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Xmas early this year? 1000eu for pew pew pc.
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25-11-2011 6:56pm#1Long story short. I was planing on buying a house, but deal felt through ( second time now ), so me and misses are exhausted and annoyed from all " buying a house " experience and taking a break till spring. good news for me as i can heal my wounds with new PC :P.
So i will stop annoying you and ask you to help me out on this one.
1. What is your budget?
unfortunatly 1000eu is max i can go, if i still want to "enjoy" misses shadowhearth
2. What will be the main purpose of the computer?
Gaming, but it will have to have a good bit of ram, as i have 2 monitors and like to have video, browsers and all other crap on second screen while playing.
3. Do you need a copy of Windows?
Nope
4. Can you use any parts from an old computer?
I want a fresh biuld, i will keep my old pc for bedroom gaming.
5. Do you need a monitor?
No. i got 2 of them.
5b. If no, what resolution is your current monitor and do you plan to upgrade in the near future?
1920x1080/1650x1080. i am fine with this for now.
6. Do you need any of these peripherals?
card reader( but not pushed for it, always can buy it later)
7. Are you willing to try overclocking?
Yes
8. How can you pay?
Credit card, paypal
9. When are you purchasing?
Depends how good biuld is and how happy i am with setup. time wise planing to put down order next week.
Note: to make it simple - i need replacement for my good and trusted dell xps 420 q6600+6870. I got 2 monitors,5.1 speakers, mouse, keyboard,windows etc. i just need a gaming tower worth 1k eu. If possible with goodish PSU and CASE to future proof it. I REALLY dont want to use that german site. preferably something UKish where i could pay with VISA, not bank transfers etc.
thank you!0
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I'm sure it'll be said but if you have a decent hard drive already then maybe keep it.
The prices of hard drives have trebled since Thailand flooded and production has slowed.
Then use the money you save on an SSD
i really dont want to break apart my little xps, it has only 2x320gb hard drives anyway.
was thinking maybe getting some 500gb HDD for now, then upgrade it when they drop in price. 0 -
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Serephucus wrote: »Ah shurup. :P
In a €1,000 build, there has to be water somewhere...
There's none in mine.
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ShadowHearth wrote: »Jesus... no help so far, must be all in pub.
i started putting together few bits. it will be my first biuld so i just picked stuff from general knowladge. can we trim this up? i cant expect anything better then 2500k and some 6950.
This is bang on man, was expecting to make lots of edits.
My only nit pick would be the case. I'm actually a fan of nzxt on the whole but I really really don't like the phantom, it's very cheaply made for the price you're paying. You'd be better off going the the HAF 922 or even the nzxt beta evo IMO.
Also, if you buy a cheaper case for say £50 ish, you'll be able to bump up the card to a 570.0 -
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Eamonn Brophy wrote: »This is bang on man, was expecting to make lots of edits.
My only nit pick would be the case. I'm actually a fan of nzxt on the whole but I really really don't like the phantom, it's very cheaply made for the price you're paying. You'd be better off going the the HAF 922 or even the nzxt beta evo IMO.
Also, if you buy a cheaper case for say £50 ish, you'll be able to bump up the card to a 570.
Thanks. My first time trying to bulk up something
Anyway. Is that mobo will do with some overclocking? And which brands are better these days? I won't mind crossfire in near future too.
I checked this case a few times on YouTube and it looked prety good. I like all the trays and space inside. 3 fans and fan speed regulator looks handy. Any alternative you could find in scan for me m8?
What I linked comes up to a bit over 900eu, so i am between upgrading gpu to 6970 or small ssd.
What about the rest? Will I need some extra stuff? I don't want to get all that delivered and find out in the middle of biulding that I forgot some cable or "glue" etc.0 -
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okay lads, i tryed it again, because my last basket was gone...
it comes at 930eu, so i still got around 100eu to spend.
can anyone check it out and tell me if i missed out something or i did an error?
plus, do i spend 100eu on ssd or upgrade gpu to 6970?
i am not ATI fanboy, i just found them be best at price/performance ratio. i cant afford 580 etc.0 -
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The cheaper board, despite having two slots, the second one only runs at x4 (PCI-E 2, I think). Given that you were thinking of two cards and you want the PCI-E 3, I recommend this one instead.
