How wrong have i got it?

Ram was same price so going to keep it. The cooler was only 14 quid and be better than stock for now if not Il just put it on the mantle piece cause its so pretty. Ive requested a return number for the mobo. As soon as I get it il order the 2500k and z68. Is there any other difference between oem and retail. By the way thanks a bunch for all the advice. Does anyone else get the I want it now syndrome waiting till tue is going to kill me.
 
pazgaz said:
Ram was same price so going to keep it. The cooler was only 14 quid and be better than stock for now if not Il just put it on the mantle piece cause its so pretty. Ive requested a return number for the mobo. As soon as I get it il order the 2500k and z68. Is there any other difference between oem and retail. By the way thanks a bunch for all the advice. Does anyone else get the I want it now syndrome waiting till tue is going to kill me.
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Yup... and I can rarely do the right thing and wait. I did wait however with my motherboard as I wanted the Revision 1.3 board and OcUK actually got this in stock the day after I was told they would not be available in Europe

Im happy I waited and got the 1.3 board... its worth the wait to get the proper thing. I am currently waiting I dont know how long for a GTX 570 because the whole world seems to be out of stock of the EK 5X0 Waterblocks. I could just order the Asus card as that has a custom block but I am going to wait :P
 
Have sent the amd mobo back and have just ordered the i5 2500k retail and the gigabyte z68ap d3 which cost 276 so a total of 331 including ram and cooler. (not taking into the 30 it cost me for delivery) so 81 quid over budget thanks to you guys. Im sure the advice is all spot on and il be happy with it come monday / tuesday. Will it all still work if I leave the amd sticker on the case. Not sute I can stare at a blue sticker all day.
 
pazgaz said:
Have sent the amd mobo back and have just ordered the i5 2500k retail and the gigabyte z68ap d3 which cost 276 so a total of 331 including ram and cooler. (not taking into the 30 it cost me for delivery) so 81 quid over budget thanks to you guys. Im sure the advice is all spot on and il be happy with it come monday / tuesday. Will it all still work if I leave the amd sticker on the case. Not sute I can stare at a blue sticker all day.
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How about no sticker? :D
 
Not going to make any difference now as ive ordered but we have a bundle at work with the h67 board which seems fairly cheap. Whats the difference between h67 and z68 mobos.
 
H67 is the one that you cant overclock with
Doesnt have Intel Smart Response
Missing Lucid

basically its a non-enthusiast chipset and quite basic in comparison to Z68
 
Ok so ive got my i5 and mobo installed but had to use the stock cooler as im waiting for a bracket from OC for the ASUS i ordered. Ran core temp and im getting a difference of about 7'C across the 4 cores at idle i.e. 0=28 1=34 2=35 3=28 similar difference on prme 95 0=68 1=72 2=74 3=70 is this going to cause any damage untill i can install new cooler (3 or 4 days). By the way thanks again for all the upgrade advice think ive gone the right route 3D mark CPU score before 2407 after 6249.
 
i5 2500k all the way mate, I have the i5 and a friend of mine has the i7 and benchmarking
mine is really not that fare behind his, but he only got his due to having extra cash.

I love my i5 and would not want anything else perfect for gaming and can overclock
nicely as well if needed. Personally I have never needed to though.
 
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