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Lee Stevens
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Posted: 12th Sep 2010 22:47
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I need some professional advice from anyone that builds there own PC.

Motherboard - [href]http://www.ebuyer.com/product/166041 [/href]

Processor - http://www.ebuyer.com/product/198349

Keyboard/Key - [href]http://www.ebuyer.com/product/196051 [/href]

Harddrive - [href]http://www.ebuyer.com/product/182435 [/href]

DVD RW - [href]http://www.ebuyer.com/product/179290 [/href]

Case - http://www.ebuyer.com/product/108273

(i've already bought the case)

Is there anything else I need for my computer to work? (I have a monitor, i'm going to use my HDTV that I use for my ps3 )

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Lee Stevens 1st September 2007
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Aaagreen
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Posted: 12th Sep 2010 22:49
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You haven't got any RAM, and you'd be stuck with the crappy onboard graphics card.


I'd love to see things from your point of view but I can't get my head that far up my bum.
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Lee Stevens
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Posted: 12th Sep 2010 22:54
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Oh yeah I forgot about that lol, Apart from that, would you say thats a good build?

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Aaagreen
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Posted: 12th Sep 2010 22:56 Edited at: 12th Sep 2010 22:59
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It depends what you'd use it for. If you unlocked the 2 other cores in your processor, and added 4gb DDR3 RAM and this, you'd have a pretty awesome gaming PC.

But don't forget the power supply too. I'd say 600w minimum, and avoid anything cheap.


I'd love to see things from your point of view but I can't get my head that far up my bum.
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Lee Stevens
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Posted: 12th Sep 2010 23:00
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What you mean unlocked the other 2 core procsessor? I'm planning on using it for DBPRO to begin with, and when I get a bit more money, i'm gonna upgrade it more, my end goal is to have a computer that can process Leadworks Game Engine

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Aaagreen
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Posted: 12th Sep 2010 23:04
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That processor is actually a quad core with 2 cores disabled. You can google a tutorial on re-enabling them, and you've got yourself a cheap quad.


I'd love to see things from your point of view but I can't get my head that far up my bum.
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Lee Stevens
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Posted: 12th Sep 2010 23:09
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Oh, could you recommend a good quad then?

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Aaagreen
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Posted: 12th Sep 2010 23:25 Edited at: 12th Sep 2010 23:25
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The one you linked to IS a good quad, that's my point.


I'd love to see things from your point of view but I can't get my head that far up my bum.
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Lee Stevens
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Posted: 13th Sep 2010 00:16
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Ohh okay

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PAGAN_old
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Posted: 13th Sep 2010 01:20
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if you are gonna get that CPU you might as well pay a few extra bucks and get the 3.4 GHZ. also i think the actual x4 phenom is better than an unlocked x2/x3 because x4 has more cache, i might be wrong too lazy to look it up. just get the 3.4Ghz its worth it. Also your motherboard sucks. thats just my opinion, a decent mobo for a gaming comp would be a gigabyte full atx. just so you have the extra room to upgrade. if you dont want a gigabyte, then id reccomend asus or MSI. they all make very good motherboards. Also its just me but i have a personal rule to never buy a mobo with an onboard graphics. I think i have a reason for it but i cant remember. Ill just say i will feel that my computer would be offended if i give it a built in video card. as for dvd rws and harddrives, i went trough so many of them that theyre all pretty much the same. unless i take the extra step and get something above average like a 10000rpm HDD or a blu ray drive.

Also, i always thought that only the tricore CPUs have the quadcore capability i had no idea about the phIIx2's or is this only with phenomII cpus? can someone please explain me the whole which cpus can be unlocked into a quadcore?

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bitJericho
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Posted: 16th Sep 2010 19:02 Edited at: 16th Sep 2010 19:29
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This guide may help with unlocking

http://www.overclock.net/amd-cpus/535501-official-amd-k10-5-core-cache.html

Unless you're comfortable with monitoring temperatures and running cpu memory tests, you probably should avoid it for now.

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Fatal Berserker
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Posted: 16th Sep 2010 19:05
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Quote: "Remember, core unlocking is NOT GUARANTEED"


Smoke me a kipper, ill be back for breakfast.
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charger bandit
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Posted: 17th Sep 2010 11:31
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Even if you can't unlock a core,you can easily unlock L3 cache to unlock your Athlon into a Phenom which is way faster.


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Phaelax
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Posted: 17th Sep 2010 23:39 Edited at: 17th Sep 2010 23:43
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You should consider a dedicated graphics card, that's a pretty poor (in today's market) gfx card. Although, it does support shaders 4.0 which I didn't even know existed.

Quote: "Also your motherboard sucks."

Why do you think that? It has everything he needs.
It is a micro ATX, just be aware of that when you wonder why everything is so tight-fitting.

The harddrive is fine, but personally I'd only use the WD green drives for storage or secondary drive. For a system drive, I'd go for a higher performance, at least the blue or for a few extra bucks the black.


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