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TaCoSwInDeZ

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*UPDATE*
Here are a couple of benchmarks for you guys with my new I5 rig.
Here is a HyperPi and SuperPi run at my current speeds.
Pirun.jpg


Here is a 3dMark06 run. GPU clock of 650-1404-1140
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So with christmas coming up and all along with the fact that my poor ole original 9850be is sadly out of date and slow, I decided it was time to treat myself and upgrade. I've been saving for a couple of weeks and decided I want to go with a newer intel system. Here are the parts ive decided on so far:

Mobo - GIGABYTE GA-P55-UD3R Here

Memory - Crucial 4g (2x2g) 1333 Here

Cpu - Im torn between an I5 750 or an I7 860.

Ill be keeping my current PSU and GPU card for now as well as possible watercooling in the future and overclocking. The main reason im torn between the two cpu's is deciding whether or not I want the Hyperthreading feature or not. Mostly all I do is game and I know HT doesn't help that but when Im not using my comp its usually running Seti GPU client and Rosetta CPU and im thinking HT could help with Rosetta. If this is not true please let me know and ill just go with the i5. Total price for the i5 system is just 423 and 503 for the i7.

I also picked that specific crucial memory due to its price and the review I found on Tom's showing that it did very well at 1600 frequencies.

Tell me what you think guys?
 
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You can't go wrong with Gigabyte, that's for sure. :cool: I was debating over a i5 or a i7 build and I finally went with i7, but for a i5 build I was going to get the GA-P55A-UD4P http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128409 because the newer GA-P55A-UDxx boards have USB 3.0 and SATA 3 support (if you're not running two video cards due to bandwidth limitations) and CrossfireX and SLI support at 8x, 8x. It looks like you're trying to stay on a budget but my advice would to be to get the i5 processor from Microcenter for $150 and put that extra money that you were preparing to spend on the i7 860 on a better mobo. If later on you decide that you need i7, sell off the i5 cpu and pick up an i7 860 which will be cheaper than it is now.

The RAM that you selected should be OK but it's only 1333. Why not spend $10 more and get 1600 with heatspreaders? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231193. G.Skill is quality RAM and those slower, plain modules you selected just wouldn't look right on a shiny new P55 mobo. :D

I don't know your budget, but personally I would get better support hardware for the cpu if you go with i5. Socket 1156 is pretty desireable considering what all you get and knowing that there is i7 support for it if you want it, is a beautiful thing. Who knows, you may want to get a second video card later on or get a SSD or some device that could run off of USB 3.0 and you'll already be set for it.

*Back to motherboards...If you don't want the USB 3.0 or SATA 3 support but want Crossfire or SLI at 8x, 8x, then go with the GA-P55-UD4P for a little less. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128400 If you don't want Crossfire /SLI but want USB 3.0/SATA 3 support, then GA-P55A-UD3 looks good http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128412 and cheaper then the one you picked out.
 
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USB 3.0 isn't exactly one of my top priorities as I do not have many USB peripherals except a printer and my keyboard and those are the only USB items I use. I haven't really made up my mind on which Mobo I want to use just yet really. I was looking at an ASUS Maximus III picked out but I can't sling that kind of cash without waiting till after christmas and I was wanting to have the system at least on the way before then. If time constraints weren't of the essence I would be going with an I7 920 system I priced out for a little over 700. But the other reason I don't want to do that is because I like the lower TDP of the 1156 cpu's since overclocking will be my ultimate goal in the future and I don't want to have a small space heater going in my room 24/7, my current system does a pretty good job of that now at stock settings.

Also as for getting the CPU from Microcenter I do not see the CPU's I mention on their website and the nearest store is literally a 5 hour drive from my house so that's out of the question.

The memory I picked because it was cheaper and it overclocks very well according to this review here. In the article those specific modules overclocked all the way to 1990 on stock Timings with 1.65v.

Thanks for the help though!
 
That sucks that you can only get the i5 750 cpu at the store locations only at Microcenter. You'd think that on-line store at microcenter.com would have them listed too.
 
Its not that big of a deal anyway, so far everything i've priced on newegg has had free shipping so I think im getting a good deal.
 
Well i've raised my budget a little bit and decided to go with the I5 system and the G Skill 1600 mhz memory that was mentioned. As for the Mobo, after reading some reviews and seeing the features I really like the MSI MSI P55-GD80 and I believe this will be the system I go with.

Anyone else who has any thoughts on this particular MSI MOBO?
 
Yea I especially like the post code indicators and the all black/blue theme. This system will eventually be put inside a Corsair 800D case with water cooling. Till then ill be using my current XClio case and using the box stock cooler.
 
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