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

Space Monkey · 16 Feb 2011 at 12:40

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-361-IN £169.99

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-360-IN&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=1275 £191.99

stulid · 16 Feb 2011 at 12:42

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

tommytinkle · 16 Feb 2011 at 12:43

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

Space Monkey · 16 Feb 2011 at 12:43

Sorry, they are both Retail? One seems to be called the i5-2500k, the other just i5-2500?? missing the K?

Space Monkey · 16 Feb 2011 at 12:44

tommytinkle said:
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

Ah, thanks for that, thought I was going mad :confused:

tommytinkle · 16 Feb 2011 at 12:44

stulid said:
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

tommytinkle · 16 Feb 2011 at 12:45

Hey,

The prices on these however, are expensive compared to others.

Space Monkey · 16 Feb 2011 at 12:46

Should I look to get RAM that has lower CAS timings or are the C9 DDR3s still going to be better than my C5 PC2-8500 DDR2s?

davieg · 16 Feb 2011 at 12:47

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

stulid · 16 Feb 2011 at 12:48

That will teach me for not checking the links out, just saw the prices and thought you linked the OEM and retail cpu's.

Best memory for Sandybridge - http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/memory/2011/01/11/the-best-memory-for-sandy-bridge/1

Space Monkey · 16 Feb 2011 at 12:54

stulid said:
That will teach me for not checking the links out, just saw the prices and thought you linked the OEM and retail cpu's.

Best memory for Sandybridge - http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/memory/2011/01/11/the-best-memory-for-sandy-bridge/1

Thanks, I'll take a look

Space Monkey · 17 Feb 2011 at 02:34

Andrew Moore said:
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

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

Space Monkey · 17 Feb 2011 at 14:04

Hey guys,

Is there any reason why these G.Skill's wouldn't work on the Asus mobo thats linked above? The reason I ask is that the blurb states they were designed for the Intel Sandy Bridge but I assume its just DDR3?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-060-GS

Thanks

stulid · 17 Feb 2011 at 14:09

There is no reason at all, so order them

Martini1991 · 17 Feb 2011 at 14:11

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

the CPU voltage and Memory voltage are unrelated.

But the CPU's IMC comes into play though.
SB is rated for 1.5v RAM, so getting 1.65V DDR3 could damage the IMC.

Space Monkey · 17 Feb 2011 at 14:57

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

Martini1991 · 17 Feb 2011 at 15:48

Space Monkey said:
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

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.