building a PC!!

by Nyke • 22 Dec 2010, 14:39 • Journals
- CPU: Intel Core i3 540 3.06GHz @ 4.00GHz
- Motherboard: MSI H55M-ED55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard
- RAM: OCZ Gold 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel
- Cooler: Artic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev2 CPU cooler
- XFX ATI Radeon HD 5750 XXX 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
- Coolermaster Storm Scout Gaming Case - Black
- Corsair CX 600W ATX Power Supply

£430

HD and OD not included.
Building the PC myself. I want to use my curent HD and OD. Can i use an old HD with a new motherboard? otherwise i got to buy a new HD and operating system.

Or buy a PC and have no hastle of putting it all together and getting it to work. But ofc not as good :)
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m1ke 22 Dec 2010, 14:42
Buy operating system, u on drugs ?
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HugTheSub 22 Dec 2010, 15:41
people working in that field will tell you:
if there is one thing you should buy, its the OS.
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HIRVI 22 Dec 2010, 16:10
buy OS, u on drugs?
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HugTheSub 22 Dec 2010, 16:12
steal OS, you poor?
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HIRVI 22 Dec 2010, 16:48
If you can get OS for free why pay?
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m1ke 22 Dec 2010, 16:13
and what if the OS is free ?
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HugTheSub 22 Dec 2010, 16:15
its not about paying money or not. its about having the original product to work with in the first place.
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garin 22 Dec 2010, 14:42
Yes u can use ur old HDD with an OS pre-installed.

get a modular PSU, trust me
sick case :)
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Nyke 22 Dec 2010, 14:44
surely it would have settings etc on the HD from the old PC. i literaly just plug it into the MB and it works??
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garin 22 Dec 2010, 14:45
exactly that :P .. just make sure u know if it's a SATA or IDE drive, they fit into different slots on the mobo ;)
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Nyke 22 Dec 2010, 14:48
Hard drive:
160 GB SATA
7200 rpm

which slot is this then
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garin 22 Dec 2010, 14:49
obviously u put the HDD in the harddrive-bay then connect it to the mobo, into one of the SATA slots :p
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Nyke 22 Dec 2010, 14:50
ofc but i guess the SATA slots are labelled u dont have to know which slot is which
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garin 22 Dec 2010, 14:51
well there's about 6 of them on ur mobo so they shouldnt be hard to find ;D
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Nyke 22 Dec 2010, 14:53
haha. and does it matter which slot i put the graphics card in out of the two??
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garin 22 Dec 2010, 14:54
not really, the one which is easiest i guess ..
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Molly182 22 Dec 2010, 15:47
Well you have to format first, then install your OS, then install the mobo's bios, then drivers :x Sorry if that was obvious.
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Frop 22 Dec 2010, 15:37
That's an interesting statement. Which OS would that be?
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garin 22 Dec 2010, 15:40
umm what? .. i think he's already got Windows XP or smth on his current HDD
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Frop 22 Dec 2010, 15:43
I would be surprised if simply "plugging in" your old OS installation (especially Windows XP) with completely different hardware actually works.
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garin 22 Dec 2010, 15:47
Yeah maybe, but u never know ;p
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Frop 22 Dec 2010, 15:49
You sounded rather sure it would work and it seems people tend to trust your judgement. Perhaps you could add a little disclaimer.
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garin 22 Dec 2010, 15:55
ok ;)

I read up somewhere before that you should atleast try :)
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Complex 22 Dec 2010, 17:09
expect lawsuits from people's pc you screwed up. Frop is le mad now. no disclaimer!
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Baz 22 Dec 2010, 17:30
Frop is correct, not mad, mad is actually thinking that you can just 'plug n play' an existing HD with OS pre-installed and expect it to work with no problems...
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Complex 22 Dec 2010, 17:46
in Wales you can!
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Nyke 23 Dec 2010, 02:02
Garin on 22/12/10, 14:47:10 PM | Report | Reply

Yeah maybe, but u never know ;p

its epic how confident you are this will work. You dont even have any idea if it will :).

If it doesnt il have to download an OS, wipe the HD and install. So can get it to work either way.
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garin 23 Dec 2010, 11:03
As I said, I read up somewhere & it said it's definately worth the try. Or u could easily d/l one yeah :)
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Nub 22 Dec 2010, 14:42
Quotebuy a new operating system.


D:
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Skydeh 22 Dec 2010, 14:54
i3? Get an i5 imo.

And I personally dont rate MSI mobos
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garin 22 Dec 2010, 14:55
+1 but there's a big difference in price
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Nyke 22 Dec 2010, 14:56
i5? get the i7 - 980 X imo.

4 GB ram?? rofl get 12 GB.

5750 graphics ??? get the GTX 480

you can always get better shit lol. Im not paying for it
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garin 22 Dec 2010, 14:57
pussy's get 12, 24gb ftw

& gtx 580 > *

: DD
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Nyke 22 Dec 2010, 14:58
i didnt go to the top since its just ridiculous im simply saying thers always something better. useless suggesting to me to get the better stuff. Give me the money then lol
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garin 22 Dec 2010, 14:59
pm miXer xd
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Nyke 22 Dec 2010, 15:02
orderd the stuff !! Nyke taking over ET? i think so
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garin 22 Dec 2010, 15:17
oo what psu u getting then ?:s
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Nyke 22 Dec 2010, 15:40
corsair 600 W Silent Pro Modular PSU :)
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Skydeh 22 Dec 2010, 15:05
Was only giving an opinion. I just don't see the point in buying an i3, ok the i5 may be a little more expensive, but will last you longer and will have a much better PC.
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Jayy 22 Dec 2010, 14:57
you don't need a good PC to run porn.
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Frop 22 Dec 2010, 15:45
I beg to differ, 1080p x264 porn doesn't run well on older hardware.
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Sparco 22 Dec 2010, 16:29
they already started with 3d porn try to watch that with an old PC XD
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Paintrain 22 Dec 2010, 18:34
:O I thought they were having multiple orgasms, but it's probably my hardware that makes the movie jerk.
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arca 22 Dec 2010, 14:59
Rather get Antec Three hundred than some random flashy niggershit case.
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darthmob 22 Dec 2010, 18:38
It got a Fierce exterior design man.
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sCope 22 Dec 2010, 16:24
hey babe, I have the fastest PC in the city
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Mztik 22 Dec 2010, 17:21
I upgraded recently myself for about £700 (reused the PSU/HDD/case)

CPU: Intel Core i5 760
MotherBoard: Asus P7P55D-E
Graphics: GeForce GTX 570
Memory: 4GB G Skill Trident DDR3 PC16000

Think you should go for the i5 760 it's better value for money and easily over clocked to compete with the best CPUs. As for your gfx card you're buying budget, consider an upgrade especially if you plan on playing newer games.
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Nyke 23 Dec 2010, 01:30
£440 rly is my limit tbh. I didnt rly want to spend over £400 in the first place but i bought a new case which i need/wanted alot. Cant afford to spend more on a gfx card and then like £70 more on a decent i5 etc... + if you check the benchmark it runs faster than some i5s before its even overclocked.

Living off 7p noodles for weeks at uni if i were to do this :)

This system will run all games i want to play on high graphics and fast. Soon as i come back from uni il double up the graphics and upgrade the ram etc then i can play newer games with no prob.
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