Hello,
I’m a new member to the forums after been looking for a new PC component retailer. I’ve stumbled across OverclockersUK quite often now and they seem to put on good deals. I appreciate all the answers and helpful advice that will be given to me. If I’m lucky perhaps OCUK may not knock some ££££ off components in January for the sales.
I have a budget to purchase the remaining components excluding peripherals which is around £600 to £650.
PC Requirements:
I am going to game at 1920x1080p resolution as I got two new monitors just before Christmas. My main is going to be gaming but I will be editing quite often as I am looking to learn it. I prefer Intel over AMD as they are more superior in gaming but only by a little bit. I do plan to overclock but that will come at the end of January when I have more money to purchase a watercooling kit.
What I’ve bought
• Inwin GRone Full Tower Case
• Kingston Hyper 3K 120GB SSD
• MSI 280x Gaming Edition GPU
• Optical Drive (Off Friend)
• Operating System (Off Friend)
What I need to buy
• CPU - I do want to overclock so Ivy or Haswell?
• PSU - Gold Efficiency?
• RAM – 2400Mhz necessary?
• HDD (I’ve got 320GB but looking for 2 x 1tb for RAID 0)
• MOBO – Crossfire
• Aftermarket CPU cooler (But want to purchase watercooling kit later on)
Couple of questions
My friend says to get an Ivy Bridge if I plan to overclock as they have more potential but I’ve been reading that the Haswell has a 4.2GHz overclock which is equivalent to 4.5Ghz Ivy Bridge. Which one?
The RAM he suggested was the Kingston HyperX Beast 8GB 2400MHz but I’ve been reading that the extra MHz won’t make a difference but the latency will. Which RAM should I get?
All the components will be purchased off OCUK as the experiences have been impeccable!
Thanks,
keemann
I’m a new member to the forums after been looking for a new PC component retailer. I’ve stumbled across OverclockersUK quite often now and they seem to put on good deals. I appreciate all the answers and helpful advice that will be given to me. If I’m lucky perhaps OCUK may not knock some ££££ off components in January for the sales.
I have a budget to purchase the remaining components excluding peripherals which is around £600 to £650.
PC Requirements:
I am going to game at 1920x1080p resolution as I got two new monitors just before Christmas. My main is going to be gaming but I will be editing quite often as I am looking to learn it. I prefer Intel over AMD as they are more superior in gaming but only by a little bit. I do plan to overclock but that will come at the end of January when I have more money to purchase a watercooling kit.
What I’ve bought
• Inwin GRone Full Tower Case
• Kingston Hyper 3K 120GB SSD
• MSI 280x Gaming Edition GPU
• Optical Drive (Off Friend)
• Operating System (Off Friend)
What I need to buy
• CPU - I do want to overclock so Ivy or Haswell?
• PSU - Gold Efficiency?
• RAM – 2400Mhz necessary?
• HDD (I’ve got 320GB but looking for 2 x 1tb for RAID 0)
• MOBO – Crossfire
• Aftermarket CPU cooler (But want to purchase watercooling kit later on)
Couple of questions
My friend says to get an Ivy Bridge if I plan to overclock as they have more potential but I’ve been reading that the Haswell has a 4.2GHz overclock which is equivalent to 4.5Ghz Ivy Bridge. Which one?
The RAM he suggested was the Kingston HyperX Beast 8GB 2400MHz but I’ve been reading that the extra MHz won’t make a difference but the latency will. Which RAM should I get?
All the components will be purchased off OCUK as the experiences have been impeccable!
Thanks,
keemann
