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289 euro budget gaming pc (no gpu)

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  • 01-10-2011 4:23pm
    #1
    KamSaw
    Closed Accounts Posts: 25 ✭


    What do you think? My main concern is with the mobo and case. Will they be low quality for the price? I'm going to buy a 6870 or better once I sell my ps3.

    Anyone got any experience with dabs either? They're fairly cheap and free shipping :)

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    #2
    deconduo
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 4,281 Mod ✭✭✭✭deconduo


    Its not bad but dabs have pretty terrible customer support and delivery times. You might get the stuff within a week or you might not get it for months.

    If you're going to be putting a 6870 in it I'd get an i3 instead of an Athlon X2. The X2 will bottleneck the GPU pretty badly.

    Item|Price
    Total build cost: €307.34 + €30 shipping
    Intel Core i3-2100 Box, LGA1155|€99.50
    Samsung SH-222AB bare schwarz SATA|€16.79
    Xigmatek Asgard, ATX, ohne Netzteil, schwarz|€31.61
    Super-Flower Amazon 80Plus 450W|€40.88
    Samsung SpinPoint F3 1000GB, SATA II (HD103SJ)|€48.29
    4GB GEIL Value Plus PC3-10660 DDR3-1333 CL9|€20.30
    ASRock H61M-HVS (B3), Sockel 1155, mATX|€49.97


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    #3
    Serephucus
    Registered Users Posts: 7,180 ✭✭✭Serephucus


    I actually really like Dabs. I've never had delivery trouble from them - all my stuff has arrived within 3-4 days (this is with about 30+ orders) - though their customer support it pretty horrible. I did have trouble with my one RMA with them, but it got sorted in the end.


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    cherryghost
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 17,134 Mod ✭✭✭✭cherryghost


    Here's something for you. Food for thought. 230 for everything minus gpu

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    Motherboard unlocks the tri core to a quad core. Gives a nice jump in performance
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    #5
    KamSaw
    Closed Accounts Posts: 25 ✭KamSaw


    Fair play to ya cherryghost for fitting in a gpu for that price, that's excellent. I'd have 150 left lying around that I could use for the case and maybe get up to a 560 ti if I ever sell this ps3. Thanks deconduo I was looking at intel aswell, never thought I could squeeze an i3 in at that price range. Hardwareversand is tempting but I'm trying to buy Irish even though it's rip-off here, maybe i'm just deluded


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    Donny5
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,827 ✭✭✭Donny5


    KamSaw wrote: »
    Fair play to ya cherryghost for fitting in a gpu for that price, that's excellent. I'd have 150 left lying around that I could use for the case and maybe get up to a 560 ti if I ever sell this ps3. Thanks deconduo I was looking at intel aswell, never thought I could squeeze an i3 in at that price range. Hardwareversand is tempting but I'm trying to buy Irish even though it's rip-off here, maybe i'm just deluded

    Dabs might have an Irish domain name, but they're a UK company.


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    #7
    KamSaw
    Closed Accounts Posts: 25 ✭KamSaw


    Donny5 wrote: »
    Dabs might have an Irish domain name, but they're a UK company.

    Makes me sad =/


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