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Grimspoon

Grimspoon

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Budget R10K give or take, can up it if need be.

What I need:

- Motherboard, love the Asus range so one of them but there are so many god knows which to choose.
- CPU, Think after seeing the disappointing reviews on the bulldozer I will settle for the i5 2500K
- Gaming Ram, One of the bundles with 2 or 3 x 2GB chips. 1600 vs 2000? Big difference?
- GFX, have my heart set on the 6970 HD, sounds like a great card.
- Power supply, something branded, Corsair sound decent?

Machine will be used mostly for gaming along with the usual email and creating kids birthday invitations.

Thanks!
Grim
 
I would not upgrade if i had your specs. New intel released jan, new amd gpu's before xmas possibly.

I am assuming you are upgrading your sig specs :D.
 
killadoob said:
I would not upgrade if i had your specs. New intel released jan, new amd gpu's before xmas possibly.

I am assuming you are upgrading your sig specs :D.
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Ok, good advice. I am not in a rush, so I can wait especially if the new chips will be out in Jan.

Yeah my current rig is the one in my sig. :)
 
killadoob said:
I would not upgrade if i had your specs. New intel released jan, new amd gpu's before xmas possibly.

I am assuming you are upgrading your sig specs :D.
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What new Intel chips are these??? LGA1155 will still be around regardless, Ivy Bridge on there is only bringing 10-15% more performance, that wont be noticed in most games anyway. If you are talking about LGA2011, good luck with that, the chipset alone is $30 more than LGA1155 iirc, its going to be expensive, more so than LGA1366 was. @OP - dont waste time waiting, just get SB now if you looking for an upgrade.

The only thing worth waiting for right now is new GPU's
RAM, do NOT get anything above 1600mhz, its a waste of time unless you are running very specific applications
PSU wise, anything corsair is fine. On a single GPU 500W is ample
Motherboard, pick to suit your budget really, but you'll want P67 or Z68 for the OC potential
Finally, yes, the 2500k is the only contender right now
 
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Grimspoon said:
Budget R10K give or take, can up it if need be.

What I need:

- Motherboard, love the Asus range so one of them but there are so many god knows which to choose.
- CPU, Think after seeing the disappointing reviews on the bulldozer I will settle for the i5 2500K
- Gaming Ram, One of the bundles with 2 or 3 x 2GB chips. 1600 vs 2000? Big difference?
- GFX, have my heart set on the 6970 HD, sounds like a great card.
- Power supply, something branded, Corsair sound decent?

Machine will be used mostly for gaming along with the usual email and creating kids birthday invitations.

Thanks!
Grim
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AMD's Piledriver CPUs come out next year and the Graphics Core Next GPUs as well. You really have no reason to upgrade your PC.
 
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2384909,00.asp#fbid=siasAe69N3a

Well there is a lot of chatter at the moment, so unless you know something new archer it seems like a nice performance boost. Many reasons to wait but i could be wrong. Look at those amd benchies we saw a while back nobody believed them and they were 100% correct. So it's not always an exact science knowing what to wait for what not to wait for, when something will land, when it will be delayed.

If you know something different then lay it out and tell us bud.

Considering the entry level will be slightly more than the 2600k waiting seems like a decent option, worst case scenario it is delayed until march and then you go ahead and buy. I dunno let us know what you think or what other info you have.

I have read it will be available for desktops as well and could be a replacement for the 2600k but you can enlighten me if i am wrong or read wrong information
 
killadoob said:
Considering the entry level will be slightly more than the 2600k waiting seems like a decent option, worst case scenario it is delayed until march and then you go ahead and buy. I dunno let us know what you think or what other info you have.
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Exactly my point. Nevermind the motherboard cost that will be in the area of $30-50 more than its SB counterpart. So entry level you are looking at what, R5.5k for mobo and CPU alone? Nevermind with the quad channel memory you are obliged to get 4 RAM sticks as well

Think of LGA1366 vs LGA1156, which was the gaming platform? The latter, because it was cheaper, and came within 5% performance during games of its expensive counterparts
 
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Well we can thank amd for what is too cum because they have produced fking BS so intel is free to charge whatever they like because they have no comp.

His rig is decent so i have no idea if it worth waiting for a cpu now that amd looks like shyte but wait for bloody gpu at least :D. I know i won't buy until next year. my q9550 and 920 is perfect compared to the garbage amd released. Granted now intel have no comp so prices will stay the same, stupid fking amd planning for an OS 1 year down the road. Thanx you bunch of idiots. Plan now sell plenty and then bring out windows 8 and sell plenty, not rocket science you nooblets :(.

Buy the 2600k amd is full of crap again so i doubt intel will feel the need to be cheap because amd suck so hard.

Soz i hope this post makes sense in the morning :D.
 
