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[Schlep]

Ok GAF, I'm just about ready to start pulling the trigger on my next build. I haven't built a new PC since the era of the Radeon 9800 Pro (been using laptops primarily due to being in the military). I'm out of the military now and ready to get my shit back together. I'd like to maintain 4.5ghz stable if possible. Here's what I've got for now:

You don't need the arctic silver. Thermal paste is already on the H70.

 

[ZombieFred]

Can anone reccomend me what the best motherboard that is an LGA1155 socket and compartable with DDR3 2000MHz compatablity? Just want to get a second voice for this Thanks.

 

[knitoe]

Are people having gaming problems with the i72600k CPU and gaming?

Also, is there a link to the current best high end hardware combination?

No. And, why would you even think that? The best hardware (pricest) or one tier below that?

Can anone reccomend me what the best motherboard that is an LGA1155 socket and compartable with DDR3 2000MHz compatablity? Just want to get a second voice for this Thanks.

With sandy bridge, faster ram barely makes much of a difference. And, 2000mhz aren't supported. The closest is 1866mhz or 2133mhz.

 

[DodgyGeezerFella]

LoL

 

[Kenka]

So, I managed to uninstall the graphics card and to run my PC without it. I tried OCCT and no problem whatsoever, CPU temp climbed to 60°C but that's it.

My conclusion is that the CPU has no problem. The power supply held without any problem.

Then my graphics card. I reactivated it and ran Furmark. And, man, things got quick : the start temperature was 50°C and it climbed to 102°C in about 40 seconds. Then, it levelled off at around 104°C and the computer gave up about approximately 1 minute and 32 seconds after the launch of the benchmark. Before the computer crashed, I experienced severe framerate slowdown. And then nothing else.

I will try OCCT this Monday with the graphics card activated and see if my computer can keep on or not. But a GPU temperature of 102°C is a matter of concern, right ?

 

[Corky]

So, I managed to uninstall the graphics card and to run my PC without it. I tried OCCT and no problem whatsoever, CPU temp climbed to 60°C but that's it.

My conclusion is that the CPU has no problem. The power supply held without any problem.

Then my graphics card. I reactivated it and ran Furmark. And, man, things got quick : the start temperature was 50°C and it climbed to 102°C in about 40 seconds. Then, it levelled off at around 104°C and the computer gave up about approximately 1 minute and 32 seconds after the launch of the benchmark. Before the computer crashed, I experienced severe framerate slowdown. And then nothing else.

I will try OCCT this Monday with the graphics card activated and see if my computer can keep on or not. But a GPU temperature of 102°C is a matter of concern, right ?

Yeah my bet is on the GPU, since in one of your earlier posts you mentioned that your monitor went into " power save mode " which is exactly what mine did each time the gpu decided to die. Crosstested my gpu with another gpu and sure that was the problem.

 

[verbum]

So, I managed to uninstall the graphics card and to run my PC without it. I tried OCCT and no problem whatsoever, CPU temp climbed to 60°C but that's it.

My conclusion is that the CPU has no problem. The power supply held without any problem.

Then my graphics card. I reactivated it and ran Furmark. And, man, things got quick : the start temperature was 50°C and it climbed to 102°C in about 40 seconds. Then, it levelled off at around 104°C and the computer gave up about approximately 1 minute and 32 seconds after the launch of the benchmark. Before the computer crashed, I experienced severe framerate slowdown. And then nothing else.

I will try OCCT this Monday with the graphics card activated and see if my computer can keep on or not. But a GPU temperature of 102°C is a matter of concern, right ?

Something is wrong with the GPU cooler. What GPU card do you have and is the fan on it turning when you start up the PC? How many power connections does it have? (Usually a 6 pin plug).

 

[n0n44m]

So, I managed to uninstall the graphics card and to run my PC without it. I tried OCCT and no problem whatsoever, CPU temp climbed to 60°C but that's it.

My conclusion is that the CPU has no problem. The power supply held without any problem.

Then my graphics card. I reactivated it and ran Furmark. And, man, things got quick : the start temperature was 50°C and it climbed to 102°C in about 40 seconds. Then, it levelled off at around 104°C and the computer gave up about approximately 1 minute and 32 seconds after the launch of the benchmark. Before the computer crashed, I experienced severe framerate slowdown. And then nothing else.

