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Author:  Lur =GCHQ= [ Sat Aug 25, 2007 9:48 pm ]
Post subject:  some help please
right...long story short, im going to be getting 120-180 quid a month till the end of the school year (EMA + other saved money)

im after getting a half decent pc...thinking either buy bits when i get the money then build it, or save some money and add it to christmas money and build on then. basically im looking at around 400-500 quid (suppose it could go to 600quid at a squeeze) for the tower unit and all components (not including monitor or peripherals)

im just after a pc that will run CS:S smoothly with a half decent fps....sound card aint important (can be bought at later date)

soo really, can somebody make a list of the main components for me in the range of £400-£500 only thing im bothered about is i want this case: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showprodu ... =CA-065-AN - £70
Author:  Lemon =GCHQ= [ Sat Aug 25, 2007 11:47 pm ]
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i know that if you were to save your money til after crimbo ...... you could benifit from the sales ... long time to wait tho :D
Author:  Rainbow Dave =GCHQ= [ Sat Aug 25, 2007 11:52 pm ]
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Do you know how to build a computer? :D
Author:  Lur =GCHQ= [ Sun Aug 26, 2007 2:07 am ]
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of course i do colin...im just not that great when it comes to knowing what part is better than what and all that stuff....thought id leave it to the professionals 8)
Author:  Skrunk =GCHQ= [ Sun Aug 26, 2007 12:36 pm ]
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Try http://www.pcoption.co.uk
They build PC's within a specific price range and you can get them without monitors keyboards etc
And they will overclock for free :D

http://pcoption.co.uk/pcbaseunits/index ... ip4con.htm

That's £469 and if you want to splash out on other upgrades just shoot down to the bottom
I suggest the 6750 CPU for an extra 45 quid
The Asus P5N-E SLi mobo for an extra tenner
And you can also get the case that you wanted from that site and they will build it all for you for free :D
Author:  Diablo-X [ Sun Aug 26, 2007 2:51 pm ]
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tbh if you just want to play CSS smoothly you can do that for like less than £300..do you want to play stuff like Crysis at all?
Author:  Lur =GCHQ= [ Sun Aug 26, 2007 5:02 pm ]
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well, it aint just for css mate...im just setting that as my benchmark i guess...main reason being is that if it plays css it will play bf1942/dc...trackmania etc....and obviously i can upgrade things like gfx and soundcard when needed....
Author:  Diablo-X [ Sun Aug 26, 2007 5:57 pm ]
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Ok i'll come up with something, but for £500 you can get a pretty good comp.
Author:  Lur =GCHQ= [ Sun Aug 26, 2007 6:13 pm ]
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Diablo-X =GCHQ= wrote:
Ok i'll come up with something, but for £500 you can get a pretty good comp.


well, ive just been looking at what skrunk posted up, ive got a mate here who
knows a bit about like, what company to use for what components etc, and
we basically took the pc skrunk put up but put an athlon duel core in it...and
it came out at £411...then bumped it up to an sli motherboard just incase i need
sli in the future and it was only around £430...soo ill see what you come up
with diablo and compare the 2, just keep in mind chances are ill be buying
the pc (or parts and bulding it) at christmas...soo they're may be newer and
better components on the market then (or the same but cheaper :lol: )
Author:  Skrunk =GCHQ= [ Sun Aug 26, 2007 6:44 pm ]
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or in other words.........skrunk is teh dogs yo

hehehehe that will be a wicked computer for the gaming you wanna do, 100x better than any of the PC world equivalents for the same price
Author:  simon [ Sun Aug 26, 2007 9:31 pm ]
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Microdirect.co.uk




Total: £583.54



Also... don't be cheap and go with an Athlon. The Core 2 Duo are awesome priced and they give awesome performance. And whatever you do... DO NOT DROP THE CPU COOLER from that list... You'll only regret it later, lol.
Author:  Diablo-X [ Sun Aug 26, 2007 9:57 pm ]
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Simon - [Kimck098] wrote:
Microdirect.co.uk



Total: £583.54



Also... don't be cheap and go with an Athlon. The Core 2 Duo are awesome priced and they give awesome performance. And whatever you do... DO NOT DROP THE CPU COOLER from that list... You'll only regret it later, lol.


Get a x1950xt for £105 from ebuyer.com - out of stock atm though :/
Author:  elbow=GCHQ= [ Sun Aug 26, 2007 10:56 pm ]
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take £50 off that with the antec sonata III, case and psu about £70
Author:  Johns [ Sun Aug 26, 2007 11:01 pm ]
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Simon - [Kimck098] wrote:
Microdirect.co.uk



Total: £583.54



Also... don't be cheap and go with an Athlon. The Core 2 Duo are awesome priced and they give awesome performance. And whatever you do... DO NOT DROP THE CPU COOLER from that list... You'll only regret it later, lol.



not bad not bad at all.
Author:  Lur =GCHQ= [ Mon Aug 27, 2007 12:46 am ]
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Simon - [Kimck098] wrote:
don't be cheap and go with an Athlon. The Core 2 Duo are awesome priced and they give awesome performance.


well, apparently (these are my mates words) Athlon's are better for gaming
but Intel are much better for multiple applications...and if this is true ill go for
the athlon as this laptop i have now is only a month old and has a 3.33 core 2
duo...soo i can use the pc for gaming and this for other things. im not choosing
the Athlon for it being cheaper, just thought it was better for what i wanted :?


P.S. cheers to everyone giving advice here and suggestions, its much appreciated 8)
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