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Howy

Howy

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Hi Guys.
my old pc is not up to it any more so i have spent a week or so looking searching etc, i have seen what i think will be a good rig for a few years to come and still allow me to upgrade etc if i want to , some items i am going to reuse from my old machine,looking to play latest games for a few years to come , so here goes.

1 ( got )sea sonic S12 600 watt PSU
2 ( got ) 250 gb sata drive HDD
3 ( got ) dvd rom
4 (got ) case
5 ( got ) win 7 64 bit

looking to buy
1 Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM [BX80623I52500K]

2 Akasa AK-CCX-4002HP Venom CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/AM2/AM3) [AK-CCX-4002HP ]

3 Asus P8P67 PRO Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard ** B3 REVISION ** [90-MIBG40-G0EAY00Z]

4 Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) [KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX]

5 Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 6870 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card [11179-09-20G]
many thanks
darren
 
You have made some great choices bar one in my mind.

The Akasa AK-CCX-4002HP Venom CPU Cooler is too much money for what it is.

I would recommend the Gelid Tranquillo. Does basically the same job and same performance for a tenner saving!

It is very popular with i5-2500k owners and does very well getting rid of the heat!
 
thanks lads,good call on the fan lol. im not much of an expert but the p67 would read as the better mobo, i poss look into a little bit of o/c in the future , so why the z68 mate if you dont mind me asking.
 
the Z68 is just a better chipset. It gives slightly better overclocking headroom than the p67 and also supports the onboard cpu/gpu combo with the integrated hd2000 graphics from intel... thats about it, plus the Z68 is the norm atm.
 
z68 has a number of extra features mentioned in a number of threads(1 today already), even if you don't used any of them the onboard vga alone is useful in if your graphics card breaks down you can carry on using the pc for normal usage/low 'power' gaming till the card is replaced.
 
Yeah, the only benefits to Z68 is Lucid Virtu (less power consumption at idle), Intel SRT (using a SSD as an HDD cache), and QuickSync (encoding using the processor IGP). Also being able to use the 2500K IGP for video output, for example if your GPU fails.

So really, there is no harm going for P67, these features are not essential. The P8P67 Pro is good, the alternative being the P8Z68-V, and the P8Z68-V Pro Gen 3, and other Z68 gen 3 motherboard. Quite a lot of motherboard alternatives actually... Research on what you want, and if you want to stick with Asus, Gigabyte, or others.
 
Howy said:
so mobo choice is really just a personal choice , given theres so little between the 2 .
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Short answer Yes, depending if you can utilise the extra features but if it was me i would go fo a z68 all the time unless budget is really tight.

Look at this way capabillity over budget.
 
only 4 z68? and here I was thinking there are 100s ;)
ocuk sell 31 z68 boards accirding to their store page.

i2500k £174

gigabyte z68ap-d3 £85 if you don't plan on sli/xfire in future, will reqire psu upgrade also if you do

gelid tranquilo £26 but is out of stock, could go for corsair a50 or coolermaster hyper 212+ both £25

kingston hyperx genesis grey 8gb pc3-12800 1600mhz £40

sapphire 6870 £150 for £12 more you could go asus 560ti directcuii £162

is the dvd sata? if not you'll need a new one, pioneer 24x dvdrw retail £19
 
Sorry for not coming back before , i just wanted to tnx for the input it helped me loads, its going to be a few weeks before i can get the bits ordered , again many thanks.
Darren.
 
aaaggghhhh new stuff lol , yea few people have said to wait a bit longer, not a prob as like most,i got loads to do this time of year .
 
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