Thoughts + Advice on spec for office/poker use please?

azocarbo

Member
CPU:
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor £155.99

Case:
------------what case please?---------
(I own a 3yr+ old case that fitted my old AW9D-MAX (Intel i975-ICH7) (Socket 775) m/b - I assume I need a new one?)

Motherboard:
-----------I can't find a motherboard that has 2 x 1920*1200 outputs and supports 1600mhz RAM. I have an existing graphics card mentioned below, but it's pretty poor. Help please?-----------

SSD:
Kingston 96GB V+100 2.5" SATA-II SSD - Read 230MB/s Write 180MB/s £82.99

RAM:
G-Skill 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600Mhz RipjawsX Memory Kit CL9 (9-9-9-24) 1.5V £39.46

Rest of the system (already owned):

PSU
Coolermaster 460W eXtreme Power Plus PSU - 20+4pin 4+4 ATX12v 4x SATA 6pin PCI-E
Graphics
BenQ G2400W (1920x1200@60Hz)
BenQ G2400W (1920x1200@60Hz)
256MB Radeon X1300/X1550 Series (Sapphire/PCPartner)
256MB Radeon X1300/X1550 Series Secondary (Sapphire/PCPartner)
CrossFire Disabled
Hard Drives
245GB Western Digital WDC WD2500YS-01SHB0 (SATA) 37 °C
977GB SAMSUNG SAMSUNG HD103SJ (SATA) 35 °C
Optical Drives
TOSHIBA DVD-ROM SD-M1712
Audio
Realtek High Definition Audio
 
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azocarbo

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Not sure what has happened here please? I went to edit it to put the name of the the SSD rather than the link and it was all gone.
 

Rakk

The Awesome
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Until you've made how ever many posts (ie. I don't know the number), your posts get may moderated (if they have links it they definately do), this includes editing posts, so if it disappears, just be patient until a moderator can validate it.
 

azocarbo

Member
It looks like getting 1600 RAM would require a P motherboard. Then that means relying on my shoddy graphics card.

http://www.ebuyer.com/262904-asus-p...cket-1155-8-channel-hd-audio-mini-itx-p8h61-i

I think this card has: HDMI/DVI/D-Sub, which is good for my dual monitors. It also has USB 3.0 so that's good.

It does say:
Memory
2 x DIMM, Max. 16 GB, DDR3 1333/1066 Non-ECC,Un-buffered Memory
Dual Channel memory architecture

Would that work with this cheap 1333 memory: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B003N8GVUY/ref=nosim/?tag=hotukdeals-21
 
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