Re: The General PC Help Thread - KP's Hardware Guide p1
Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 10:40 pm
Answered my own question.
Answered my own question.
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Re: The General PC Help Thread - KP's Hardware Guide p1
Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 11:46 pm
Its alright.
That power supply wont do crossfire though.
That power supply wont do crossfire though.
Re: The General PC Help Thread - KP's Hardware Guide p1
Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 6:25 pm
Falsey wrote:Its alright.
That power supply wont do crossfire though.
Se my biggest worry is that I buy a case, PSU, Motherboard, CPU, RAM & all the other shite and none of it works with anything else.
Why can't it be simple?
Re: The General PC Help Thread - KP's Hardware Guide p1
Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 6:34 pm
It is.
Do you want AMD or Intel?
AMD - AM3
Intel - 1156 (Mid-High), 1366 (High), 1155 (New, Mid-High)
Then the rest is a doddle.
RAM - DDR3 1333MHz at least
Graphics - PCIe x16
nvidia - GTX460/560 or GTX 570/580 if you're made of money
AMD - 5 or 6000 series at 750+ is fine
PSU - ~500W of a decent brand is fine for most
Case - Mid tower or bigger
Do you want AMD or Intel?
AMD - AM3
Intel - 1156 (Mid-High), 1366 (High), 1155 (New, Mid-High)
Then the rest is a doddle.
RAM - DDR3 1333MHz at least
Graphics - PCIe x16
nvidia - GTX460/560 or GTX 570/580 if you're made of money
AMD - 5 or 6000 series at 750+ is fine
PSU - ~500W of a decent brand is fine for most
Case - Mid tower or bigger
Re: The General PC Help Thread - KP's Hardware Guide p1
Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 7:01 pm
Re: The General PC Help Thread - KP's Hardware Guide p1
Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 7:01 pm
Falsey wrote:It is.
Do you want AMD or Intel?
AMD - AM3
Intel - 1156 (Mid-High), 1366 (High), 1155 (New, Mid-High) - WTF
Then the rest is a doddle.
RAM - DDR3 1333MHz at least
Graphics - PCIe x16
nvidia - GTX460/560 or GTX 570/580 if you're made of money
AMD - 5 or 6000 series at 750+ is fine
PSU - ~500W of a decent brand is fine for most
Case - Mid tower or bigger
Re: The General PC Help Thread - KP's Hardware Guide p1
Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 7:07 pm
- Case
...£040 -- Antec 300 ***
Memory
...£080 -- Crucial 4GB (2x2GB) 1333MHz (CL9)
...£090 -- Crucial 4GB (2x2GB) 1333MHz (CL7) ***
Motherboard
...£100 -- ASUS P55/P7D ***
Power supply
...£080 -- Antec 650W New TruePower ***
Processor
...£160 -- Intel Core i5 750 ***
http://orders.ebuyer.com/customer/shopping/index.html?action=c2hvd2NhcnQ%3D
That's using my existing drives and GFX card and it comes out about £450 but some of these PCs on ebay are higher spec'd for less dosh.
Re: The General PC Help Thread - KP's Hardware Guide p1
Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 7:26 pm
Link me to an example of a cheaper one, and i'll tell you where they cut corners on it.
Re: The General PC Help Thread - KP's Hardware Guide p1
Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 7:45 pm
The numbers are the socket type, the brackets are their corresponding performance areas.
Re: The General PC Help Thread - KP's Hardware Guide p1
Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 9:36 pm
Winckle wrote:Link me to an example of a cheaper one, and i'll tell you where they cut corners on it.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VIBOX-Q-AMD-QUAD-CORE-2-8GHz-8GB-DDR3-GAMING-PC-/200543783664?pt=UK_Computing_DesktopPCs&hash=item2eb1574af0#ht_4357wt_905
Re: The General PC Help Thread - KP's Hardware Guide p1
Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 9:49 pm
Small HDD, low end graphics, hasnt named the RAM, mid range CPU. Motherboard doesnt look all that.
Aside from that, brill.
Aside from that, brill.
Re: The General PC Help Thread - KP's Hardware Guide p1
Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 9:51 pm
Falsey wrote: brill.
Woot!
*buys*
Re: The General PC Help Thread - KP's Hardware Guide p1
Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 9:57 pm
What was wrong with those parts I linked you to?
Re: The General PC Help Thread - KP's Hardware Guide p1
Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 10:13 pm
Nothing. I'm looking at them now.
http://www.ciao.co.uk/Productinformation/HP_Pavilion_Media_Center_m7515_uk_Pentium_D_915_2_8_GHz__6688420
That's the gooseberry fool box I have at the moment.
http://www.ciao.co.uk/Productinformation/HP_Pavilion_Media_Center_m7515_uk_Pentium_D_915_2_8_GHz__6688420
That's the gooseberry fool box I have at the moment.
Re: The General PC Help Thread - KP's Hardware Guide p1
Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 11:12 pm
Yeah, that is pretty shite.
Re: The General PC Help Thread - KP's Hardware Guide p1
Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2011 7:36 am
Falsey wrote:Yeah, that is pretty shite.
How about this one?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Hex-Core-AMD-X6-AM3-8gb-1TB-ATI-Graphics-HDMI-VGA-DVI-/150560516739?pt=UK_Computing_DesktopPCs&hash=item230e1b2a83#ht_3074wt_1139
Re: The General PC Help Thread - KP's Hardware Guide p1
Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2011 2:30 pm
Cant find much info on the motherboard, though it doesnt seem to bad. And the machine doesnt have any graphics card at all.
Re: The General PC Help Thread - KP's Hardware Guide p1
Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2011 2:50 pm
Yeah you're wasting money paying for onboard video if you planned on putting a graphics card in. Seriously, just build your own.
Re: The General PC Help Thread - KP's Hardware Guide p1
Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2011 3:05 pm
What's the cheapest place to get a Notshit* copy of Windows 7?
*64bit ordinary version to be reused on future PCs.
*64bit ordinary version to be reused on future PCs.
Re: The General PC Help Thread - KP's Hardware Guide p1
Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2011 3:25 pm