left out as per the OPs thread in GH, have a look (my suggestion post #15)
https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18734792
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If he's going i5 what's wrong with the 6400 @ 4.4 Ghz bundle? it will perform exactly the same as a 6600k @ 4.4Ghz. it's not as if the 6600k will reach 5Ghz is it.
Only that overclocking locked processors is a hack. There are several problems with that, says on the product page itself:
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/8pac...locked-quad-core-gaming-bundle-bu-050-as.html
I wouldn't get one tbh. Plus if 8 G of RAM is acceptable the saving over 6600K bundle + 8 G RAM + cheap cooler isn't huge, only about a tenner.
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If you don't mind going down the AMD route get a AMD Athlon II X4 845. Don't let the low price fool you either, it uses the latest excavator architecture which clock for clock puts it well ahead of that Bulldozer rubbish from 2012.
The only draw back is the FM2+ platform isn't briming with all the mod cons that a z170 chipset will bring but to be fair your missing out on much (NVME for example, fast transfer times but Vs an SATA SSD you won't see any real world benefits beyond benchmarks scores).
The other advantage of going down this route is it frees up quite a bit of budget for a better video card.
The only draw back is the FM2+ platform isn't briming with all the mod cons that a z170 chipset will bring but to be fair your missing out on much (NVME for example, fast transfer times but Vs an SATA SSD you won't see any real world benefits beyond benchmarks scores).
The other advantage of going down this route is it frees up quite a bit of budget for a better video card.
A very good suggestion. The higher-clocked AMD Athlon X4 860K has been a recommendation on Tom's CPU list for a while
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-cpus,3986.html
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Appreciate the comments.
Dropping to an Athlon X4 would save me £210 over an Intel i5-6600k build. It is a lot of difference.
How do I decide if a 6600k is worth an extra £210 in my build?
Dropping to an Athlon X4 would save me £210 over an Intel i5-6600k build. It is a lot of difference.
How do I decide if a 6600k is worth an extra £210 in my build?
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Get the 6400 bundle I've had it since January. I've had no problems with it, everything runs fine. Only thing that worries me is that, what if I need to upgrade my bios when I get a new graphics card?
Only solution would be to buy a new CPU ( a cheap 2nd hand i7 maybe ) and update the bios. I'm talking a year from now though.
Only solution would be to buy a new CPU ( a cheap 2nd hand i7 maybe ) and update the bios. I'm talking a year from now though.
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If you are meaning the overclocked bundle, it doesn't really offer any substantial savings over the i5-6600k route.
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Could never recommend an FM2+ platform for something like this.
If the AMD route became a must, it'd have to be an FX83.
If the AMD route became a must, it'd have to be an FX83.
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You'll save £50 by going for the 6400 and then getting the bundle. £50 to spend elsewhere on your build.
They're two completely different classes of component; they don't really compare.
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I've just noticed that the i5-6600K has gone up in price on OCUK by a tenner since I was looking a couple days ago......
What about dropping to an i3? I could save £100 on my build by doing this one change alone, and still be on modern processors.
Where are the best CPU comparison charts? Google brings up passmark which I was previously told was not very good measures.
What about dropping to an i3? I could save £100 on my build by doing this one change alone, and still be on modern processors.
Where are the best CPU comparison charts? Google brings up passmark which I was previously told was not very good measures.
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For gaming the Tom's Hardware best gaming CPU article I posted is the best IMO.
For other stuff there's http://www.anandtech.com/bench/CPU/
Other than that search around for reviews of specific components, or CPU shoot-outs (e.g. search for "x CPU benchmarks" where x is a game).