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18-03-2011 11:59am#1Well guys. it must be 4 or 5 years since i built my own last PC which is still plugging away like a demon. But I am out of touch with the latest gear.
my son was going to buy an Alienware Laptop for College and a bit of gaming in his free time.
Now he feels that he would be better off building a pc and he will also want to buy a steering wheel setup later on ( I think this is around €300 )
Anyhow. He is reckoning on spending around €700 on the pc. he has an old one that he put into a new case a year ago and never used it as he was an xbox addict
This case will do him perfectly. as will his dvd/rw
So
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CPU + HS/Fan
Ram
HDD
Graphics card
PSU
Anything else?
Open to suggestions here lads.;)0
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From hardwareversand.de
This site only takes bank transfer (also accepts credit cards through paypal for an extra 3%).
+ Delivery €30
http://www4.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?aid=41224
http://www4.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?aid=43850
http://www4.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?aid=44186
http://www4.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?aid=25731
http://www4.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?aid=28070
http://www4.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?aid=30069
http://www4.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?aid=28152
Note that that is a mATX motherboard, the only 1155 socket board in stock and the cheapest one.
If you fancy an ATX motherboard, you could squeeze a little more money by leaving out the heatsink.
Another alternative is to go down the AMD route which is cheaper. Although not as strong in the processing department, if gaming is the primary focus then graphics card is the most important.0 -
From hardwareversand.de
This site only takes bank transfer (also accepts credit cards through paypal for an extra 3%).
Another alternative is to go down the AMD route which is cheaper. Although not as strong in the processing department, if gaming is the primary focus then graphics card is the most important.
That looks quite interesting.
Would it be too much to ask of you to spec an AMD system as I am a but of an AMD lover myself.
Price looks around about right..could go an extra few euro if needs be
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No problem. Here's a 6 core AMD build. Changed the ram as the geil was a bit cheaper but should be pretty much the same.
+ Delivery €30.
You could easily save money on the motherboard, but I thought that I would pick one with plenty of features. I went with an AMD card too. The 6950 should have a slight lead on the 560, especially at high resolutions with the 2GB version.
RAM
http://www4.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?aid=38484
CPU
http://www4.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?aid=34042
Motherboard
http://www4.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?aid=31448
6950 GPU 2GB
http://www4.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?aid=419050 -
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IrishMetalhead wrote: »8GB of RAM?
That completely unnecessary 4GB is still more than enough even for todays standards so 8GB of Ram would really benifit you
He will be using this for photoshop among other editing software and as we know, Photoshop LOVES ram 0 -
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