My First Build - redone

martrimo · 31 Aug 2011 at 22:59

This is what I got at a £600 budget but I went a bit over is this worth it?

stulid · 31 Aug 2011 at 23:03

If you want to bring this build back down towards £600?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-170-MS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1906

Review - http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/motherboards/2011/05/26/msi-p67a-gd53-b3-review/1

Apart from that then its good.

martrimo · 31 Aug 2011 at 23:10

whats the difference appart from the price?

stulid · 31 Aug 2011 at 23:11

P67 vs Z68 chipset, so you lose,

SSD caching.
Lucid Virtu.
Quicksync.

martrimo · 31 Aug 2011 at 23:16

is there a promo code for free delivery?

Reaper 392 · 31 Aug 2011 at 23:22

no promo code, but if you are a forum member for 90 days and do 250 posts, or are a forum member for 1 year and do 100 posts then you get free delivery.

panyan · 31 Aug 2011 at 23:48

personally:

- change to a p67 board, maybe a cheaper one without crossfire

- change the case - REALLY budget...

- 8gb ram Balllistix - its on offer at the moment

- the fan? dont really need that

- a better heatsink would be a good idea

stulid · 31 Aug 2011 at 23:49

panyan said:
- 8gb ram Balllistix - its on offer at the moment

Sold out.

change the case - REALLY budget...

Its not that bad and hes already over budget

martrimo · 1 Sep 2011 at 02:28

panyan said:
personally:

- change to a p67 board, maybe a cheaper one without crossfire

- change the case - REALLY budget...

- 8gb ram Balllistix - its on offer at the moment

- the fan? dont really need that

- a better heatsink would be a good idea

Is there a major difference apart from the price between the p67 and the current one

martrimo · 1 Sep 2011 at 02:38

Hyburnate · 1 Sep 2011 at 02:43

Depends what P67 Board you've got your eyes on

martrimo · 1 Sep 2011 at 02:47

Hyburnate said:
Depends what P67 Board you've got your eyes on

Asus P8P67 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) *

martrimo · 1 Sep 2011 at 02:48

martrimo · 1 Sep 2011 at 02:54

Oh yea also if any cheaper better cases

Hyburnate · 1 Sep 2011 at 03:20

You don't want a Micro-ATX Board, it will look tiny.

martrimo · 1 Sep 2011 at 04:05

stulid · 1 Sep 2011 at 08:13

Almost forgot, this board is Z68 so has all the goodies (SSD caching, Lucid+Quicksync) and is now £100 - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=mb-368-gi&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1990

the board is reviewed here - http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/z68xp-ud3-dz68db,2980-6.html - It also won this shootout.

martrimo said:
Oh yea also if any cheaper better cases

Not really.

Ak!ta · 1 Sep 2011 at 09:15

There's also the Asrock Z68 PRO3 Intel Z68 @ £100 ?

stulid · 1 Sep 2011 at 10:00

Ak!ta said:
There's also the Asrock Z68 PRO3 Intel Z68 @ £100 ?

Its in that Tomshardware review, the Gigabyte was the winner.

martrimo · 1 Sep 2011 at 15:41

Any good cpu fans or is it not needed