Help upgrading to i7

ADMiRE1403 · 26 Mar 2009 at 11:00

Ok im upgrading my mobo/processor/ram and thought id go for a bundle can anyone give me any insight on the two following bundles.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-050-OE

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-156-OK&groupid=701&catid=339&subcat=

A mate that is helping me with this said to go for the 2nd link. Im honestly clueless when it comes to stuff like this so the more help the better

karl01 · 26 Mar 2009 at 12:31

Personally i would go with the top choice the overclock has been done for you and its goin to be stable and its got 6 gig of DDR3 ram and the other only got 3 gig of DDR3 Ram.

95thrifles · 26 Mar 2009 at 13:26

Yeah the top bundle is better, however if you buy separately you get this, which is a much better set up, you just need to clock yourself - main improvement is the mobo, the UD5 is an excellent board, alternatively if you want to save money you could drop down a few models, just look through the ones available to see what you need

Gigabyte EX58-UD5 Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £246.09 (£213.99)
Intel Core i7 920 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) - OEM £229.99 (£199.99)
Corsair XMS3 6GB DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz (3x2GB) Triple Channel DDR3 (TR3X6G1333C9) £74.74 (£64.99)
Akasa AK-967 Nero Direct Contact Heatpipe CPU Cooler (AM2/AM2+/939/LGA775/LGA1366) £31.04 (£26.99)
Sub Total : £505.96
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 15% VAT : £77.32
Total : £592.78

ADMiRE1403 · 26 Mar 2009 at 16:32

Is that the one of the better coolers i can get for overclocking one of my friends linked me to an artic cooling freezer?

reflux · 26 Mar 2009 at 16:34

The Arctic Cooling Freezer coolers are good....but they're not compatible with i7.

ADMiRE1403 · 26 Mar 2009 at 17:00

Ok ill probably go with his recommendations, is there anyone else out there that can maybe recommend another package better or do you think thats the best im going to get for 5-600 pounds.

ADMiRE1403 · 26 Mar 2009 at 17:11

Ok ive got two links hear a friends recommended me

Patriot Viper 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Triple Channel kit - Faster Ram

Biostar TPower Intel X58 - Socket 1366 - PCI-Express - DDR3 Motherboard - Different Mobo

Can you give me some feedback/insight on these products compared to the products in 95thrifles.

ADMiRE1403 · 26 Mar 2009 at 18:09

95thrifles · 27 Mar 2009 at 07:28

sorry been at work, I emailed you but basically yeah theyre fine