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I want to build a computer this summer for my work next year, it will be primarily for AutoCAD, and so i;d quite like a quad core with a high GHz. I also want good ventilation and a good cooler becuase my building is stupidly hot (at the moment it is 25 degrees C and it is 10 degrees outside in the beginning of spring).

CPU - i was leaning towards the 2500K becuase of its impressive overclocking stats and fantastic benchmarks so AutoCAD renders should be great. HOWEVER, i was also thinking to wait for Ivy Bridge, but will it use the same socket and everything?

Motherboard- I want to wait for the z68 becuase it looks more polished and a better investment, i was thinking to get ASUS, but i have read their new EFI BIOS system is poor with overclocking and it hasnt matured anough to be good yet

Cooler - anything MASSIVE :D

PSU - a decent corsair, i like corsair

RAM - i am confused about dual and triple channel, i really only need 4-6GB, nothing absurd

CASE - power and usb at the top, because it is going under a table
- plenty of places for fans
- have a side grill for either a big fan or samller fans
- remember, i want GOOD air flow becuase of how hot this building is!

Graphics card - anything approved by AutoDesk so that i know it will work with AutoCAD

BTW, i want to spend £500-550, and i might bump that up if i sell my old rig (in sig) and my spare E8400 :p

(i have my own hard drives and dvd writer, so no need to factor those)
 
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Hi
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 460 OC 768MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £124.99
BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W Power Supply £39.98
Akasa AK-CCX-4002HP Venom CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/AM2/AM3) £36.98

thanks for the suggestion mate, but one alteration i would make is a less expensive graphics card and to beef up the PSU and i also think i want the noctua d14 simply so that i know i can overclock to the very max :)
 
And again if you wish to go for the D14 fair enough, make sure it fits the case, whether it be the one I specced or another, but youre paying more than 100% more for about 10% gain in OCing, its a case of diminishing returns spending much past £30 on a cooler

I know it is expensive, but i wouldnt feel comfortable pushing the CPU as far if i knew i didnt have the best cooler, and for the sake of £30, i am limiting the whole rig's capability - but this is just my view :)
 
one thing i;d like to know guys, is what is happening with the intel sockets? it seems like they are changing them very frequently, if i invest in sandy bridge, will there be scope to upgrade in the future or is 1155 dead after sandy bridge?
 
All sockets tend to only have one generation in them

so the days of buying a system what you needed and upgraded the cpu when it became feasable isnt possible becuase now the sockets change so frequently

thats a bit of a shame, i wonder why intel have so many different sockets but amd just have a few?
 
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