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

Space Monkey · 16 Feb 2011 at 09:09

Hi guys,

Looking at getting the following cpu: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-266-AM and as I haven't had AMD in a long while, please can you recommend me a decent mobo to go with this chip, don't need crossfire etc but would like a full ATX board.

Other components will be, GTX470, and want to run 8GBs of DDR3, (please can you spec that as well).

Thanks for any help you can give

hybrid572 · 16 Feb 2011 at 09:26

MSI GeForce GTX 470 Twin Frozr II 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £173.99
(£144.99) £173.99
(£144.99)
AMD Phenom II X6 Six Core 1090T Black Edition 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £159.98
(£133.32) £159.98
(£133.32)
Asus M4A88TD-V EVO/USB3 AMD 880G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £91.99
(£76.66) £91.99
(£76.66)
GeIL 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz VALUE PLUS Dual Channel (GVP38GB1600C9DC) £85.99
(£71.66) £85.99
(£71.66)
Sub Total : £426.63
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £87.23
Total : £523.36

I would really recommend the GTX 460/560 or Radeon 6850/6870 over the 470 though- the 470 is an old Fermi design that's very power hungry and hot, to the point where you can overclock a 460 to 470 speeds and it'll draw less power and produce less heat.

Andrew Moore · 16 Feb 2011 at 09:31

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.

Skellig · 16 Feb 2011 at 09:36

I thought I heard there may be a few problems with that mobo...

edit: The Asus M4A88TD-V EVO/USB3 AMD 880G I mean.

wakayoda · 16 Feb 2011 at 09:37

Wait till Bull dozer?

Space Monkey · 16 Feb 2011 at 09:47

Thanks for the info guys.

I would guess that the new bulldozer is going to be higher in price? The AMD 1090T seems great value at the moment, and I'm coming from an Intel Q6600, so I guess it'd be a step up?

Forgot to say in the OP that I have the GTX 470 already (The MSI Twin Frozr), So its mainly the Motherboard and the CPU that I'd need.

hybrid572 · 16 Feb 2011 at 09:48

What are you using it for?

Space Monkey · 16 Feb 2011 at 09:51

hybrid572 said:
What are you using it for?

Games, some video encoding, usual internet stuff, and some photo editing

Scon · 16 Feb 2011 at 09:54

Scrap the 470 and get a 560, the 560 will oc to 1ghz in seconds with afterburner and then you have yourself a muich faster card, that will run quieter, use less power, be faster and newer tech.

hybrid572 · 16 Feb 2011 at 10:05

In that case, I'd be tempted to get the i5 2500K over the X6 1090T. Anandtech's benchmarks places the 2500K significantly better than the 1090T when both are at stock speeds, and the 2500K will overclock well beyond the 1090T if you give it a go. The CPU's a similar price, and P67 boards start at just £100.

ashatron · 16 Feb 2011 at 10:22

Yeh straight away I would suggest getting an i5 2500k over the 1090t.

It's better in every respect and about the same price. You may have to pay an extra £10 more for the mobo though.

Also the 2500k performs better in games. Giving you a nice fps boost which if you were to try and get the same fps boost from an improves graphics card would cost a lot more. (eg 10fps increase from the CPU doesn't cost much (if anything) in this example, but 10fps increase from getting a better GPU would cost quite a bit more).

Space Monkey · 16 Feb 2011 at 10:33

hybrid572 said:
In that case, I'd be tempted to get the i5 2500K over the X6 1090T. Anandtech's benchmarks places the 2500K significantly better than the 1090T when both are at stock speeds, and the 2500K will overclock well beyond the 1090T if you give it a go. The CPU's a similar price, and P67 boards start at just £100.

Good call on the 2500K, I'll have a looksee on that then, any recs a decent compatible mobo?

Also from burrell, the 560 looks nice but that'd set me back about another £60-£70.

hybrid572 · 16 Feb 2011 at 10:41

Space Monkey said:
Good call on the 2500K, I'll have a looksee on that then, any recs a decent compatible mobo?

Also from burrell, the 560 looks nice but that'd set me back about another £60-£70.

The P8P67 is a rock-solid board from ASUS with SATA 6GB/s, USB3, good overclocking and CF support. The pro version of the board costs ~£17 extra and supports SLi, if you want it.

Space Monkey · 16 Feb 2011 at 12:03

hybrid572 said:
The P8P67 is a rock-solid board from ASUS with SATA 6GB/s, USB3, good overclocking and CF support. The pro version of the board costs ~£17 extra and supports SLi, if you want it.

Looking at this board now, but can anyone shed some light on this comment that was made on the OCUK reviews of this board?

"One thing I would mention is make sure you get the right DDR3 memory, any will work but to avoid the risk of damaging the CPU buy 1.5volt DDR3 memory"???

stulid · 16 Feb 2011 at 12:18

Space Monkey said:
Looking at this board now, but can anyone shed some light on this comment that was made on the OCUK reviews of this board?

"One thing I would mention is make sure you get the right DDR3 memory, any will work but to avoid the risk of damaging the CPU buy 1.5volt DDR3 memory"???

Whoever wrote that does not have a clue.

the CPU voltage and Memory voltage are unrelated.

Space Monkey · 16 Feb 2011 at 12:20

stulid said:
Whoever wrote that does not have a clue.

the CPU voltage and Memory voltage are unrelated.

Thanks stulid, so I can happily run any DDR3 that I want? I thought it wasn't a problem as the last few PCs haven't needed to be the same, but as I haven't researched any of the new boards/cpus, it confused me a little

stulid · 16 Feb 2011 at 12:20

Its fine.

stulid · 16 Feb 2011 at 12:33

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £191.99
(£159.99) £191.99
(£159.99)
G.Skill RipJawsX 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL ) £85.99
(£71.66) £85.99
(£71.66)
MSI P67A-C45 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) £84.98
(£70.82) £84.98
(£70.82)
Sub Total : £302.47
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £62.39
Total : £374.36

or with 4X2GB memory,

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £191.99
(£159.99) £191.99
(£159.99)
MSI P67A-C45 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) £84.98
(£70.82) £84.98
(£70.82)
OCZ Special OPS 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3SOE1600LV4GK) £31.19
(£25.99) £62.38
(£51.98)
Sub Total : £282.79
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £58.46
Total : £350.75

Space Monkey · 16 Feb 2011 at 12:35

stulid said:
Its fine.

Thanks stulid, you is a genius

Space Monkey · 16 Feb 2011 at 12:37

Thanks for those specs, almost what I was considering, but can you tell me 1 thing please, there seems to be 2 i5 2500s, they look identical but about £30 difference, have I missed something?