I will try OCCT this Monday with the graphics card activated and see if my computer can keep on or not. But a GPU temperature of 102°C is a matter of concern, right ?

probably there is very bad contact between heatsink and the gpu, I'd return the card because you would expect it to top out somewhere around 80 to 90 degrees, and to go to that temperature gradually over a couple of minutes not 40 seconds

(102/104 is around the temp where the thermal protection on the card kicks in and throttles down, thats why it doesn't go over that temp)

 

[Fantasy Final]

Hey GAF, thinking of getting this pre-build desktop for about 600$, what do you think about it? Doing WoW and some other games.

Processor: Amd Phenom II X4 955 3.2 GHZ
Memory: Kingston 4Go DDR3-1333
Board: Asus M4N68T-M V2
HDD: Western Digital  1TB SATA
GPU: Nvidia GTS450 *OC* 1Go
Case: Chenbro PC31162
Power Supply: Thermaltake TR2 500W

 

[sk3tch]

question, would it be worth to buy an SSD for the OS and programs and two hard drives and put them at RAID 0 for games only? is that even possible?

Yup. You can use an SSD as your primary OS drive and then take two mechanically hard drives and run them as a RAID 0. Just make sure to research what ports on your motherboard support onboard RAID so you don't accidentally use one for your SSD.

How long should I run Prime for? I am stress testing the CPU, after about 25 min, I am hitting a high of 70 on one of the cores, the 3 are around 67-68 or so.

There are many different schools of thought on this. Some see 60-90 min of solid Prime95 with good temps and call it good. Personally, I run mine for at least 8 hours. So...I leave it overnight. With my overclock, I noticed that sometimes it would take 8-9 hours until Prime95 errored out. I just don't want any potential for that so I let it run a long time. Also don't forget to stress it with games/graphics/blend stuff too (3DMark or just playing your games) - because sometimes Prime95 won't error for days but you get into a game and it all goes belly up.

 

[CrankyJay]

NewEgg has a 128GB c300 for $200 today with promo code EMCKFKJ22. I pulled the trigger on that. Can't wait around for c400s.

Anyone else have a c300? Are you happy with it?

 

[Foliorum Viridum]

Right GAF I need some overclocking help!

I've got my Phenom X4 955 Black Edition up from 3.2 to 3.6ghz. It's running stable according to Prime95 with the CPU voltage at 1.475.

If I try to bump it up any higher though a few minutes of Prime95 kills my PC. BSOD every time. I've read that the maximum CPU voltage is 1.5, so I don't really want to turn that up anymore. Any suggestions for a way in which I can try and get it up to about the 3.8ghz mark? This is my first time overclocking so I have no idea what my next step would be.

Specs:
XFX ATI Radeon 6950 2gb
Gigabyte GA-880GM-UD2H AMD 880G
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler
OCZ Special OPS 8GB (4x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz
CIT 700W Black Edition PSU 12cm Fan Dual 12v Rail 20+4pin 2x SATA

 

[ithorien]

NewEgg has a 128GB c300 for $200 today. I pulled the trigger on that. Can't wait around for c400s.

Anyone else have a c300? Are you happy with it?

In my cart, hoping P8P67 PRO pops up so I can pull the trigger...

 

[pestul]

Hey GAF, thinking of getting this pre-build desktop for about 600$, what do you think about it? Doing WoW and some other games.

Should eat through WoW and most modern games dude.

 

[sk3tch]

Right GAF I need some overclocking help!

I've got my Phenom X4 955 Black Edition up from 3.2 to 3.6ghz. It's running stable according to Prime95 with the CPU voltage at 1.475.

If I try to bump it up any higher though a few minutes of Prime95 kills my PC. BSOD every time. I've read that the maximum CPU voltage is 1.5, so I don't really want to turn that up anymore. Any suggestions for a way in which I can try and get it up to about the 3.8ghz mark? This is my first time overclocking so I have no idea what my next step would be.

Specs:
XFX ATI Radeon 6950 2gb
Gigabyte GA-880GM-UD2H AMD 880G
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler
OCZ Special OPS 8GB (4x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz
CIT 700W Black Edition PSU 12cm Fan Dual 12v Rail 20+4pin 2x SATA

Other than voltage bumps, there's not a whole lot you can do to increase your OC unless you really want to get into the tweaks (or buy new stuff like exotic cooling). You may want to check your heatsink/fan and see if your thermal paste is appropriately applied. As a cheap fix, you could buy better quality thermal paste - such as Arctic Cooling MX-4 (if you don't already use something solid like it). I personally had thermal paste problems and once I got them sorted I had 20C of temp back. That's HUGE and it gave me the head room to take my i5 2500k from 3.3 GHz to 4.7 GHz (1.36v).

