i5 2500k upgrade questions

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Currently running a q6600 @ 3.2ghz, abit ip35 mobo, 4gb ocz ram, ati 4870, 620w hx modular corsair psu, haf x case, tuniq tower cpu cooler, 90gb ocz ssd. I've been planning on an upgrade for a while just havent fully been driven to it yet. Im looking to upgrade to the i5 2500k oc'ed bundled first then upgrade my gpu in a month or so.

I play a lot of games / watch movies on my pc and do some video edditing. I primarily play WoW on it (dont judge me :P). Im currently playing on low settings with mediocre fps in raids which does struggle at times especially under fraps load. Im wondering if buying the bundle before the gpu would give me a substantial fps boost to play on ultra with high fps, or vice versa. Or whether my card will "bottleneck" or w/e the cpu. I know ideally you want a balance of hardware and not a low end component with a high end one, but sadly cash restraints etc.

The small print on the oc'ed bundles say any changes to the bios will void its warranty, does that apply if I simply just change the option for AHCI for my ssd?

Is it possible to request some changes to a bundle, like add more ram to is or would is "slow" down the oc?

There are two bundles out atm, which would be the better of the two, the gigabyte or the asus one?

I can wait a bit longer for an upgrade if there is anything coming around the corner soon, but there still will be a gap between purchasing bundle and gpu. Reading theres been some issues with sandy chips so thought there maybe a "revised" version or somat out soon.

Had a couple more questions but minds gone blank while typing this thread lol.

Any help would be ace, cheers.
 
how are you playing on low with wow? lol.
its defiantly not your cpu, you need to upgrade your gpu before anything to be honest. no point getting a new cpu and still running games on low!
get a new gpu and then think about i5.
 
I'm running WoW across 2 screens (spanned 2x 1920x1080) with every last setting (even multisampling) cranked up to 11 - smooth as you like at 60fps in LK raids, Cata HCs, even a Saturday afternoon in Orgrimmar. I'd definitely agree on going for the new card tbh. My Phenom 965BE is hardly a powerhouse -my 5850 OC'd to 860/1175Mhz is doing the vast majority of the legwork.
 
WoW is more CPU intensive than GPU, i'd definately get the bundle first, your 4870 is enough for WoW.
 
Bare in mind it could also be your internet connection that could affect the FPS in WoW. Run a speedtest and post the results here.
http://www.speedtest.net/

The 4870 should be more than enough for WoW, I have a friend with a 9400GT and he's able to get decent FPS, although I have no idea what settings he's got on.
 
My nets fine, i get about 20-22 out of the 24mb, live close by the exchange. I do tend to fraps a lot and record combat logs etc yeah go figure take up a lot of cpu usage. Gets tad annoying to start chopping in the middle of a raid. I guess i can not log nor fraps but yeah id rather not stop :P.

Might go for the bundle or praps dive int he savings and buy that and a 6950. Anyone know about the other questions btw, the warranty thingy / additions as mentioned above?
 
Call up OcUK and see what they say about changing the sata mode from IDE to AHCI.

As for RAM addition, you may have to call them up too. If they replace it with 2x4gb RAM then the overclock will be fine, but with 4x2gb that can affect the overclock. 4gb is more than enough for WoW and many other games.

Since WoW is more CPU intensive, I would definately go for the 2500K bundle first. Go for the Gigabyte, I heard people's been getting problems with Asus boards. A 6950 is overkill for WoW :p

Can you run WoW and then MSI Afterburner? There may be a chance the 4870 could be running at 2D clocks instead of 3D clocks.
 
You're looking for the clocks the 4870 is running at. The core should be running at 750mhz. If I remember correctly the 2D clock is 500mhz.
 
Heh forgot about my own thread. Yeah its running at 750mhz. Im gonna go ahead and buy the cpu bundle first, though im probs gonna buy the individual parts and OC it myself (rather beg for help on the OC section :P), save a bit of money.

i5 2500k
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-360-IN

MSI P67A-GD65
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-154-MS

Akasa venom cpu cooler
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-072-AK

GeIL 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz VALUE PLUS Dual Channel
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-105-GL

All these should be compatible right?
 
parts came in today and started building and I thought I was finished. However when I put the power on, there are no LEDS on the motherboard lightning up. Both the 24 and 8 pin power connectors are in and everything seems connected. I can press the power button on the case + mobo and it would start booting for a few secs then off then a really short boot, shuts down again then a few secs later the cpu fan goes crazy on full speed doing another boot but nothing happens, no post no nothing.

Any ideas would be awesome.
 
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