Guys, thinkin to get the 2400 or 2500k. Which do you think its best in terms of pricing? I dont really oc much. Will 2400 3.1ghz handles game like starcraft 2 properly?

here you go

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seem like your were right to ask me to use cpuid, speedfan show highest 21c at ideal but cpuid show 33c, then load highest at speedfan 30c and 46 at cpuid. dono which one to trust now

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Added on January 1, 2011, 1:49 ambtw, kahje bro, my 2400 with 4830 at starcraft2 high setting 1080p no lag.

This post has been edited by Aiphos: Jan 1 2011, 01:49 AM

Wah bro! Mind to share hw much u spend for cpu mobo and ram? Any
Regret buying it? Hehe

intel i5 2400 = rm 609
gigabyte P67A - us3 = rm485
4 x mushkin 2g ddr3 = rm 280
coolermaster 550W = rm 220

this is pretty much all i spend, others i took from my old rig after the motherboard fried.
You edi got a really decent rig there, surely you will spend less hen me.

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Added on January 1, 2011, 3:16 amregret... well, from old first gen phenom to this is allot difference, i photoshop allot, now nvr need to wait for effect to apply is like magic to me. but i do complain on the booting time, seem too slow sometime, old rig took like 30 second to finish boot, this new rig need like 1 minute plus plus.

One more thing, overclocking head room too low, 3.5 max for me. but since your not overclocking the 2400 seem decent for you.

This post has been edited by Aiphos: Jan 1 2011, 03:20 AM

Its because its locked rite? Well 3.5ghz is good already!

Aiphos, can you show some LinX benchies to measure GFlops and SuperPI 1M result?

thinking of getting either i5 2400, 2500 or 2500k
any big difference between the price and performance?

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Added on January 1, 2011, 12:47 pmhey,how did the intel i5 2400 and gigabyte P67A - us3 perform?
thinking of getting it

This post has been edited by centaurious25: Jan 1 2011, 12:47 PM

yeap, must buy the K series if wanna do overclock. But 2400 is really decent to perform all my task, so not complaining la.





Here you go.



Good i think compare to my old gear, photoshop no lag, process video no lag nor crash.
i also uploaded some result here, Pass Mark, you can get a good idea how well it perform.

motherboard wise, i pick this coz of its the cheapest Full ATX P67 mobo, which comes with the old PCI slot, so i can use my sound card, so if you have old pci card that you need to use, this will be a good choice.

Here some pic of my rig

wah bro..yr rig looks like a monsta! lol

mosta-ly massy got la, hahahaha.

PC Depot's price list

wow. i5 2500k rm725
make me insane... + more confuse

is i7 worth the extra 300 bucks compare to i5?

Hey guys, first time posting here.

I got myself i5-2500 and Gigabyte P67A-UD4. Now I'm not too sure if my version is the unlocked version. The box doesn't have the code K.

But CPU-Z reports "Intel Core i5 2500K".

Anyway, using Gigabyte's EasyTune 6, I overclocked this CPU to use multiplier 38x, so the speed can reach 3.8GHz (from 3.3GHz).

I'm using Coolermaster Hyper 212+. Ran Prime95 stable for more than 8 hours.

Idle temp at about 40 C, and load at 63 C. Not sure about ambient temp, but my room (work/store room) is sure warm. (no aircond, not even fan, poor me!)

I also have 2 x Sapphire 6850 Toxic running in CrossfireX mode. Guess this contributes to the heat.

This post has been edited by willaw: Jan 1 2011, 06:45 PM

@Aiphos @willaw

mind telling where you got your rigs?
looking for the best deal atm.

I got mine from CZone. Seems like the price is pretty standard.

Just want to add that I got the processor and motherboard only from CZone.

This post has been edited by willaw: Jan 1 2011, 07:12 PM

thanks man.
think i will make a visit to either digital mall or lowyat soon..
their prices seem better than our garage sales here

my suggestion: get "K" version rather than normal -2600
just a few hundred ringgit. but soooooo tempting!

and P67 chipset make BCLK overclocking become more complicated.
so, go get "K".

i am "idling" user so i always set C1E & speedstep on. but changing the turbo ratio inside the bios give me appropriate power when needed! and the bios GUI is quite nice; called "EFI".

regards:
ASUS P8P67+i7-2600K user since 27th december 2010

wow thanks alot. the speed is at 3.5GHz?
and that is a nice cooler! what cooler is that?