My i5 build discussion

[Makuma]

Right well I'm in a real need of a desktop, especially now that my laptop needs to be placed on ice packs to cool it down, and of course I don't want to be one of the 'cool' guys that turn up to LAN with only a laptop.

So far I have almost settled on a build which I'm more than happy to build myself but if anyone has seen something similar in a pre-built, could they please direct me as I'm sure it can be done for less than £800.

And also if anyone has any suggestions on how it could be edited please add

So far it includes;

Intel core i5-750
Gigabyte GA-P55M-UD2
4 GB of Corsair xms3 ram
Asus 5850 graphics
Asus xonar DX sound card
Antec true power 650 psu
Gelid tranquillo fan
and 1 TB of hard disk

Thanks in advance for help

[Zeus]

 Well here and why do you need a sound card?

[Zofo]

idd onboard sound works just as good and most boards have 5.1 now anyways, also if you need a sound card you can have mine, its still plugged into my board but barely used as it has been disconnected for ages now



Everything else looks fine, what case you getting?

[Tikcus]

Right well I'm in a real need of a desktop, especially now that my laptop needs to be placed on ice packs to cool it down, and of course I don't want to be one of the 'cool' guys that turn up to LAN with only a laptop.

So far I have almost settled on a build which I'm more than happy to build myself but if anyone has seen something similar in a pre-built, could they please direct me as I'm sure it can be done for less than £800.

And also if anyone has any suggestions on how it could be edited please add

So far it includes;

Intel core i5-750
Gigabyte GA-P55M-UD2
4 GB of Corsair xms3 ram
Asus 5850 graphics
Asus xonar DX sound card
Antec true power 650 psu
Gelid tranquillo fan
and 1 TB of hard disk

Thanks in advance for help

What you going to be using the computer for?
i5-760 is about to be released, so i5-750 price will drop.
make sure you don't just buy any 1TB HDD

Personally I would NOT buy that motherboard, NO USB 3, NO SATA 3

If you do decide to build a i5/P55 based system, and it does support 3rd party usb3/sata3 chips, check how they are connected, as the i5 only supports 16 pcie 2 lanes, all other pcie slots are only revision 1!!

there are P55 based boards that support more than 16X pcie revision 2 (but these are provided by a 3rd party chip/system)

n/b i7 9** series and all AMD 8 series chipsets based systems do not have the same limitations

[Makuma]

The only thing with that tik is the fact that 1 i wont have a pc for lan, and 2 i would have to wait another 9 months as well which i really dont want to do, but alot of people keep saying asus motherboards are the way to go

And to zeus and zofo ty 4 info i will remove that which should make things a bit cheaper =]

[Tikcus]

The only thing with that tik is the fact that 1 i wont have a pc for lan, and 2 i would have to wait another 9 months as well which i really dont want to do, but alot of people keep saying asus motherboards are the way to go

And to zeus and zofo ty 4 info i will remove that which should make things a bit cheaper =]

wait 9 months for WHAT??

usb3/sata 3 boards are available now, the i5 760 gets released in days?

[Tikcus]

read that
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/usb-3.0-sata-6gb,review-31844.html

[Zeus]

read that
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/usb-3.0-sata-6gb,review-31844.html

Though the promise of SATA 6Gb/s is exciting for enthusiasts eager to adopt early, the performance benefits are still limited, and we think it'd be best to wait. The market simply lacks drives faster than 300 MB/s.

I have an SSD without the lastest sata and the mobo is faster than the ssd

With USB 3.0, though, the situation is different. Even if you plug a USB 2.0 x1 PCIe add-on card into a PCIe 1.1 slot, you'll still receive up to 250 MB/s of bandwidth, or a minimum of about 160 MB/s, as you can see in our benchmark results. Compared to USB 2.0 performance (at an effective 30-35 MB/s), this is already well worth the upgrade.

well suck my cotton sockets I may have to wait a little longer for the pendrive to copy the data  that happen well every hmm..  install of OS - so USB2.0 is fine unless you use USB for a lot of backups/copying IMO

[Tikcus]

read that
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/usb-3.0-sata-6gb,review-31844.html

Though the promise of SATA 6Gb/s is exciting for enthusiasts eager to adopt early, the performance benefits are still limited, and we think it'd be best to wait. The market simply lacks drives faster than 300 MB/s.

I have an SSD without the lastest sata and the mobo is faster than the ssd

With USB 3.0, though, the situation is different. Even if you plug a USB 2.0 x1 PCIe add-on card into a PCIe 1.1 slot, you'll still receive up to 250 MB/s of bandwidth, or a minimum of about 160 MB/s, as you can see in our benchmark results. Compared to USB 2.0 performance (at an effective 30-35 MB/s), this is already well worth the upgrade.

well suck my cotton sockets I may have to wait a little longer for the pendrive to copy the data  that happen well every hmm..  install of OS - so USB2.0 is fine unless you use USB for a lot of backups/copying IMO

nice for you, but if you upgraded your ssd next year, or like op is buying a mechanical hdd, if he decides to upgrade his hdd to an ssd at a later date, the choice of i5 motherboard is the diffference between how much of a bottleneck his motherboard will be, and with the i5s lack of pcie 2 lanes, it's not a problem that can be fixed at a later date.

but as i said b4 it depends on the use of this PC, if it is a stop gap machine for 12 months or so, or is mainly going to be used for gaming, then it's less of a problem, but spending a little extra now on a better motherboard, or cpu/motherboard, for the benefits of proper sata 3 and usb 3 support for use in the very near future may well be money worth spending, but that's for the op to decide

[Zeus]

, and with the i5 lack of pcie 2 lanes, it's not a problem that can be fixed at a later date

But the P55 mobo and i5 760 cost about £250 atm. So when you need the upgrade just get a new CPU mobo combo and away you go!

Choices r always difficult. But every rig you buy you will replace sooner or later. So my plan is for it to be replaced sooner than later, get what overclocks well and is cheap then replace it when the next 'cheap fast upgrade option comes along'

I bought a great socket 939 mobo then the socket was dumped so I always plan for a mobo to only last one CPU as upgrades will come and sockets will change and mem too for matter!

So plan for the options you have ATM not for the options you may or may not have - But each to their own choices OFC