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thank you everybody who has helped me come to a decision.

finally buying
core i5 2400 , dh67BL motherboard, leadtek 1gb quadro 600 graphic card,4gb xms3 corsair ram,windows 7 pro,seasonic smps 520w and cooler master elite 311.
screen ,mouse and keyboard directly buying from dell.
 
Jarod said:
I'm not a fan of Intel reference boards, but it should do.
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It has been bought by several members on this forum, recommended many more times over. The board is performing yeomanry service and is the best in the sub ~6000/- category due to the following reasons --
  • Decent enough layout, with all the basic components well spaced.
  • support for SATA III ports and inclusion of a pair of USB 3.0 ports at the rear I/O panel.
  • Intel international warranty, plus Intel after sales is generally speaking decent in a country like India where Rashi Peripherals Pvt. Ltd. exist.
  • supports the entire line of Intel Sandy-Bridge and Ivy-Bridge processors [after a BIOS flash].
  • 4 DIMM slots, so plenty of memory expandability. No other motherboard below ~6000/- and <8500/- features 4 DIMM slots. All competitive models have only upto 2 DIMM's.

Seriously what is there to complain about, sure the BIOS = pile of morass, but this is not meant for over-clocking and it offers pretty good functionality for its price.
kunalthesarkar said:
ok will be taking 8gb on a safer side.
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Make sure you go for ~1600MHz modules. If you are going to say on the motherboard it says only upto ~1333MHz supported, please read the following articles -- Anandtech and Xbit Labs.

Sandy Bridge's improved memory controller has all but eliminated the need for extreme memory bandwidth, at least for this architecture. It's only when you get down to DDR3-1333 that you see a minor performance penalty. The sweet spot appears to be at DDR3-1600, where you will see a minor performance increase over DDR3-1333 with only a slight increase in cost. The performance increase gained by going up to DDR3-1866 or DDR3-2133 isn't nearly as pronounced.

We also found that memory bandwidth does scale with CPU clock speed; however, it still doesn't translate into any meaningful real-world performance. The sweet spot still appears to be DDR3-1600. All of the extra performance gained by overclocking almost certainly comes from the CPU overclock itself and not from the extra memory bandwidth.


Finally, although the effects of low latency memory can be seen in our bandwidth tests, they don't show any real world advantage over their higher latency (ahem, cheaper) counterparts. None of the real-world tests performed showed any reason to prefer low latency over raw speed.
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