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Old Oct 15, 2007 | 09:44 PM
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Got to love the antec 900

I have P4 3400 (soon to be upgraded to quad or duo core
Antec 900 case with all the fans going
2 gb OCZ 4-5-4-15 memory
Gforce 8800gtx extreme over clocked
Temp and fan controller
Fatality motherboard

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Old Oct 15, 2007 | 10:20 PM
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Right, dont take the piss, but i know feck all about pc's, have had mine for about 5 years now and its feeling a bit sorry for itself, so could you lads put your collective geekyness to use and suggest a top line spec/ list of parts i can buy and get someone to put together??

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Old Oct 15, 2007 | 10:39 PM
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Something like this
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Intel-Core-2-Q...QQcmdZViewItem
With one of these
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/GE-FORCE-768MB...QQcmdZViewItem
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Old Oct 15, 2007 | 11:57 PM
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Cheers for the reply, but Ł600 for 2 bits?? And im assuming ill need lots more stuff too
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Old Oct 16, 2007 | 12:50 AM
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You will need hard drive, case, power supply, memory, dvd drive (s), sound card if you want to upgrade on board sound and a good processor cooler.... that should get you going

Much better to build one in my oppinion because places like PC world put a good processor in them but the rest of the stuff is rubbish


depends what you want the PC to do... obviously if you want to play latest games then you will need decent graphic card , 2gb memory and a nifty processor.

A child could build a PC they are that easy
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Old Oct 16, 2007 | 06:30 AM
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i love asus mobos ...
always look overengineered ...
gonna be an amd setup then ..
http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=285
what amd's run at 1333 ??
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Old Oct 16, 2007 | 07:17 AM
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Cheers for the reply, but Ł600 for 2 bits?? And im assuming ill need lots more stuff too
You asked for top spec They are the main bits
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Old Oct 16, 2007 | 07:30 AM
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PC 1.....

Case: Coolmaster RC330 Elite Black Case
PSU: Jeantech ATX 500W PSU
Motherboard: Abit AN8 SLi Fatal1ty nForce4 SLi (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard
CPU: AMD ATHLON 64 X2 4200+ 4.4 GHZ 1MB 939 DUAL CORE
CPU Cooler: Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940)
Graphics Card: XFX GeForce 6800 GT 256MB DDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express)
Sound Card: Sound Blaster 5.1 Live
Memory: 2x Corsair 1GB DDR XMS3200C2PT Platinum CAS2
HDD: Seagate ST3200822AS Barracuda 200GB 7200RPM SATA/150 8MB Cache

PC 2....

Case: Coolmaster Aluminium Big Tower
PSU: 650W XCLIO X14 PSU
Motherboard: MSI P35 PLATINUM, iP35, S 775, PCI-E (x16), DDR2 1066/667/800, SATA II, SATA RAID, ATX
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6850, S775, 3.0 GHz, 1333MHz FSB, Conroe Core, 4MB Cache, Retail (Overclocked to 3.4GHz)
Graphics Card: Sapphire ATI Radeon X1950 Pro 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express)
Memory: 2Gb (2X1Gb) Corsair TwinX DDR2 XMS2 Dominator, PC8500, 240 Pin, Non-ECC Unbuffered,CAS 5-5-5-15, EPP
Monitor: Samsung SM913N 19" TFT 8ms 700:1 (1280x1024) Monitor - Silver & Black
CD Drive: LiteOn AllWrite SHM-165P6S-09 Black 16x16 Dual Layer DVDąRW -RAM
HDD: 320 Gb Western Digital WD3200YS RE, SATA300, 7200 rpm, 16MB Cache, 8.9 ms
Soundcard: Creative Soundblaster X-fi Xtreme Gamer Soundcard

Also have another PC and laptop
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Old Oct 16, 2007 | 08:29 AM
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That looks like it's landed from outer space
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Old Oct 16, 2007 | 10:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Paul Eggleton
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That looks like it's landed from outer space
Doesnt it just, but it looks
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Old Oct 16, 2007 | 11:02 AM
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Originally Posted by Mr Whippy
Cheers for the reply, but Ł600 for 2 bits?? And im assuming ill need lots more stuff too
Dont worry, those prices are too high AND you dont need to spend that much to get a top spec pc.

Something like this would do fine.

