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| Thread ID: 117042 | 2011-03-31 06:31:00 | Sandy Bridge Build...on the cheap | SolMiester (139) | Press F1 |
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| 1190796 | 2011-03-31 21:36:00 | I have the same board as Dugimodo but am using HyperX Ram. I used the the CL combo builder as well. I then compared with Playtech and the prices were close enough for what I wanted I decided to stick with the one supplier (CL) in case there were any problems. I've been using it for a week and there's no MB stability issues to report. Im looking at the combo (gigabyte), have had good dealings with CL, Id like more ram though!, wonder if they will increase but keep the combo deal discount? |
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| 1190797 | 2011-03-31 21:36:00 | AMD! AMD! AMD! :lol: | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1190798 | 2011-03-31 21:37:00 | Anyone using the stock HSF for the 2500k?.....wondering how good it is, as I want to clock up to at least 4, maybe 4.2,4.3! | SolMiester (139) | ||
| 1190799 | 2011-03-31 21:39:00 | AMD! AMD! AMD! :lol: LOL, not since Athlon 64, they just dont cut it for me anymore.....but you know what, I know you are right, I should get the cheaper platform, but its not very often the Misses gives me a pass, Im hardly going to squander it now am I |
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| 1190800 | 2011-03-31 21:45:00 | Fair enough, but I am a hardcore AMD fan so that's what I'd get anyway. (that and they're cheaper) A lot of gaming benchmarks are almost identical on i7 and Phenom II - the main difference for performance is the graphics card, so it worries me not if I do have a slower CPU. |
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| 1190801 | 2011-03-31 21:56:00 | Around that level, an Intel processor is actually cheaper than the equivalent AMD processor, but the AMD boards are a heap cheaper so that probably more than offsets it. | wratterus (105) | ||
| 1190802 | 2011-03-31 22:07:00 | Fair enough, but I am a hardcore AMD fan so that's what I'd get anyway. (that and they're cheaper) A lot of gaming benchmarks are almost identical on i7 and Phenom II - the main difference for performance is the graphics card, so it worries me not if I do have a slower CPU. Errr, no..depends on the GPU, as the AMD cant throw enough data at the card, PhII are NOT as fast in games as the i5 or i7... I have just noticed that not many of these SB boards have a IDE controller, which is an issue too as I have 2 optical drives on IDE!!! Doh! |
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| 1190803 | 2011-03-31 22:07:00 | Im looking at the combo (gigabyte), have had good dealings with CL, Id like more ram though!, wonder if they will increase but keep the combo deal discount? Don't know, but there's only $35 diff between the "extreme" combo deal and the combo builder. No harm in asking them if they'd keep the "extreme"ness;) going while adding more RAM. |
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| 1190804 | 2011-03-31 22:17:00 | The Phenom II x6 1100T compares to the i7 950 in performance, yet while the Intel CPU is currently $435 the AMD is only $383 Not much difference really, but then add the cheaper motherboard as you say, and it's great. |
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| 1190805 | 2011-03-31 22:23:00 | Errr, no..depends on the GPU, as the AMD cant throw enough data at the card, PhII are NOT as fast in games as the i5 or i7... I have just noticed that not many of these SB boards have a IDE controller, which is an issue too as I have 2 optical drives on IDE!!! Doh! The IDE controller problem, I also had an issue with that - the newer AMD boards only give 1 IDE channel (if any) so I had to buy a separate card. Got a 1-IDE and 2-SATA port card from eBay for $15 - took 3 weeks to get here but works fine. Uses PCI-E 1x slot. |
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