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messiah

Sat Mar 31 2012, 02:18PM

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Im looking for a decent motherboard, ram & CPU bundle.... The CPU would probably be an i5 2500K. ram has to be good as well. Looking to pay around £300 - £350

Dakota

Sat Mar 31 2012, 03:58PM

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Check this one Peter, looks ok 2x Sata3 ports and it's ATX
>> Click here for link<<

skbar247

Sat Mar 31 2012, 04:47PM

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Has good OC capabilities, should get 4.5 on air with i5 2500k but get a good cooler!

messiah

Wed Apr 04 2012, 06:50PM

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My i5 2500k is en route along with 8GB of Corsair 1600MHz DDR3 Vengeance Memory and an Asus P8Z68-V LX Motherboard. I already have a Corsair ForceGT 120 SDD.

skbar247

Wed Apr 04 2012, 09:18PM

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What cooler are you getting?

messiah

Wed Apr 04 2012, 11:14PM

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I was just planning to use the one that came with the chip as I wont be overclocking it.

skbar247

Thu Apr 05 2012, 04:14PM

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YOU WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
No way mate, you goto OC the chip, 4.0 easy with the intel heatsink but for £25 quid >> Click here for link<<

Here is the link to the best OC guide which I use. You can get 4.6 with little effort. I get 15fps more by OC the chip.

madmike32

Fri Apr 06 2012, 02:40PM

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Nice rig you will have peter ...yeah defo OC it to at least 4ghz..with a reasonable heatsink as heatsinks aren't much ...do buy decent paste like arctic silver as thermal efficiency is far better...and at 4ghz oc which would be easy you would see at least 10 fps more in games

...Let us know how you get on with your build etc peter

...

Mike

messiah

Fri Apr 06 2012, 03:28PM

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I have the board and memory but my i5 is in City-Link in Wigan. Its a 30 minute drive for me on Saturday or I can wait till Tuesday....


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