Intel noob need help please

Haggisboy · 17 Nov 2011 at 00:05

Hi All, i been using AMD for years but its time for a upgrade and was looking to treat myself and buy a intel bundle, cash limit 450/500 bucks

was looking to buy the following:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-079-OE&groupid=43&catid=2053&subcat=2064

what you think ?? thanks

stulid · 17 Nov 2011 at 00:08

I think firstly you should remove the competitor link.

Whats the use of this PC? a i5 2500K maybe all you need if its mostly gaming - http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/288?vs=287

How about buying separate parts and overclocking yourself?

Reaper 392 · 17 Nov 2011 at 00:08

you might want to remove the competitor link. your not allowed to post them here

personally i would go for neither. i would get the components individually and overclock them yourself. its really easy for intel processors

what will you be using the PC for?

stulid · 17 Nov 2011 at 00:13

To continue,

Dont get a P67 board, when you can get a Z68 bundle - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=bu-082-oe&groupid=43&catid=2053&subcat=2063

or buy the parts individually like i said

so you are getting a faster cpu than the i7 2600k and a free copy of bf3.

msi are currently offering vat back till 21st november - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18338613

questions,

1) what case do you have?

2) are your drives ide or sata, modern boards do not have ide ports anymore.

3) what other parts do you have? gfx and psu?

the motherboard has a simple ocgenie button to do a easy overclock to 4.2ghz- http://uk.msi.com/product/mb/z68a-gd55--g3-.html

Haggisboy · 17 Nov 2011 at 08:21

stulid said:
To continue,

Questions,

1) What case do you have?

2) Are your drives IDE or SATA, modern boards do not have IDE ports anymore.

3) What other parts do you have? GFX and PSU?

The motherboard has a simple OCGenie button to do a easy overclock to 4.2GHz- http://uk.msi.com/product/mb/Z68A-GD55--G3-.html

Link now removed thanks guys

1: I have a coolmaster 690
2: Im running 1x350gb raptor and 2x70gb raptor
3: XFX Black Edition 850Watt80 Silver PSU and XFX6870 crossfire

this setup as you gathered will be a gaming setup