Tweek my spec?

olivier renault · 26 Jul 2011 at 22:32

Seems a bit moot spending so much on a cooler with a chip that you won't be able to overclock much.

That's £50 you could spend on a GPU or a quad-core Sandy.

my $0.02.

UncleRuckus · 27 Jul 2011 at 02:32

olivier renault said:
Seems a bit moot spending so much on a cooler with a chip that you won't be able to overclock much.

That's £50 you could spend on a GPU or a quad-core Sandy.

my $0.02.

Yeah sure the cooler is a bit of a luxury item in this build, but it seems fantastic and would cover me will for future upgrades; having said that what would you suggest with a regular cooler and a better CPU?

olivier renault · 27 Jul 2011 at 08:18

get the cooler later, and get a better CPU in the first place

That will destroy any overclocked AMD. I suppose you are banking on Bulldozer, then I'd either wait instead of getting caught in vaporware or get a 2500K now.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £161.99
1 x Asus GeForce GTX 560 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
1 x Asus P8P67 LE Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** *LOWEST UK PRICE* £68.98
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £49.99
Total : £442.34 (includes shipping : £9.50).

Motherboard and GPU are budget though. If you have an extra £50, I would spend on the mobo + GPU instead of again, a cooler, and get 4GB ram as well. Cooler, 8GB, all that can wait when you can get a good motherboard and good GPU. A 2500K stock is plenty fast, especially if you were considering Phenom II and i5-2400 originally. If you can stretch your budget, then by all mean, 8GB + a cooler

Jordan97 · 27 Jul 2011 at 14:57

I thought you were getting the 2500K anyway?

UncleRuckus · 28 Jul 2011 at 21:20

olivier renault said:
get the cooler later, and get a better CPU in the first place That will destroy any overclocked AMD. I suppose you are banking on Bulldozer, then I'd either wait instead of getting caught in vaporware or get a 2500K now.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £161.99
1 x Asus GeForce GTX 560 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
1 x Asus P8P67 LE Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** *LOWEST UK PRICE* £68.98
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £49.99
Total : £442.34 (includes shipping : £9.50).

Motherboard and GPU are budget though. If you have an extra £50, I would spend on the mobo + GPU instead of again, a cooler, and get 4GB ram as well. Cooler, 8GB, all that can wait when you can get a good motherboard and good GPU. A 2500K stock is plenty fast, especially if you were considering Phenom II and i5-2400 originally. If you can stretch your budget, then by all mean, 8GB + a cooler

Hi I haven't placed the order yet, not going into the reasons

Does the CPU listed come with a cooler Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz?

Jordan97 · 28 Jul 2011 at 21:31

UncleRuckus said:
Hi I haven't placed the order yet, not going into the reasons

Does the CPU listed come with a cooler Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz?

Yes it does because it is the retail version. However, if you plan on overclocking it, you will have to get an aftermarket cooler because the stock cooler is pretty poor.

UncleRuckus · 28 Jul 2011 at 21:33

Jordan97 said:
Yes it does because it is the retail version. However, if you plan on overclocking it, you will have to get an aftermarket cooler because the stock cooler is pretty poor.

Bless you, thanks very much

Jordan97 · 28 Jul 2011 at 21:34

UncleRuckus said:
Bless you, thanks very much

No problem

olivier renault · 28 Jul 2011 at 21:34

you can always do that later. 2500K not fast enough already?

I would get a better mobo though for overclocking, and 3rd party cooler.

http://itshootout.com/r-353/asus-p8p67-le-motherboard-review/p/3/

UncleRuckus · 28 Jul 2011 at 21:41

Okay So I'm not sure which to get now the one above or get the Intel Core i5-2300 2.80GHz and save £30. What is all this 2500k processors? I haven't built a rig in years

Jordan97 · 28 Jul 2011 at 21:43

The 2300 will not be able to be overclocked because it is a non K chip. The 2500K is able to be overclocked.

It all depends on whether you want to overclock the CPU or you are happy with the stock speeds.

UncleRuckus · 28 Jul 2011 at 21:45

This is my revised, revised spec.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £169.99
1 x Asus GeForce GTX 560 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £154.99
1 x Asus P8P67 LE Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £68.98
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £47.99
Total : £441.95 (includes shipping : FREE).

Jordan97 · 28 Jul 2011 at 21:48

Looks good! However, if you dropped to 4GB of RAM, then you could use the money saved to buy a cooler and overclock the CPU.

I would recommend this RAM:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-203-CS

And this cooler:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-001-GD&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=1395

UncleRuckus · 28 Jul 2011 at 21:51

Jordan97 said:
Looks good! However, if you dropped to 4GB of RAM, then you could use the money saved to buy a cooler and overclock the CPU.

I would recommend this RAM:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-203-CS

And this cooler:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-001-GD&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=1395

I do a lot of gaming and programming too, going to be starting a OU degree, I'm just thinking that there maybe be some assignments crunching prime number; do you think I would benefit more with 8gig of ram?

Jordan97 · 28 Jul 2011 at 21:55

For gaming alone I would recommend 4GB because games still use 32-bit architecture. But because it will be used for programming and the likes, you will benefit from 8GB.

UncleRuckus · 28 Jul 2011 at 22:05

Jordan97 said:
For gaming alone I would recommend 4GB because games still use 32-bit architecture. But because it will be used for programming and the likes, you will benefit from 8GB.

Ah okay. Now just the decide to get the faster CPU now or get it later and donate the slower one to the missus.

olivier renault · 29 Jul 2011 at 08:39

I doubt any of your assignments will require 8GB of RAM

I would use the money towards a better mobo personally. Careful with that motherboard and 3rd party coolers, it's cramped around the socket. ANd it's only 4+1 phase (iirc), so wont do massive overclocks, but should be good just over 4GHz.