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Wed Apr 20, 11 3:59 pmby lfcjake
All of my parts have been ordered, should be getting them all tomorrow. Can't wait! I went for this build in the end...
AMD Phenom II X4 955 BE
Asus Crosshair Formula IV motherboard
500GB HDD Seagate Barracuda
4GB RAM Corsair XMS3
Gigabyte 6870 Graphics Card
Coolermaster CM690 (with Coolermaster GX PSU 650w)
Was gonna get a 1TB HDD but I'm really skint now so that'll have to wait, besides I doubt I'll have a shit load of games installed all at once.
Just wanted to say thanks to me fellow red James for pointing me in the right direction with the guide and stuff. Ta bud.
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Wed Apr 20, 11 4:40 pmby James
I thought I was a blue Jake!!!
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Fri Apr 22, 11 6:23 amby Aidan
lfcjake wrote:All of my parts have been ordered, should be getting them all tomorrow. Can't wait! I went for this build in the end...
AMD Phenom II X4 955 BE
Asus Crosshair Formula IV motherboard
500GB HDD Seagate Barracuda
4GB RAM Corsair XMS3
Gigabyte 6870 Graphics Card
Coolermaster CM690 (with Coolermaster GX PSU 650w)
Was gonna get a 1TB HDD but I'm really skint now so that'll have to wait, besides I doubt I'll have a shit load of games installed all at once.
Just wanted to say thanks to me fellow red James for pointing me in the right direction with the guide and stuff. Ta bud.
Nice setup! If I can also make a recommendation. Get a cheap Low Capacity SSD just to use as a boot drive. I guarantee you'll see a noticeable difference in speed.
Going from an HDD boot drive to an SSD boot drive is the best thing I've ever done. HDD boot drives are only a bottleneck to the rest of your components these days.
Yeah, that's right.
Posted:
Fri Apr 22, 11 1:24 pmby lfcjake
Aidan wrote:lfcjake wrote:All of my parts have been ordered, should be getting them all tomorrow. Can't wait! I went for this build in the end...
AMD Phenom II X4 955 BE
Asus Crosshair Formula IV motherboard
500GB HDD Seagate Barracuda
4GB RAM Corsair XMS3
Gigabyte 6870 Graphics Card
Coolermaster CM690 (with Coolermaster GX PSU 650w)
Was gonna get a 1TB HDD but I'm really skint now so that'll have to wait, besides I doubt I'll have a shit load of games installed all at once.
Just wanted to say thanks to me fellow red James for pointing me in the right direction with the guide and stuff. Ta bud.
Nice setup! If I can also make a recommendation. Get a cheap Low Capacity SSD just to use as a boot drive. I guarantee you'll see a noticeable difference in speed.
Going from an HDD boot drive to an SSD boot drive is the best thing I've ever done. HDD boot drives are only a bottleneck to the rest of your components these days.
Yeah, that's right.
Thanks mate, sweeet I'll keep that in mind, shall get one in the future. They're pretty expensive aren't they?
Posted:
Fri Apr 22, 11 4:51 pmby Aidan
You can get them for around $100 these days.
I have a $120 64Gb Crucial sata 3 SSD.
I only use it as a boot drive, and for programs such as photoshop.
It's lighting fast though, and definitely a great investment. I'm never using HDD's again as a boot drive.
Posted:
Fri Apr 22, 11 6:45 pmby lfcjake
Sounds good to me, I'll look out for one when I'm not broke lol.
Posted:
Fri Apr 22, 11 8:05 pmby Aidan
Yeah really, I hear ya. It's always a punch to the ol' wallet when you buy parts for a whole new rig.
Posted:
Mon Jul 11, 11 12:00 pmby James
bump
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Mon Jul 11, 11 12:04 pmby SimonDenton
Yes I see it now James
Thanks for the guide! I'll just try and find someone who will build a pc for me based on my preferences.
Posted:
Mon Jul 11, 11 11:49 pmby Aidan
Simon, I reccomend you do it yourself!
It really isn't confusing, or hard. Everyone just assumes this.
There are many easy guides of how to put a PC together.
Here is one from Linus...
[youtube]HIJx6Y3tofg[/youtube]
Posted:
Tue Jul 12, 11 1:04 amby Psycho
lfcjake wrote:Sounds good to me, I'll look out for one when I'm not broke lol.
