Finally getting sort a spec

Karateyid · 30 Jul 2011 at 08:47

Lo all and sundry,

Was gonna sort my spec out a couple of month ago but other necessary stuff got in the way of me purchasing my bits.. Altho on the plus side as rock released a nice new shiney board

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Currently have a 650w psu and a 70gb raptor drive with a 250gb hdd. Plan is for a 'temporary upgrade' from my 2.4ghz 6600 core duo clocked to 3.12ghz with 4th ram to below

Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £163.99
(£136.66) £163.99
(£136.66)
Asrock Extreme4 Gen3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £159.98
(£133.32) £159.98
(£133.32)
Thermalright Silver Arrow CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA775/AM2/AM3) £50.99
(£42.49) £50.99
(£42.49)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £26.39
(£21.99) £26.39
(£21.99)
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When ivy bridge is release I'll switch to that and upgrade my 5850 to something newer and also look at the possibility of getting a ssd.

I use my machine for gaming mainly. Would it b worth it to go to 8gb ram?

Stone22uk · 30 Jul 2011 at 09:00

Morning,

I feel a temporary upgrade would just be wasting your money. The i5 2500k is a fantastic chip, and will be capable of playing top games for years to come. Also if you are buying a aftermarket cooler, you should get the OEM i5 as you will not need the stock cooler - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-368-IN&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=1275

Games dont normally use 8 gig of ram but this kit is super cheap at the moment and 8 gig would be more future proof -http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-094-KS

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olivier renault · 30 Jul 2011 at 09:15

I would take the 8GB for sure.

Good components, and I would stick with the retail CPU for the extended warranty (in case you decide to stick with it a little longer).

Karateyid · 30 Jul 2011 at 10:42

The board opens up pci 3 once the ivy bridge is released so was planning on selling the sandy bridge and using the funds to go towards the ivy bridge. Should also have saved enough for a newer gfx card that will utilise the pci 3.0 lane.

I'll prob go 2x4gb ram with tis upgrade then

olivier renault · 30 Jul 2011 at 10:45

retail CPU should sell quicker as well. Keep the box