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Geek Culture / Gaming Rig for 700£ (1000 dollars)

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The Confused Bovril Tin
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HI there,
Just wanting some input on what you think i should put in my machine, any advice is greatly appreciated, so Post away!

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charger bandit
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Quad AMD Phenom
Radeon 5850/Geforce GTX 470
4GB DDR3 RAM
1tb HDD

Follow this guide and it should be great. Once you build it post it here so we can examine it.


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Indicium
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http://www.amazon.co.uk/Xbox-Elite-Console-120GB-Drive/dp/B002YIHJNC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1278254360&sr=1-1

One of those!

Jokes.

I know this forum seems to compare everything to Crysis performance, so these are the requirements.

CPU: Core 2 Duo/Athlon X2 or better
http://www.google.co.uk/products/catalog?hl=en&q=Core+2+duo&um=1&ie=UTF-8&cid=8074244749680792044&ei=zp0wTJ3xJqi80gTT8K2aAw&sa=X&oi=product_catalog_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDkQ8wIwAg#
RAM: 1.5GB
http://www.google.co.uk/products/catalog?hl=en&q=2gb+ram&um=1&ie=UTF-8&cid=4304332675740969169&ei=BZ4wTPa3FpaI0wTtuKGhAw&sa=X&oi=product_catalog_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDIQ8wIwAg#
^maybe a couple of those
Video Card: NVIDIA 7800 Series, ATI Radeon 1800 Series or better
[href]http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/4-/918183/BFG-GeForce-7800-GTX-256MB-GDDR3-VIVO-TV-Out-Dual-DVI-Graphics-Card/Product.html?_$ja=tsid:11518|ccprd:918183|cat:Components[/href]
VRAM: 512MB of Graphics Memory
Storage: 12GB

Just a few ideas.

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lazerus
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Posted: 4th Jul 2010 17:57 Edited at: 4th Jul 2010 19:59
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The set list i put together last time round in my version of these thread's came to just under £650-ish, which im buying starting monday.

Asus Crosshair IV Formula Motherboard
AMD Phenom II X6 1055T 2.80GHz
Corsair XMS3 2 GB
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5770
Antec EarthWatts 650W
Antec Nine Hundred Tower
Scythe Mugen Mugen

Does not like google hotlinks lol

Final pricing is @ £720 with next day delivery on half the parts


http://lazerus-reborn.deviantart.com/
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charger bandit
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Posted: 4th Jul 2010 20:10 Edited at: 4th Jul 2010 20:10
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Yeah lazerus has a great configuration but buy 4gb of RAM just to be sure for future.


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puppyofkosh
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I'd get an i7 930 (200 bucks) http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0331303

An asus board (210 bucks)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131386&cm_re=asus_p6t-_-13-131-386-_-Product

For RAM, ddr3 6gb (170 bucks, I have that brand, or something very similar)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220365


That leaves you with ~400 bucks for: a 750 watt PSU(probably around 100-150 dollars)
an ATI 5-series card (5770 is around 150 bucks)
a 500 gig hard drive (or 1tb if you want, 1tb will probably also be about 100 dollars)
and a case
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The Confused Bovril Tin
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Wow thank you all very much, but what about optical drives etc, but thank you all for your input, keep em coming !

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The Confused Bovril Tin
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http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-237-OK
I was thinking of this with an ati 5770

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Bugsy
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can't go wrong with a gtx 260 and 4gb ram. throw in an i7 and you've got a fairly modern rig.

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puppyofkosh
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Quote: "http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-237-OK
I was thinking of this with an ati 5770 "


Keep in mind with that, you are only getting a dual core processor. With a grand you could go with an i5(a quad core i5), or even what I posted above (which would cut it pretty close, considering I didn't even account for an OS).
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charger bandit
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Meh these Intels are way overpriced for what you get. Buy the top AMD Phenom Quad and you have a winner. Then some Radeon 5770/5850,4gb of RAM and you have a winning combo.


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Shadow Blade
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This http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-210-OK seems like an awesome deal, throw in the Ati 5770 and Windows 7 home premium and it's a winner, also it only totals at £652.97
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data 98junkiee
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Shouldn't that be something like £500/$1000, surely the exchange rate hasn't gone as bad as £700 = $1000.

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Mazz426
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you haven't been keeping up with the economy ey, when i last went to exchange £100 i got 145$, shadow blade's looks pretty decent, i go for that

zbrush 3D model thread:http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=166698&b=3
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charger bandit
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Yeah,the one Shadow Blade has shown is the best option at the moment.


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crispex
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I just built an new PC.

Motherboard: http://www.ncixus.com/products/index.php?sku=43123&promoid=1078

PSU: http://www.ncixus.com/products/index.php?sku=33040&promoid=1078

RAM: http://www.ncixus.com/products/index.php?sku=42530&promoid=1078

Case: http://www.ncixus.com/products/index.php?sku=29812&promoid=1078

HDD (x2): http://www.ncixus.com/products/index.php?sku=40845&promoid=1078

CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115217

Thermal Compound: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835100007

GPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130534&cm_re=geforce_9800-_-14-130-534-_-Product

Total price with shipping for me came to about $840.

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charger bandit
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Swap the motherboard and CPU for AMD compatible,will come about $650.


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