Apologies for the questions which may seem basic to you clever guys
I’m an overclock noob
I’m looking to build a gaming / workstation (for processing large digital images)
I think I’m after an i7 2600k with over clock, 8gb ram, a good but not the best (due to cost) gpu. I’ve listed some questions and would be grateful for advice
1. What OC
I’m not sure what OC to select. Clearly I want extra power but not at the risk the CPU / MoBO / Peripherals being at greater risk of expiry due to being overworked. Hope this makes sense. There are multiple OC, stage 3 at 20% seems OK; I feel wary about max OC’s in case this impacts stability and / or life of CPU & RAM etc. However as I said I’m an OC noob.
2. What MoBo
Considering the above, using socket 1155, there is a range of Mobo’s e.g. P8P67V, P8P67Pro, P8268v etc
I want a good mobo but no point spending money for features I want use, unlike some of you clever OC guys. Perhaps the P8268v is sufficient
3. What GPU
As always, the best GPU is overpriced, second best and below are always a fair bit cheaper as is always with leading edge elements.
I have no affiliation to nVidia or ATI having used both in the past. I also always get confused as whether to buy a single card now and in the future consider an SLI / xfire buying the same but now cheaper 2nd card to pair it with or to in future sell current card on ebay and buy another 2nd / 3rd best card of the future as a replacement etc, hope this makes sense
Screen wise I have single 24”monitor, no plans for dual monitors. I’m sort of thinking the ATI 6950 2gb, or 6970 (but may be too expensive)
4. What Case
A good case, with cooling abilities considering the OC but not something too expensive where I could use the money elsewhere. Needs to fit under a desk. I have had a Cosmos S in the past, one with touch on/off button rather than press button and it was a disappointment as it started switching itself off sometimes, drove me mad
5. Budget
I thinking around 1200 / 1250 incl VAT. I have no Blueray DVD’s, I like I having 2 DVD trays, why don’t OC offer option of a 2nd tray? I don’t really know enough about having an SSD cache (20Gb) to consier it or am better off spending the money on other components e.g. I don’t mind waiting a few extra seconds for it to boot-up. I’d rather have a fast rig when running / better utilities
I’d be very grateful for your advice. It’s a lot of money to spend and I want to get right.
I’m an overclock noob
I’m looking to build a gaming / workstation (for processing large digital images)
I think I’m after an i7 2600k with over clock, 8gb ram, a good but not the best (due to cost) gpu. I’ve listed some questions and would be grateful for advice
1. What OC
I’m not sure what OC to select. Clearly I want extra power but not at the risk the CPU / MoBO / Peripherals being at greater risk of expiry due to being overworked. Hope this makes sense. There are multiple OC, stage 3 at 20% seems OK; I feel wary about max OC’s in case this impacts stability and / or life of CPU & RAM etc. However as I said I’m an OC noob.
2. What MoBo
Considering the above, using socket 1155, there is a range of Mobo’s e.g. P8P67V, P8P67Pro, P8268v etc
I want a good mobo but no point spending money for features I want use, unlike some of you clever OC guys. Perhaps the P8268v is sufficient
3. What GPU
As always, the best GPU is overpriced, second best and below are always a fair bit cheaper as is always with leading edge elements.
I have no affiliation to nVidia or ATI having used both in the past. I also always get confused as whether to buy a single card now and in the future consider an SLI / xfire buying the same but now cheaper 2nd card to pair it with or to in future sell current card on ebay and buy another 2nd / 3rd best card of the future as a replacement etc, hope this makes sense
Screen wise I have single 24”monitor, no plans for dual monitors. I’m sort of thinking the ATI 6950 2gb, or 6970 (but may be too expensive)
4. What Case
A good case, with cooling abilities considering the OC but not something too expensive where I could use the money elsewhere. Needs to fit under a desk. I have had a Cosmos S in the past, one with touch on/off button rather than press button and it was a disappointment as it started switching itself off sometimes, drove me mad
5. Budget
I thinking around 1200 / 1250 incl VAT. I have no Blueray DVD’s, I like I having 2 DVD trays, why don’t OC offer option of a 2nd tray? I don’t really know enough about having an SSD cache (20Gb) to consier it or am better off spending the money on other components e.g. I don’t mind waiting a few extra seconds for it to boot-up. I’d rather have a fast rig when running / better utilities
I’d be very grateful for your advice. It’s a lot of money to spend and I want to get right.