Processor http://www.ebuyer.com/product/131950
Ram http://www.ebuyer.com/product/98710
Motherboard http://www.ebuyer.com/product/113965
PSU(do not skimp in this department, must be good quality) http://www.ebuyer.com/product/114941
Hard drive- http://www.ebuyer.com/product/113430
Graphics card- http://www.ebuyer.com/product/120933
Case- http://www.ebuyer.com/product/118268

Think thats everything, now thats a top spec one incase your thinking fcking hell Ł300 for a graphics card it will last you a long time though

Or if you know nothing about pc's it might be worth spending abit extra and getting something prebuilt and delivered to you, because if you get your own parts you still have to find someone to put it together for you, then you will most likely have a part(s) that are faulty and need to be sent back.
Heres one from a website http://www.dinopc.com/shop/pc/viewPr...&idproduct=117

If you click on "customize" you can spec it to what ive suggested above(well almost)
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Old Oct 16, 2007 | 11:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Adam_BlackRS
PC 1.....

Case: Coolmaster RC330 Elite Black Case
PSU: Jeantech ATX 500W PSU
Motherboard: Abit AN8 SLi Fatal1ty nForce4 SLi (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard
CPU: AMD ATHLON 64 X2 4200+ 4.4 GHZ 1MB 939 DUAL CORE
CPU Cooler: Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940)
Graphics Card: XFX GeForce 6800 GT 256MB DDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express)
Sound Card: Sound Blaster 5.1 Live
Memory: 2x Corsair 1GB DDR XMS3200C2PT Platinum CAS2
HDD: Seagate ST3200822AS Barracuda 200GB 7200RPM SATA/150 8MB Cache

PC 2....

Case: Coolmaster Aluminium Big Tower
PSU: 650W XCLIO X14 PSU
Motherboard: MSI P35 PLATINUM, iP35, S 775, PCI-E (x16), DDR2 1066/667/800, SATA II, SATA RAID, ATX
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6850, S775, 3.0 GHz, 1333MHz FSB, Conroe Core, 4MB Cache, Retail (Overclocked to 3.4GHz)
Graphics Card: Sapphire ATI Radeon X1950 Pro 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express)
Memory: 2Gb (2X1Gb) Corsair TwinX DDR2 XMS2 Dominator, PC8500, 240 Pin, Non-ECC Unbuffered,CAS 5-5-5-15, EPP
Monitor: Samsung SM913N 19" TFT 8ms 700:1 (1280x1024) Monitor - Silver & Black
CD Drive: LiteOn AllWrite SHM-165P6S-09 Black 16x16 Dual Layer DVDąRW -RAM
HDD: 320 Gb Western Digital WD3200YS RE, SATA300, 7200 rpm, 16MB Cache, 8.9 ms
Soundcard: Creative Soundblaster X-fi Xtreme Gamer Soundcard

Also have another PC and laptop
Pics? come on join in the fun
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Old Oct 16, 2007 | 12:35 PM
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GTi_iTG
Top man!
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Old Oct 16, 2007 | 12:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Mr Whippy
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Top man!
No probs, any more help just pm me
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Old Apr 13, 2009 | 06:22 PM
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here's my upgraded rig !, has all new internals in now with a dual monitor set up,

spec is,

Abit fatlity FP-IN9 SLI nforce motherboard
Intel core 2 duo 3.20ghz
Sparkle Geforce 9600 GT cool pipe graphics card
2 x 150 gb h/d
4gb 1066mhz ddr ram
plus all the case mods

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Old Apr 13, 2009 | 06:46 PM
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Originally Posted by St3V3_C
I don't have anything special as PC's, but put a bit of effort into the network...






In there are: Cable modem, wireless router, a 16port Netgear Gigabit switch, 1TB of storage in Raid 1, and a UPS with a power feed back into the house for the cordless phones.
Trick

I really can't get excited about PC cases and internals like some people can I just like things to connect together and work, so I have the following;

Dell Optiplex (tower) PC;
2.8 P4, 1.5gb RAM, 60gb HDD, 2x 17" monitors

Compaq D510 (sff) media PC;
1.8 P4, 128mb RAM ( ), 20gb HDD > plugs into 50" plasma @ 1920x1080

Dell laptop;
1.4 P4M, 128mb RAM, 40gb HDD, wifi to router

And all that connects to a router with 500gb network storage for music and movies, although it's not set up at the mo as I want to expand to about 2TB instead

I just like to get stuff to all work together instead of independantly of each other - share files, share NAS, share internet, share printers, etc etc...
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Old Apr 13, 2009 | 06:57 PM
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This is the best rig I've seen for a while, really like it





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Old Apr 13, 2009 | 07:07 PM
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Old Apr 14, 2009 | 06:26 PM
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I bought just about everything for my new setup, apart from graphics card. Wanting to go Sli but just waiting for something to come up at the right price.

Im thinking about 2x 8800GTX or 2x 9800GTX or if budget can stretch 2x 9800 GX2
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