if bulldozer is bad build

jennidc · 25 Aug 2011 at 17:05

This is my build spec if bulldozer is no good...any suggestions welcome
(I already have a 5850, 500gb HD, DVD Writer, Antec 300 Case and a 550W PSU OCZ and a Tuniq Tower which can be used with this motherboard :cool:

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Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £197.49
(£236.99) £197.49
(£236.99)
Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £116.60
(£139.92) £116.60
(£139.92)
Crucial Ballistix Sport 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BL2KIT25664BA160A) £21.99
(£26.39) £21.99
(£26.39)
Sub Total : £336.08
Shipping cost based on delivery to Home, DE14 3TX with:
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(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : FREE
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £67.22
Total : £403.30

Reaper 392 · 25 Aug 2011 at 17:08

what will you be doing with the computer?

King Damager · 25 Aug 2011 at 17:31

I see no reason why you would be taking a i7 and not 8gb of RAM...

If you need the i7 for video/photo editing you'd be wanting 8GB of RAM.. If you're only gaming, you'd want an i5...

Or you could just add £30 and get 8GB of RAM anyway

kd

jennidc · 25 Aug 2011 at 19:20

Yes I know meant to add 8Gb 1600 Ballistic Sport my mistake

MAXIBOY · 25 Aug 2011 at 21:07

why not the gen 3 board

Jordan97 · 25 Aug 2011 at 21:16

You buying from here?

That i7 is cheap! :eek:

DefiantAsh · 25 Aug 2011 at 21:48

Jordan97 said:
You buying from here?

That i7 is cheap!

EX Vat, lol.

Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £197.49 (£236.99)

Jordan97 · 25 Aug 2011 at 21:51

DefiantAsh said:
EX Vat, lol.

Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £197.49 (£236.99)

Oh right, haha, I thought it was too good to be true

DefiantAsh · 25 Aug 2011 at 21:52

Jordan97 said:
Oh right, haha, I thought it was too good to be true

If it was <£200, i'd be buying one right now

Jordan97 · 25 Aug 2011 at 21:54

DefiantAsh said:
If it was <£200, i'd be buying one right now

So would I!

jennidc · 25 Aug 2011 at 23:13

2500k

After thinking long and hard about this decided to switch to the Gen3 board with a 2500k for now....it meant I could add 2 drives for raid 0 which is nice.

My plan is at a later date add a h60/02 water cooler and ssd using ISS.

I also have the option of ivybridge and gen3 gfx later (although a 2nd 5850 would do

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Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £141.65
(£169.98) £141.65
(£169.98)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £133.32
(£159.98) £133.32
(£159.98)
Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BL2KIT51264BA160A) £41.66
(£49.99) £41.66
(£49.99)
Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £27.49
(£32.99) £54.98
(£65.98)
Sub Total : £371.61
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 : £76.22
Total : £457.33

Of course if BD is better then this is just talk