My Mates P67 build.. halp...

I'm simply saying, pal. Money would be better spent with i5 and a beefier graphics card than the HD6970 (even if it is a very decent card) or on a better cooler, or if you're lucky a few beers for the guy who helped him spec it ;)

Also, you can get 5GHz on the £104 MSI C45. You can also get 5GHz on the most expensive P67 mobo around. By no means am I saying it's a bad board, it's great, but if you have £70 to 'waste' on the i7 over the i5 then surely you can 'waste' some more on a better graphics card or other equipment.

The money saved just about brings a GTX580 into budget. Check out the comparison

What res will he be gaming at, out of interest?
 
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I'm simply saying, pal. Money would be better spent with i5 and a beefier graphics card than the HD6970 (even if it is a very decent card) or on a better cooler, or if you're lucky a few beers for the guy who helped him spec it ;)

Also, you can get 5GHz on the £104 MSI C45. You can also get 5GHz on the most expensive P67 mobo around. By no means am I saying it's a bad board, it's great, but if you have £70 to 'waste' on the i7 over the i5 then surely you can 'waste' some more on a better graphics card or other equipment.

The money saved just about brings a GTX580 into budget. Check out the comparison

What res will he be gaming at, out of interest?
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Ok we can talk now your'e being more sensible. So really what your saying is everything he bought is overkill and can be done on a meagre budget.. ok i understand that i did in the first place. But this friend of mine who i help for free is upgrading from a P4.. I want the 2nd best for him at the least. In my consideration £70 for bit more CPU power is money well spent, It's better to max out what the motherboard can take, I know you want to talk me out of it but it's decided. The ATI 6970 is just roughly what we are going to choose.. That hasn't been decided yet unlike the CPU. The resolution he uses is 1920x1080. :)

I was only asking about RAM compatibility in the first place xD
 
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RAM compatibility is fine, just hope it fits under that cooler ?


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Vengeance probs won't fit, I'd have to check the dimensions of the cooler - but I think it would foul at least 2 if not 3 ram slots.
 
Yeah that's what we was worried about. He has the Cooler, Case and Mobo so he inform me that it appeared the cooler protruded over the closest RAM slot by a couple of millimetres.

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Coolermaster V6GT Dimensions).

Lemin i think we are thinking one or the other RAM sets you've listed there just worried about the 1st RAM slot being covered slightly. Either we get one that fits, we modify the cooler with a cutting device lol or just test the RAM as soon as he buys it so if its doesnt fit just send it back. What do you think?

Many thanks for the help :p
 
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