Overclocked Bundles question

I have noticed that a couple of pre built systems do seem to be exactly the same but totally different in cost.

One is the titan goliath and the other is the Titan H2OC Goliath"

Perhaps im blind but I cant see any difference in the full specification for two 200 in price
 
H2OC is watercooled. Those kits are expensive, but offer better temperatures most of the time.
 
from my own experience in a very warm country watercooling offers little and in some cases is worse where the ambient temperature is high.

I was dreading when summer came around when I had watercooling.

Just a thought for those in warm climates thinking about it.
 
go with that i5 bundle that some1 linked you to up above , it will smash anything else out of the park at that price
 
MCH said:
go with that i5 bundle that some1 linked you to up above , it will smash anything else out of the park at that price
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I was planning on the _cheaper_ AMD bundle I listed.

I see from CPU benchmark that the i5 bundle will give about 20% more oomph
but I'm not sure I need it.


Sod it, this is a company machine build so I'm looking at ex-vat prices and
it's only 11% more expensive than the cheaper option.

Thanks for the pointer guys,

Nial.
 
MoodyB said:
What's it going to be used for ? Mainly gaming, or other work ?
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It's for FPGA development (running Quartus and Modelsim) and PCB design.

The FPGA build and simulation needs a machine that's relatively good at
number crunching where the PCB design is dominated by the graphics card
(I think), so I'll be adding a reasonable card to the system.


Nial.
 
NialStewart said:
It's for FPGA development (running Quartus and Modelsim) and PCB design.

The FPGA build and simulation needs a machine that's relatively good at
number crunching where the PCB design is dominated by the graphics card
(I think), so I'll be adding a reasonable card to the system.


Nial.
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for the extra amount you are spending i think its worth it , i think it would be easier if u told us what ur total budget is if u want any further help with other parts
 
MCH said:
for the extra amount you are spending i think its worth it , i think it would be easier if u told us what ur total budget is if u want any further help with other parts
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I don't really have a set total budget, whatever it takes within reason.

I'm not even sure if this is going to be a whole new PC or if I'll cannibalise
one of my exisitng two, re-using the case etc.

The only two other components I'll have to upgrade are the video card and
the PSU.

Nial.
 
NialStewart said:
It's for FPGA development (running Quartus and Modelsim) and PCB design.

The FPGA build and simulation needs a machine that's relatively good at
number crunching where the PCB design is dominated by the graphics card
(I think), so I'll be adding a reasonable card to the system.

Nial.
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Well if money was no object, I'd go for the i7 overclocked bundle over the i5 :

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-003-OB&groupid=43&catid=339&subcat=1333

Main reason being that there will be cpu's available to upgrade to in the future on the i7 line (socket 1366), whereas the i5 (socket 1156) doesn't appear to have anything on the horizon afaik. So socket 1366 is more futureproof.

Plus the i7 cpu's support hyperthreading, which I expect would help with your number crunching compared to the i5.

To get a more technical explanation, post in the cpu section what your needs are & your uncertainty over which cpu type to go for.
 
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