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gaming pc opinions wanted

CPU:

2066 - Intel Core i5 2500K
Operating System:

11014 - Microsoft® Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Motherboard:

4121 - NEW! Gigabyte Z68AP-D3
Memory:

5035 - 4.0GB Corsair DDR3 1600mhz XMS3 (2x 2GB)
Hard Drives:

6006 - 1TB S-ATAII 3.0Gb/s
Optical Drive:

7003 - 22x DVD±RW DL S-ATA
Graphics card:

9029 - ATI Radeon HD 6850 1GB
Sound card:

10001 - Onboard 7.1 Audio
Case:

17024 - Xigmatek Asgard
PSU:

18032 - 400W Xigmatek


a customized version of this dino pc Veloce-i5-2400
http://www.dinopc.com

aprox £25 p&p
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Re: gaming pc opinions wanted

Not an expert at all, but the PSU seems light.

Also, for the HDD, check if there a huge price difference with SATA III 6Gb/s. Don't think there are that much expensive.

But it seems a good damn config to me for someone that did not want to change his pc ! lol
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Re: gaming pc opinions wanted

i have always wanteded to change just not sure if i can

adding a 500w ups price to £608.80
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Re: gaming pc opinions wanted

you might want a bit more ram
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Re: gaming pc opinions wanted

http://3xs.scan.co.uk/Category.asp?Syst ... egoryID=34

The radius box look ok and about your budget

Scan.co.uk are a very good supplier
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Re: gaming pc opinions wanted

Yeah I see Ur piont about ram but that would be easy fixed later when I got some more money

@ ion that looks good a nicer case than dino pc but it's more expensive by about £50 and only a 500gb hd the dino has a 1tb hd
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Re: gaming pc opinions wanted

Nem hdd,s can be upgraded later, the box suggested is fit for purpose (bf3) And is upgradeable
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Re: gaming pc opinions wanted

Yeah but again adding the 500wat psi to the dino pc speck above comes in at
Approx £635 includeing shipping

And the one u suggested looks good but it £662
And apart from a better case it mite just be me but u seem
To get alot more for Ur money from dino
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if I left the gtx550 in the build at the top with 8 gb memory and
500w psi it's comes £596 including vat and shipping would that be
Good would save a lil money thoughts ?
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ok been looking at this and well i hav decided on this as i dont download much i gone for a 500gb hdd instead of the 1 tb i mean iv had my curent pc 4 years and it no where near full
i could buy it on saterday and with the 500gb hd i hav enough left for the 3day delivery lol


CPU: Intel Core i5 2500K
Operating System: Microsoft® Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z68AP-D3
Memory: 4.0GB Corsair DDR3 1600mhz XMS3 (2x 2GB)
Hard Drives: NEW! 500GB S-ATAIII 6.0Gb/s
Optical Drive: 22x DVD±RW DL S-ATA
Graphics card: NEW! NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1GB
Sound card: Onboard 7.1 Audio
Case: Xigmatek Asgard
PSU: 500W Xigmatek
Warranty: 3 Year Platinum Warranty
Priority turnaround: Dispatched in 3 working days £30.00
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Re: gaming pc opinions wanted

I use an ocz power supply 750watt and only £60, its cheaper if you do things in stages and if anything fails you know what the problem is :)
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Re: gaming pc opinions wanted

Lol wife says I don't need a new pc yet it just died on me playing bc2

Quaz it's a hole new build as my first statement my old pc is fucked and
Has an obsalite motherboard and the fans are also acting up

Thanks to Bamz who I had a chat with earlier about the said setup
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Nemes1s wrote:Lol wife says I don't need a new pc yet it just died on me playing bc2
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Re: gaming pc opinions wanted

sounds good nem
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pc ordered though will take up to 2weeks to come the £30 priority thing dint inculde shipping so said fuck off to that
cant wait till it comes
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