SPEC ME... £450 or Less

quick bit of shopping around... going on the first spec..

Core i5 2500 3.3GHz Socket 1155 6MB Cache Retail Boxed Processor £153.11
Asrock Z68 PRO3 Socket 1155 8 Channel HD Audio ATX Motherboard 267316 99.33
G-Skill 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600Mhz RipjawsX Memory Kit CL9 (9-9-9-24) 1.5V £63.0
OCZ 60GB Vertex 2E SSD 2.5" SATA-II Read = 285MB/s, Write = 275MB/s 50,000 IOPS 79.98
Coolermaster Centurion 5 II Case with Coolermaster GX 550W PSU 74.99

£470 or £484 with next day delivery

LOOK GOOD??
 
Is that a 2500K or just a 2500

The difference is,

• Better onboard GPU core, Lucid Virtu allows the CPU graphics core to be used to save energy during simple tasks and also switchs to the GPU core to speed up some processing tasks.

• The K also has an unlocked multiplier making overcloking easier.
 
2500 ahh no this is just 2500 no K on the end, so that puts a tenner back on it

thanks for pointing that out, i wouldnt of noticed the K not being there
 
stulid said:
Is that a 2500K or just a 2500

The difference is,

• Better onboard GPU core, Lucid Virtu allows the CPU graphics core to be used to save energy during simple tasks and also switchs to the GPU core to speed up some processing tasks.

• The K also has an unlocked multiplier making overcloking easier.
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sorry, not meaning to be ignorant but, will the lucid virtu make any difference if he is using a dedicated gfx card? also, i know overclocking on the whole is considered stable and easily done on the sandybridges, but from what the OP says he uses it for, would there not be a risk using an oc'd system to do editing work, as any instability would be more noticable and problematic than in something like gaming?
 
yeah, after answering i was thought to myself.. Do i really need to overclock?

YES I KNOW THE CLUE IS IN THE TITLE OF THIS FORUM!!
don't get me wrong, i am a fan of squeezing a little more out of chips.. My little intel atom is running at 2.1ghz and the machine before this was a 4600+ clocked too 3.2ghz... and neither really gave me any grief..

fact is, I probably wont oc it.. but for a tenner! Might aswell have the option eh
 
Yes it will make a difference, if a program is supported by the Lucid software then it will speed up processing.

If the OP has a Nvidia card that has CUDA then it will also speed up processing where applicable.

But he says he has a 4830, so no CUDA.

you can overclock the CPU core independent of the built in GPU core too, and if the overclock is stable and fully tested in say Prime95 then no issues.
 
stulid said:
Yes it will make a difference, if a program is supported by the Lucid software then it will speed up processing.

If the OP has a Nvidia card that has CUDA then it will also speed up processing where applicable.

But he says he has a 4830, so no CUDA.

you can overclock the CPU core independent of the built in GPU core too, and if the overclock is stable and fully tested in say Prime95 then no issues.
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are these features mainly/fully limited to the Z68 range?

EDIT : oh and reference to the 32-64bit thing, i have tried it on 2 HP laptops and a samsung and when it gets to inserting the key it refuses, but it worked fine on an acer and lenovo laptop and a dell desktopm so i guess its luck of the draw.
 
stulid said:
Yes, only a Z68 board has Lucid Virtu.

But not all Z68 boards either, a lot of the Gigabytes dont have it.
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i dont know if its just me, but when i was looking for my mobo, i felt that gigabyte seemed very limited on specs for the money, whereas biostar and asrock give loads of stuff (a lot you wont use) for a lot less money.
 
Just coming back to say THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HELP.. did a little more shoppnig around got the lot for £426

Core i5 2500k 3.3GHz Socket 1155 6MB Cache Retail Boxed Processor
Asrock Z68 PRO3 Socket 1155 8 Channel HD Audio ATX Motherboard
G-Skill 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600Mhz RipjawsX Memory Kit CL9 (9-9-9-24) 1.5V £63.0
OCZ 60GB Vertex 2E SSD 2.5" SATA-II Read = 285MB/s, Write = 275MB/s 50,000 IOPS
Coolermaster Centurion 5 II Case with Coolermaster GX 550W PSU
 
bigdm said:
Just coming back to say THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HELP.. did a little more shoppnig around got the lot for £426

Core i5 2500k 3.3GHz Socket 1155 6MB Cache Retail Boxed Processor
Asrock Z68 PRO3 Socket 1155 8 Channel HD Audio ATX Motherboard
G-Skill 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600Mhz RipjawsX Memory Kit CL9 (9-9-9-24) 1.5V £63.0
OCZ 60GB Vertex 2E SSD 2.5" SATA-II Read = 285MB/s, Write = 275MB/s 50,000 IOPS
Coolermaster Centurion 5 II Case with Coolermaster GX 550W PSU
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Just out of interest, I realise I am stepping very close to the line here but is that all from one place? Or did you order bits from everywhere? Making me think I could possibly drop 4gb of RAM and the SSD, add in a HDD and a GPU and the total would be around £500 but I don't really want to be buying bits from different retailers.


Edit: How the F have you done that? I have tried combinations of every website I can think of and can't get that combo for lower than 450. Unless you went to the bay? props to you
 
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i had that priced at 470ish from ******.. i just got a deal on the cpu from ebay for 108 saving me 50quid, and got the rest there..
 
oooh see the name of the shop is removed (i would too if this was my board) I bought everything but the cpu from E---buyer..
 
Thanks but edit that, this is why I wasn't asking for the specific shop name as you can get into trouble for writing other shop names. Good luck with the CPU then, personally I'm a bit weird when it comes to 'auction sites' and for something like a CPU I wouldn't want to get one from there. I rather the guaranteed "new-ness". I guess its going to be a phenom after all for me :L
 
hmm yeah i know what you mean about the action site concern, but the seller appears legit, its sold as brand new sealed, and he has already sold 15 out of 25.. i took the risk
 
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