Will this build work together?

dAND3h

dAND3h

dAND3h

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I am 90% sure this build will all work together, but can someone just make sure because I don't want to fail

CPU/MOBO/RAM
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...odid=BU-074-OE
Graphics
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...odid=GX-114-MS
Case and PSU
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...odid=CA-233-CM
HDD
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...odid=HD-247-SE

Also, What kind of speeds will I be able to overclock that graphics card too?

Also, the bundle says it is pre-built, what exactly does that mean? Will I still have to fit the cpu cooler? Which box will it come in? How do I know if some of the parts are straight "out of the box" if it is pre-built?

Thanks
 
links arent working. it looks like you highlighted then copied links posted elsewhere in the forum as the address it is linking to has the ... in the middle

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at a guess, you have linked to the coolermaster elite 430 with 500W elite power PSU, which will be fine with any processor paired with any graphics card below an ATI 5850 in the 5000 series, below an ATI 6870 in the 6000 series, below a GTX460 in the 400 series, and below a GTX560 in the 500 series (below and including those cards)

the hard drive will be fine as long as it is SATA II 3GB/s or SATA III 6GB/s. there is literally no difference between the two as the SATA connection is not the bottleneck (the drive itself is) so hopefully you havent paid extra to get one of them. sata III is backwards compatable with SATA II.
 
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On the bundle you will need to install the cooler, the ram and psu are already in position I think.

The GPU is not to bad, BUT slightly expensive.
 
The Bundle isnt that great, the motherboard is very naff, getting separate parts will be better.


Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £167.99
(£139.99) £167.99
(£139.99)
MSI P67A-GD65 Intel P67 (socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** with FREE Coolermaster Hyper 212 Plus CPU Cooler £139.99
(£116.66) £139.99
(£116.66)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £34.99
(£29.16) £34.99
(£29.16)
Sub Total : £285.81
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £59.06
Total : £354.37

Gives you a much better board with better components 9Capacitors etc) the same cooler is included for free.

The motherboard has a simple OCGenie button to give you an instant 4.2GHZ from the CPU, but that lot can easily exceed 4.5GHZ without much effort.
 
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stulid said:
The Bundle isnt that great, the motherboard is very naff, getting separate parts will be better.


Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £167.99
(£139.99) £167.99
(£139.99)
MSI P67A-GD65 Intel P67 (socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** with FREE Coolermaster Hyper 212 Plus CPU Cooler £139.99
(£116.66) £139.99
(£116.66)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £34.99
(£29.16) £34.99
(£29.16)
Sub Total : £285.81
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £59.06
Total : £354.37

Gives you a much better board with better components 9Capacitors etc) the same cooler is included for free.

The motherboard has a simple OCGenie button to give you an instant 4.2GHZ from the CPU, but that lot can easily exceed 4.5GHZ without much effort.
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The only thing is, I dont feel too comfortable installing the cpu myself, this will be my first ever self-build and I dont really fancy blowing over 120£ by failing. I watched vid tutorials from newegg and stuff, and it seems simple enough, but how do you get the confidence to do it lol, I would be sweating all over it or something :D
 
Its really simple, just lift he leaver up, remove the plastic cover, place the CPU in (only fits one way) and close the leaver down, add thermal paste and attach the heatsink.
 
Thanks for that...Ok I just tried to order from Paypal, but I got the
Your address has not been confirmed by Paypal, as we do not accept unconfirmed addresses we must ask that you choose a different payment method through our standard checkout

message. Paypal says this on the matter:
If your seller requires a confirmed shipping address, we suggest you contact them directly. Sellers may deliver to an unconfirmed address, but they are responsible for any buyer-initiated disputes.

Is there an email address that anyone knows that I can contact them?
 
Ok well, it seems it will be a couple days before I can order. In the meantime, I was told that the mobo I originally linked does not support 1600Mhz out of the box for the RAM....Does the mobo stulid linked support it out of the box?
 
Its 1333mhz,

1600mhz and above are OC settings, meaning you need to fiddle with FSB : DRAM ratios etc to get the full speed, but memory timings and speed make little difference to Sandybridge performance.
 
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