Spec me cpu/ram/mobo bundle

stulid said:
That gigabyte is a MATX size, bound to fit your case.
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Even better - I have a nice little MATX case upstairs which was bought in error years ago, so this upgrade looks even more promising. I just hope my 4890 will fit - it is a big old card.

Thanks for your help :)
 
I don't really have a need for these, and not sure I will any time in the near future, either.

Although, reading that article at xbitlabs you posted, they seemed to get that 4GHz on the stock cooler which would imply that I need not spend £30 on a cooler, but instead either make it cheaper or grab that upgraded board.
 
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stulid said:
Guess it depends on the bits(motherboard, ram and cooling) - http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=264912
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Did you see the voltage he was pumping through it? No way will that live running 24/7.


Core Voltage - Not recommended too exceed 1.38v, doing so could kill the CPU, we therefor recommend a range of 1.325-1.350v if overclocking.
Memory Voltage - Intel recommend 1.50v plus/minus 5% which means upto 1.58v is the safe recommended limit. In our testing we have found 1.65v has caused no issues.
BCLK Base Clock - This is strictly a NO, anyone using base clock overclocking could/will cause damange to CPU/Mainboard. (Set manually to 100)
PLL Voltage - Do not exceed 1.9v!!

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18227651
 
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Wow, how different are these i5/i7 CPUs?

Memory voltage seems awfully low from what I know of 775 machines, and why is the bus at 100Mhz? Seems awfully low? Am I missing something here?
 
If you must strictly keep to sub £300 budget, then the i5 2400 could be an option. Have a look at the following review...they managed to overclock it up to 3.99GHz without even needing to add any voltage to vcore or PLL:
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cpus/2011/01/03/intel-sandy-bridge-review/14
However, in their test they did use 105 base clock (anything above 100 base clock has been confirmed to cause possible damage to the Sandybridge CPU)...keeping the base clock strictly at 100 would mean it should still managed 3.8GHz (38x100) on stock vcore and PLL voltage.

And the 2400 delivering better frame rate than the Phenom II X6 1100T BE in Crysis:
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cpus/2011/01/03/intel-sandy-bridge-review/10
 
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Hrm, I've been looking into this more - it seems the 2500K, a P67 Board and 4GB of 12800 Ram can be had for around £340.

This doesn't seem like an all too unattractive prospect seeing as people seem to be managing 4.4-4.6GHz on the 2500K with a quick browse of the forum, I just wonder if the higher clock speed and slightly more efficient processor over the 1105 is enough to warrant nearly another £100 spent when dropping two cores.
 
There's a very good deal on at the moment for a CPU/MOBO/RAM bundle for a bit over budget.

Intel Core i5 2500K Unlocked, Socket 1155, Sandy Bridge, Quad Core, 3.3GHz, 6MB Cache, 95W, Retail

Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD4, Intel P67 Express, S 1155, PCI-E 2.0 (x16), DDR3 2133, SATA 6gb/s, SATA RAID

4GB (2x2GB) Corsair XMS3 DDR3 PC3-12800 (1600), Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 9-9-9-24, XMP, 1.65V

£353.99 if you shop around
 
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