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/msi-z68a-gd55-(g3)-pcie-30-intel-z68-s-1155-ddr3-sata-6gb-s-raid-sata-pcie-30-(x16)-vga-on-board-atx
thank you, i checked that mobo as soon as i sow your post in other thread. updated my basket. updated the ssd too.
can you check it out and see if i am missing something or needs to be changed? if i order this, will it all play along together nicely? i took i5 2500k OEM version. Apart it not having the sink, is there anything else it will be missing? i dont need it anyway as i am going for different cooling setup anyway, am i right? do i need some extra cables or thermal paste?
heres final list.
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ShadowHearth wrote: »thank you, i checked that mobo as soon as i sow your post in other thread. updated my basket. updated the ssd too.
can you check it out and see if i am missing something or needs to be changed? if i order this, will it all play along together nicely? i took i5 2500k OEM version. Apart it not having the sink, is there anything else it will be missing? i dont need it anyway as i am going for different cooling setup anyway, am i right? do i need some extra cables or thermal paste?
heres final list.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsDFs4OGMTs
Link to a Phantom case review, it's what put me off originally and I've mate a mate who's bought one since and verytihng they've said here holds true. It's not a "bad" case, I think it's just way overpriced for the build quality and features.
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/coolermaster-haf-912-plus-black-mid-tower-case-w-o-psu
This is much better value for what you get, has exactly everything you will need and frees up money you can spend on something else.
Put that extra £35 into picking the 570 or 6970.
Also, my advice would be to avoid Xfire or SLI, in some situations it may seem cheaper, but they're a LOT more powerhungry and suffer from driver issues and micro-stutter, many games fail to support thosee setups also and leave you with one gfx card. Though on paper it seems you get double the power, it normally actually works out to more like 1.5x the power due to many reasons. If you buy a 560ti or 6950 now and then later want to upgrade, go and buy a €300 card in say a year or two. I reccomend sticking to single GPU setups myself.
If you have a hard-drive yourself that's 500gigs or more, just use that for now. HDD prices are way crazy at the moment and you can cut more money from that and psend it elsewhere (better ram, better gpu or ssd, etc).0 -
Eamonn Brophy wrote: »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsDFs4OGMTs
Link to a Phantom case review, it's what put me off originally and I've mate a mate who's bought one since and verytihng they've said here holds true. It's not a "bad" case, I think it's just way overpriced for the build quality and features.
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/coolermaster-haf-912-plus-black-mid-tower-case-w-o-psu
This is much better value for what you get, has exactly everything you will need and frees up money you can spend on something else.
Put that extra £35 into picking the 570 or 6970.
Also, my advice would be to avoid Xfire or SLI, in some situations it may seem cheaper, but they're a LOT more powerhungry and suffer from driver issues and micro-stutter, many games fail to support thosee setups also and leave you with one gfx card. Though on paper it seems you get double the power, it normally actually works out to more like 1.5x the power due to many reasons. If you buy a 560ti or 6950 now and then later want to upgrade, go and buy a €300 card in say a year or two. I reccomend sticking to single GPU setups myself.
If you have a hard-drive yourself that's 500gigs or more, just use that for now. HDD prices are way crazy at the moment and you can cut more money from that and psend it elsewhere (better ram, better gpu or ssd, etc).
i looked at that review, and hose two lads look like proper idiots. Even the way they were handling that case... remined me of this fella:
i think i will keep the case as its huge and has extra cooling. i wont need to bother about case for ages. i am coming from xps420 which served me 5 years, so i want something more expencive now, but have it for good awile.
i am taking note on gpu part thought. i was always a single gpu fanboy, but when i was biulding this i just wanted to go out all ghetto while i can.
what if i would go with that original board that monotype linked and go for 6970? i will still have my PCIe 3.0?
i cant reuse my old hdds as my old pc will go to bedroom. media centre and gaming now and then on 42inch telly. thats why i am going with small 500gb now, when prices will drop i will go for proper one.0 -
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