Gaming rig?

jakesnake said:
another 1 bites the dust.
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Lol! Yeah another poor soul who wont be able to stroke his e-peen and brag about having an i7 cos it must be the 'best gear'. Grow up, dude! Your 'must have an i7' ranting is really boring. At least my 'should get an i5' ranting is based on actual facts and data ;). You really are the personification of the phrase 'all the gear no idea'.
 
Come on guys. We are here to help not argue, we all have our opinions and it is good to share the different points of view. I feel that many people need to read some of these debates to really understand some of the marketing put out some companies as it can be misleading.

Firebouncy. That looks a good setup you have there. Let us know if you have any other questions during build.

You will find the build guide by Greywolf helpful:

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18046396

and a number of good videos of your motherboard, thermal paste application and general builds within your chosen case online. There is loads of information and we are still here to help.

Enjoy the build.
 
The metrics given by Liampope regarding savings look just about correct.

When it comes to building, it is really not hard. Just be patient, take your time, do the research and you will be fine. There are plenty of fantastic resources for the new computer builder out there, as long as you do not rush it you really should have no problems.
 
the p55 board price range you are operating at is the same price as good x58 boards. so the difference between your i5 selection and an i7 selection is reduced more than normal. if your all for saving £100 then fine, but operating in this region of cash its better to stretch that little bit than cut back that little bit. i think the rewards will pay off in the long run. thats my opinion.
 
Bad review for UD6?? Well there's the UD4 if you're put off, but both are great boards. That intel doesn't have USB3 or SATA3, so may as well just save your money and get the MSI GD65 instead of that.

Jake - the ~£150 P55 boards are pretty high end P55 boards that have features and build quality in line with X58 boards like the UD5 which is £215. An X58 board at the £150 price level is a cheaper/lesser featured board. Going X58/i7 wont 'pay off in the long run' in any gaming rig. For gaming i5 is as fast as i7. That will never change.
 
out of interest wot does a P6X58D-E lack in build quality and features compaired to the 2 boards the op has just mentioned. im about to blast a game and couldnt be bothered to read up. considering they are both priced in the same region.
 
The UD6 is just a higher specced board - more geared for overclocking with beefier cooling with heatpipes everywhere, more power phases, on-board power/reset buttons and info display, dual BIOS, then just more features like dual LAN, RAID on the SATA3 6Gb/s, more USB/firewire, eSATA, that sort of stuff. Basically it's a similarly specced board to the UD5, which in X58 flavour sets you back £215. Whether you need all that, who knows (I don't even know what you'd use dual LAN for - 2 networks?:confused:)
 
hes buying a board with gear he probably wont use. so its ok to do it for a p55 board but not an i7 cpu. why apply this at 1 stage and not apply it at another if you understand wot im saying. why not just go for complete saving if its the argument from the start. you either stretch and get the full shabang! or you max out the savings. no sense sitting in the middle.
 
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Thats guys, I found that reviews on newegg.com said that it failed to recognize RAM sticks.? I think I will overclock about 30-40% is that safe?

What warranty do i get with building? just in case something goes wrong..:)
 
Should be fine with quality RAM like Corsair. You'll get at least 12 months warranty on most parts - maybe more. Usually more on GPUs.
 
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