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Well ole faithful is on her way out. Everything still works sweet but i have to restart the pc ten times before it boots as i think one of the HDDs are on its way out and its in Raid format.

So i have just ordered a yummy 60Gb Vertex 2 SSD now help me shop for the rest. I have about $800 lads and here is my selection so far:

Ordering most parts now through netplus as its only about 20mins from mine but anything else you would recommend i am all ears, especially the RAM i have no idea on compatability

* Intel i5 760 - $211 - http://www.netplus.com.au/product/CP1/CPIN...ead-Turbo-Boost

* Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD3R P55 MB - $164 -

http://www.netplus.com.au/product/MB2/MBGI...i5-i7-Lynnfield

* 1TB Caviar Black - $104 - http://www.netplus.com.au/product/HD4/HDWE...rd-Drive-1000Gb

* RAM - ??????? no idea but i want 6GB worth to go with Win 7 64B edition - any recommendations around say $140 that is compatable with the MoBb?

Sorry to do this to you all as i hate those "build me a pc thread" but ummm yeah.... i really need your advice regarding the RAM and the mobo as i really have my heart set on the i5760.

Thanks guys!

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If you are only going for a mild overclock 3.8ghz/air, then any ram honestly around that price will do.

And with that board you can only really go with:

4GB or 8GB (2x2gb or 2x4gb) as its a dual channel, not a triple like the 1366 boards, i5 is 1156

So IMO, 4GB @ $140, you cannot go past the Ripjaws for value, and you get a cooler :blink:

http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_p...oducts_id=15872

Is the ripjaw definately ok with that MB? lots of reviews of people not sure of compatable RAM with Gigabyte 1156 mboards??

I actually have an SSD an OCZ vertex SSD order i just placed with pccasegear about 30mins ago. If it is definately compatible might add it onto the list.

Yeah will do a very mild OC, prob sit at about 3.3 ghz to be honest.

yeah gskill works fine on my GA-P55A-UD4 brah, I got the 1600mhz sticks, n get 8gb not 6 cause of dual channel not triple like said above lol

one other thing, if you get the 1600mhz ram you'll need to use an eXtreme Memory Profile in the BIOS (piss easy) or it will run at 1333mhz

Edited by bozodos

Turning in the XMP profile simply engages the correct RAM settings.

And for overclock of 3.3 simply hard set the voltage to stock and up the BLCK (i think tahts it?)

Don't use the mobo overclock, sometimes voltages go too high for what you need and in turn more heat.

Especially if using the stock cooler

i have a lovely xigmatek red scorpion as my cooler which is quite nice so all ok there.

Looking at this RAM:

http://www.netplus.com.au/product/MY3/MYD3...VR1333D3N9K2/8G

i am getting most of my parts from that store so may aswell go that. Doesnt seem to be the Hyper range of Kingston RAM but should hopefully be ok to clock it to 3.3ghz.

GSkill (pre-date ripsaw / trident) is completely unstable unless it's specific timing is set so the Dominators need to be set a lot lower than they should be for it to work. Otherwise Dominator GTs are flawless (the ones I got back from RMA anyway) with system at 4GHz ram at ~2000.

Edited by DivHunter

Ash XMP also overclocks the processor slightly (well at least for Socket 1156 - mine is 2.88 instead of 2.8, no noticeable difference of course). The GSkill is also reviewed quite well, and is signifigantly cheaper than Corsair (paying for branding IMO).

Thats a fairly cheap price for 8 gigs of RAM btw

Ok so my order that i pick up from Monday is the following:

Online quote from NetPlus Micro Computers

25/11/2010 2:05:26 PM

Product

Code

Qty

Price

SubTotal

Intel Core i5 760 LGA1156 CPU

CPINPCI5-760

1

$211.00

$211.00

Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD3R P55 MB

MBGIGAP55A-UD3R

1

$164.00

$164.00

4096Mb 4Gb DDR3 1333 Memory KVR1333D3N9/4G 4GB

MYD313-4096K

2

$77.00

$154.00

1Tb WD1002FAEX WD SATA3 HDD

HDWE72RSATBA010E

1

$104.00

$104.00

MS Windows 7 Home Premium

SWMSW7-02HP32

1

$108.00

$108.00

Total Price:

$741.00

all in all i am pretty happy bout it.

8GB ram, i5, 1tB HDD windows 7, my baby will be flying for less than 1k! not too mention my SSD should be arriving any moment now from PCCASEGEAR :-)

Do you guys think the ram will be ok for a mild OC?

GSkill (pre-date ripsaw / trident) is completely unstable unless it's specific timing is set so the Dominators need to be set a lot lower than they should be for it to work. Otherwise Dominator GTs are flawless (the ones I got back from RMA anyway) with system at 4GHz ram at ~2000.

you running two different sets of memory you mean?

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