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[Rince]

Ok my last pc is currently running on tinfoil ( dont ask ) its 2 year old now and fucked.. the usb slots dont work agbp clip broken.. so all gaming/movie work has been on hold oh yea and mapping.. but its my 18th birthday and i ave just moved in2 a new flat.. and got the net etc.. so im buyin a new pc.. spendin around 700gbp on one.. anybody reccomend a good setup? I want to go dual core and Decent gfx..just a tower also!


Ps.. 10th november :-p

and im currently using a mac ibook. with msn and aim thts all its pants but gets me online

So il cya all around and please post what i shoul dget only UK sites plz if you know where 2 get stuff cheap..


Im not buying anything from OCUK either..

[teebag]

AMD x2 4200+ (AM2 socket)
Nvidia GeForce 7900GT
A8N-SLI PCIx16 Deluxe motherboard (AM2 socket)
Powersupply, 500watt is enough
1/2 gig RAM (Cosair)
260gig HDD 7,200RPM

- if this is too expensive, change to this

AMD x2 4200+ (AM2 socket)
Nvidia GeForce 7600GT
A8N-SLI PCIx16 motherboard (AM2 socket)
powersupply, 480watt
1gig RAM (Cosair)
160gig HDD 7,200RPM


Both systems r strong enough to run games like Oblivion etc. CPU is dual-core wich is a very good advantage in rendering video/audio/3d

Both systems can run CoD2 @ 1600x1200 4xAA 16xAF DX7 @ 125fps constant.

You can change any hardware, but make sure you have DUAL-core CPU, very important.
I have experience with the first rig, its one hell of a beast, the only diffirence between the 2 rigs is more FPS with the 7900, and faster loading with 2gig RAM.

[Luke]

geforce 7800gt: £100 - £150 or a 7900gt £150 - £200
2gb ram ddr400(dual channel): £100 - £150
DFI LANPARTY UT CFX3200-DR CROSSFIRE EDITION motherboard: £60
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ socket 939: £130 (maybe less)
Western Digital 150gb Raptor 10,000rpm: £150 (fastest sata drive u can get)
OCZ ModStream 520watt Power Supply: £60

Thats what i might of gone for

[teebag]

7800 still bein sold? rofl

[[SoE]_Zaitsev]

First of all, congratulations and second, goodluck on getting a cool pc!

[Nightmare]

lol good luck, what luke and teebag have said sound good to me

[teebag]

Luke's rig is fine, you just need to change 7800GT -> 7900GT.

[Soviet]

Luke's rig is fine, you just need to change 7800GT -> 7900GT.

u mean 8800

seriously: i agree with luke's proposition

[Luke]

Maybe not the best choice of motherboard that i suggested actually, as it's designed for ATI crossfire rather than SLI..better off going for a DFI LANPARTY nF4 SLI-D, which is more expensive. But there are cheaper alternatives.

[Rince]

I have exactly 700 GBP 2 spend.. luke tht within the budget!? Including case btw! and psu! i want silent psu !

[teebag]

The MSI 8800GTX is for sale now, only 650$!

http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=MSI-880GTX#

[Soviet]

im gonna wait for the 1gb memory version and get 2

[teebag]

ehm look at benchmarks, the 8800GTX has the double of points in 3d mark (50% faster) then the 7950GX2 and 1950XXX or whatever they call it. The pricetag is high but seriously, this is a fucking monster. LOL i want them in SLI.

[Soviet]

im gonna get em sli with my quadcore processor and 4gbs of RAM im getting at christmas (i wish)

[Luke]

I'll wait 6 months til the price has halved..then i might upgrade

And rince, i think that's possible for £700, you could go for a cheaper motherboard/hard drive, and maybe just 1gb dual channel kit of ram to bring the cost down, i'll check some more prices.
Ebuyer.co.uk isn't a bad place to get bits for your pc, but you can often find it cheaper on ebay, dunno if you want to use ebay though.