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Bwaaa

Bwaaa

Bwaaa

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Hey guys, i'm building my first PC next weekend and just thought i'd run the basket past you to check i've got everything and parts are compatible and the such.
Pc will mostly be used for gaming but I also record gameplay tutorials for Youtube so will be required to render 15-20 minute HD videos a few times a week.

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Any input appreciated, thanks in advance.
 
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Whats the system going to mainly used for ?

The PSU can be dropped down a notch and you can loose the sound card and use onboard.
 
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My PC is also the main source of music in my house so i'd prefer to keep the sound card, and thought i'd pick up a higher PSU so I have room for upgrades. At this price range, money isn't really a limitation at the moment so I may throw an SSD on top aswell.

Thanks :)
 
3.4ghz to 3.6ghz is not worth paying for. Go sandy bridge, they are so incredibly easy to overclock you can do it very simple your self and get 4.5ghz in 5min.
 
Yea I've heard good things about the i5 2500k but I wouldn't know where to start with overclocking so it would definitely be a project. Already flashing the 6500 and I'd say I'm pretty novice in the tweaking department so I thought I'd leave that alone for now.

Considering the 2500k overclocked bundle now, thanks for the suggestion.
 
There are a lot of guides available and we have an overclocking sub-forum if you run into any issues. OP, don't be intimidated by overclocking, it really is quite easy with SB and a decent air cooler.
 
Bwaaa said:
Yea I've heard good things about the i5 2500k but I wouldn't know where to start with overclocking so it would definitely be a project. Already flashing the 6500 and I'd say I'm pretty novice in the tweaking department so I thought I'd leave that alone for now.

Considering the 2500k overclocked bundle now, thanks for the suggestion.
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Seriously please trust me ;). It is infuriating me no end how many people are paying through their nose or just outright refusing to even consider an overclocked sandy bridge. They are so easy. There are no longer the hassels of changing the FSB number and trying to hit the right speeds for ram and cpu and all that non-sence.

Now it is very simple, you turn pc on and go into the bios and you go into the overclocking tab (on an msi mobo at least) and you see the cpu multiplyer. You change that to 45 and then you see the cpu voltage and you change that to 1.3v. Done. You can fiddle with a few other settings if you want and bit-tech have a 1 page guide to overclock on each of the 3 differnt bios from asus/msi/gigabyte showing you i think but when I overclocked my mobo all those settings were already in place for so I didn't even need to change them if I remember correctly and they aren't vital unless going for heavy overclocks over 4.6ghz. Before overclocking would take pages of guide, now it's just that simple.

Do it, you will regret not doing it when you actually learn how simple it was down the road.
 
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Here you go, a page for each bios so provided you get asus/msi/gigabyte you're fine.

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cpus/2011/01/07/how-to-overclock-the-intel-core-i5-2500k/1

One note, on the other settings they say you can change if you wish (optional that is and not to do with the overclock) they say to change the hard drive mode from IDE to ACHI. This is to enable hot swappable drives. This is buggy and if you have windows already instead can go wrong so don't do it.
 
Yeah it's as simple as sorting your ram profile (1 button), selecting manual options(1 button), auto voltages (1..yeah), and whacking a multiplier like 45x100(always 100) = 4.5ghz...Give it a little stress test in prime or so..and jobs done.
 
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Ahh you've convinced me, swapping CPU out for the 2500k. Cheers guys!
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Most the motherboards have an auto overclock function as well. It will hit about 4.2-4.3 ghz (don't quote me on that, might only be 4ghz, hah only!) without you even doing anything but it is not the most effectient way as it will obviously push the voltages up a bit higher than you might if you did it your self so that they can cover them selves and guarantee it's stable.
 
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