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SY573M

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Hi all, finally have some parts for my PC

I already have the following, 21.5 inch Samsung HD screen, HDD, cd/dvd writer, Corsair GS600 psu, CM elite 430

I will be buying the ASUS GTX560 ti Direct CU GPu (core clock at 830 MHz) will try to OC to 900MHz
the ASUS GTX560 ti Direct CUii GPU runs at 900MHz stock but its a bit more

Im getting the i5 2400 too no OC for me

What id like to know is should I get the ASUS P8H67 LGA1155 Intel H67 B3 Revision Motherboard or the
ASUS P8H67-M LX LGA1155 Intel H67 B3 Revision (MATX) the 1st one has 4 DDR3 1333 ram slots and the other one has 2 slots, both have sata iii

Id like to go for 8GB ram for gaming and some simple video editing and photshop
will I be fine if have 2 4GB sticks ? or should I go for 4 @gb sticks ? Heat wise what will be better ? make will be gskill or corsair XMS3
I will be gaming a lot on this pc not worried about maxing all my games but will a basic H61 intel mobo be fine or should I stick with the asus ? or even go for a Gigabyte, biostar or ecs MOBO they are all dirt cheap

love the site
 
NomNom said:
1. ASUS P8H67 LGA1155 Intel H67
2. 4x2GB
3. ASUS

Make sure you get a 64bit operating system.
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^^ This. And maybe the RAM preferably Corsair, but that's just me..

If you don't get 64bit you will be limited to 4Gb RAM. So out of all of it that is the most important bit.
 
Will be Win 7 ultimate 64bit

Thanks, guess I'll be getting the cheaper ASUS motherboard, just a little worried about heat.....should be fine in a mid size case with 3 or 4 120mm fans
 
SY573M said:
Will be Win 7 ultimate 64bit

Thanks, guess I'll be getting the cheaper ASUS motherboard, just a little worried about heat.....should be fine in a mid size case with 3 or 4 120mm fans
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Should be fine. The Elite 430 isn't bad either. I've got the Elite 371.

If you are worried you can have a look at the P8H67-M which is basically the same motherboard with on-board VGA, but no USB3.0. (The P8H67-M Pro has USB3.0 but is a bit more..)
 
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