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Intel Sandy i5-2500 Build Input Please

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madlion

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It'll work, but its not a balanced system for gaming. The most common mistake I see people make is buying a great cpu, and cheap gpu. At that resolution a video card with a 256 bit bus is better.
 
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Anomaly1964 said:
Looks good, what games besides poker will you be playing?
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Nothing in particular and I'm in no way a serious gamer, Just being able to run the newer stuff with OK graphics is fine.

mnewsham said:
Your PSU is good but it is overkill for you and overpriced.
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Thats good to know, could you recommend one I was thinking about looking at case+psu options but don't really know where to start.

wuliheron said:
It'll work, but its not a balanced system for gaming. The most common mistake I see people make is buying a great cpu, and cheap gpu. At that resolution a video card with a 256 bit bus is better.
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Guess I should state very casual gamer, that being the case would this be fine? Bottle neck being the GPU then?

8GB RAM would be overkill right?
 
Yeah pricing does blow goats especially cause the US$ is so sh** vs NZ$ atm.

I did have in mind to possibly get a nicer GPU in the future would it be better to future proof and get something with a little more juice tho $63 beats $125 for sure. (GST or Goods and Services Tax is 15% here)
 
When I first looked at your PSU, I almost shit a brick! $125 for a 520W??? Then I realized it was NZD. :awe:

If your main game is online poker, then the 5770 is more than enough.
 
If you're not going to overclock (i5 2500), you could get an H67 board, use the (excellent) integrated graphics, and get a video card later. Either way, you don't necessarily need a P67 board.
 
fuzzymath10 said:
If you're not going to overclock (i5 2500), you could get an H67 board, use the (excellent) integrated graphics, and get a video card later. Either way, you don't necessarily need a P67 board.
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That sounds like a great idea cause the build is getting a little over priced vs what I wanted to spend.

Whats a good H67 that will let me add a GPU later if I need one and have enough ports for my 2x24" 1920x1200's?
 
So I would be using one DVI and one HDMI port?

DVI>HDMI right?

Oh BTW do all the H67's have intergrated graphics
 
Note i5-2500 non-k cpu has hd 2000 graphics, which is inferior to i5-2500k's hd 3000. But if you plan to play mostly online poker, I guess it doesn't matter.
 
madlion said:
So an i5-2500k with the above Mobo would be better? I'm a little perplexed?
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See http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/intel-hd-graphics-2000-3000.html

Yes, i5-2500k has better graphics capability than i5-2500, but you need H67 chipset boards to take advantage of, but which doesn't support overclocking, which k-series cpus excel at, but which needs P67 chipset to take advantage of, but which doesn't allow you to use built-in graphics, arrrggghhhhhhhh!

You can blame intel marketing dept for this.
 
jobz said:
See http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/intel-hd-graphics-2000-3000.html

Yes, i5-2500k has better graphics capability than i5-2500, but you need H67 chipset boards to take advantage of, but which doesn't support overclocking, which k-series cpus excel at, but which needs P67 chipset to take advantage of, but which doesn't allow you to use built-in graphics, arrrggghhhhhhhh!

You can blame intel marketing dept for this.
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Cool I read most of the article and understand a little more, just so I'm certain I will change my question.

The best way to take advantage of the i5's integrated graphics (without purchasing a GPU) is with a

a/ i5-2500 or
b/ i5-2500k

which will require a xxxxxxxlinkxxxxxxx Mobo. Won't be overclocking BTW.

Apologies I don't mean to appear so dense.
 
No, I think my rant confused you even more.

All sandy bridge cpus contain integrated graphics, K-series have hd 3000, non-k series have hd 2000. You need boards with H67 chipset to make use of the integrated graphics.

Now, I'll let others answer whether hd 2000 or 3000 is good enough for light gaming, because last pc game I played is Age of Empires 2!
 
That system looks great for general use, and online poker isn't going to take any more to run than solitaire. My only recommendation would be to get an H67 mobo, to take advantage of the integrated graphics, and if later down the line you find you want to get more into gaming invest in a card like the GTX 460, or HD 6870.
 
jobz said:
No, I think my rant confused you even more.

All sandy bridge cpus contain integrated graphics, K-series have hd 3000, non-k series have hd 2000. You need boards with H67 chipset to make use of the integrated graphics.

Now, I'll let others answer whether hd 2000 or 3000 is good enough for light gaming, because last pc game I played is Age of Empires 2!
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That cleared everything up TY

dpodblood said:
That system looks great for general use, and online poker isn't going to take any more to run than solitaire. My only recommendation would be to get an H67 mobo, to take advantage of the integrated graphics, and if later down the line you find you want to get more into gaming invest in a card like the GTX 460, or HD 6870.
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Sounds like a plan 🙂

LuluTheMonk is spot on tho PKR might require slightly more GPU than solitaire 😀
 
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