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New PC planning to buy.
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Author:  Johns [ Tue Mar 04, 2008 10:19 pm ]
Post subject:  New PC planning to buy.
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Right thats the list i have got up so far. Not 100% sure on the Mobo yet?

The PSU is just a thought. Not sure what PSU yet. Just needs to be a modular one ;) Im fussy.

Also Thought about getting a Antec p190 which comes with 2 PSU's built in.

Could i get yer views people.

(Side note, i have thought about the new CPU's that are being released but when i price a pc up then it seems to come to over £1300 so im not entirly keen on that :lol: )
Author:  nicey=GCHQ= [ Tue Mar 04, 2008 11:07 pm ]
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are you gonna use on board sound?
Author:  oap [ Wed Mar 05, 2008 12:28 am ]
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Most hd on-board sound systems these days are better than the creative xi-fi garbage i wasted money on, lol.
Author:  Sleeper Service=GCHQ= [ Wed Mar 05, 2008 12:38 am ]
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Or even a motherboard :grin:

Not sure about the pricing of the upcoming intel chips but that quad is more than powerful enough for anything.
Author:  elbow=GCHQ= [ Wed Mar 05, 2008 1:16 am ]
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egads you are throwing your money away there you realise?

you can get a gig of perfectly good ram (corsair xms 5400 as it happens) for £9.99 stick

I'll grant you that the raptor is good in some respects but gets beaten marginally by the spinpoints and deathstars on quite a few benchmarks - worth checking through tomshardware.com; you can slash the price in half and get three times the capactiy...150GB won't last you any time

the PSU is also...not an antec....but hey....I'd say 850W is exessive, but it depends how much other random crap you're going to put in there - there are calculators lurking around on the internet that'll tell you what you need (or you can roughly work it out yourself)...see what PSUs the antec p190 comes with though, could be a good bargain :)
Author:  Johns [ Wed Mar 05, 2008 1:26 am ]
Post subject:  Re: New PC planning to buy.
Sleeper Service=GCHQ= wrote:
Or even a motherboard :grin:

Not sure about the pricing of the upcoming intel chips but that quad is more than powerful enough for anything.

im not 100% on a mobo. hoping someone could point one out.

Sound could be on board but i'v also got a soundcard i'd carry over from this system
Author:  Johns [ Wed Mar 05, 2008 3:27 am ]
Post subject:  Re: New PC planning to buy.
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Thats the latest update to it. Decided to go for the new CPU as i got the price down, Motherboard also supports DDR3 if i ever decide to upgrade.

Still not sure on if the raptor drive is worth it.
Author:  Skrunk =GCHQ= [ Wed Mar 05, 2008 6:59 pm ]
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Personally I would wait until the end of March when Nvidia is meant to be releasing the rest of there 9 Series GFX cards.

9800GT GTX etc

This'll probs push the price down on the 8 series quite a lot
Author:  Johns [ Wed Mar 05, 2008 7:31 pm ]
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Skrunk =GCHQ= wrote:
Personally I would wait until the end of March when Nvidia is meant to be releasing the rest of there 9 Series GFX cards.

9800GT GTX etc

This'll probs push the price down on the 8 series quite a lot


wait wait wait...


feck the waiting.

been waiting since november for this now.

if better cards come out ill buy one then
Author:  Bodopo [ Thu Mar 06, 2008 5:34 pm ]
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Still not sure on if the raptor drive is worth it.


the most vital for a speedy running once u have a reasonable amount of RAM/CPU. My P.c literally takes 30 seconds to boot to vista, then granted it has to load all the other crap from the 7200rpm HDD but still. If you have the extra cash the bigger and more raptors you can get the better :grin:
Author:  Johns [ Thu Mar 06, 2008 6:20 pm ]
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Bodopo =GCHQ= wrote:
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Still not sure on if the raptor drive is worth it.


the most vital for a speedy running once u have a reasonable amount of RAM/CPU. My P.c literally takes 30 seconds to boot to vista, then granted it has to load all the other crap from the 7200rpm HDD but still. If you have the extra cash the bigger and more raptors you can get the better :grin:



Meh, ended up just dropping it. Didnt seems worth it.

Not ordered it yet, waiting til the 10th (Monday for the processor to be released. Should probably preorder it but meh!)
Author:  GeneralPublic=GCHQ= [ Thu Mar 06, 2008 6:27 pm ]
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I never noticed the slightest difference once I changed mine over to a pair of raptors :)
Author:  Extolerance=GCHQ= [ Fri Mar 07, 2008 1:59 am ]
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Nah it's all crap.....you're not allowed to get a better comp than me. :grin:
Author:  Johns [ Fri Mar 07, 2008 3:36 pm ]
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Extolerance=GCHQ= wrote:
Nah it's all crap.....you're not allowed to get a better comp than me. :grin:


kiss my hairy buttocks micheal
Author:  Stealth [ Fri Mar 07, 2008 11:07 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: New PC planning to buy.
10,000rpm and 7200rpm it seems like a jump but its not that much and you would save a fair bit going for a 7200.

Will be watching this thread to see what you get, planning on getting a new pc if i get these summer jobs and il be asking ye about it johns :P
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