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Build Advice My £450 pound gaming PC

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by Ferrero94, 24 Jan 2011.

  1. Fingers66

    Fingers66 Kiwi in London

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  2. Ferrero94

    Ferrero94 What's a Dremel?

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    Thanks was just looking at that, altought i am concerned that this is going to be my first build so scansure is a major plus to me incase i "brick" (i think that means break!) the mobo
     
  3. mrbungle

    mrbungle Undercooked chicken giver

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    u would have to be a propper spastic to break anything

    and ebuyer returns are superb so I wouldnt worry buddy.
     
  4. law99

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    Yeah. Never had a problem with ebuyer here.

    I like the way the MSI 870-45 looks. Is it crossfire compatible? You could have a cheeky upgrade path there with AMD/ATi cards.
     
  5. Ferrero94

    Ferrero94 What's a Dremel?

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    Your post/avatar made totally lol!

    at first i thought your post was about a static wrist band, then i realised what you meant what made me lol some more then i looked at your avatar what was probably how my face look liked when i had epic lol syndrome....

    Anyways thanks for making my day (Along with my english teacher bringing her 4 our old son into class who was epic because his name was andy LOL)

    In reply to law the board looks like a decent budget board so I think it may be worth waiting for it to restock on scan so if i do suddenly have RamshovedintoPCIeSlotoopsitbroke Syndrome along with the fact of next day delivery what won't really affect me anyways....



    Was looking in to extra fans for the scout, i think it can take 3 more but ill wait to know if i can get extra fans to fit due to GFX card along with Fenrir (i should of chosen gold since it is the same performace but it was red n black so will go with my case)


    Anyways, how long can an average build take for a newbie? a weekend at max i hope
     
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  6. law99

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    I guess it depends how much stuff you're doing. It won't take you long to assemble. Just make sure you have a clear idea of what you are doing and when in your head. Fiddly bits like screws are the biggest pain for me and I have long, musician fingers.

    A weekend will be enough though for sure, plus loads of playtime :). Last time I did anything it was a new mobo. It wasn't the assembly that took very long, it was installing Windoze7 and apps, shedules and disk cloning/backups that ate the time.
     
  7. Ferrero94

    Ferrero94 What's a Dremel?

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    kk lol :D


    Still wondering if its worth it to upgrade mobo to a better one or keep the one im going to get, only need one PCIe for GPU and i hope it is a full sized board
     
  8. Ferrero94

    Ferrero94 What's a Dremel?

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    UPDATE:

    8800 GT was delivered today. looks like a beast and is exactly 9" long, the card is also 9" long.
     
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    mrbungle Undercooked chicken giver

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    Nice to see someone excited by hardware.

    Keep us updated :)
     
  10. Ferrero94

    Ferrero94 What's a Dremel?

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    Hehe its my first build, plus im only 16 nd you know how spending £500 when it takes almost a year to earn it feels like :p

    Will update it on monday when everything else comes apart from that damned MoBo
     
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    His mobo's coming tuesday, convinced him to go for the same one, think it'll be a great board for what we want ;)
     
  12. Ferrero94

    Ferrero94 What's a Dremel?

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    lol thanks barns :p
     
  13. Ferrero94

    Ferrero94 What's a Dremel?

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    Thanks alot guys, pc is now built and is running like a dream :)

    will put a photo in later to show you what temps it seems to be running at (very low!)

    [​IMG]

    im guessing cause the ram is dual channel you just 668x2 to get your 1333 ram?
     

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