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Post subject: Computer for a friend  Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 7:49 pm |
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My friend wants to get a computer for home use, it must be pretty fast and run all current games pretty well.
I'd like him to have something quiet and reliable with some power to punch out.
Budget is £500-£800.
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 8:26 pm |
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Custom or prebuilt?
Well, ripping off the one i've just got....
MSI K9N mobo
AMD 64 3200 AM2
1 gig XMS ram (667mhz, 5400)
7600GT
250GB SATAII
DVD all singing all dancing
plus monitor case and so on and so forth should take you to about £750, certainly no more
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 8:30 pm |
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Basically needs everything inside the case. inc HD's and FD etc etc.
Would like to see him go for a Radeon setup as you seem to get more bang for your buck so motherboard would have to be crossfire ready for futureproofing methods.
Seems I have a bit of a sweet tooth when it comes to putting together a list as my total for him came to £964.88  _________________
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 8:36 pm |
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Seric=GCHQ= wrote: Basically needs everything inside the case. inc HD's and FD etc etc. Would like to see him go for a Radeon setup as you seem to get more bang for your buck so motherboard would have to be crossfire ready for futureproofing methods. Seems I have a bit of a sweet tooth when it comes to putting together a list as my total for him came to £964.88 oh is this including monitor or not?
i don't think they do an am2 crossfire mobo yet....probs wrong
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 9:07 pm |
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 10:04 pm |
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 10:08 pm |
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<p@r@b01!c>=GCHQ= wrote: 8ilbo o-iii<0 wrote: Antec Sonata w psu £61.90 MSI RD480 £62.16 AMD A64 3800 X2 £192.21 Corsair XMS 1gb matched £67.51 X1800XT £195.00 Maxtor 250GB SATAII £51.34 LG all singing all dancing £24.32 its a floppy.... £3.84 'doze £56.19 Total of £714.47 As a sort of base price to work up from - its about £100 apiece to upgrade processor and graphics to anything worth getting extra 2gb RAM is worth getting. corsair don't do a cheap 2gb matched pair, so [url=http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/66399] should do the job (two of them)
more expensive, but means you still keep two free slots
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 12:34 am |
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doesnt need monitor, doesnt need windows.
As I said, case and everything contained within.
Components Only.
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 1:42 am |
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crucial do cheap 2Gb RAM.
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 9:16 am |
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8ilbo o-iii<0 wrote: <p@r@b01!c>=GCHQ= wrote: 8ilbo o-iii<0 wrote: Antec Sonata w psu £61.90 MSI RD480 £62.16 AMD A64 3800 X2 £192.21 Corsair XMS 1gb matched £67.51 X1800XT £195.00 Maxtor 250GB SATAII £51.34 LG all singing all dancing £24.32 its a floppy.... £3.84 'doze £56.19 Total of £714.47 As a sort of base price to work up from - its about £100 apiece to upgrade processor and graphics to anything worth getting extra 2gb RAM is worth getting. corsair don't do a cheap 2gb matched pair, so [url=http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/66399] should do the job (two of them) more expensive, but means you still keep two free slots Might reccomend that but with crucial ram and a few extra little things for cooling etc =).
I've gotta put the thing together for him as well, and install windoze -_-. _________________
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 2:38 pm |
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The sad thing about today is, it its so much cheaper to go to someone like Dell for a pc in that price range.
Dont get me wrong, me personally would never go to them for a machine for myself, I will always build one. But whenever anyone asks me now about building a PC i direct them to dell.
1) if the hardware goes pop, they have an easy warranty
2) they dont phone you every week when they run into a problem
3) will probably get more for your money (even though its shitty dell h/w)
4) Comes bundled with lots of legal software which again makes sures there is no agro when it comes to windows geniune advantage.
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