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Pickman

Pickman

Pickman

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Hi,

I am getting really bored of waiting for Bulldozer and my s775 rig is starting to annoy me quite a lot. So I think I may need to bite the bullet and go for a SandyBridge.

I have a gtx470 and my display is only a Samsung SyncMaster 206BW (1680 x 1050 native res). I mostly just use the one display but occasionally I connect a 32" TV via HDMI and watch a film whilst playing a game.

I would like to OC the CPU but nothing extreme, 4.2 is probably about what I will be looking for. I don't think I will SLI the 470. I will probably try and make it last another 12 months and then just upgrade, the 400 series is just too hot and power hungry but I don't want to rule out SLI entirely.

So, how does this look?

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor £173.99
(£144.99) £173.99
(£144.99)
MSI P67A-GD53 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £109.99
(£91.66) £109.99
(£91.66)
Corsair Force 40GB F40 2.5" SATA-ll Solid State Drive (CSSD-F40GB2-BRKT) £79.99
(£66.66) £79.99
(£66.66)
Cooler Master CM-690 II Lite Dominator Case - Black £59.99
(£49.99) £59.99
(£49.99)
Antec High Current Gamer 620W Power Supply £49.99
(£41.66) £49.99
(£41.66)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £39.98
(£33.32) £39.98
(£33.32)
Akasa AK-CCX-4002HP Venom CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/AM2/AM3) £38.99
(£32.49) £38.99
(£32.49)
Sub Total : £460.77
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £94.65
Total : £567.92

I would appreciate any advice.
 
Looks very good, if you check the prices again you should find that the same RAM and CPU cooler are now a bit cheaper - so saving you a few quid.

I would suggest spending the money you just saved towards this bigger, faster SSD.
 
Pickman said:
I will probably only stick my OS on the SDD. Do you know if there is much difference between the 3's and the 2.5's? I am affraid I don't know a fat lot about SSD's.
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I'm not quite sure what you mean, they are both 2.5in drives. The Agility 3 (which uses a current generation SF2200 series controller) is a much faster drive than the corsair F40 (which uses the last generation SF1200 controller). It is also 50% larger in capacity - so as well as your OS you will be able to install your main applications and even a few games for some big speed boosts in you most used programs. All for an extra £15.
 
cmndr_andi said:
I'm not quite sure what you mean, they are both 2.5in drives. The Agility 3 (which uses a current generation SF2200 series controller) is a much faster drive than the corsair F40 (which uses the last generation SF1200 controller). It is also 50% larger in capacity - so as well as your OS you will be able to install your main applications and even a few games for some big speed boosts in you most used programs. All for an extra £15.
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Sorry, my ignorance is showing. I was reffering to the generations, I guess what I should have asked is somthing closer to are the gen 3 SSD's much of an improvement over the gen 2/2E SSD's? I hope that question is closer to sensible. Though you seem to have answered it anyway. :)
 
Ah, ok. Well they are a good bit faster than the previous generation, this review compares one of the larger capacity agility 3 drives with a range of SSDs including the corsair F120 (which uses the same controller as the F40). The Agility 3 is certainly faster, but to me the real benefit is the extra capacity. The F40 (40GB) is £80 and the Agility 3 (60GB) is £95.
 
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