What to buy for a good SB "base"?
Hi All,
I recently "donated" my PC's motherboard, RAM and CPU to my wife's PC as it kind of died a death so as result I would like to get some up-to-date parts into it...!
I've not been in the "scene" for a while and have lost touch of what is latest and greatest, however, I did a little research and picked out the following items:
- MSI P67A-GD53 (B3)
- i5-2500K
- Corsair Vengeance 4GB PC3-12800
I already have a PSU (Seasonic X-750), Case, Hard disk(s) and graphics card (currently a HD4890, but an upgrade for that will be done after the "main" parts as I have effectively no PC at the moment).
I do plan to do a little overclocking on this rig so does anyone have any recommendations for better motherboards (such as Asus P8P67 - Scan.co.uk are doing a bundle with a i5-2500K for 280GBP), or should I go for a Z68 chipset instead of P67? (I don't exactly need those extra technologies).
Thanks for any input or recommendations on this, my head is spinning with choice at the moment! :)
Re: What to buy for a good SB "base"?
try get the z68, as some of the gigabyte motherboards like the ud7 z68 b3 the one i got are compatible for the next intel cpu ivy bridge, i wouldnt touch asus as it got virtua that a no go for me, i wait for the next gen kepler or the hd7000 series, as they both take advantage of dx11