Seperate Components or buy a bundle pre OC

Exibit

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Hi

Am starting a new build with the following

Core i7 2600k
Asus P8Z68-V PRO Intel Z68

Have not decided on the memory yet,

Now should I buy this as a bundle from OC or is this cpu easy to OC on air buy changing the FSB ? I would want to acheive a solid 4.0 GHZ or 4.2GHZ OC when I look at the bundles from OC they are running at 4.6GHZ and while this might be ok in the short term really I need this PC build to last atleast 2 to 3 years and I dont want to be pushing the CPU to its limits
 
Don't buy a bundle they are way overpriced.

Sandy Bridge is easy to overclock - you don't even need to touch the FSB, it's all about the multiplier and voltages.

Check out these guides:

How to Overclock i5-2500K (will be the same for the i7)

P67 Sandy Bridge Overclocking Guide for Beginners

Should you still be confused you can always get an MSI higher end board (GD53 and up) and it has an OC Genie II function which, at the press of a button, gives you an instant 4.2GHz overclock.

Whats the main use of the PC btw?

And regarding memory, just get the cheapest set of low profile 1600MHz (amount depends on budget/uses)
 
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What sk82jack said. It's not very hard to over clock the 2500k Series. You can save a lot of money by doing it yourself. A good CPU cooler would also be good to get.
 
The PC will be used for gaming mainly, I have always had Asus MB and to be honest would prefer to buy another one as they ahve always worked well in the past.
 
Why 1.35v Vcore?

The Sandy Bridge PCUs are made from a 32nm process, which means that they are made up from a thinner slice of silicon, in theory means that the more voltage and heat you run through them, the more susceptible they may be to degradation over time, when comparing them to their 45nm and 65nm predecessors, so we want to keep this to a minimum.
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Whats the stock V.Core set at in teh Bios for the i7
 
Go for an i5-2500K for a gaming rig, you won't see any benefit from the i7-2600K.

The i7 comes into it's own when your doing video/audio/image editing and using programs that will make use of it's hyperthreading.

Gaming Benchmarks - i5 vs i7

Also if your not in a rush to buy and can wait until around midday all the Weekly Deals change so if your lucky the Asus board may come on deal :)
 
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yep I'm in no rush, interesting what you say about the i5 vs the i7 the Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz is £161.00 vs £240.00 for the i7
 
Exibit said:
yep I'm in no rush, interesting what you say about the i5 vs the i7 the Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz is £161.00 vs £240.00 for the i7
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Yeah and you can see from the benchmarks in the previous post, the price difference is not justified for a gaming build.

You'd be much better investing the money into a better graphics card.
 
Yes I can see that the benchmarks back up what you are saying, as for graphics am not going to upgrade just yet I have at the moment evga 285 GTX OC I know this will be my bottle neck at the moment though cant really afford to do it yet
 
I have sold the Mothboard, CPU, Memory CPU Cooler from the below list

Current spec is below
Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 3.16GHz (1333FSB)
Tuniq Tower 120-LFB CPU Cooler
Asus P5Q Deluxe
OCZ 4GB (4 x 1GB) PC2-8500 1066MHz Reaper HPC Edition Dual Channel DDR2
eVGA GeForce GTX 285 SSC Edition PCI-Express 2.0
2 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 500GB ST3500630AS SATA-II 16MB Cache RAID 0
Western Digital Raptor 150GB WD1500ADFD 10,000RPM SATA 16MB Cache
Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU
Antec P180 Advanced Super Midi Tower Case
Dell Ultrasharp 2407WFP 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor
Razer Tarantula Advanced Gaming Keyboard
Logitech G9
Creative Fatal1ty Gaming Headset
Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit
2 x Noctua NF-S12 800RPM 120mm Silent Case Fan - 3 Pin
3 x Antec 120mm Silent case Fans
 
just to replace the components I have sold budget is £450.00 now though am prepared to wait budget will be £530.00 in July
 
As above, 2500k will be more than fine for gaming, no need for the i7 :)

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Looks good though would prefer Asus MB also no need for shipping I can collect + no need for thermal compount as I have a full tube of artic silver, dam that memory is cheap
 
Woohoo the Asus is on deal this week (as I half predicted lol :p)

I would go with this and then pocket the rest and put it towards your £80 that you'll get in July to boost the budget for the graphics card.


Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £156.98

Asus P8Z68-V PRO Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £150.00

Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/4GX) £34.99

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler (Socket 939 / AM2 / AM3 / 775 / 1155/ 1156 / 1366) £17.99

Total : £371.36 (includes shipping : £9.50)

 
the Asus Z68-V pro is a good motherboard. The Asrock (subsidiary of Asus) Z68 Extreme 4 is also good. Not keen on the gigabytes, they use their own graphical bios and don't support all the Z68 features, but they have good build quality. There has been report of problems with teh Asus P67, but better get an update on the situation, could be old hats.

For coolers, you have quite a large selection, it depends how much noise you can accept and how far you wanna push. Anything around 4.4GHz, and you can get a decent cheap cooler that will do that. Over the Freezer 7, I would recommend the Hyper 212+, Freezer 13's, Gelid Tranquillo, or Corsair A50.

Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £156.98
Asus P8Z68-V PRO Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £150.00
Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £69.98
Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.50
Total : £414.36
 
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