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Irish_Hawk

Irish_Hawk

Irish_Hawk

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Hi all, hope for some advice, I've had a look in other threads but decided to do one for myself.
I am in the process of selling and replacing my 775 kit (P5Q Deluxe, Q6600, 8GB RAM and CNPS9900 cooler).
My budget is the equivalent of 350 pounds.

What I need is processor, motherboard and 8GB RAM.
CPU cooler will come later.


Processor:
I've already decided on the processor being an i5 2500k, which I know is a popular choice.


My main problem has been picking a motherboard for around 120-140 pounds:
I need one that will support crossfire x8 x8.
Good stable overclocker.
Good onboard sound.
One or two USB 3.0 and sata 600 ports, I don't need loads.
Not necessary to have pci-e 3.0.
Having a decent UI for the BIOS, UEFI or whatever you call it would be nice. :P


RAM for about 50 pounds:
Something good, stable, will work well with the an overclock, looking for 8GB.

Thank you for your time!
 
Thanks for the replies so far.
I'm in Ireland so I am thinking the vat back on the MSI's won't apply (Says UK only, does Overclockers count Ireland, don't think so)?

I'll be using an air cooler most likely.

I switched all my hard drives/optical drive to sata recently in preperation.

My PSU now is a funny one. Was bought in a rush at a high street shop to replace a borked PSU.
So it is from someone I had never heard of, doubt many have. It's a 650w from 'High Power Plus'. Can't even find many reviews for it.
Usually I would be worried about it due to not being well know and from a high street shop but it has ran my Q6600 overclocked with a 5850 crossfire setup fine so far.
 
From the PSU website:
+5V +3.3V +12V1 +12V2 -12V +5Vsb
20a 24a 20a 20a 0.3a 2.5a

650w

> ATX 2.2 version power supply
> Active PFC
> Temperature control sensor
> Over Voltage/Short circuit protection
> Dual +12V rails (+v1 v2)
> 12cm low noise fan
> Energy efficiency 80%+

Bleh, tried laying the table out correctly, isn't keeping the spacing!
I'm in Rep. of Ireland.
 
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Right, ordered a GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 for 115 pounds delivered.
Will order processor and 8GB of corsair XMS3 (probably) sometime next week.
Thanks for all your help, might post an update with some pics when they get here!

Will be picking up a better PSU from sales.
 
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Will be ordering processor +RAM soon. Think I might buy the OEM processor so can anyone recommend a cpu cooler that will fit this motherboard and corsair/kingston ram which I take it are 'low profile'?
Preferably under 30 pounds too. :D
 
Sorry, should have said, got a coolermaster HAF 912 Plus.
Have a CNPS 9900 LED inside at the moment, but am selling it with my old processor.
 
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