Upgrade advice needed for Sandy Bridge build

[kalniel]

All I need to make sure of is I can OC my Sandy without worrying about the memory getting to hot.

OCing sandy bridge has nothing to do with memory any more, so it won't get hot at all.

[Frank31uk]

Thanks Kalniel for letting me know that. I dont have a great understanding of all the voltages and heat these components give off. But from what I have read I do understand the 2500k on a good cooler can achieve some pretty amazing results. As I mentioned earlier I would like to achieve 4.5Ghz without hopefully to much voltage needed but as a rule to myself I will not attempt pushing my chip past 1.35v. I also understand to keep the BCLK at 100 so I gather and hope it`s just a simple case of setting the multiplier to 45 on all cores.
Regarding Ram I am still keen on the G-Skill 4GB (2x2GB) kit. I dont feel the extra £10 for going from 1333Mhz to 1600Mhz Ripjaws-X is a worthwile move. I dont think you would notice it apart from doing a benchmark? In games on identical rigs with different memory speeds, who could tell them apart. Correct me if I am wrong...

[Frank31uk]

So this would be my final new system after ugrade with goals and thoughts added :-

CPU - Intel i5 2500k running @4.5Ghz under 1.35v (not exceeding 1.35v!)
HS+Fan - Hyper 212+ using push/pull method with matching fans
Motherboard - P8P67 vanilla B3 revision model (dont need added features or Crossfire)
RAM - G-Skill 4GB 1333Mhz Ripjaws @1.5V (Room to upgrade & 1.5v good for SB setup)
Storage - Velociraptor 150GB (Dont need much storage & upgrade to SSD when cheaper)
Graphics Card - Radeon HD4870 1GB (will be upgraded later in the year)
PSU - Corsair TX750w (Can handle my upgraded components so no need to change)
Case - Antec 1200 (Excellent cooling and lots of room, no need to change)
OS - Windows 7 64bit (Retail version so activation should be fine on upgrade)
Monitor - Samsung 2232BW (My window of pleasure, lol)

The cost of upgrade will be £250 exactly. Not bad me thinks.

Would be interested on anybodys recommendations to this setup. Cheers guys.

[zymoloid1081]

Id recommend 4gb (2x2gb) corsair vengeance ram

[jonathan_phang]

One issue with the Asus P8P67 the vanilla board, the 2nd pci-e x16 slot is only actually a x4 slot so if you have any plans for crossfire/sli this is not a good choice
You want the Pro or EVO version.

I am also looking to upgrade to the sandy bridge/2500k combination, and I currently run 2x 5850s in CFX, so I've been a bit worried about the potential performance drop with thee Asus P8P67 boards. Thought I would just add a few bits of info incase this thread pops up in a search and peeps do want multicard info.

I've been looking at the Deluxe version of that board, which will run 2 lanes at x8 speed, although apparently the PRO will do that as well. Its just the vanilla one that will run at x16 x4 speed. Mind you, if you look here the graphs compare scaling with the deluxe and the vanilla, and the drop isnt that much at higher resolutions, so its not going to be terrible even if you decide to go multi card later. I need to do some more research but I've read snippets about mobos with a special Nforce card that can aid in the performance of scaling - If anyone knows then please post.

Is there anything that that would limit your OC potential if you didnt go for the PRO/deluxe? Its just that in pretty much every 2500k review, thats the board that is used and I wonder if thats what might work best.

Thanks for the other links though - I'm guessing that triple channel isnt necessary then? Oh and one more thing. I have a TRUE 120 cooler for my Q6600 and someone mentioned that the mounting holes are the same (along with the actual CPU dimensions) so effectively you can use any 775 cooler too. Is this true? Would save me a bit of money (Esp if I have to shell out £1170+ for the mobo!!!).

OP - thanks for the thread, lots of good info and hope this isnt too much of a highjack.
JP

EDIT - Looks like the NF200 doesnt make much difference for dual systems but useful for tri (!!!) card systems linky