I meant within the BIOS. Don't most people advise against overclocking through programs within Windows and suggest to overclock via the BIOS? I'm not sure why though? Surely it's better to download the latest BIOS for the motherboard anyway?
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- Thread starter leewill31
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right as an alternative idea what about doing this but need to keep within that price would this be better than using my Q6600 quad???
Xenon AMD Phenom II X6 1055T 2.80GHz Bundle - Six Core
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5850 Extreme 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **OcUK Exclusive**
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599)
Coolermaster Storm Scout Gaming Case - Black
Akasa Serial ATA 45cm DAYGLO Blue Data Cable x4
total=£519.29
right im honestly lost what to do but if say forgetting my last post remembering i have the psu,harddrives and rom/writer but need to include win7 and the case and graphics card stulid can you come up with a setup that will be better than keeping my Q6600 but keeping to a budget of £520?
Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-2300 2.80GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £131.99
(£109.99) £131.99
(£109.99)
OcUK Value GeForce GTX 460 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £119.99
(£99.99) £119.99
(£99.99)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £79.99
(£66.66) £79.99
(£66.66)
MSI H67MA-E35 Intel H67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro-ATX Motherboard - (Sandybridge) **B3 REVISION** £59.99
(£49.99) £59.99
(£49.99)
Coolermaster Storm Scout Gaming Case - Black £59.98
(£49.98) £59.98
(£49.98)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £35.99
(£29.99) £35.99
(£29.99)
Sub Total : £406.60
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.75
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £83.67
Total : £502.02
See the power of the 2300 cpu here - http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/core-i5-2500-2400-2300_7.html#sect0
You need to know you cant overclock without a P67/Z68 chipset motherboard and a "K" CPU, but looking at the stock speed against AMD chips above, do you need too?
Intel Core i5-2300 2.80GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £131.99
(£109.99) £131.99
(£109.99)
OcUK Value GeForce GTX 460 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £119.99
(£99.99) £119.99
(£99.99)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £79.99
(£66.66) £79.99
(£66.66)
MSI H67MA-E35 Intel H67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro-ATX Motherboard - (Sandybridge) **B3 REVISION** £59.99
(£49.99) £59.99
(£49.99)
Coolermaster Storm Scout Gaming Case - Black £59.98
(£49.98) £59.98
(£49.98)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £35.99
(£29.99) £35.99
(£29.99)
Sub Total : £406.60
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.75
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £83.67
Total : £502.02
See the power of the 2300 cpu here - http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/core-i5-2500-2400-2300_7.html#sect0
You need to know you cant overclock without a P67/Z68 chipset motherboard and a "K" CPU, but looking at the stock speed against AMD chips above, do you need too?
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any reason for the graphics card change is the one you put better than the Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5850 Extreme 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card?
to be totally honest im not clued on overclocking so not to bothered as long as what im getting will be future proof for a few years game wise without the overclocking!
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Its cheaper, and the difference isnt that much,
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/164?vs=180
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/GTX_460_HAWK/28.html
Just trying to do the best for you and take costs into account.
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/164?vs=180
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/GTX_460_HAWK/28.html
Just trying to do the best for you and take costs into account.