My latest system tweaks:)

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Well had have been running a AMD PhenomII X4 955BE CPU and a MSI 790GX-G65 motherboard for nearly 1.5 years and decided to change to something newer/faster, I initially was going to wait till Bulldozer made an appearance but after all the stories of delays and poor performance I thought sod "get Sandybridge, besides at 4.5GHZ or higher I dont think AMD can compete".

So after finding a suitable Z68 motherboard for £135 inc delivery and a i5 2500K at £149 inc delivery I couldnt go wrong:D

So the parts came today.

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Inside the box.

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The board itself.

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The CPU goes in.

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My Titan Fenrir goes on.

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Unless you rotate the heatsink so the fan is at the back blowing forwards, you cant use tall RAM sticks in slot1

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The tray slides back into its home.

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Some wiring.

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GPU and sound card go in.

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And bingo!!! first time boot as always:D

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New fan was also added to give some illumination.

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Now all I have to do is await my new sidepanel with window from Coolermaster.
 
Nice little upgrade for excellent prices too! Was the phenom ii struggling with anything? Or just an upgrade itch?

Nice to see the people still using the Titan Fenrir, excellent cooler! Don't you find the stock cooler is a bit noisy though?
 
shadow_boxer said:
Nice little upgrade for excellent prices too! Was the phenom ii struggling with anything? Or just an upgrade itch?

Nice to see the people still using the Titan Fenrir, excellent cooler! Don't you find the stock cooler is a bit noisy though?
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The main reason to sell the PhenomII was to get a good price for it while I still could, A chap from the Members market took both items from me for cash in hand with no hassle and no need to post.

The Titan fan is a little noisy, but nothing like what the stock AMD copper heatpipe cooler was like, thats was just ridiculous during summer days.
 
I've just decided to upgrade to Sandybridge too from my Phenom II 940 but I opted for the cheaper MSI GD53 board since I won't benefit from the Z68 features. I'll be giving my CPU/Motherboard to my dad though since he's due an upgrade from his Intel P4 :D.

What's the performance increase you've experienced jumping from the 955 to the 2500k since i'll be doing basically the same thing on Monday hopefully (If this bloody postman comes :mad:).
 
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