scotlass

Hi Guys I am undertaking my first self build. I have (possibly foolishly) bought 2x4GB Corsiar Vengance RAM to go with my Intel I5-3570K on my Asus P8Z77M-Pro motherboard. I would now like to buy a aftermarket heatsink and in particular the Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2.(Mainly for its price and avaliability in my local store) I have read in numerous reviews that this Corsair RAM can cause problems when installing a number of aftermarket heatsinks. I am looking for any info on if this cooler will sit comfortably on my Motherboard with this RAM? Any help and tips would be much appreciated.

thanks for that, i could probably get the £70 one, i had no idea what to look for in a video card, would that card work in a intel build or would i need to go for amd cpu aswell?

i found novatech.co.uk and here is what i came up with = [TABLE=width: 1368] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD]INTEL[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]AMD[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]CPU[/TD] [TD]3rd Generation Intel® Core™ i5 3550 3.30GHz Socket LGA1155 - Retail. [/TD] [TD=align: right]£161.99[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]AMD Bulldozer FX-8 Eight Core 8120 3.10Ghz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail [/TD] [TD=align: right]£123.59[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]MB[/TD] [TD]ASUS P8Z77-M PRO Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) Motherboard[/TD] [TD=align: right]£121.98[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]Asus M5A99X EVO AMD 990X (Socket AM3+) Motherboard[/TD] [TD=align: right]£102.98[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]RAM[/TD] [TD]Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-15000 C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit[/TD] [TD=align: right]£50.99[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-15000 C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit[/TD] [TD=align: right]£50.99[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]GR[/TD] [TD]Novatech GeForce GT 430 1024MB GDDR3[/TD] [TD=align: right]£39.98[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]SAPPHIRE AMD Radeon HD 6450 1024MB GDDR3[/TD] [TD=align: right]£32.99[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]HDD[/TD] [TD]Seagate Barracuda 1TB 64MB Cache Hard Drive SATA 6GB/s 8.5ms 7200rpm[/TD] [TD=align: right]£67.98[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]Seagate Barracuda 1TB 64MB Cache Hard Drive SATA 6GB/s 8.5ms 7200rpm[/TD] [TD=align: right]£67.98[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]SSD[/TD] [TD]OCZ Agility 3 SATA III 2.5" 120GB Solid State Hard Drive[/TD] [TD=align: right]£78.98[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]OCZ Agility 3 SATA III 2.5" 120GB Solid State Hard Drive[/TD] [TD=align: right]£78.98[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]PS[/TD] [TD]Corsair CX 500W V2 ATX2.2 80 PLUS® Power Supply[/TD] [TD=align: right]£46.98[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]Corsair CX 500W V2 ATX2.2 80 PLUS® Power Supply[/TD] [TD=align: right]£46.98[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]C[/TD] [TD]Xigmatek MidGard Midi Tower - Black - No PSU[/TD] [TD=align: right]£50.99[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]Xigmatek MidGard Midi Tower - Black - No PSU[/TD] [TD=align: right]£50.99[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]OD[/TD] [TD]Sony AD-7280S-0B 24x DVD+/-RW SATA Black - OEM[/TD] [TD=align: right]£14.48[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]Sony AD-7280S-0B 24x DVD+/-RW SATA Black - OEM[/TD] [TD=align: right]£14.48[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD]TOTAL[/TD] [TD=align: right]£634.35[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]TOTAL[/TD] [TD=align: right]£569.96[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] I was wondering if the intel set up is worth the extra cost, and if either of these would be suitable for my need, thankss :)

thanks for that.. it has confirmed that i dont need an i7 as thats top end and just not nessissary for me so i think i5 is the best option? is there any good reptuable pc component suppliers websites that are specific to the uk, i have looked on newegg but i dont know if they deliver to the uk, so i can get an idea of cost and what i need?

hi guys, i have never built a computer before but love the idea of creating a system suited for my needs, my problem so far is identifying what parts i need there are so many different types of motherboards, cpus etc that i have no idea where to start. i have a budget of about £500-600 and would idealy like to use the pc for some gamming but not hard core, as well as a storage system for movies and music etc. i have been looking at intel core i5 2550 and asus motherboards such as the p8z68, are these suitable for my needs? any help or advice would me much appreciated, thanks :)

yeah, they were the folders i had created on my external before it broke on me :(

Thanks again i will get it formatted and try that program, when you say hours is it something i should run overnight?

Hey, Thank you everyone for all the help i have managed to save my photos :P I did run into a spot of bother though as i first tried to run ubuntu on my dell laptop but it wouldnt work :s it looked like it was about to work then the screen just went black and multi coloured stripes appeared? i then plucked up the courage to try it on my uni computer which doesnt appear to have a brand and it worked first time on that, any ideas why it wont work on my dell (inspiron 1501, roughly 2006/07 model) I was hoping to get all my data off the drive but my folders containing software and music appear empity? do i just have to accept that they are lost or is there something i can do to retrieve them?

Hey, iv done that, it had hard disk first but i moved that down and cd drive is now first. Is there anything i need to know before inserting the cd and restarting the computer? or do i just put the disk in and hope for the best?

hey, nope not at all.. never done anything like that before. i have 2 laptops one on vista which i got from my university and another which used to be vista but my uncle put windows 7 onto it, preferbly i would like to use that one as there is nothing on it too loose where as if i mess up my uni one i think i will void the warranty. any help will me much appreciated. thanks :P

Hey, i think i have successfully burnt ubuntu onto a cd, whats next?

Thanks for the reply, yeah your right disk managment says raw. I have no idea how to do what your suggesting though, not amazing with computers so any instructions on how to do this would be much appreciated.

Hey thanks for the reply, i did the disk managment thing and it appears as (G:) [it origionaly automaticly came up with toshiba blah blah] layout = simple, type = baisc, file system = raw, status = healthy (primary partition), free space = 100% [while it was no where near full there must have been about 50GB on the drive and i have not formatted it]. The enclosure is like an ipod and there is no obvious way in which i could open it, no screws no clips or even any seems?

Hi I was copying some movies and photos onto my new toshiba art 4 1tb external hard drive this afternoon when it suddenly poped up that the drive needed to be formatted to use. Prior to this message i had no problems with the drive and only got it at christmas and has hardly been used and stored securly in a new case i bought specificly to protect it. I have not formatted the drive as i hope to at the very least be able to somehow recover the photos as foolishly i though they would be safe on a new drive :( and i dont have them saved anywhere else. Any help would be much appreciated. I am running windows vista home premium on my laptop and my old external hard drive still works without any problems, i have also tried my toshiba on another laptop and the university library computers which both run windows 7 with no luck either. I hope someone can help me!! any advice would be much appreciated and i forever promise to back up my photos in more than one location!! scotlass :P