Whats your dx alias?
Posted:
Tue Jul 12, 11 2:52 amby Aidan
~þsÿçhø~ wrote:lfcjake wrote:Sounds good to me, I'll look out for one when I'm not broke lol.
Whats your dx alias?
-off topic sir. You might want to pm that sort of thing.
Posted:
Tue Jul 12, 11 4:55 amby SimonDenton
Just like that? Just buy the pieces separately or in combos and assemble it myself? If it is as simple as that then it's time for action
Thanks again Aidan
Posted:
Tue Jul 12, 11 6:45 amby Aidan
SimonDenton wrote:Just like that? Just buy the pieces separately or in combos and assemble it myself? If it is as simple as that then it's time for action
Thanks again Aidan
It's very much this easy
A lot of people generally think it's rocket science and waste money on a prebuilt. Building it yourself saves you quite a lot of money.
I'd also like to mention that most parts come with instructions as well..
Which country do you live in? One of us can direct you to a good website to purchase parts off of.
Posted:
Tue Jul 12, 11 6:48 amby SimonDenton
I'm in Australia
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Wed Jul 13, 11 3:10 amby Aidan
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Mon Aug 15, 11 2:40 amby regrez
Well if you want a good kick of power but still keeping a budget in mind, I suggest that you get an i5 with a k multiplier. You will not be spending on more money to get the stock i7 as you can over clock it to make use of its maximum potential.
I am not sure about the and processors though as I have read mixed reviews about the ability to unlock their dual processors and how it could sometimes not work for the user.
Posted:
Mon Aug 15, 11 6:20 amby Aidan
I <3 my 2600k
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Mon Aug 15, 11 6:59 amby SimonDenton
Thanks a lot Aidan! I'll check them out. I don't know if there is a reputation reward system or anything on here but if there was I'd give you a
Posted:
Mon Aug 15, 11 7:15 amby Aidan
SimonDenton wrote:I don't know if there is a reputation reward system or anything on here
<<<<<<< This is it!
No problem m8
Always happy to help if I can.
edt: ty jay m8
In fact. Our system is so advanced, that if you have too much reputation, you're not allowed to visit the forum so other users have a chance!
Posted:
Thu Dec 15, 11 11:46 amby James
Bump.
New catagory added, Extremeist.
Posted:
Thu Dec 15, 11 1:52 pmby or 1=1
My new configuration
intel i5 2500
asus p8p68 mobo
seagate 1tb hdd
corsair 128gb ssd
gskill c9 2x4gb ram 1600mhz
samsung dvd-rw 22x
xfx pro series 550w psu
nvidia gtx570 1gb vga
case coolermaster sileo
Posted:
Thu Dec 15, 11 3:34 pmby Mastakilla
Ati Radeon HD4870 sonic dual edition still beats the crap out of any game on my system o_O
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Posted:
Thu Dec 15, 11 3:41 pmby James
That's because despite it almost being a 3 year old graphics card, it is much more powerful than the current set of console's GPUs. Videogames appear to be optimised these days for PC as most of them are designed to run on consoles so they generally run well.
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Thu Dec 15, 11 10:58 pmby or 1=1
nah, it's because most of the new graphica cards are a rebrand of old models
all the non-sold AMD GPUs of the 67xx 68xx 69xx series will be for sure rebranded on something like 70xx
this shit is going on for years.
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Thu Dec 15, 11 11:00 pmby James
...
uh
well that is true for the lower series cards (5770 example), but it has no relevance on Masta's question. GPUs today are 12x more powerful than what is in the 360 (best console GPU).
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Thu Dec 15, 11 11:17 pmby or 1=1
I thought he meant that his gpu is old and still works fine whic is nothing strange at all. A 3 years old 5850 gets the same FPS of a new 6950, while a 2 years old 5970 gets even more FPS than a 6970.
Posted:
Thu Dec 15, 11 11:18 pmby James
4870 was one of the highest end graphics cards of 2009. 5*** only popped up around the release of the third AVP game.
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Posted:
Mon Apr 09, 12 9:06 amby James
Updated.
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Mon Apr 09, 12 10:53 pmby Aidan
clyzm wrote:BORINGLY STANDARD AS FUCK with SUPER AIR VENTILATION
Hey Derek, (or anyone else that knows)
Which case is that? I'm considering buying a new case.
