upgrade 6 months later..

Burtoner · 29 Sep 2011 at 15:06

Yet another spec me thread..

Original Post was here back in Feb 2011, so its been good 7 months since then.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18238350

Looking at replacing a Intel Core2duo 6600 2.4ghz with a new system

Looking around 300 quid..

I come up with this so far.

Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail with FREE TrackMania 2 Canyon PC Game £161.99

Gigabyte Z68A-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £72.98

Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9) £47.99

Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99

Sub Total : £257.46

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Total : £308.95

what you think, anything better I can do?

stulid · 29 Sep 2011 at 15:09

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-364-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1990

That motherboard has Lucid+Quicksync unlike the cheaper one, review here - http://www.kitguru.net/components/m...-z68ap-d3-z68-review-bargain-buy-of-the-year/

CinderzFTW · 29 Sep 2011 at 20:55

What are you doing about a GPU?

olivier renault · 29 Sep 2011 at 21:37

I would drop the cooler and put the £25 towards something else (better motherboard).

CinderzFTW · 29 Sep 2011 at 21:38

The motherboard is OK and the cooler is needed for the overclocking potential of that i5

Burtoner · 30 Sep 2011 at 00:38

going to stick with my ati 5870 at moment, as I only had it a year and half, to replace my old 8800gtx that packed up.

Just tried BF3 and it the hard drive is going crazy trying to load the game etc, I am also using eyeinfinity across 3 screens, and with this kind of spec pc, I suppose im defiantly pushing the limits...

If I drop the CPU Cooler for now, and use stock..

what about the board?, replace instead with this one?

Asus P8Z68-V Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £124.99

just puts me over budget of £300 to £334..

olivier renault · 30 Sep 2011 at 02:53

you need 8GB for BF3? What's the physical memory usage when in game.

Burtoner · 30 Sep 2011 at 09:29

about 55%

bobbarley · 30 Sep 2011 at 11:10

8GB is so cheap you'd be silly to only get 4GB.

Burtoner · 1 Oct 2011 at 23:18

Yeah true, thats why I thought its better to go for more than you need at that price.

stulid · 2 Oct 2011 at 00:38

Burtoner said:
what about the board?, replace instead with this one?

Asus P8Z68-V Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £124.99

just puts me over budget of £300 to £334..

Thats a good board, theres also this one - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=mb-368-gi&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1990

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/z68xp-ud3-dz68db,review-32228.html

It still does SLI/Crossfire at 8X/8X just like the ASUS and helps keep the cots down.