06-18-11, 05:02 PM
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CPU + Mobo Upgrade Advice
Thoughts? Improvements for near same $$?
CPU = Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115070 Motherboard = GIGABYTE GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128498 Review = http://www.clunk.org.uk/forums/revie...tml#post121236 Can edit BIOS from the OS, this working okay, or is it plagued with issues? Memory = G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231314 Will be running 570 GTX SLI... any problems/issues you can see? Thanks, Vanz |
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06-18-11, 07:22 PM
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Re: CPU + Mobo Upgrade Advice
Just get the 2500k. I have that same ram in my P8P67 Pro, works great.
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06-19-11, 08:40 AM
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Re: CPU + Mobo Upgrade Advice
No matter what you choose you just can't lose.
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06-20-11, 05:37 PM
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Re: CPU + Mobo Upgrade Advice
buy it from microcenter. cheaper
http://www.microcenter.com/single_pr...uct_id=0354587 Recommended to buy the 2500k instead of 2600k unless you do a lot of heavy multithreading. http://www.microcenter.com/single_pr...uct_id=0354589 Get the difference and buy a 64GB SSD to use as cache on the Z68 http://www.microcenter.com/single_pr...uct_id=0351760
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06-20-11, 07:37 PM
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Re: CPU + Mobo Upgrade Advice
ya, the 2600 is a bit more but I really hate ripping apart my whole machine to change the cpu, I think I'll spend a little more now and so I can wait a little longer until I have to do my next upgrade...
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06-21-11, 03:49 AM
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Re: CPU + Mobo Upgrade Advice
nice let us know when u get it runing...
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06-21-11, 10:40 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2005
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Re: CPU + Mobo Upgrade Advice
This is basically what what I have, except I have the Evga P67 board. I need to get the GPU, PSU and monitor...but that's a $1000 I don't have right now
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