Motherboard

hey guys,

seeing as I am a bit of a fool when it comes to computer knowledge, I was hoping you guize could advise me on buying a new motherboard.

I am getting the intel i5 2500k sandybridge 1155 socket processor and i understand that the mobo needs the 1155 socket thingy.

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But what else should i be looking out for? i've been to overclockers.co.uk and there are z68 and p67 chipsets, and I don't know what the differences are

I would appreciate any help!

honestly, best bet, call them there phone geeks are very good on advising and dont just pull money out of you


i get my bundles from them, the overclocked 4.0+ghz ones, ram, mobo and processer all in one, magic

Good idea Nayt (:

cant help sorry

your ram could be DDR2 and your new motherboard is probably going to have DDR3 support only. thats one thing.

and the new motherboard maybe only support SATA hardware. DVD/cdrom or hardrives.

My ram is DDR3

Here is what i have so far:


http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-493-AS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1990

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Intel-Sandybridge-i5-2500K-Quad-Core-Processor/dp/B004FA8NX2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1324593200&sr=8-1


http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gigabyte-nVIDIA-GTX560TI-PCI--Graphics/dp/B004K8R8MG/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1324592797&sr=1-1


http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-094-KS


http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-248-SE


What do you guize think?

change the grafic card to another company I only got problems with that grafic card from gigabyte.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Asus-GeForce-560TI-DirectCUII-Graphics/dp/B004K8R8DA/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1324598591&sr=1-1


I have that one and it never failed me so far. not even a singel grafic glitch

the rest of the stuff looks gooood. almost makes me want to buy new stuff

Thanks for the input exe and every one else! It means a lot.

I'll definitely spend the extra 4 quid and get the ASUS card if you recommend it.

With regards to the PSU, does the make need to be the same as the case?

Or is it that the psu has to have the dimensions to fit in the casE?

1tb is good, but there are 2tbs ith a 64mb cache out there for not much more money,

ram is shite cheap at the mo so thats a good deal, i personally prefer corsair for example http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-300-CS

graphics wait about 3 weeks the new 7000 series of ATI card has just been announced and nvida are bound to pull theres out the bag too, so wait for the price drop on the current " high cards " i cant wait to go backto nvida, or im going to crossfire (sli for AMD cards) my 6970


honestly tho... look at this

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=43&catid=2053

its pre built, stable oc, properly built and best of all its under warrenty overclockers shipped a faulty peice and they sent a courier out for luckily for me on the same day! 3 days later new ram, im happy boom!

this is mine:
https://nwa-clan.darkbb.com/t1601-well-here-she-is-introducing-big-bertha

and https://nwa-clan.darkbb.com/t3615-show-us-your-gaming-setup-desk-area-room?highlight=desk has a few details of my other rig, a i3 4ghz for video editying, torrents, audio stuff, all sorts

go for it


when I had that grafic card from gigabyte I could google stuff but I couldnt watch a normal movie or youtube clip and my screen turned black..

I was like WTF?!? well I try to reinstall my computer and it didnt work.
so I went back to my old grafic card and I started to google about Gigabyte nvidia GTX560 TI problems.

its allot of people having problem with that grafic card from gigabyte.

so yes I definitely recommend that grafic card from Asus.

Thing is Nayt, I do have a budget. For the items selected the cost is 630 pounds (with the case) and I still have the PSU to buy and the optical drive. I can only go past £700 by a tad.

Nayt everyone cant afford a NASA computer like you

It's not NASA spec anymore


Some of those oc'd bundles are well within any budget mate, plus you get the Bonus of being built professionally

The thing is, If I were to buy the components separately it would be cheaper. The extra cost is for assembly and overclock, two things which I can (try to) do myself xD

Fair play mate, when ya thinking of doing it all?

between now and the 5th Jan

I say take it now so you can play PR with us

That's how bad I want it , I MISS PR :'(

but most of all, I miss pr with you guize!

Yeah man get back!

Just wait till 25th overclockers might have a wicked daily deal

Do they usually do such a thing?

Yeah they got a advent calendar of deals on the go, and the 25th is there biggest deal of all, worth keeping an eye on

Of course Nayt I'll probably wait till the 25th to check for special xmas deals, but here is what I have in mind so far:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-248-SE
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-094-KS
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Antec-Three-Hundred-Midi-Case/dp/B0017Q8IAA/ref=sr_1_2?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1324590531&sr=1-2
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Asus-GeForce-560TI-DirectCUII-Graphics/dp/B004K8R8DA/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1324598591&sr=1-1
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Intel-Sandybridge-i5-2500K-Quad-Core-Processor/dp/B004FA8NX2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1324593200&sr=8-1
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-483-AS
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/650w-psu-ocz-technology-zs-series-zs650w-uk-86-eff-80-plus-bronze-sli-crossfire-eps-12v-135mm-quiet-
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CD-099-SA&groupid=701&catid=10&subcat=951

Price: £662.5

Without going through your links what's your case? If budget is 700 can you get the antec 1200, it's a great case, cable manegment, good air flow, but it is BIg

antec midi 300 it's 44 pounds

can't really go above 700 pounds

i've got the 300, its a good case. looks nice, stylish and good airflow, however it is quite small and is a little cramped with all the stuff i've got in there (though it all fits fine)

Have you checked that your graphics card will fit? My 8800's were big, my 6970 is like 10/12" and I'm not bragging

if he buy Asus geforce 560 TI it will fit. I have that grafic card in a antec 300 case

the tricky part is the motherboard but it wasnt a problem for me.

Here is an update on the situation. My dad is being a bit of an arse............

He wants me to buy a prebuilt rig as there is more insurance on the build quality. I found a quasi decent deal on overclockers where they've overclocked the i5 3.3 ghz sandybridge to 4.4 but the ram is reduced to 4g and the hard drive is only 500g.

I told him about the reduced cost of a prebuilt system so that's the main argument lost on him.

Any positives of buying a custom built rig that I can use to argue my case?

I get by on 465GB, what you need 500 for I'm not sure

I have a lot of films

Keep it, then get a 1tb on top, in a few weeks that way windows and your main games like pr and stuff can all be on the main HDD and everything else on your big boy drive

i suppose getting an external drive is better

No, loose a USB slot and need a extra power plug,
A 1tb internal with your 500gb will be fine

Dis is what I went for in the end due to reduced funds because of excessive drinking at Christmas

Case: Antec 300 Case with Purple LED Fans
Power Supply: OCZ ZS 650w PSU
CPU: Intel Core i5 2500K 3.30GHz @ 4.60GHz Sandybridge CPU (courtesy of Overclockers UK )
Motherboard: Intel Z68 DDR3 Motherboard
Cooler: OcUK H2 Flo CPU Cooler
RAM: 8GB DDR3 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit
Hard Drive: 500GB HDD
Graphics Card: ATI Radeon HD 6850 1GB

I will upgrade the Hard drive and Graphics with more time and money

I am still pretty happeh