 

[Foliorum Viridum]

I've used some Arctic Silver 5 so the thermal paste is good and the temps are low.

Maybe 3.6 is my ceiling then? I was hoping to get it higher, but it's an increase from 3.2, at least.

 

[BigAT]

Does anyone have a recommendation on an inexpensive pair of PC speakers? I'm not an audiophile in the least, just looking for a decent sounding set for relatively cheap to replace mine, which just broke.

 

[sk3tch]

I've used some Arctic Silver 5 so the thermal paste is good and the temps are low.

Maybe 3.6 is my ceiling then? I was hoping to get it higher, but it's an increase from 3.2, at least.

Did you tweak the FSB? What are you currently at? If you're at 100, inch up past 100...if you see solid results, put it to 133 and see what happens. If you're at 133, inch up past 133..etc. etc.

 

[catapult37]

In my cart, hoping P8P67 PRO pops up so I can pull the trigger...

When you say "pops up," are you referring to the daily deal page? I signed up for the email blast thing yesterday ... just want to make sure I'm looking at all the right places for hardware deals.

 

[ithorien]

When you say "pops up," are you referring to the daily deal page? I signed up for the email blast thing yesterday ... just want to make sure I'm looking at all the right places for hardware deals.

PRO isn't available on Newegg as of right now (mini doesn't have what I want), and I would hate to buy everything I need and not have the motherboard. If it pops up on Amazon, I'll buy it there, etc.

Does anyone have a recommendation on an inexpensive pair of PC speakers? I'm not an audiophile in the least, just looking for a decent sounding set for relatively cheap to replace mine, which just broke.

Bought these for my wife, couldn't be happier with them-
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000RQSGYO/?tag=neogaf0e-20

 

[Foliorum Viridum]

Did you tweak the FSB? What are you currently at? If you're at 100, inch up past 100...if you see solid results, put it to 133 and see what happens. If you're at 133, inch up past 133..etc. etc.

Not sure what FSB is at from the top of my head at the moment, but I'll take a look and try notching it up slightly.

 

[verbum]

Does anyone have a recommendation on an inexpensive pair of PC speakers? I'm not an audiophile in the least, just looking for a decent sounding set for relatively cheap to replace mine, which just broke.

Logitec Z523 2.1, $65 at Amazon

The good: Good sound for the money; strong bass; good connectivity options; volume and bass controls.
The bad: Though its sound quality doesn't eclipse more expensive PC speakers, the Logitech Z523 is one of the best speaker-plus-subwoofer systems in its price class.
The bottom line: While it won't blow you away with its sound quality, if you're looking for an affordable PC speaker-plus-subwoofer system, the Z523 is one of the best speaker systems in its price class.


Read more: http://reviews.cnet.com/pc-speakers...-z523/4505-3179_7-33721134.html#ixzz1IHRJedtk

http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-Speaker-System-Z523-Subwoofer/dp/B002FU5QMK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1301666657&sr=8-1

 

[rocK`]

Hey guys, need some advice on a build.

Already have:

- Mobo: Asus Sabertooth P67 rev3.0

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131702&Tpk=sabertooth p67

- CPU: i7 2600k

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...9115070&cm_re=i7_2600k-_-19-115-070-_-Product

- RAM: (got it on sale) gskill 16gb ripjaws x series


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...1429&cm_re=gskill_16gb-_-20-231-429-_-Product



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Looking to get:

- GFX: Asus ENGTX 580

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121429

- Case: HAF 932

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119160

- SSD: OCZ Vertex 2

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227590

- HSF: Hyper 212

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103065


I am aware of that HSF blocking a RAM port and OK with just 8 gb of ram, or even 12gb is obviously ok.

I want to OC the cpu. I may want to SLI in the future (not now).

Thoughts? am I missing anything?

 

[JaseC]

If you really wanted the RAM to fit, couldn't you just saw off the fins?

 

[drhankmccoyphd]

Yup. You can use an SSD as your primary OS drive and then take two mechanically hard drives and run them as a RAID 0. Just make sure to research what ports on your motherboard support onboard RAID so you don't accidentally use one for your SSD.

Is there any practical application for this for games? Is it mostly just loading times and bootup speed? I'm trying to fend off the urge to buy a cheap SSD from newegg.

