What to go for f you had £350ish

[D.Roberts]

Hi all I am hoping to sell a few of me old bits soon to go towards a new system.

I have at the moment

Q6700
ATI 4890 1gb
4gb ram
asus striker extreme

I was looking at this bundle

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-063-OE&tool=3

It looks like it would be an awsome upgrade I will be keeping the ATI 4890 1gb as I wont have enough money to get a new card.

Would this be a good upgrade or would you go for another bundle?

 

[D.Roberts]

Hi thanks for the reply.

With the setup you show would it overclock?

What attracted me to the one I posted is itsa nice over clock 4.6 :O the game I play mostly ARMA2 reqiures a lot of cpu power and the setup I choe would give that

 

[D.Roberts]

on my q6700 I use a titan fenrir the first one but I wont use it on me new build as I put a straight edge on it the other day and its crap

 

[D.Roberts]

Ah ok well and its cheaper so yeah could go fo it when/if I get the moneys

 

[D.Roberts]

I like this one

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-036-CM

none direct contact heat pipes I have learnt me lesson from direct heat pipes not saying there all like it but since I got mine I have 10 diff between cores 0,1 and 2,3 I apped me CPU made no diff checked heatsink and its all over the place load of rubbish.

 

[D.Roberts]

Much of a difference?

 

[D.Roberts]

ouch thats a lot for just the CPU

 

[D.Roberts]

Looking at the prices I would not be able to any way LOL.

 

[D.Roberts]

ARMA 2 likes speed not threads as stated yes it is suppose to use quad cores and it does kinda.

And hyperthreading in arma is a waste of time.

So I am still looking at i5 I cant afford an i7 any way

 

[D.Roberts]

tbh I am all ways behind on the latest gear MONEYS .

So upgrading from me q6700 to an i5 or some thing especially if i do go for the i5 bundle thats clocked to 4.6 I will im sure be very happy.

Oh will me ATI 4890 1gb be a bottle neck in the bundle I looked at I am thinking yes but like i say arma 2 uses CPU more really just wondering though?

 

[D.Roberts]

Ah yeah good idea I could overclock it never looked into overclocking a GPU before I have done CPU`s though.

 

[D.Roberts]

yeah I spread paste on first to fill the gaps then wipe access away.

Then applied paste to CPU and mounted it.

The problem with my heatsink is some cores stand higher then some others and prevent the heatpipe where the cores actually are from even touching correctly wish I had checked when I got the titan as I would have sent it back its rubbish.

I wont got for direct contact again tbh.

 

[D.Roberts]

ah thanks well I need to get the money first but I am going to upgrade ASAP.

I would never pucrhase a GPU till I got me new CPU setup I know I would be wating my money tbh as like I said ARMA really likes CPU speed rather than GPU.

 

[D.Roberts]

Umm I will look into it more when I get some moneys but tbh I am swaying towards a i5 2500k read a few reviews its a good chip.

Any way fingers crossed I get some moneys and its enough to start me new PC

 

[D.Roberts]

Well it seems clear to me from what I have read to that I will be going for a i5 2500k

Ok so now thats decided I may build me own system around the 2500k or I may just purchase the pre built system thats known to run at 4.6 ummmm.

Thing is I am confident in OC its just I aint 100% I will get the components that will allow me to get to 4.6 where as OCUK have all ready done the hard part for me

 

[D.Roberts]

Yeah had a little look will do closer to when I gets some moneys.

Thanks

 

[D.Roberts]

whens ib out as the price of sb may go down?

 

[D.Roberts]

ah sorry LOL thats the ones Haswell`s ah well if I get money befor then I wont wait around as a 2500k clocked to 4.6 will still be good enough for me.