New gaming Build

nathanmitchell · 10 May 2011 at 22:50

Asus GeForce GTX 480 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FarCry 2 & Operation Flashpoint Games

Intel Core i7 950 3.06GHz (Bloomfield) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail with FREE Shogun 2 & Operation Flashpoint Games

Asus Rampage II Extreme Intel X58 (Socket 1366) DDR3 Motherboard

Coolermaster HAF X with Coolermaster GX 750W PSU

Corsair Vengeance 12GB (3x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Triple Channel Kit (CMZ12GX3M3A1600C9)

Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD1002FAEX)

OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM

all built from overclockers.co.uk

will this system work ?
anything i can do to improve , save money , Max price is £1000 can go little over if needed cheers.

stulid · 10 May 2011 at 22:52

Sandybridge.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/288?vs=100

+P67/Z68 chipset motherboard

+ 4/8Gb Dual channel RAM

= Cheaper/faster.

Cycrow · 10 May 2011 at 22:56

u can save abit of money by changing the motherboard to the Sabertooth instead.

i've never really been that impressed with the rampage series

also, if its just for gaming, then 12gb is abit excessive

u could also change to a sandybridge setup, and would prolly work out cheaper

nathanmitchell · 10 May 2011 at 23:43

can someone give me some details please on what to change out obv for the 2500k as can see from the results and what to change the ram to also will that fir the mobo. thanks

stulid · 10 May 2011 at 23:45

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor with FREE Operation Flashpoint Red River Game £161.99
(£134.99) £161.99
(£134.99)
Asus P8Z68-V PRO Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £159.98
(£133.32) £159.98
(£133.32)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £39.98
(£33.32) £39.98
(£33.32)
Sub Total : £301.63
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £62.23
Total : £373.36

Or a P67 board - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-165-MS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1906

Both these boards do Crossfire/SLI

or 8GB of RAM - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-290-CS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517

nathanmitchell · 11 May 2011 at 15:45

Asus GeForce GTX 480 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FarCry 2 & Operation Flashpoint Games

Asus P8Z68-V PRO Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard

Coolermaster HAF X with Coolermaster GX 750W PSU

Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor with FREE Operation Flashpoint Red River Game

Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-15000C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9)

Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ)

OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM

is that a ok setup and will it work fine togeather once set up ?

stulid · 11 May 2011 at 15:45

Its absolutely fine.

The ram is a little tall, so can interfere with large aftermarket heatsinks if you fit one.

Using a watercooling setup like a Corsair H50/Antec Kuhler will be ok.

No issues with this ram - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-290-CS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517