Second question when should I look at replacing my 5770? I'm still on a 1050 display so I don't see much of a reason to upgrade until I get a 1200p+ display. There also aren't a lot of games coming out that would really tax the 5770 especially considering stuff like Crysis 2 which still hasn't gotten DX11.

 

[catapult37]

Okay guys, talk to me about SLI/Crossfire. First of all, why is it that all the P67 boards support CF but you have to go to the more expensive skus to get SLI? Second, what is the situation on compatibility? I read an article at HardOCP a while back that seemed to indicate that SLI/CF support is pretty spotty and you may very well get games that show no or little improvement. If multi-card support is going to remain a niche, I can save a little money and buy an MB with just one PCIe slot. Thoughts?

 

[sk3tch]

Is there any practical application for this for games? Is it mostly just loading times and bootup speed? I'm trying to fend off the urge to buy a cheap SSD from newegg.

For games, it will just load faster. You would definitely want to get an SSD for your OS. It makes everything so much faster. It's the single best bang/buck upgrade. With that said, I run two Samsung 1TB f3's in RAID 1. I will be getting an SSD soon, though.

 

[TommyT]

NewEgg has a 128GB c300 for $200 today with promo code EMCKFKJ22. I pulled the trigger on that. Can't wait around for c400s.

Anyone else have a c300? Are you happy with it?

I bought this SDD and I had (am still having) all kinds of issues with it. I was trying to install windows 7 64bit, and I would get that it didn't recognize the drive, would stop as it was trying to load files from the disk, failure to copy files, etc. I spent about 5 hours trying to get 64bit on it and just couldn't do it even after installing from this same disk over the weekend to an HDD.

I ended up just using my 32bit version of 7, worked and installed the first time. From there, burned a new 64bit disk from my image and installed successfully the first time (bad disk or it finally liked the drivers I installed/downloaded...). I'm still getting some boot-up issues after running updates. I don't know if it's the drive or what, but I've only been encountering these problems since this drive.

My mobo is only using SATAII controllers, so I'm not getting near the fatest read/write times with it, but it's way ahead of my IDE HDD that I was using.

When you say "pops up," are you referring to the daily deal page? I signed up for the email blast thing yesterday ... just want to make sure I'm looking at all the right places for hardware deals.

I used Froogle when I was buying this drive last week. B&H had it for less than NewEgg at the time.

 

[TommyT]

Is there any practical application for this for games? Is it mostly just loading times and bootup speed? I'm trying to fend off the urge to buy a cheap SSD from newegg.

Personally, on my SSD I've put my OS, any games I'm playing (ones that are played more than others will be pushed onto the SSD over older ones, or ones that I'm done with etc.), and MAYBE Visual Studio should my development start being something other than a side project.

Other than that, everything else goes into my "Storage" 1TB drive with 20gigs partitioned off for OtherOS. So depending on what yall you want to put on it, you might not need the 128-ish gigs and can get away with half that to keep costs down.

 

[verbum]

Okay guys, talk to me about SLI/Crossfire. First of all, why is it that all the P67 boards support CF but you have to go to the more expensive skus to get SLI? Second, what is the situation on compatibility? I read an article at HardOCP a while back that seemed to indicate that SLI/CF support is pretty spotty and you may very well get games that show no or little improvement. If multi-card support is going to remain a niche, I can save a little money and buy an MB with just one PCIe slot. Thoughts?

Or you could get a video card with dual GPU's and get by with one slot. If you have a monitor or monitors to take advantage of SLI or Crossfire, it can be worth it. If you are using a 21-23 inch monitor only, I would say a single GPU can handle it.

A nice comparison of SLI and Crossfire configurations in some recent games, on power requirements, and heat:

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-590-dual-gf110-radeon-hd-6990,2898-16.html

 

[ithorien]

So Fry's has the P8P67 in store, think I'm going to pick it up and sit on it until other parts come in. Finalized build-

Fractal Design Define R3 case
ASUS P8P67 PRO board
i5-2500k
CM Hyper 212+
Arctic Cooling MX-4
G.SKILL Ripjaws X 8GB DDR3
EVGA GTX 570 SC
Corsair 750HX
Crucial C300 128GB SSD
Asus SATA burner
Win7 key

Super excited. Going to give my Q6600, 4gb DDR2, board and GTX 260 to my wife, so ~$1500 for everything and we upgrade two PCs at the same time.

