CPU/Mobo Core i5 upgrade. Finally!

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pretttt said:
hmm now this going way over my budget.

i5 750 - 10k

giga ud3 - 11k

gskill ram - 7.5k

this itself is coming to 28.5K and not considering vat and shipping. Including that will bring it close to 30K. Damn.

hey Udit,

can u please explain this article in this page....

Choosing DDR3 SDRAM for LGA1156 Platform

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Basically, it says that Core i5 will not support DDR3-1600 SDRAM...

P.S. I dont know much about RAMs, and please dont flame me if what the article claims turns out to be just BS.
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it'll need cpu at 160x20 (3.2GHz) & ram at 160x10 for 1.6GHz RAM to run at rated speeds or you can run 160x17 cpu with 160x10 ram
 
Udit said:
it'll need cpu at 160x20 (3.2GHz) & ram at 160x10 for 1.6GHz RAM to run at rated speeds or you can run 160x17 cpu with 160x10 ram
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Thanks for the reply :)

but, honestly didnt really get what u were trying to say :ashamed:

u mean to say I need to OC i5 750 to 3.2GHz to use it with 1600MHz RAM??

also, when u say 160x20: 160 refers to BCLK and x20 is multiplier .. right?

Anyways, what will happen if I dont OC the cpu?
will the RAM run at reduced speed of 1333MHz? or will the CPU not run at all?

BTW, apparently theres been a price drop on the i5 750 and all intel boards, so maybe everything will fit in my budget after all :) I'm even thinking of Noctua now!! but decided to wait for the usb3+sata3 P55A series.

is core i5 available in india?
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yup.
Thanx for bumping the thread... wasnt getting any replies ... lol
 
pretttt said:
Thanks for the reply :)

but, honestly didnt really get what u were trying to say :ashamed:

u mean to say I need to OC i5 750 to 3.2GHz to use it with 1600MHz RAM??

also, when u say 160x20: 160 refers to BCLK and x20 is multiplier .. right?

Anyways, what will happen if I dont OC the cpu?
will the RAM run at reduced speed of 1333MHz? or will the CPU not run at all?
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I mean to say you need to OC i5 750 to 3.2GHz to use it with 1600MHz RAM

yes 160 refers to BCLK and x20 is multiplier

if you dont OC the cpu the RAM will run at a reduced speed of 1333MHz
 
when you select XMP with 1600 ram, most mobos reduce cpu multiplier and increase bclk so that cpu speed runs almost at stock. Atleast gigabyte mobos do that. Anyway core i5 750 overclocks to 3.2ghz on stock volts easily , so no issues, I believe.
 
haraakiri said:
when you select XMP with 1600 ram, most mobos reduce cpu multiplier and increase bclk so that cpu speed runs almost at stock. Atleast gigabyte mobos do that. Anyway core i5 750 overclocks to 3.2ghz on stock volts easily , so no issues, I believe.
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100% true :)
 
@Udit and @haraakiri
got it guys. Thanks for explaining that!

Will update this thread once I purchase the components. This is what I have decided on now: i5 750, Giga P55A-UD3R, GSkill 1600MHz CL7.

Cooler is also most likely gonna be Noctua, but will decide once I buy the above stuff :)
 
1333 CL9 = 800 CL5
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I'm sorry but i disagree completely

tests on a Phenom II X4 810 by ixbitlabs.com showed that the DDR3 1333MHz C9 platform is on the whole much faster than a DDR2 1066MHz C5 platform, let alone DDR2 800MHz..
 
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