Final build check

[welshdragon]

Right, about to push the button on this lot. Before I do I would appreciate any comments/improvement suggestions. Will be my first ever Intel build and would prefer an asrock board. Also my first time with Nvidia having always bought ATI but I chose the 570 over the 6950 as I play a lot of sc2 etc and it came out ahead of the 6950.

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[RJC]

Looking ok, You probably need to change the ram to the Corsair below as the cooler may interfear with the ram heatsinks.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-290-CS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517

 

[welshdragon]

Does the corsair xms3 play nice with sandybridge? Was hoping for faster ram?

 

[RJC]

The Corsair will play nice, Ocuk put these in pretty much majority of there builds and get specced in builds.

 

[TwistNut]

from what i read the ram doesnt really affect the sandy bridge performance much so it real term you prob wont see much diffrence

(wait for someone else to confirm this though as im still kind of new to this sort of thing)

but the xms3 seems to be highly recomended

 

[Jony27]

yeah, if your planning to sli that gtx570 then i would recommend going for 750w+ quality PSU, if not then you can change the mobo to the asrock z68 pro3 if you really need the z68 features, if not then just go for a p67 board, something like this

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-167-MS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1906

 

[Surveyor]

Does the corsair xms3 play nice with sandybridge? Was hoping for faster ram?

Memory speed makes little difference with Sandybridge.

1600MHz is the sweet spot for price/performance.

The Best Memory for Sandy Bridge

 

[welshdragon]

Cheers guys. WIll opt for some 1600mhz ram then. Do I need certain voltage ram for sb or will 1.5-1.65v be ok? Yeah really liking that asrock board. Bit of an asrock fanboi and want the option for sli in the future.

I think I'll be reusing my antec 650 truepower new psu from my current build but in the event of going sli will update that as and when. For now a single 570 should hold me? SHould be big step up from my 6850?

 

[RJC]

Link below shows a comparison between your card and your new card
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/291?vs=306

 

[welshdragon]

But can it play pong?

Lol cheers for that. Really looking forward to this now. Also looking forward to trying nvidia as I've bene in the ATI camp since the 1950pro days.

Looking at a KFA 570, not listed on ocuk, these anygood? Also, the 570 annihilates teh 6950 apparently, and is optimised for starcraft 2 ...mega aa here I come

 

[Surveyor]

Cheers guys. WIll opt for some 1600mhz ram then. Do I need certain voltage ram for sb or will 1.5-1.65v be ok?.

The lower the better and around 1.5V is ideal.

RAM such as Corsair XMS3 and the GeIL Value Plus will happily run at around 1.5V.

 

[welshdragon]

will it automatically run at 1.5 or need I set it to 1.5 in bios?

 

[RJC]

It should automatically set at 1.5v, but double check to be safe

 

[welshdragon]

Cheers mate. Also, still mulling over the case. Thinking of getting the coolermaster silencio. But a touch concerned as to whetehr it'll keep a 570 and i5, both hopefully overclocked reasonably cool.

 

[Jony27]

lancool dragonlord pc-k62?

 

[welshdragon]

ignore

 

[welshdragon]

Is that the best ASRock board to have for overclocking an i5 or or there better ASRock's at £150 or less?

 

[olivier renault]

P67 extreme 6. I wouldn't worry too much about the Extreme 4 though, and that would be the one I'd pick. Extreme 4 has 12+4 VRM phase, Extreme 6 has 16+2 VRM phase.

 

[welshdragon]

So the extreme 6 is better?

 

[TwistNut]

yes it is a bit better for voerclocking and by a bit i mean like 1% but the extreme 4 has so many more features on it if you going to make use of them they way outweigh the tiny extra overclocking ability