 

[Forsete]

Well looks like my NAS from 2008 has kicked the bucket. One of the drive slots have failed, at least that is what it looks like.

So right now I am thinking of just building my own NAS/Home server.. I want to use the 5 drives which I used for the old NAS.

This is what I have put together.

Processor: Intel Core i3 2100 3.1GHz
Motherboard: ASUS P8P67 LE Socket 1155
Memory: Crucial DDR3 1333MHz 4GB (2x2GB)
GPU: Gainward GeForce 8400GS 256MB PhysX CUDA
PSU: Corsair CX500W
RAID-controller card: HighPoint RocketRAID 2680 8-CH SATA300 PCI-E

Anyone with experience regarding home servers care to comment on this?
Windows Home Server or some Linux variant? Most important apart from storage is DNLA support, BitTorrent support.

 

[j2theizzay]

For those with 64 gb ssd's, how is that working out for you? I ordered the c300 64gb that's on its way from amazon, but the newegg deal is tempting. Will just use the drive mainly for OS and maybe 1-2 games on it. Also how does copying a steam game to an ssd work?

 

[Baller. PhD]

Pro and above have bluetooth, 3 PCI-E slots, Support for SLI and Crossfire, not just Crossfire alone. But Pro and Evo are the better choices. (I have a Pro Rev.2 "recalled" version too lazy to send it in atm)

According to the OP's image Bluetooth is in every version, not just Pro and above. This is conflicting with what I read on OCN as well. I guess I'll get the pro just to "be safe," but since I'm planning on running AMD anyway and have no need for SLI, I'm worry that I might be wasting my money.

 

[black_vegeta]

So Fry's has the P8P67 in store, think I'm going to pick it up and sit on it until other parts come in. Finalized build-

Fractal Design Define R3 case
ASUS P8P67 PRO board
i5-2500k
CM Hyper 212+
Arctic Cooling MX-4
G.SKILL Ripjaws X 8GB DDR3
EVGA GTX 570 SC
Corsair 750HX
Crucial C300 128GB SSD
Asus SATA burner
Win7 key

Super excited. Going to give my Q6600, 4gb DDR2, board and GTX 260 to my wife, so ~$1500 for everything and we upgrade two PCs at the same time.

I was going to mention that my local Fry's has them, try your local store...but you're already on it. ;-)

Nice, let us now how the build goes.

 

[ithorien]

I was going to mention that my local Fry's has them, try your local store...but you're already on it. ;-)

Nice, let us now how the build goes.

Yea I'm going to tour Microcenter and Frys today, grab the board, CPU and the cooler. I wish I could toss everything on my Newegg card, but meh, it's ok.

EDIT: Gah the ram is out of stock ><

 

[knitoe]

For those with 64 gb ssd's, how is that working out for you? I ordered the c300 64gb that's on its way from amazon, but the newegg deal is tempting. Will just use the drive mainly for OS and maybe 1-2 games on it. Also how does copying a steam game to an ssd work?

I have about 30GB left after installing Windows Ultimate and important daily use programs, Firefox, Photoshop, Norton Internet Security and so on. Games are on 1TB F3 spinpoint HDD and backups on WD Green 2TB.

 

[scogoth]

LoL

That guy in the background is in desperate need of some moisturizer.

Right GAF I need some overclocking help!

I've got my Phenom X4 955 Black Edition up from 3.2 to 3.6ghz. It's running stable according to Prime95 with the CPU voltage at 1.475.

If I try to bump it up any higher though a few minutes of Prime95 kills my PC. BSOD every time. I've read that the maximum CPU voltage is 1.5, so I don't really want to turn that up anymore. Any suggestions for a way in which I can try and get it up to about the 3.8ghz mark? This is my first time overclocking so I have no idea what my next step would be.

Specs:
XFX ATI Radeon 6950 2gb
Gigabyte GA-880GM-UD2H AMD 880G
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler
OCZ Special OPS 8GB (4x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz
CIT 700W Black Edition PSU 12cm Fan Dual 12v Rail 20+4pin 2x SATA

I'm not too familiar with AMD overclocking but does your motherboard have load line calibration or something that helps with vdroop? If you have something to compensate for the vdroop under load it might help make it a little more stable at 3.8

EDIT: also list your settings in bios so we can see whats going on. Should be overclocking by multiplier then by clock if necessary.