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Again, you do realise half the issues with the chips are due to GF?? Yes, there are other issues as well but if GF had done their job properly I'd wager we'd be looking at 4.5ghz stock clocks with much lower power draws. I really dont understand why you feel the need to completely trash AMD at every turn :confused:
 
Hey Grim,

I've drawn-up a recommendation for you, based on what you've specified:

ASUS P8Z68-V LGA1155 Intel Desktop Motherboard
Estimated Stock Level: In stock with Supplier
QTY: 1 Price (Each): R1949.00 Incl. VAT Price (All): R1949.00 Incl. VAT

Intel Core i5-2500K 3.3GHz LGA1155 32nm Quad-Core - Retail
Estimated Stock Level: In stock with Supplier
QTY: 1 Price (Each): R2079.00 Incl. VAT Price (All): R2079.00 Incl. VAT

G.Skill F3-12800CL8D-8GBXM 2x4GB DDR3-1600 CL8 Ripjaws-X - Desktop Memory
Estimated Stock Level: In stock with Wootware
QTY: 1 Price (Each): R774.00 Incl. VAT Price (All): R774.00 Incl. VAT

Sapphire Radeon HD6970 2GB PCI-E Graphics Card - Retail
Estimated Stock Level: In stock with Supplier
QTY: 1 Price (Each): R3799.00 Incl. VAT Price (All): R3799.00 Incl. VAT

Corsair TX750W, Eps12V, ATX 12V V2.2 - 750W (12v: 720W), nVidia SLi Ready
Estimated Stock Level: In stock with Supplier
QTY: 1 Price (Each): R1290.00 Incl. VAT Price (All): R1290.00 Incl. VAT

TOTAL: R 9 891.00 incl. VAT

With regards to your memory question, I'd recommend checking out these memory-benchmarks on Sandy-Bridge:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4503/sandy-bridge-memory-scaling-choosing-the-best-ddr3/1
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/memory/2011/01/11/the-best-memory-for-sandy-bridge/1

The conclusion of both of those benchmarks are: RAM-speed doesn't have that much of a real-world performance impact on Sandy-Bridge setups. Rather than getting the very high-spec memory, you could better spend the money on other components.

We'd be more than willing to assist you with your upgrade, should you decide to go ahead and could advise you further via PM or through our support email.
 
Archer said:
Again, you do realise half the issues with the chips are due to GF?? Yes, there are other issues as well but if GF had done their job properly I'd wager we'd be looking at 4.5ghz stock clocks with much lower power draws. I really dont understand why you feel the need to completely trash AMD at every turn :confused:
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Yea i so feel the need to trash them i was lining up my next upgrade and holding out to see what they brought, that is how much i dislike them, my anger is frustration with their inability to bring something out that can compete.
 
killadoob said:
Yea i so feel the need to trash them i was lining up my next upgrade and holding out to see what they brought, that is how much i dislike them, my anger is frustration with their inability to bring something out that can compete.
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I'm in the same boat, I have also been waiting on BD before upgrading. But I also realise there are things beyond AMDs control. They dont have the moola that Intel has to set up their own fabs, so they rely quite heavily on the foundries to get their processes right. As we've seen with several GPU lines recently the sub 40nm stuff is giving everyone a headache, barring Intel for the most part. That said, there are things that are under AMDs control, and they might have been able to do some things differently.
 
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Yea for one they could have said look we won't be targeting the top end stuff so don't hold out and get your hopes up :D.

That seems a pretty decent rig hey except buying a gpu now could be the wrong choice if you something that can last a few months, that is if ati amd release on time but they usually bring it in that regard i think :D.
 
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Grimspoon said:
Budget R10K give or take, can up it if need be.

What I need:

- Motherboard, love the Asus range so one of them but there are so many god knows which to choose.
- CPU, Think after seeing the disappointing reviews on the bulldozer I will settle for the i5 2500K
- Gaming Ram, One of the bundles with 2 or 3 x 2GB chips. 1600 vs 2000? Big difference?
- GFX, have my heart set on the 6970 HD, sounds like a great card.
- Power supply, something branded, Corsair sound decent?

Machine will be used mostly for gaming along with the usual email and creating kids birthday invitations.

Thanks!
Grim
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Based on your sig's specs I also don't think there is a need to spend 10k on that PC now unless you honestly feel that you are being held back at the moment...

I just know that I've been in that boat before where I upgraded only to realise that for gaming there is not that big a difference. Sure, FPS might have increased, but I might have a bad eye or something, but after 3- - 40 fps I really don't see a difference compared to the guy next to me on 120 fps.

I would rather take that 10k, put it in a 3 month Capitec account, get the 6 - 7 % on that and then use it when you feel that you need to make a change... And then I'd most likely recommend you to just upgrade the GPU, but yeas. Maybe wait with that as well..
 
would be:

bulldozer fx8120
crosshair 5 formula
8gb ripjaws x 1600
6950 unlocked to 6970 or just buy a 6970
Corsair tx 750watt v2
 
hereticangel: why would you want to suggest an AMD Bulldozer CPU when the Intel Core i5 2400 outperforms it in all the games...

Also, a Corsair TX650v2 PSU would be more than enough for any single GPU graphics card, and even for most dual GPU cards too.
Currently the Antec VP550P is also worth looking at.
 
Libertas Computers said:
Based on your sig's specs I also don't think there is a need to spend 10k on that PC now unless you honestly feel that you are being held back at the moment...

I just know that I've been in that boat before where I upgraded only to realise that for gaming there is not that big a difference. Sure, FPS might have increased, but I might have a bad eye or something, but after 3- - 40 fps I really don't see a difference compared to the guy next to me on 120 fps.

I would rather take that 10k, put it in a 3 month Capitec account, get the 6 - 7 % on that and then use it when you feel that you need to make a change... And then I'd most likely recommend you to just upgrade the GPU, but yeas. Maybe wait with that as well..
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Sound advise.

Have decided to wait. Will buy next year I think.
 
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