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Best Gaming Pc

tech · 2010-06-28 17:02:21

I have a friend who is looking for a decent gaming pc, I have looked at the dell Alienware pc's and these are very expensive €1100 starting with only 3 gig ram and no screen. Where else can i get a decent spec games pc? Thanks

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#32 19-11-2010 10:19pm
Venom

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deceit wrote: »

Tech, the spec by dublingunner is pretty good but for the sake of power usage I would replace the 470 with a 5870 and the nvidia cards are really power hungry. But both the Amd and intel chips 1090T/930 are really good chips, if you deal with media and compressing alot of videos etc the 1090T would be a better choice but if its soley for gaming the 930 pips it with the better overclockability and better in games at standard clocks. I have an i7930 for my gaming machine and my htpc will soon be based on a 1090T when delivered.

For the games the OP listed a 5870 is total overkill and going to put a serious dent in the OPs or OPs mate's budget. A 6800 series card offers much more bang for the buck and leaves cash for other elements of the build.

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#33 19-11-2010 10:22pm
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Venom wrote: »

For the games the OP listed a 5870 is total overkill and going to put a serious dent in the OPs or OPs mate's budget. A 6800 series card offers much more bang for the buck and leaves cash for other elements of the build.

OP is over 4 months old, it was a random bump.

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#34 19-11-2010 10:23pm
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massy086 wrote: »

or just have hv build you this for 800 much better build

Very good build spec but something like a Corsair TX 650w PSU would be worth the extra cash imho.

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#35 20-11-2010 1:39am
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Cancel that if you can. It's well overpriced. I just ordered a very similar pc (same cpu, memory and gpu) for about €350 less.

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