*****THE OFFICIAL "SPEC ME" THREAD*****

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£803.93 in total

perfect for autocad, you have free shipping, AND can use the 666 offer, and by using 2 orders, all the items get 6% off, instead of only the first 6 if it was a big list.

 

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id do this, but Chimericals is brilliant aswell.

 

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intel i7 is about to come out.

imo wait for that, esp with £1500 to spend

but if you dont, then here we go:

 

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hardly any, the 4850 doesnt see any (maybe 2-3) frames difference with 1024MBs as it doesnt have the power to push the res (1920 above) with AA/AF that need that.

but if you feel like it would make you better then go ahead.

also both cards have custom coolers, both are quiet.

 

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super quiet, and powerful:

total 902.04

you get free delivery AND usage of the 666 offer by OcUK

 

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with the OcUK 666 offer, the total is:

£571.60

for an extra few bob you could upgrade to the P5Q-E AND move to a Corsair HX620W Modular PSU

 

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right, i will strongly advice a new case aswell:

 

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Ok took the spec that was done for me above for £300 and had a play around have made a spec myself but I need some advide on the mobo please:

I have vista64 and a 22" dell widescreen monitor, I just cannot decided which mobo to go for any advice please?

id recomend the ASUS P5Q pro, but as its out of stock the GIGABYTE GA-EP45-DS3

also for OCing a quad, id go for this:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-029-AR



Rusty Lee, gimmie a sec.



Zildjian

the E8500 is much much better

specs very nice, but go for this card

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail

 

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Samfau2 give me 15 mins, and ill get to you after rusty.

Squidward (love the name )

the higher clocked dual core will be much better than a slower quad.

to get the most out of the 4870 its better to have a 3GHz dual/quad core CPU. the quad will easily clock to 3GHz, but a tower case would be a better idea for OCing a CPU.

the 4870 will blaze through games, its quiet, and supports full 1080p rendering, with 7.1 surrond sounds and DTS audio encoding, its superb

 

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Anyone help me please? my post is near the top of this page. Cheers

i already have specced you look a bit up

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=12716200&postcount=167

 

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very easy to OC and will be quiet and cool.

your PSU atm is brilliant no need to upgrade it

 

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- AS LONG AS YOU GET A 1024MB VERSION FOR CRYSIS FULL BLAST AT 1080P OR AN X2 VERSION

it does make a difference, there is an article about it by legion hardware.

very informative, just google CPU scaling with a 4870x2, and you will see.

yes you need a goo cooler, and to use a good cooler you need a bigger case at HTPC cases are not high enough to support good high end coolers, and do not shift enough air for a 4870 AND an overclocked overvolted quad core.

the E8400 is very cool and uses little power aswell, and under stock voltages will hit 3.3GHz even if he does want to OC.

you realyl think on a desktop that a quad and dual core are different.... the difference on windows tasks would mainly be due to a slower HDD if anything, as the desktop uses very little in the way of CPU and power. also define windows tasks.

the 1GB makes little difference unless you are slapping on AA/AF at higher res, or insane AA at lower res.

4-5 frames at most. you will not be able to tell that on crysis, it will easily handle cryssi at 1080p maxed out, no aa/af 30+ FPs, and if you dont look at the FPS, then really you wont notice any slow downs IF there are any.

also next time no need to shout, please use the capslock key effectivly

 

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Cheers Mr Drogba, i hope it'll be easy to up the clock really what i wanted to know is the right RAm and MOBO for overclocking.

yep it will, you can easily with that ram, chip willing, get to 4GHz

(though watercooling would deffo get that)

GB boards are very very easy to OC with.

 

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Thanks buddy but no memory?

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ok drop the mobo to the gigabyte GA-Ep45-DS3, and the case the the akasa infiniti (right now its the infiniti zor, get rid of the zor, still got tool less and removable mobo tray btu looses the window AND the blue led fans) and add in the OCZ £41 4GB (2x2GB) PC6400 RAM

 

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its pre overclocked and has a very quiet and cool cooler, which is better than the ASUS, BUT if you feel more comfortable with a 3 year waranty then go for the asus.

as a compromise of both, you could get the 2 year waranty gainward card which has a cool quiet cooler, but is not pre OCed.

 

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i just need to know your current rad, as it may not be able to handle a heavily clocked qcore and one or two 4870s.

Goberpiles316

perfect, and no you wont, the freezer 7 pro comes with the brilliant MX-2 pre applied.

 

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120.2 should be fine for one CPU and GPU

ok gimmie 10 mins

 

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cross fire on P45 vs X48 with about 5% in favour for the x48, BUT the OCability of P45s is a lot higher.

if you do want X48, the ASUS Rampage Formula would be good.

also feser colour is just their for price, same witht he anti kink coil colour

 

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IMO dont get the raptor, but thats your ultimate decision, i would get the 320GB Samsung F1 and add a sound card (X-Fi Xtreme Gamer)