new biuld

[wupwup]

well im going to be biulding a new rig in jully and thought id better start looking at parts now. the most important thing for me at the moment is the CPU. my budget wuill be about £500-£800 at a push but i want a good biul;d so i will end up overclocking.
it needs to be quite big. im looking at a quad core but i will over clock it so i was wondering if there are any particulary good ones for overclocking. ones that will not self destruct and have preformed well overclocked. obviously i will need a better heat sink. what is better waterblock or are there any better things? thanks.

 

[BigBruiserAl]

i7 bundles from here can be had in that price range , depends if you need HDD, moniters etc...

 

[wupwup]

the £500 was for the whole rig. and i will need everything except a screen

 

[mattyy]

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 LGA775 'Yorkfield' 2.83GHz 12MB-cache (1333FSB) Processor - OEM £229.99
(£199.99) £229.99
(£199.99)
XFX ATI Radeon HD 4870 1024MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail XFX ATI Radeon HD 4870 1024MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £164.99
(£143.47) £164.99
(£143.47)
Biostar TPower I45 Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard Biostar TPower I45 Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £112.69
(£97.99) £112.69
(£97.99)
Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103UJ) Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103UJ) £83.94
(£72.99) £83.94
(£72.99)
Corsair VX 550W ATX Power Supply (CMPSU-550VXUK) Corsair VX 550W ATX Power Supply (CMPSU-550VXUK) £72.98
(£63.46) £72.98
(£63.46)
Corsair 4GB DDR2 XMS2 PC2-8500C5 TwinX (2x2GB) Dual Channel Kit (Twin2X4096-8500C5) Corsair 4GB DDR2 XMS2 PC2-8500C5 TwinX (2x2GB) Dual Channel Kit (Twin2X4096-8500C5) £50.59
(£43.99) £50.59
(£43.99)
Coolermaster Elite 335 Case - Black (No PSU) Coolermaster Elite 335 Case - Black (No PSU) £34.49
(£29.99) £34.49
(£29.99)
Sub Total : £651.88
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 15% VAT : £99.54
Total : £763.17



Thats a high end quad build, adjust from that.

 

[Ninja Please!]

I AM a intel fanman, and I can tell you that the amd tricore black (am3 socket) is probably the best bang for your buck. the am3 socket can go in an am2, or am3 board so if you wanted to upgrade later to am3 board, you could use ddr3 ram. That's the biggest advantage am3's have is they are am2 compatible. Please someone correct me if I'm wrong as I don't want to mislead.

And I have read that the amd x3 720 black overclocks nicely and has unlocked multipliers. right now TG has them for $154, but I know Newe** has them about $10 cheaper. save $150, and put it towards a good gfx card.

If money is no issue, then i7 is the best route. Also I think toms hardware recommended the amd x3 720 over their (amd's) best quad core.

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[wupwup]

Thanks guys. Thats a powerful looking rig for the price. If i do go i7 i think ill wait till christmas. i think there will be a big price drop and i will have much more to spend

 

[mattyy]

I AM a intel fanman, and I can tell you that the amd tricore black (am3 socket) is probably the best bang for your buck. the am3 socket can go in an am2, or am3 board so if you wanted to upgrade later to am3 board, you could use ddr3 ram. That's the biggest advantage am3's have is they are am2 compatible. Please someone correct me if I'm wrong as I don't want to mislead.

And I have read that the amd x3 720 black overclocks nicely and has unlocked multipliers. right now TG has them for $154, but I know Newe** has them about $10 cheaper. save $150, and put it towards a good gfx card.

If money is no issue, then i7 is the best route. Also I think toms hardware recommended the amd x3 720 over their (amd's) best quad core.

I have also heard this.
I am also a Intel fan, but an AMD may be the best route to go down if you want to save some cash. Depends what the Machine will be used for.

 

[wupwup]

thanks. i want this pc for gaming. im not botherewd about super hight specs or anything but i want it to last. so if the i7 is going to become the norm i might as well buy one and upgrade parts instead of buying a good pc and upgrading in2 years when i cant get any more parts.

 

[mattyy]

I still reckon a decent C2D is another for any games at the minute.
If you find yourself needing more power later on, get a quad.

I think I7 is a bit to soon to be thinking about future upgradabilty with it.

Thats if your on a budget anyway.

 

[Ninja Please!]

thanks. i want this pc for gaming. im not botherewd about super hight specs or anything but i want it to last. so if the i7 is going to become the norm i might as well buy one and upgrade parts instead of buying a good pc and upgrading in2 years when i cant get any more parts.

Well if one of the games you want to play is GTA IV, then you will want to get a multi-core like the amd i mentioned earlier, or a intel quad core and as dual cores become obsolete in the next 1-3 years more and more games will be forced to run multi-core to supply the demand.

 

[JonJ678]

You're at a slightly difficult time for Intel choices mate. 775 is being phased out, but will be solid and very quick for a long time to come. i7 is going to be enthusiast for a long time. i5 is not out yet, but is the next mainstream generation (which 500 quid is). i5 processors and i7 use different motherboards. On the other hand, anything e5200 and above will be excellent.


The e8400 is 80 quid cheaper than the q9550. Critically it is far, far easier to overclock than the quad, and you can't tell the difference clock-for-clock until you manage to find 3 or 4 really difficult things to do at once.

I have one of each running at the moment. The e8400 is in a matx box with a 9 quid cooler at 3.6GHz, with no effort at all. The q9550 is in a bigger case, on a better board, with better ram, and a much better cooler, and it's killing me getting it above 3.5.

The only reason I stick with the quad is that I think running Windows, Debian and Ubuntu all at once is a good idea. This it does better than the dual core could ever hope to.