 

[Baller. PhD]

EDIT: WTF the ram is out of stock ><

Sale yesterday. I ordered because of the sale, which is why I decided it's now time to sort out the rest of the build. :lol

 

[ithorien]

Sale yesterday. I ordered because of the sale, which is why I decided it's now time to sort out the rest of the build. :lol

I knew I should have ordered this morning :/

 

[verbum]

I knew I should have ordered this morning :/

Newegg has 4GB Kingston HyperX blue 1600 RAM for $34.95 after rebate plus a $5 off code EMCKGGJ24, $30 final cost.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820104203

Or if you want to get real fancy, the Kingston HyoerX grey is $99 for 4GB.

The Kingston Genesis Grey series modules are the only 4GB P67 specific kit tested today with the Mushkin Redline being a P55 based kit. Even so, this set of memory from Kingston was easily the fastest and for the most part, the highest performing kit in this roundup! It did not finish at the top in every test but on average, it hands down won the most tests.

http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/p67_memory_roundup/10.htm

 

[Shambles]

I'm not too familiar with AMD overclocking but does your motherboard have load line calibration or something that helps with vdroop? If you have something to compensate for the vdroop under load it might help make it a little more stable at 3.8

3.6Ghz might just be where the CPU tops out. Some Phenom II's may hit 3.8 but it's not a sure thing. The last one I tweaked would not go over 3.7 for the life of me while using a Hyper 212+. I would keep trying for 3.8 for fun but realize that you're already near the top performance the chip is able to give out.

 

[black_vegeta]

I knew I should have ordered this morning :/

I ordered mine yesterday.

So far I have in my inventory:

i7 2600k
Samsung SpinPoint 1TB HDD x2
G. Skill Ripsaw X 8GB DDR3 RAM

Should be getting the Corsair H70 and PSU within a week or 2.

The mobo and GPU are probably the last things I'm going to get just in case there are faulty on arrival, so I can RMA within the time limit.

 

[scogoth]

3.6Ghz might just be where the CPU tops out. Some Phenom II's may hit 3.8 but it's not a sure thing. The last one I tweaked would not go over 3.7 for the life of me while using a Hyper 212+. I would keep trying for 3.8 for fun but realize that you're already near the top performance the chip is able to give out.

Yeah Spl1nters got a 965 Black at 3.7 on multiplier only with no problems so I figured it would be that far of a stretch for the 955. Still could probably tweak the settings a little to get another 100mhz or so out of it.

 

[Kyaw]

old RAM prices are ridiculous, my DDR2 is worth like £70 now.. and no one will even buy it for £50 2nd hand

 

[ithorien]

Newegg has 4GB Kingston HyperX blue 1600 RAM for $34.95 after rebate plus a $5 off code EMCKGGJ24, $30 final cost.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820104203

Or if you want to get real fancy, the Kingston HyoerX grey is $99 for 4GB.

http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/p67_memory_roundup/10.htm

I might go with the Corsair Vengeance ones, 1.5V instead.

 

[-viper-]

I have a question.

Will I have to rebuy Windows 7 Professional for my new PC built (2500k, P67 Pro etc)? My previous PC was a E6600, Asus P5B Deluxe, 2GB RAM, 8800GTS PC/

 

[ExMachina]

I have a question.

Will I have to rebuy Windows 7 Professional for my new PC built (2500k, P67 Pro etc)? My previous PC was a E6600, Asus P5B Deluxe, 2GB RAM, 8800GTS PC/

Doesn't hurt to try installing it on the new build. You may end up having to call Microsoft to activate it, but so long as you say that the OS will only be installed on one computer, they usually go through with the activation.

I'm using the same copy of W7 Ultimate from my previous build (Asus P5N-D + Q6600) on my current one (Asus P8P67 Deluxe + 2500k) without any issues.

 

[knitoe]

I have a question.

Will I have to rebuy Windows 7 Professional for my new PC built (2500k, P67 Pro etc)? My previous PC was a E6600, Asus P5B Deluxe, 2GB RAM, 8800GTS PC/

Definitely, you will have to re-activate Windows since it's a different MB. If you can't, you will have to call Microsoft. You might have to come up with a excuse, ie my computer died... If Microsoft denies you, then you will have to buy another copy of Windows.

 

[ithorien]

I have a question.

Will I have to rebuy Windows 7 Professional for my new PC built (2500k, P67 Pro etc)? My previous PC was a E6600, Asus P5B Deluxe, 2GB RAM, 8800GTS PC/

Do what ExMachina said. Microsoft has way too much money, and their licensing tos is just stupid. Gotta stick it to the man.