Liam
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I am looking to buy a new PC soon. I have come up with this spec below, for under £300 what do people think?
CPU
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GFxCard
Hard-Drive
£271.36
Baring in mind I already have keyboard/mouse/speakers/case/windows etc etc
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Skylined
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what you looking to do with it?
Wud maybe get some better RAM, kingston or corsair stuff for the bit extra.
Rest seems ok tho
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Liam
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Its mainly for gaming, and college work. I will look at better RAM then, thanks.
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topshot_2k
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TBH i go for the Athlon 4400+ as it has twice as much L1 cache
I'd also go for a Nvidia card, a 7600
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Cosmo
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under £300 for gaming? Serious gaming?
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Liam
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I only play CS:S
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topshot_2k
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Get Decent RAM whatever you do
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Cosmo
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TBH for a budget system it really isnt too bad.
Are you putting this into an old system you built or something you bought off the shelf?
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Liam
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Into a system I built a few years ago. So I will definatly need to buy some more cooling fans, most likely?
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Cosmo
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Im thinking of cooling and power supply mainly.
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Liam
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Yeh, my PSU is a 350W I think, and I definatly need more fans.
Edit - Im pricing it up on eBuyer, and alreasy its cheaper 
[Edited on 18-02-2007 by Liam]
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Cosmo
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TBH 350W isnt too good these days, might want to upgrade that.
Its not always abot fans either, its about good placement of the components for the best air flow, and tidy cables so it doesnt prevent the airflow.
And when you do go for fans...high quality 120mm fans as they'll be the quietest!
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Liam
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Awesome, thanks for the help Cosmo.
I agree a 350w isn't the best, but I bought this PC about 2 years ago now, and again it was bought on a bit of a cheap budget
Edit - Is Crucial a good make of RAM??
[Edited on 18-02-2007 by Liam]
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Liam
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I have just built the same spec PC on eBuyer for £250
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Cosmo
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yeah Crucial isnt too bad. Any of the brand name RAM will be fine for a budget PC IMO, you wont be putting it through major workloads or overclocking so will handle what you throw at it.
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Dom
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Looks like a good setup, and what's the problem with Geil ram? Gets bloody good reviews, doesn't cost the earth and is overclockable 'til the cows come home 
I would look on ebay and overclockers forum (For Sale section) as you will beable to pick up bargins - could get a 2nd hand AMD 4000/4200 for similar money you're paying for the 3800. And i would look at spending a bit more on the graphics card (look at special offers and clearence sections too)
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Russ
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geil ram is fine. cpu is fine, mobo will do, but for an extra 40 quid you can get a 1950 pro which is miles better than a 1300
[Edited on 19-02-2007 by Russ]
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Liam
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I will check the Overclockers Forum, I need to sell my 360 before I buy anything though 
Edit - I can't see the for sale section on their forum 
[Edited on 19-02-2007 by Liam]
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topshot_2k
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can buy all of them parts cheaper form www.ebuyer.co.uk
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Liam
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Thats where I have been searching  its about £30 cheaper.
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topshot_2k
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good stuff. How much more is the 4400 CPU as that is a lot better performing?
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Liam
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Dunno, I'll have a look. Anyone know where the "For Sale" section is on OverClockers Forum??
Edit - Have to have 250 posts 
[Edited on 19-02-2007 by Liam]
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Dom
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sorry dude totally forgot about the 250 post thing, have a look on avforums.com. You dont have to have to a post count or anything
keep an eye out on ebay too 
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Liam
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Cheers Dom. I may have some more money to spend, just got to sell the PC im using atm.
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Russ
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join the hexus.net forums, much better than ocuk, if your a hexus member whos made 10 constructive posts you get free shipping from scan.com
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