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Sammanu

Sammanu

Sammanu

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Below is a selection of products I wish to purchase, just wondering if they are all compatible with each other aswell as my current components (Such as my CPU cooler).


AMD Phenom II X6 Six Core 1090T Black Edition 3.20GHz (Socket AM3)
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...odid=CP-266-AM
£179.99


Gigabyte GA-870A-UD3 AMD 870 (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...odid=MB-283-GI
£81.98


Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9)
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...odid=MY-203-CS
£44.99



Total : £318.36

Recommendations are welcome for suggesting a different product which is beter than the one selected, as long as it's in the same price range :)



CURRENT SPECS

Motherboard - Gigabyte GA-M61PME-S2P nForce 430 (Socket AM3/AM2+) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
CPU Cooler - Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro PWM CPU Cooler
Memory - Kingston HyperX 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 PC2-8500C5 1066MHz Dual Channel
GFX Card - XFX ATI Radeon HD 4870 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
PSU - OCZ ModXStream Pro 700w Silent SLI Certified Modular Power Supply
 
Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-2500 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £167.99
(£139.99) £167.99
(£139.99)
Foxconn H67A-S Intel H67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro-ATX Motherboard - (Sandybridge) £79.98
(£66.65) £79.98
(£66.65)
GeIL 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz VALUE PLUS Dual Channel (GVP34GB1600C9DC) £39.98
(£33.32) £39.98
(£33.32)
Sub Total : £239.96
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £49.89
Total : £299.35
 
Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £184.99
(£154.16) £184.99
(£154.16)
MSI P67A-C45 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) £104.99
(£87.49) £104.99
(£87.49)
GeIL 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz VALUE PLUS Dual Channel (GVP34GB1600C9DC) £39.98
(£33.32) £39.98
(£33.32)
Sub Total : £274.97
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £56.89
Total : £341.36
 
stulid said:
Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-2500 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £167.99
(£139.99) £167.99
(£139.99)
Foxconn H67A-S Intel H67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro-ATX Motherboard - (Sandybridge) £79.98
(£66.65) £79.98
(£66.65)
GeIL 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz VALUE PLUS Dual Channel (GVP34GB1600C9DC) £39.98
(£33.32) £39.98
(£33.32)
Sub Total : £239.96
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £49.89
Total : £299.35
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Nice selecton of products, but i'm not that keen on INTEL.. (AMD Supporter)
 
lol, sorry it's just personal preference. If I did decide to go with your second option i would also need a new CPU Cooler, because my current one (listed above) only fit's AMD processors.
 
stulid said:
Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £184.99
(£154.16) £184.99
(£154.16)
MSI P67A-C45 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) £104.99
(£87.49) £104.99
(£87.49)
GeIL 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz VALUE PLUS Dual Channel (GVP34GB1600C9DC) £39.98
(£33.32) £39.98
(£33.32)
Sub Total : £274.97
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £56.89
Total : £341.36
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Seriously considering a swap across to INTEL, been doing some research on performance figures and this CPU seems to be excellent compared to the AMD Phenom's.

Is the selection above the best performance for the budget I have (£350) ?
 
stulid said:
it is, AMD have NOTHING to compete.
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Cool, I really appreciate the help you have given me. Just to confirm that everything would work together, I will post what my entire build would look like below. If you could confirm that everything would work, I will go ahead a buy tomorrow evening.

Thanks again.


Build Spec (After Purchase)

CPU - Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge)
CPU Cooler - (Use the Stock CPU Cooler?)
Motherboard - MSI P67A-C45 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge)
Memory - Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz
PSU - OCZ ModXStream Pro 700w Silent SLI Certified Modular Power Supply
GFX Card - XFX ATI Radeon HD 4870 1024MB GDDR5
HDD - Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA-II
 
Looks fine mate, just put the hdd into the SATA III ports on the mobo and your sorted :)

although i cant see why you would need a 700w PSU with a 4870 and a sandybridge? unless your thinking of upgrading in future like
 
Destroyer^ said:
Looks fine mate, just put the hdd into the SATA III ports on the mobo and your sorted :)

although i cant see why you would need a 700w PSU with a 4870 and a sandybridge? unless your thinking of upgrading in future like
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I bought the PSU a while back, for future proofing yes :)
 
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