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| Thread ID: 126330 | 2012-08-21 07:25:00 | Motherboard and CPU replacement | ChazTheGeek (16619) | Press F1 |
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| 1295859 | 2012-08-22 00:07:00 | On a related note, why a P67 motherboard? do you already have it or is it something you are buying? There's nothing wrong with them, they are still good boards, but a Z77 or B75?(not sure I've got that one right) with a newer chipset would be a better choice if you're buying new. If you are going with a P67 board, check the CPU you get is compatible with the firmware version on it. If for example you want to use an ivy bridge CPU on a P67 board it may well need to have the firmware updated using a sandy bridge CPU first before it will boot with an ivy bridge CPU installed. You could just stick with sandybridge, performance is almost the same. |
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| 1295860 | 2012-08-22 04:35:00 | He brought it a while back from memory. I think you said the same thing in the thread when he brought it :lol: | icow (15313) | ||
| 1295861 | 2012-08-22 05:06:00 | He brought it a while back from memory. I think you said the same thing in the thread when he brought it :lol: Sounds like me, Memory like a sieve. Does sound vaguely familiar. I have both, a P67 with an i5 SB and a Z77 with a i5 IB, OC to 4.1 and 4.2 respectively. There's no noticable difference when it comes to using them, except one has a better graphics card. If I thought there was any point I'd upgrade the SB to an IB i7 because it's meant to be my main gaming beast, but everything I read indicates i7 is pointless for gamers. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1295862 | 2012-08-22 05:29:00 | You have remembered right icow. I bought it earlier this year and I'm using am i5 2500K. Yeah, I did a little resear on i5 vs. i7. There are very slight differences between the two. I think the i5 is better value for money than the i7. Will probably do a fresh install. |
ChazTheGeek (16619) | ||
| 1295863 | 2012-08-22 07:01:00 | Even though I assume you have already sourced your cpu the 2500k was probably a better choice as the 2600k is still very sought after and in very short supply (bit like DDR2 when DDR3 came out). | icow (15313) | ||
| 1295864 | 2012-08-22 08:17:00 | Yeah, I got the i5 in the mail a week or two ago. I got my 8GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600MHz RAM (Blue) in the mail yesterday. I love getting parcels! | ChazTheGeek (16619) | ||
| 1295865 | 2012-08-22 08:19:00 | Who doesn't? What are you going to do GPU wise? | icow (15313) | ||
| 1295866 | 2012-08-22 08:25:00 | Nvidia GTX 670 or 560TI just anwsering fo him lol. | stratex5 (16685) | ||
| 1295867 | 2012-08-22 08:33:00 | Yep. | ChazTheGeek (16619) | ||
| 1295868 | 2012-08-22 09:48:00 | 670 > 560ti any day, bit cash heavy. Best value GPU atm seems to be the 7850 seeing as you can overclock it up to 7950 level once you get to core past 1200mhz. | icow (15313) | ||
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