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  • 30-07-2010 9:11pm
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    Sobanek
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    I have to yet make another topic, I wanted to get something small as well for my parents as my dad's 40th birthday is in a month.

    Musts:

    - At least Dual Core 2.5GHz
    - Must have 4GB RAM
    - Something better than 8600GT 256MB DDR3
    - Hard Drive must be around 500GB
    - Case must be a small case
    - Monitor must be at least 21inch.
    - Wouldn't mind blu-ray


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    massy086
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    whats your budget and are you willing to build it yourself


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    Sobanek
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    Around €700 but that list include the monitor, keyboard and mouse as well


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    Deano12345
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    Sobanek wrote: »
    Around €700 but that list include the monitor, keyboard and mouse as well

    How small do you want it, I can spec you up a quad core PC with a 9400M that you could hold in your hand.

    Or do you want something a little bigger than that ?


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    Sobanek
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    Perhaps something bigger than the Mac Mini. But I wouldn't mind if it fitted to a normal desk.
    Quad Core is not a necessity, I would rather want something that's low on the power consumption. This PC will be only used for FarmVille, Internet, Mail and YouTube HD. They don't need anything more.


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    massy086
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    more than enough
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    Deano12345
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    Sobanek wrote: »
    Perhaps something bigger than the Mac Mini. But I wouldn't mind if it fitted to a normal desk.
    Quad Core is not a necessity, I would rather want something that's low on the power consumption. This PC will be only used for FarmVille, Internet, Mail and YouTube HD. They don't need anything more.

    Zotac 1156 board would be idea for this, with an i3 it would fly through all of that., i'll do up a build for you later


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    Sobanek
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    Yeah, I was considering a Mini-ITX board, but most of them have the crappy Intel GMA 950 graphics, come with a single-core Atom and cost a ton as well.
    i3 would be a great CPU I guess as it's much faster than the E5400 which I was thinking about.


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    Monotype
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    Have you considered the:

    Asus M4A88T-I 880G Socket AM3
    http://www.ebuyer.com/product/227079

    It's fairly expensive at £114.64 (€137.00) but you get
    -AM3
    -USB 3
    -Integrated ATI Radeon™ HD 4250 GPU (much better than intel junk)
    -Bluetooth
    -Wireless

    and other stuff like a PCI-E slot for another graphics card, 3 SATA ports and RAID 0,1, 5.

    It supports up to 95W CPUs, you you'd have to be careful here. It's expensive since it's just out and it could be difficult to fit everything into €700, but we can try if you want.


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