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Building New PC - Research Phase

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I know I'm being a jerk (lately?) but IB is not the 3rd generation Intel core chips. It's just a tick, not a new generation

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I don't want to wait for IB anyway, i can easily upgrade this configuration later.

 

Thanks

 

The memory standard for that board:

 

DDR3 2200(O.C.) / 2133(O.C.) / 1866(O.C.) / 1600 / 1333 / 1066

 

Thanks a lot for that

Zeljko Budovic

  • 2 months later...

After a reasonably long wait for the Ivy Bridge CPU's to come out, ive finally come out with this. ANy suggestions on what needs improving? Could we keep it under £900 though. Just to let you know, I already have a moniter:

 

Sony AD-7261S-0B 24x DVD±R, 12xDVD±DL, DVD+RW x8/-RWx6 ,12xRAM SATA, Black, Lightscribe, OEM


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All works out at about £821. Any good?

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hold steady,

 

When you get a decent cpu cooler [dark rock pro is my suggestion], you need LOW PROFILE RAM, or it wont fit ;).

 

The cpu cooler isn't great, try and go for the above

 

I would go with the sandybridge over the IVY, I bought mine 2weeks ago. IVY bridge needs more volts and doesn't overclock as well, which FSX really benefits from.

 

Also, ASUS boards are better than gigabyte in my opinion, I would go with the P8Z77.

 

560 Is ok, try and squeeze to a 670.

 

Alex

Alex Ridge

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Are you really asking us our opinion on which DVD drive you should have? And I suppose the numerous treads suggesting that there is no point in getting an i7 obviously passed you by.

Paul Smith.

Paul,

 

Im a complete rookie when it comes to constructing a computer so I need all the help I can get. As for the I7 threads, you are completely right and I apologise.

 

Alex,

 

What do you mean by Low profile ram??

Pioneer DVR-S19LBK 24x DVD±R, 12x DVD±DL, DVD+RW x8/-RW x6, RAM x12, SATA, Black, Retail Labelflash


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Comes to £851

I agree with you Dazz,

 

I'm upgrading my machine in the next 2-4 weeks.

I'll be using an I5 Ivy and the fastest Ram I can get my hands on.

Already got a 570 GPU so I'll keep that, throw in a 120gb SSD for FSX and a H100 Corsair cooler.

 

Gotta say though my Original I7 920 oc @ 4ghz has done me proud the last 2 years.

That was the CPU that really set FSX alight

Phil Mosley - Rotation Films

http://youtube.com/rotationfsx

@RotationFilms

Thanks for your help Dazz. Is it not worth getting 12GB or 16GB?

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