Hey all!
I am attempting to build a new computer for myself and have all the parts except the Motherboard and the Processor. Since the two should be chosen together I was looking for some expert advice on which ones to pick.
I currently have a £500 budget to buy these two components but I'm not sure if pending that amount is necessary. They will primarily be used for gaming and occasional 3D Modeling, Server Hosting, Video editing and rarely game recording while playing.
I was looking towards the Core i5-2500K but would like a processor that I can overclock as much as possible. Are the only limits to how far you can overclock a processor the heat that is generated from it? (Unless clashing clock cycles are already a now-day problem) I have the Thermaltake Water 2.0 Extreme to work with and want to get to around 4.5 possibly 5 GHz. Do you think I could push it past 5Ghz?
I would also like the Mobo to support Raid 0 since I have two of these SSDs Samsung 830 Series 64GB Solid State Drive SATA 6Gb/s 256MB
Which SATA cable revision should I get for this? If I could get more than two SATA connector slots on the motherboard that would be a great bonus!
The motherboard would also need to at least have two DDR3 ram slots since I have two Vengenace 8GB 1600MHz CL10s
I also need to be able to attach a ATI Radeon X850 XT to the motherboard.
I appreciate that this seems like a massive request but I have taken five weeks to try and find my processor and mobo combination and I am still stuck. I have included links to the components to make everyone's life easier, all help, advice and time spent on this is very much appreciated. =]
I am attempting to build a new computer for myself and have all the parts except the Motherboard and the Processor. Since the two should be chosen together I was looking for some expert advice on which ones to pick.
I currently have a £500 budget to buy these two components but I'm not sure if pending that amount is necessary. They will primarily be used for gaming and occasional 3D Modeling, Server Hosting, Video editing and rarely game recording while playing.
I was looking towards the Core i5-2500K but would like a processor that I can overclock as much as possible. Are the only limits to how far you can overclock a processor the heat that is generated from it? (Unless clashing clock cycles are already a now-day problem) I have the Thermaltake Water 2.0 Extreme to work with and want to get to around 4.5 possibly 5 GHz. Do you think I could push it past 5Ghz?
I would also like the Mobo to support Raid 0 since I have two of these SSDs Samsung 830 Series 64GB Solid State Drive SATA 6Gb/s 256MB
Which SATA cable revision should I get for this? If I could get more than two SATA connector slots on the motherboard that would be a great bonus!
The motherboard would also need to at least have two DDR3 ram slots since I have two Vengenace 8GB 1600MHz CL10s
I also need to be able to attach a ATI Radeon X850 XT to the motherboard.
I appreciate that this seems like a massive request but I have taken five weeks to try and find my processor and mobo combination and I am still stuck. I have included links to the components to make everyone's life easier, all help, advice and time spent on this is very much appreciated. =]