New Rig ~~(,, ,,**>

by Ollz • 19 Nov 2008, 23:06 • Journals
for smurftang

he has £700

for ET & RTCW2, and other games and stuff.

MUST BE Pre built with uk shipping ;D

advice please!


Or if you cba, is this any good?:
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400
2GB Memory
2 x 320Gb Hard Drives
DVD writer
ATI HD 4850 512MB PCI-E Graphics
Hiper Osiris Midi Tower Case

EDIT: that's from www.novatech.co.uk/novatech and would be about £645 with windows xp. i can't change anything specific i'm afraid, so anything better would need to be linked to as a whole new system ;p
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aka 19 Nov 2008, 23:08
2GB Memory
2GB memory
DVD writer
DVD writer

tells alot
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Ollz 19 Nov 2008, 23:10
eurgh fucked it up ;D
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Pickelschwanz 20 Nov 2008, 02:08
Get Antec twelve hundred case freaking owns
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NzZ 19 Nov 2008, 23:09
ATI HD 4850 512MB PCI-E Graphics
sux

get 1024 and you can still play rtcw2 on 125fps
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Deactivated5764 19 Nov 2008, 23:10
not that bad need more infos tho

DONT BUY WIN XP
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sean 19 Nov 2008, 23:10
Get the HD 4870 if you can.

Also, where you ordering it from? :)
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Ollz 19 Nov 2008, 23:12
edited :D novatech, unless you have any other recomendations?
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sean 19 Nov 2008, 23:16
Was just wondering mate, I'll be buying a new PC after christmas :)

As for suggestions, i found some nice prebuilt setups from EasyPC. Not sure how reliable they are, but their ebay page has like 99% positive comments.
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Deactivated5923 19 Nov 2008, 23:12
Go for quad, get a 4870 512mb, 2gb 4-4-4-12 RAM, get P5Q mobo, your looking at 500-600 and the rest can be spent on a nice case.

www.eclipse-computers.com
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Ollz 19 Nov 2008, 23:15
[22:03] Oli: it has to be pre-built yes?
[22:03] Oli: ;D
[22:03] Smurftang: yeah
[22:03] Smurftang: fuck i'm a tard with stuff like that
[22:03] Smurftang: i'd eat parts of it
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Deactivated5923 19 Nov 2008, 23:16
You have them build it for you mate, just click computers and modify your needs.
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sean 19 Nov 2008, 23:20
They are a reliable company to order from?
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Deactivated5923 19 Nov 2008, 23:21
Yep, ordered 12am and received it the next day, nice delivery fast and reliable. They are the cheapest around.
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sean 19 Nov 2008, 23:23
Nice to know mate, cheers. :)
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Arcade 19 Nov 2008, 23:14
Basically my setup, I love it, 4850 is a great card, never tried the 4870 but it might be worth the extra cash?
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Ollz 19 Nov 2008, 23:21
you tried any recent games on it? :DDD

crysis or anything? :pp
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Arcade 19 Nov 2008, 23:27
I havent no, cod4 would be the most, in sp got around 125 sometimes dropped to around 90 but very playable with all settings on full and anti analysing the lot, oblivion, S.T.A.L.K.E.R all run perfect ;D

And sorry I only have an e6700

EDIT: Meant to say had cod4 capped 125...
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dejx 19 Nov 2008, 23:24
CPU and GPU are fine..

640gb, is cheaper and faster (or 2x320 bcuz of RAID0?)
http://www.oc-lab2.com/slika.php?img=M-XXXX/WDRAID0/14.jpg
http://www.oc-lab2.com/slika.php?img=M-XXXX/WDRAID0/13.jpg
http://www.oc-lab2.com/slika.php?img=M-XXXX/WDRAID0/10.jpg

mobo is not on your list (i'd recommend ASUS P5Q-series)
watch out when you'll search for a decent memory (few known brands as Corsair, Crucial, TeamGroup, Kingston, Geil.. will do the job)

btw what about PSU?

Samsung S223F - 22x DVD+/-/RW - 8x Dual Layer - Sata - Black - Retail - 19p
Sapphrie HD 4850 512MB GDDR3 TVO/Dual DVI, HDMI, PCI Express - 128p
Samsung Spin Point F1 SATAII 640GB 16Mb Cache Hard Drive <9.0ms 7200rpm - 45p
Corsair TWIN2X4096-6400C4DHX Dominator 4GB DDR2 800Mhz Non-ECC- 66p
Asus P5Q Pro - Intel P45 Chipset - Socket 775 - PCI Express - DDR2 - 106p
Corsair Memory 650W TX SERIES ATX - 75p
Intel Q6600 95Watt G0 Stepping 4 x 2.40Ghz 8Mb Cache 1066 FSB - 147p
Antec Three Hundred Case - Black - No Psu - 50p

= 636p (ask about setup, mostly is free atleast here)
* you can take http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?SAP-4870 if you wanna spend the rest of your money (700p as you said)
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Deactivated5923 19 Nov 2008, 23:27
Check my specs, nice choice of mobo, great for OVC and general use on a budget.
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dejx 19 Nov 2008, 23:30
nice rig but why 2x4870X2?
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Deactivated5923 19 Nov 2008, 23:31
I do extreme graphical design for college.
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im a tree 20 Nov 2008, 00:12
the 0 stands for the amount of data recoverable after a crash
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dejx 20 Nov 2008, 00:24
can't agree more, never tried if its really that much faster than single one
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Deactivated5923 19 Nov 2008, 23:31
Processor: Intel Quad Q6600
Graphics: 4870 512MB
Memory: Any Crucial/Kingston (2-4GB)
Motherboard: Asus P5Q Pro
700w Powersupply
200-500GB HD.

Thats it, and order from the website I said.
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panics 19 Nov 2008, 23:33
/disagree with quad
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Deactivated5923 19 Nov 2008, 23:35
Whats the reason Panix? I have been using it recently and by god is it amazing. The new games are being released for Quad, for example GTA4.

The games are stop using Dual Core now, so time for an upgrade whilst you can, don't go back to old technology.
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panics 19 Nov 2008, 23:38
dual core is more than fine to cope with the lates games imo like for example cod4 is dual only (afaik) and pricewise for a basic quad you could get a very nice dual setup
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Deactivated5923 19 Nov 2008, 23:41
With the P5Q mobo you can easily get the quad to 3-4ghz, but why stick with now instead of being future proof?

Why run 2 cores at a lower frequency than 4 cores with higher frequency.
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panics 19 Nov 2008, 23:45
yeh i see what your saying quads are good but for a budget i dont think it would be worth spending that extra cash on a cheepish quad for games that wont be coming out for 4 years or so when by that time the quad will probably be outdated
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panics 19 Nov 2008, 23:31
i built him 1 np
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Seanza 22 Nov 2008, 03:10
Like 3 day late reply but check out PC Specialist, they're pretty decent.
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