New to building computers and have decided on getting an i5 760 and my next step is deciding on the motherboard. The i5 760 has an LGA1156 socket but on the overclockers uk shopping website it gives two other categories for this socket: P55 and H55/H57 Chipsets. I have no idea what the differences and what to choose anyway. Please help, much appreciated.
Motherboard for an Intel Core i5 760
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If you plan on overclocking at all - then I would suggest going with a P55 board if you go for that CPU. Something like this would be great as it also supports proper PCIE x8x8 Crossfire and SLI.
However, if you can wait just over a month, Intel are releasing their next generation of CPUs ("sandy bridge") on January 9th which will replace all these LGA 1156 cpus and boards. Here is more information on sandy bridge.
However, if you can wait just over a month, Intel are releasing their next generation of CPUs ("sandy bridge") on January 9th which will replace all these LGA 1156 cpus and boards. Here is more information on sandy bridge.
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I wouldn't say they will be a lot higher priced as they are directly replacing the current generation parts, which will the be end-of-life.
As such - pricing for the Sandy Bridge i5 (quad core) K series (unlocked multiplier) seems to be $216 - compared to $196 for the i5 750 when it launched. So I wouldn't expect to pay over the odds for these new CPUs.
As such - pricing for the Sandy Bridge i5 (quad core) K series (unlocked multiplier) seems to be $216 - compared to $196 for the i5 750 when it launched. So I wouldn't expect to pay over the odds for these new CPUs.
Just upgraded to an i5-760 and Gigabyte UD2H, cheap and cheerful and 4ghz stable, yum.
Not sure about your pricing reasoning on release of Sandy Bridge though the i5-760 is dropping in price slowly are you saying I could get an i5-760 equivalent sandy bridge for £130 ?
Not sure about your pricing reasoning on release of Sandy Bridge though the i5-760 is dropping in price slowly are you saying I could get an i5-760 equivalent sandy bridge for £130 ?
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I don't completely agree that the price of the i5 has been dropping slowly, from what i've seen the i5 750/760 has been pretty stable for a while at around £150 (give or take), today it is up to £148, while a few weeks ago it was just under £140.
I wasn't meaning that we will see a SB i5 K series for £130 - I reckon £160-170 is more likely as the i5 750 arrived in the UK at this price range when it first came out.
I wasn't meaning that we will see a SB i5 K series for £130 - I reckon £160-170 is more likely as the i5 750 arrived in the UK at this price range when it first came out.
Ah, so you don't have a motherboard then. It really doesn't make much sense to choose a cpu, then a motherboard, then ram. If you set an overall budget then optimise within that you'll end up with a better system.
The usual example is that games are very dependent on the graphics card, and not to fussed about the processor. So if you save a £100 or so on the processor/motherboard/ram bit, then spend an extra £100 on the graphics card, you can end up with much better performance in games.
I personally blow as much of the budget on cpu as possible, because I use my computer almost exclusively for cpu-limited things. So my graphics card is fairly antiquated.
The usual example is that games are very dependent on the graphics card, and not to fussed about the processor. So if you save a £100 or so on the processor/motherboard/ram bit, then spend an extra £100 on the graphics card, you can end up with much better performance in games.
I personally blow as much of the budget on cpu as possible, because I use my computer almost exclusively for cpu-limited things. So my graphics card is fairly antiquated.
As said above. P55 for i5 760 as its a quad. The h55 boards are better for i3 and the i5 dual cores.
With Sandy Bridge only a month away surely it is better to wait. Even if you still end up choosing current i5's, there's a good chance you'll save some money
With Sandy Bridge only a month away surely it is better to wait. Even if you still end up choosing current i5's, there's a good chance you'll save some money
The asus P7P55D-E is a nice board, not too expensive. I put the LGA 1156 i7-860 in it with 4 gig of DR3 1600 dual channel ram in it with a Radeon 5970, it supports quad gpu crossfireX, although, it does say nvidia physX on the box?. One PCI-Express slot is 16x and the other is 4x. Windows 7 ready and all that jazz, not a bad looking board, some decent features like sata 6G for the price anyway, and decent enough room for a fairly wide third party cpu coooler, i like the fact the main dual memory slots are further away from the cpu socket area, for wider heatsinks.