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[roboa]

You shouldn't really need any thermal paste for the moment as some should come pre-applied on the processor. However, if you ever remove the heatsink/cpu cooler in the future for any reason it is good practise, imo, to remove the old thermal paste and apply some new stuff.

As has been said, unless you are planning to overclock your CPU (something I personally don't do but many others do so it's up to you to look at the positives and negatives and decide for yourself) then the heatsink/cpu cooler you get in the box will be fine.

I can't really comment on the PSU so I would look at google and find out what your CPU and Graphics Card both require. As long as they require less than 650W (Ideally you want to keep it less rather then just enough) then you should be fine.

[Atomic_Sheep]

Usually you get thermal paste with the aftermarket cooling system... i got some every time our processors were getting aftermarket zalman fans.

[mark_90]

Thanks for that guys. I do plan to overclock eventually so i'll be getting a CPU cooler. Just to clarify, the CPU cooler replaces the heatsink that comes with the CPU itself?

I also found overclockers expensive in the past but the prices are quite reasonable now so i've come up with the following from them.

Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black (No PSU) £45.99
Gigabyte GA-P55M-UD2 Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard £86.99
Intel Core i5 750 2.66Ghz (Lynnfield) (Socket LGA1156) - OEM
Point of View GeForce GTX 275 Joker Edition 896MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card £164.99
Geil Ultra Series 4GB (2x2GB) PC3-17000 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit £74.98
OCZ StealthXStream 700w Silent SLI Ready Power Supply £65.99
Samsung EcoGreen F2 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HI) X2 £37.98 £75.96
Arctic Cooler Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler £19.99
Samsung SH-S223B/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) £16.99
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium - Retail £65.99

Total £757.85

I think this is finally my new rig! Hows it looking?

Many thanks.

[Buziel-411_RED]

mark_90, on Sep 27 2009, 12:57 PM, said:

Thanks for that guys. I do plan to overclock eventually so i'll be getting a CPU cooler. Just to clarify, the CPU cooler replaces the heatsink that comes with the CPU itself?

I also found overclockers expensive in the past but the prices are quite reasonable now so i've come up with the following from them.

Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black (No PSU) £45.99
Gigabyte GA-P55M-UD2 Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard £86.99
Intel Core i5 750 2.66Ghz (Lynnfield) (Socket LGA1156) - OEM
Point of View GeForce GTX 275 Joker Edition 896MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card £164.99
Geil Ultra Series 4GB (2x2GB) PC3-17000 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit £74.98
OCZ StealthXStream 700w Silent SLI Ready Power Supply £65.99
Samsung EcoGreen F2 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HI) X2 £37.98 £75.96
Arctic Cooler Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler £19.99
Samsung SH-S223B/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) £16.99
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium - Retail £65.99

Total £757.85

I think this is finally my new rig! Hows it looking?

Many thanks.

Yes, the cooler you buy will replace the cooler that comes with the i5 CPU.

And that setup looks great.

Edited by Buziel-411_RED, 27 September 2009 - 01:01 PM.

[mark_90]

Thanks Buziel. I notice you were in a similar position to myself about a month ago; doing your first build. How did you find it? Any useful resources that will help me?

Thanks alot.

[Buziel-411_RED]

mark_90, on Sep 27 2009, 01:37 PM, said:

Thanks Buziel. I notice you were in a similar position to myself about a month ago; doing your first build. How did you find it? Any useful resources that will help me?

Thanks alot.

I just finished my build last night (posting from it now by the way).

Tropicalfish and Fighter25 walked me through most of it on MSN, but I did look around on Youtube and forums for various tidbits of information.

[mark_90]

Just before I order, i've just noticed on the spec for the i5 it says Memory Controller: Dual channel DDR3 800/1066/1333 MHz

I was going to order 4GB of 2133MHz but I take it that it isn't compatible?

Quick reply appreciated.

Thanks

[tropicalfish]

mark_90, on Sep 30 2009, 02:48 PM, said:

Just before I order, i've just noticed on the spec for the i5 it says Memory Controller: Dual channel DDR3 800/1066/1333 MHz

I was going to order 4GB of 2133MHz but I take it that it isn't compatible?

Quick reply appreciated.

Thanks

If it's DDR3 RAM then it should be compatible.

[mark_90]

Well it's ordered!

Gigabyte GA-P55M-UD2
Intel Core i5 Lynnfield 2.66GHz
2x2GB DDR3 Corsair RAM
Geforce GTX275 896MB Graphics Card
OCZ StealthXStream 700w PSU
2 X Samsung 500GB SATA-II HDD
Arctic Cooler Freezer 7 CPU Cooler

Should be here Friday morning ready for a build over the weekend. Think i've read all there is about putting it together so hopefully it'll go without problem. Thanks to all who helped me with the components along the way. Hopefully have some screenshots for you on Saturday!

[edit]Ooh almost forgot. I have Windows 7 on pre-order but in the meantime do you suggest installing XP/Vista? XP is what I have always used on my desktop but I do have a copy of Vista (i think it's business edition) from an MSDN server I had access to whilst on my ICT course at college.

Edited by mark_90, 30 September 2009 - 06:21 PM.

[tropicalfish]

Looks great!

Is that cooler 1156 compatible?

Make sure you are getting a 64-bit operating system.

Do you have an optical drive?

Edited by tropicalfish, 30 September 2009 - 07:40 PM.

[mark_90]

Cooler is definately lga1156 compatible. I'll have to check that the windows 7 i have ordered is 64bit. I didn't see any different though, just home premium, ultimate etc. My vista and xp are only 32 bit but i don't mind until 7 arrives. Optical drive is a sony dvd rw.

[Bravo99]

Hi guys,



I have bought flight simulator x gold edition and i've lost my product key for activation. Since I had to uninstall it, I can't get it on my pc. Is threre anyone who can help me?

[Iain_]

Bravo99, on 13 August 2014 - 10:28 AM, said:

Hi guys,



I have bought flight simulator x gold edition and i've lost my product key for activation. Since I had to uninstall it, I can't get it on my pc. Is threre anyone who can help me?

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Edited by Iain_, 13 August 2014 - 05:42 PM.