Please spec me an AMD 6 Core Mobo & 8GB DDR3

One called OEM, this comes without a fancy box, heatsink/fan and 1year warranty, its for big pc builders who don't need the rubbish that comes with it.


The retail has a stock intel heatsink and full 3year warranty
 
Hey,

The standard 2500 (ie cheaper one you listed) isn't overclocking friendly. Non 'K' chips have very limited multipliers therefore no overclocking. K series are fully unlocked ;)
 
One called OEM, this comes without a fancy box, heatsink/fan and 1year warranty, its for big pc builders who don't need the rubbish that comes with it.


The retail has a stock intel heatsink and full 3year warranty

What Stulid said describes retail and OEM but they were both retail chips stulid, one being a 2500 and one a 2500k
 
The K's got an unlocked multiplier I think, not sure if thats the only diff as was gonna buy the setup but i need to connect a ton of drives to my board at the min.So just hanging on to see whats what. As storage is important to me.

Dave

Edit, I leave the window open for a min and theres a ton of posts answering you:)
 
I agree with the above although. if you want a little more flare with the motherboard you could look at the crosshair.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-398-AS £152.98inc

Its a little more expensive, admittedly not the latest but a good £100 cheaper so the better option in my opinion.

Thanks for the recommendation, I've just bought that mobo now, couldn't find a bad word said against it :D

I've been looking into the Sandy Bridge CPUs tonight and TBH I can't be bothered getting into the whole faulty mobo / exchange thing, its the reason I've been looking for new parts in the first place. so I don't want to be here again especially before I even buy it! :eek:

Managed to get the board for £131.99 shipped, so I'm happy so far, also the CPU will save me another £20-30 as well.

I think a set of the G.Skill Ripjaw Xs in red would look the biz with this board :cool:

Thanks again for all your input chaps, it is most appreciated :D
 
Thanks stulid.

@ Martini1991, I see you have the same mobo that I've just ordered, and noticed from your sig that you say your CPU is at 4.16GHZ and your CPU NB is at 3.2ghz? Sorry to sound thick but can you explain in laymans terms what the 2nd GHZ rating applies to, or can you point me to any articles for me to read up on? As I've mainly been an Intel man and this doesn't apply?

Thanks in advance :D
 
Thanks stulid.

@ Martini1991, I see you have the same mobo that I've just ordered, and noticed from your sig that you say your CPU is at 4.16GHZ and your CPU NB is at 3.2ghz? Sorry to sound thick but can you explain in laymans terms what the 2nd GHZ rating applies to, or can you point me to any articles for me to read up on? As I've mainly been an Intel man and this doesn't apply?

Thanks in advance :D

CPU NB is the CPU northbridge.
A higher CPU northrbridge also results in faster performance. The stock CPU NB is 2GHZ.. At my 60% overclock my clock for clock performance is a lot closer to that on an i7 than a 2GHZ CPU NB 1055T.
 
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