New Sandybridge build

konicky · 12 Jan 2011 at 11:00

Any thoughts on this build? I have an old Antec Sonata case and as I don't game on the pc I'm guessing the integrated graphics will be fine.

Intel Core i5-2400 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor

Asus P8P67 LE Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard

Crucial RealSSD C300 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive

Antec TruePower New Modular 650W Power Supply

GeIL 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz VALUE PLUS Dual Channel

Samsung SpinPoint F4 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache

Thanks!

NathWraith · 12 Jan 2011 at 11:03

Good choice of hardware.

The P8P67 LE is a great board, you considered going for a 2500K for some overclocking action?

The Geil ram is an excellent choice we found these will run at supidly low volts (1.40!) in certain situations!

Dark_Angel · 12 Jan 2011 at 11:06

The geil ram is awesome. I'm running 8GB of it, it's incredible. Thanks Nath, I'll lower the voltage on mine then, it's currently at 1.5 I think (geil's official voltage I believe).

+1 on getting the 2500 K if you can stretch. It's an incredible chip.

R088ieS86 · 12 Jan 2011 at 11:08

The P67 boards currently don't have any onboard graphics so you'll need a Graphics card to connect to your monitor!

cmndr_andi · 12 Jan 2011 at 11:10

As NathWraith mentions - if you want to overclock at all, then going for the i5 2500K (with the unlocked multiplier) is the way to go. With a decent cooler 4.6GHz is certainly achievable.

However, if you do go down the overclocking road then this doesn't allow you to use integrated graphics (P67 = overclcoking, no integrated graphics / H67 = no overclocking, integrated graphics). If you value integrated graphics more than overclcoking, then a H67 board like this would be a good bet. Though if you do want to overclock, stay with the p67 board, go for the i5 2500K and pick up a cheap graphics card like this which is approxiamtely as powerful as the integrated graphics.

konicky · 12 Jan 2011 at 11:30

cmndr_andi said:
P67 = overclcoking, no integrated graphics / H67 = no overclocking, integrated graphics).

Thanks for the info, I didn't realise that! :eek:

I'll have a look at the H67 boards.

konicky · 12 Jan 2011 at 11:56

cmndr_andi said:
Though if you do want to overclock, stay with the p67 board, go for the i5 2500K and pick up a cheap graphics card like this which is approxiamtely as powerful as the integrated graphics.

Ok, think I will go this route so I have the option of overclocking in the future.

A few more questions!

Is the stock cooler ok if you don't overclock?

Do I need a converter to put the SSD in a normal bay, or does it come with one?

Windows 7 64bit? Sorry noob question but I don't know the difference between 32 and 64bit!!

Thanks!