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oli356

oli356

oli356

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Hey all,

Ever since I built my original PC a few years ago there has been so many problems! I've had hundreds of BSODs for all different reasons, I had to RMA memory 3 times etc etc.

Anyway, I'm after a new:
  • Mobo
  • CPU + Cooler
  • SSD
  • RAM?

While I will probably look on the MM for used stuff, a new budget is around £400. I will keep my case, 560ti as I only bought it last October and PSU which I believe is a Cool Master 700W Don't want to change this unless I really should.

For CPU I'm thinking the Intel i5 2500k. As for the cooler, Artic Cooling Freezer 7, cheap and small.

SSD it seems like the Samsung 830 128GB will do the job perfectly.

Mobo I have no idea, only requirement is I can fit my graphics card, asus sound card and PCI serial card. USB3 ports on the back would be nice of course which I think is somewhat standard now anyway!

I'm not sure if I should change my RAM, at the moment I have 8GB of this stuff would it be worthwhile, realworld noticeable performance, not benchmark stuff.
I won't be overclocking or anything like that. Only game I play right now is Battlefield 3, reliability is what I care for most - I hate building PCs (weird right, I'm on this forum :p) probably because I'm terrible at it (don't ask why :p) but yeah!

Would appreciate some advance from you experts :D
Thanks in advance!
 
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I have come up with the spec below, I put new ram in as the price is very good, you can keep the PSU.

Edit: what case are you using :eek:

Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
(£154.16) £184.99
(£154.16)
Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Desktop Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC128D/EU) £89.99
(£74.99) £89.99
(£74.99)
Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
(£70.82) £84.98
(£70.82)
TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38192M1600HC11DC) £29.99
(£24.99) £29.99
(£24.99)
Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
(£21.66) £25.99
(£21.66)
* Sub Total : £346.62
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 : £71.22
* Total : £427.34
 
Not liking the look of that CPU cooler! I have I think the TRUE at the moment, lets just say I had a bad experience :D

Everything else seems OK. Any reason for the 3570 over 2500? Never heard of TeamGroup before :o
Using the Storm Scout case, always wanted a full tower case but don't really want to go spend £100 or so!

Thanks
 
i5 3570K has few features and is better which the i5 2500K doesn't have, the two RAM stick you have is 1333MHz, I would recommend getting 8GB RAM which is recommended for gaming,

Also you get free shipping

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Series SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive - (MZ-7PC128B/WW) £89.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
1 x Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML8GX3M2A1600C9) £35.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 612S CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/1156/1155/775/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £32.99
Total : £430.84 (includes shipping : £9.50).

 
Ouch, £30 more shopping with OCUK compared to competitor.

8 GB for gaming I agree with, hence why I upgraded my current RAM from 4. Read a comment on that Corsair RAM and someone said it runs at 1333MHz, easy enough to get it running at 1600MHz?
 
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oli356 said:
Why do I see that being very very unlikely :p I'm sure I've seen someone say "WE DON'T DO PRICE MATCHING" :p
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It's gotta be worth a shot! I'm sure they'd rather lose a few quid of profit to make a £400 sale than not make the sale at all! Nothing to lose anyway :D
 
Ok thanks.

Just thought of something else, 2 noob questions incoming!

The Samsung SSD is SATA 6 Gb/s, OCUK seem to sell rev 3 cables which support 6 Gb/s. Will my old SATA cables from a couple of years ago work with the SSD? I assume they will but possibly only at the slower speeds; in that case is it worth buying a new cable?

Is there anything special I need to do with the SSD as well? If I remember correctly I need to change a setting in the BIOS IDE to AHCI or something like that..Anything I need to install in Windows?

Thanks :)
 
ye u got it, just remember to set ahci before you install, run windows experience after
sorry to hear about your past build problems ><

RJC's build suggest i like, i think its worth going with a good cooler, its that u hate fitting them?
 
Don't mind fitting them really but last time I had problems and I needed to remove some RAM it meant removing the cooler, just find it annoying.

I've opted for the Coolermaster Hyper TX3 anyway.
 
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Well got everything apart from the RAM, should come tomorrow.

Had a great start though. I was screwing the Intel mounting equipment onto the heatsink. Accidentally put the screw in the wrong hole and now I can't get it out -.- It should come out, 3 holes to choose from. But it is not budging...
 
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