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RCR

RCR

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thanks for the quick responses guys, i had heard the 2500k was a great chip, but i saw the 8120 with its 8 cores etc and thought maybe i should check it out. ive been out of the "loop" for a while so i thought i would come on here and ask as i couldnt find any benchmarks that tested the two so Thanks to cmndr andi for the link which has nailed on the choice for me, the i5 2500k it is. Now to check out other bits to go with it, so beware there will probably be more threads knocking about asking for help making up my mind :D
 
RCR said:
thanks for the quick responses guys, i had heard the 2500k was a great chip, but i saw the 8120 with its 8 cores etc and thought maybe i should check it out. ive been out of the "loop" for a while so i thought i would come on here and ask as i couldnt find any benchmarks that tested the two so Thanks to cmndr andi for the link which has nailed on the choice for me, the i5 2500k it is. Now to check out other bits to go with it, so beware there will probably be more threads knocking about asking for help making up my mind :D
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I own the 8120's little brother (FX6100) and 9.5 times out of 10 I'll still recommend the 2500k in that price bracket :)
 
well the reason i couldnt make up my mind was because of having heard about the i5 for a while now, and the bulldozer being the newest thing out and the 8 cores i thought the bulldozer may be better. As i say ive been out of the loop for a while so this is just from my point of view. But it looks like i'll be picking up an i5 2500k while its on offer, hopefully with some other bits before wednesday, as i say im VERY indecisive. I just want to get the best for my money really, which i guess is understandable. Then after all that ive just got to buid it, ive only built a computer once and that was about 6 years ago, so wish me luck :D
 
Yea, bulldozer was hotly anticipated but ultimately rather dissapointing. At the moment Intel really has this end of the market sewn up :(

If you can tell us your approximate budget and what parts you need (tower, OS, monitor, keyboard, mouse, speakers etc) then we should be able to give you an idea of a basic spec for gaming - which you can then carry over to the "General Hardware" section for refinements by the many very knowledgeable members in there.
 
well keyboard mouse monitor case speakers & DVD rw are bareable for now, atleast untill next pay day or two anyway, so im after cpu (which we have sorted) mobo ram & graphics card at the moment. I have an ocz stelth xtreme 600w psu (which i bought after blowing up a few cheap ones on my current system) its about 4 months old so i think it will be ok, what do you reckon? im looking to spend £400. :D
 
Your PSU is fine... I will have a look at mobo's etc and and post back in a sec... Are you planning on overclocking btw? also do you like to use xfire /sli configurations?

Edit: is the £400 you mentioned just for mobo ram and graphics or does it include the CPU as well?
 
BluSky said:
Your PSU is fine... I will have a look at mobo's etc and and post back in a sec... Are you planning on overclocking btw? also do you like to use xfire /sli configurations?

Edit: is the £400 you mentioned just for mobo ram and graphics or does it include the CPU as well?
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The £400 is for the cpu as well.
As for overclocking, ive never even attempted it before, not that i didnt want to, just that i didnt want to mess it up and fry somthing. From what ive heard about the 2500k it is very overclockable so maybe at some point i will have a bash.

Xfire and Sli dont interest me too much really, i probably dont understand it fully to be honest but i think id rather spend money on one good card rather than two not so good cards. plus its more that could go wrong. as i say thats just my opinion with limited knowledge:D
 
Yea, that PSU is a decent one, so stick with that.

Is the DVD-RW and IDE or SATA one? (as not too many current-gen boards still support IDE drives)

Do you have a hard drive you can re-use? (since new ones are rather expensive after the floods in Thailand)

Also, do you need to buy a new OS?
 
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cmndr_andi said:
Yea, that PSU is a decent one, so stick with that.

Is the DVD-RW and IDE or SATA one? (as not too many current-gen boards still support IDE drives)

Do you have a hard drive you can re-use? (since new ones are rather expensive after the floods in Thailand)

Also, do you need to buy a new OS?
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ahhh the dvd-rw is IDE, so if i need to i'll get a cheap and cheerful sata one.

i have a hard disc i can re use which is not too old

as for OS my other half should be getting me w7 home for my birthday in a couple of weeks :p so im ok for that too.
 
Ah, yea you will be needing a SATA DVD drive then, for a new one they cost ~£20. This one is a good option.

Good to hear you have a hard drive and OS sorted out :) With Windows 7, just make sure you get the 64 bit version.

Now for the spec, how does this look?

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If you need to get it closer to £400 you could drop the RAM down to a 4GB kit like this one - you won't really see a performance hit in games.
 
cmndr_andi said:
Ah, yea you will be needing a SATA DVD drive then, for a new one they cost ~£20. This one is a good option.

Good to hear you have a hard drive and OS sorted out :) With Windows 7, just make sure you get the 64 bit version.

Now for the spec, how does this look?

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If you need to get it closer to £400 you could drop the RAM down to a 4GB kit like this one - you won't really see a performance hit in games.
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thanks cmndr_andi for having a gander for me, this is looking good.
i think i would go for the 8gb of memory as i wasnt expecting to have to get a dvd rw as well so without that it still would have been under 400.

a quick question about memory what is Intel Extreme Memory Profile all about and is it worth spending an extra 8 quid to get http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-300-CS

starting to push the budget a little but as its on offer i thought maybe its worth a look at only 8 quid
 
cmndr_andi said:
+1

The Bulldozer is a bit cheaper (once you have claimed the rebate), but as you can see here it just isn't competitive with the i5 2500K if you are playing games - especially if you want your CPU to keep up with new games for as long as possible.
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Abit?

It's around..£40 cheaper.

The 8150 is good for a budget gaming build (cheaper than i5-2300 which it easily outclasses at stock and OC'd)


A true budget build would use the 8150; everyone assumes any FX processor is useless at any level; which just ISNT true...
 
Extreme Memory profile is a feature that allows you to quickly setup the rated timings of your RAM within the BIOS. Since when you install new RAM in a motherboard it always sets it to some default safe settings which are slower than the rated settings. You need to go into the BIOS and adjust the memory multiplier and timings so they match what they are rated for. XMP will save you about 2 mins on the initial setup and is nice to have if you aren't too comfortable changing stuff in the BIOS (though you still need to go into the BIOS to turn on XMP).

The vengeance memory is nice and XMP is useful, but it has some really annoyingly large heatsinks which will reduce your options for CPU coolers if you decide to overclock, therefore I wouldn't recommend going for it.
 
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