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Build Advice Spec's for new Computer

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by Asharn, 30 Sep 2011.

  1. Asharn

    Asharn What's a Dremel?

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    I'm kind of new to the whole build your own pc thing. I want to give it because my current pc is almost 4 year's old. I mainly want to game on it (eg. Battlefeild 3).
    Can anyone suggest a set up that is not too expensive but will still run games on close to the highest settings and will last me another 4 or so years.
    Im in Australia so places that i can buy them from would be helpful too.
    Thanks
     
  2. meandmymouth

    meandmymouth Multimodder

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    Budget would be helpful to start with.
     
  3. Pookeyhead

    Pookeyhead It's big, and it's clever.

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  4. Farting Bob

    Farting Bob What's a Dremel?

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    Right, given the details OP has laid out i recommend:
    i7 990X (£800)
    2 x Nvidia 590 Graphics cards (£700 x2)
    Asus Rampage III extreme x58 mobo (£275)
    24GB (6x 4GB) 2000Mhz DDR3 (£400)
    Cheapest DVD drive (for the budget conscious)
    1TB PCIe OCZ RevoDrive SSD (£2500)
    The largest Lian-Li case money can buy (£400)
    4x 30" Dell Ultrasharp monitors (4x £1000)
    Cheap Keyboard, mouse, speakers.

    Ive saved money on the speakers which allows you go spend a bit more on other parts of the build as you can see above.
     
  5. mecblade

    mecblade 14 year old Technophile

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    You forgot a 580GTX for PhysX ;)

    On a more serious note, you would ideally want to wait for bulldozer and IB to be released before getting a computer now. At the very minimum, the fight-out should theoretically benefit the consumer with lower prices.
     
  6. jeckulz

    jeckulz What's a Dremel?

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    You're really going to act like massive dicks to a guy with his first post?

    :blah:
     
  7. rv88uk

    rv88uk What's a Dremel?

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    You should probably check out the bit-tech buyers guide, if you haven't already. That will give you a general idea of the components you'll need. The main things we'll need to know are budget and resolution of your monitor (max settings at 1024x768 will need a lot less hardware than max at 2560x1600 for example).
     
  8. mucgoo

    mucgoo Minimodder

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    How about someone helps you out by explaining roughly how much you need to spend to match your your needs. The below includes monitor/peripherals/window

    £600 gets you a basic gaming machine which will play any game released in the next four years but you won't be maxing any of the more demanding games + costs will have to be cut with budget end monitor/keyboard/case etc.

    Then at about £1200 spending any more money becomes fairly pointless. You've already got the best single card machine possible (gtx580) along with top end monitor/cooling/mouse/keyboard.

    edit
    your in Australia so just currency convert that then time the value by 1.1
    hardware costs more than in the UK
     
  9. MrDomRocks

    MrDomRocks Modder

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    I'm not sure how you can £1200 is the top end spendature including a GTX580.

    Now if the person chose a cheaper motherboard, PSU, Case amongst other things then yeah or bought all components from different retailers. I just spend around £1200 on the build in my signature. xD

    Just wanted to point that out. I went with nVidia 570 instead of an OC or other brand graphics card. As it was cheaper. The September builds doesnt include keyboard/mouse and monitor though thats assuming people have those items already. I know I didnt. lol
     
  10. mucgoo

    mucgoo Minimodder

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  11. Xcellenye

    Xcellenye What's a Dremel?

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    We can't really reccomend anything till you tell us your budget
     

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