Quick Spec Sandybridge please

Vegeta · 26 Jan 2011 at 22:46

I have decided to upgrade my whole system as it's been 5 yeara since my last one and im hoping this will last as long.

It will run with a GTX480 and 600w be quiet psu.

I have decided on a I5 2500K.
Please spec me motherboard and ram please I have the rest. I want it tp be a atx motherboard stable and overclock easy. Ideally I want the last slot to be a pci one as I will be using a tv card and currently it's stuck right next to my gtx480 on a microatx and it overheats and stops working! I'm ordering tonight. Should I just go for the cheapest motherboard or is there a reason I should avoid certain ones?

Thanks guys.

stulid · 26 Jan 2011 at 22:47

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Foxconn P67A-S Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) £99.98
(£83.32) £99.98
(£83.32)
GeIL 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz VALUE PLUS Dual Channel (GVP34GB1600C9DC) £43.99
(£36.66) £43.99
(£36.66)
Sub Total : £119.98
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £8.75
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £25.75
Total : £154.48

this particular board is cheap, and actually does crossfire/sli at 8X/8X, not many of the boards do.

Greavesy · 26 Jan 2011 at 22:59

+1 for the Foxconn reviews are great and its a budget board.

Vegeta · 27 Jan 2011 at 00:46

Not bothered about sli/xfire. Don't trust foxconn lol never heard of them

Vegeta · 27 Jan 2011 at 02:59

Ordered this as I prefered the look of the MSI lol and the G.Skill was on offer.

Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £158.32 1 £158.32
MSI P67A-C45 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) £74.98 1 £74.98
G.Skill RipJawX 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (F3-12800CL9D-4GBXL) £34.99 1 £34.99