Help me spend the Goverments money!

[Rusty0611]

Gelid Tranquillo - £25.99 at last check and it's very good performance on the Sandy Bridge chips. Not sure how they cope with Ivy Bridge as they run hotter.

 

[khevolution]

do you think i will need any more then that?

 

[Idleman]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-036-CM&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=1395

A good mid range cooler.

 

[BigChief]

Tranquillo for the win!

 

[khevolution]

will that be cool enough to keep everything cool?

 

[BigChief]

Everyone I know who has a Tranquillo, and a lot of the OCuk people rate the tranquillo really highly, both for cooling and noise.

 

[khevolution]

only thing left i'm unsure about is the motherboard, hopefully its something i wont need to replace for a long time what are peoples thoughts on

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-201-MS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=2261

 

[Stinger53]

this is a gd mother board. msi is a good brand. if u want to xfire/sli would recomend geting a better one, but if u dont that will do fine

 

[Kitarist]

Now go spend that gov money lol

 

[khevolution]

maybe in the winter, when i can see myself gaming more i might consider Xfire/SLI, whats the general opinion around here for a good bang for buck mobo

 

[Idleman]

Well, if you think you may go sli/xfire in the future, then this mobo will give you x8/x8,

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-390-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=2261

 

[MORE SPEED]

Well, if you think you may go sli/xfire in the future, then this mobo will give you x8/x8,

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-390-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=2261

+1

 

[khevolution]

Is there really much difference between brands, cause a lot of them seem to have the same spec, or is it mainly down to preference?

EDIT:

PS also does it matter having AMD card and a Nvidia Mobo?

 

[Idleman]

Is there really much difference between brands, cause a lot of them seem to have the same spec, or is it mainly down to preference?

EDIT:

PS also does it matter having AMD card and a Nvidia Mobo?

You can use AMD or Nvidia cards, single or sli/xfire on most mobos. But a few can be only sli or xfire compatable. It usually tells you this in the product information.

 

[khevolution]

Is my Mobo compatible then? ive had a quick look but i cant see what im looking for, at the moment its all a mix of numbers and letters, but im learning slowly....i think

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards £179.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £173.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £104.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD10EZRX) **SINGLE PLATTER** £69.98
1 x OCZ ZS Series 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £59.99
1 x BitFenix Shinobi "Core" USB3.0 Gaming Windowed Case - White £49.98
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1333C9) £39.95
1 x Microsoft SideWinder X4 Gaming Keyboard - Retail (JQD-00006) £29.99
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
Total : £748.34 (includes shipping : £11.25).

 

[Idleman]

Is my Mobo compatible then? ive had a quick look but i cant see what im looking for, at the moment its all a mix of numbers and letters, but im learning slowly....i think

Yes your mobo is OK for x8/x8, sli/xfire.