Spec me better than I have !!
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Jony27 come on,, it will OC to 4.4 with no probs at all 
God i would love that, but ok lets say it has the stock cooler what ya talking then ?
Read somewhere else, that using its onboard GPU might even be better than using my HD4870, Not even sure how to take that lol
God i would love that, but ok lets say it has the stock cooler what ya talking then ?
Read somewhere else, that using its onboard GPU might even be better than using my HD4870, Not even sure how to take that lol
Sorry cant link, it was a friend that said he read it on the net, but i did think he was talking poo
I plan on using Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler, but still dont want to push too much.
With the Gelid 4.2GHz is a piece of ****. You may not even have to change the stock voltage to get that.
Can anyone advise on the motherboards listed !!
I have done some reading up on the two MSI/Gigabyte
But seems to be a bit of trouble with the voltage control on gigabyte, are all the gigabyte boards like this now ?
The MSI, seen posts with a few people having probs too although not with voltage.
Just finding it hard to trust MSI as never used them, and know so little about this one.
Just want to make sure i get a good board, have always chose gigabyte in the past, but that voltage control has put me off, as I do intend to OC.
Sorry if im making this post longer than it needs be, but better to be sure than to kick myself & regret it
I have done some reading up on the two MSI/Gigabyte
But seems to be a bit of trouble with the voltage control on gigabyte, are all the gigabyte boards like this now ?
The MSI, seen posts with a few people having probs too although not with voltage.
Just finding it hard to trust MSI as never used them, and know so little about this one.
Just want to make sure i get a good board, have always chose gigabyte in the past, but that voltage control has put me off, as I do intend to OC.
Sorry if im making this post longer than it needs be, but better to be sure than to kick myself & regret it
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ok trying to round off this post with a few last Qs
2 boards
MSI P67A-G45 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard (Sandybridge) B3 REVISION ** £99.98
Gigabyte P67A-D3 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £90.98
I do like gigabyte boards but this one seems to have probs with voltage,
maybe all the gigabyte boards are like this i dont know!!
Q.1
even if I had to spend just a little more, would you change the 2 above thats already been recomended to me ?
I want to OC,
I would like to have fan speed/temp control in bios (no software rubbish)
2 boards
MSI P67A-G45 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard (Sandybridge) B3 REVISION ** £99.98
Gigabyte P67A-D3 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £90.98
I do like gigabyte boards but this one seems to have probs with voltage,
maybe all the gigabyte boards are like this i dont know!!
Q.1
even if I had to spend just a little more, would you change the 2 above thats already been recomended to me ?
I want to OC,
I would like to have fan speed/temp control in bios (no software rubbish)
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £159.98
1 x MSI P67A-C45 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £89.98
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £26.99
1 x Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler (Socket 939 / AM2 / AM3 / 775 / 1155/ 1156 / 1366) £21.98
Total : £310.33 (includes shipping : £9.50).
I keep pushing this combo on people I know but its what I have and at the moment I'm 100% happy with it.
Currently:
Thats with a Lanboy Air, all fans on low. As you can see, voltage is around 1.25, I think I could squeeze it lower if I tried but right now I'm happy with that.
The four hours you see there consisted of a lot of gaming, Killing Floor, MW2, EQ2, L4D2 all on the highest settings with absolutely no problems what so ever.
I'm very impressed with the board but there is only one downside and that is that it isnt sli/crossfire enabled.
I've been told that CPU cooler isn't so great these days but its not doing me wrong, though I'd shop around. Infact I'm going to make a thread! Yep, I'm gunna do it!
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £159.98
1 x MSI P67A-C45 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £89.98
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £26.99
1 x Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler (Socket 939 / AM2 / AM3 / 775 / 1155/ 1156 / 1366) £21.98
Total : £310.33 (includes shipping : £9.50).
I keep pushing this combo on people I know but its what I have and at the moment I'm 100% happy with it.
Currently:
Thats with a Lanboy Air, all fans on low. As you can see, voltage is around 1.25, I think I could squeeze it lower if I tried but right now I'm happy with that.
The four hours you see there consisted of a lot of gaming, Killing Floor, MW2, EQ2, L4D2 all on the highest settings with absolutely no problems what so ever.
I'm very impressed with the board but there is only one downside and that is that it isnt sli/crossfire enabled.
I've been told that CPU cooler isn't so great these days but its not doing me wrong, though I'd shop around. Infact I'm going to make a thread! Yep, I'm gunna do it!
