Upgrade time!

xMagition · 18 Apr 2011 at 10:58

So I had my eyes on this:

Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor with FREE Operation Flashpoint Red River Game £167.99
(£139.99) £167.99
(£139.99)
Asus P8P67 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £129.60
(£108.00) £129.60
(£108.00)
G.Skill RipJawsX 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C9 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (F3-17000CL9D-4GBXL) £47.99
(£39.99) £47.99
(£39.99

It will be replacing a E6600, P5NE SLI and 4gb geil value ram.

Would you guys change anything from that spec?

Also i currently have a corsaid 520W PSu, will that be enough to power this badboy?

Cheers
James

stulid · 18 Apr 2011 at 11:01

You dont need ram with such a high speed rating, 1600mhz ram is more than enough, be around £40 too.

PSU is fine.

xMagition · 18 Apr 2011 at 11:05

Patriot Viper Xtreme 4GB (2x2GB) PC3-16000C9 2000MHz Dual Channel Kit

2000MHz RAM Speed, CAS 9-10-9-27 Timings, 1.55-1.65v VDIMM, Lifetime Warranty with Patriot.
Patriot 10+ in stock £59.99
(£49.99)
Something like this stulid?

stulid · 18 Apr 2011 at 11:19

No, thats even faster again

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=701&catid=8&subid=1517&sortby=priceAsc

Sorted by price, look at the top ones.

xMagition · 18 Apr 2011 at 11:47

lol okay, thanks a bunch, i was pretty into my over clocking when i ddi the E6600, is the sandybridge pretty similar? Gonna be punching it up to about 4.4-45ghz.

Alasdairhurst · 18 Apr 2011 at 12:06

You'll probably get a lot higher than 4.5ghz with sandy bridge!

pv123 · 18 Apr 2011 at 12:07

xMagition said:
lol okay, thanks a bunch, i was pretty into my over clocking when i ddi the E6600, is the sandybridge pretty similar? Gonna be punching it up to about 4.4-45ghz.

45ghz is probably going to be too high!

Jokes aside, yes it will be fine with good cooling it can even go higher...

xMagition · 18 Apr 2011 at 12:19

haha, well i though 4.5 would be awesome considering i had my E6600 at 3.6ghz. I'm not out to set the world on fire just wanted something nice for my encoding and gaming.

pastymuncher · 18 Apr 2011 at 12:29

xMagition said:
lol okay, thanks a bunch, i was pretty into my over clocking when i ddi the E6600, is the sandybridge pretty similar? Gonna be punching it up to about 4.4-45ghz.

No, completely different. It's too easy now as it's just done with the multiplier and a bump or two on voltages.