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16-12-2005, 03:38 PM
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New System
Have just bought from a PC Liquidation sale
Benq 1x CD-RW 52x32x52x Benq 1x 16XDVD+/-R (4x8.5GB Double Layer) Genius 1x Maxfire Libre Cordless 12-Button Game Pad Trust 1x 4500P 5.1 Home Theatre System Q-Tec 1x PSU 550W Dual Fan Red/Grey 1x 4 Way Computer Protection Socket Genius 1x Netscroll Wheel Mouse All for £76.45 Bargain. I was 2nd in the queue and guess what no CPUs or Motherboards for sale !! Now my original budget for a gaming system had decreased somewhat so i have done pretty nicely , what i need now is ? 1 AMD Athlon processor 2 Motherboard 3 Case (both the drives are white) 4 OS I have TFT monitor ,HDD , and Keyboard. I only live a short while from Overclockers in Stoke so anything they stock will be appreciated. Budget now £400 ?? Any recommendations ???
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16-12-2005, 03:51 PM
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Gaming system... Hmmm
I'm guessing Athlon 64 Socket 939, maybe 3200+ retail 1Gb RAM - GeIL value is good 6600GT or X800GTO...something like that Aria have a good selection of cases with PSUs - thats what i like... their generic ones tend to be very good...£35 or so gets you a nice black and silver case with a 430w ATX 2.0 PSU
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16-12-2005, 05:03 PM
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Cool Cruncher
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Already have a 6600 GT (sorry)
What about motherboard to support the 550w psu i have ? or would it be cheaper to buy a case with a built in psu .
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16-12-2005, 05:07 PM
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Oops sorry i misread...
OK cool... You have a bunch of stuff - your HDD serial ATA? If your drives are white, why not get a black case with a door - to hide... instead of tacky white/beige case...?
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16-12-2005, 05:11 PM
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Didnt state graphics card (my mistake)
No HD is 250 GB 7200 rpm .
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16-12-2005, 05:38 PM
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The best thing you can do with the PSU is to throw it. Q-Tec have to be without a doubt the worst PSU manfacturer around. I've read what has happened to some people who use Q-Tec PSU's and it isnt good, the whole PC burning, PSU failing, breaking different components. My friends PC would just turn off if it was under any strain like gaming, i didnt know what it was till i changed the PSU. I changed it for my old dell 250w PSU, the one he had before was a Q-Tec 500W one! and it couldnt handle it.
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16-12-2005, 05:46 PM
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Maybe you could get 2x 80Gb SATA II drives and RAID them, and then have the 250Gb IDE one as a secondary (backup)drive...
Is your 6600GT PCI-Express? It would need to be for a decent gaming system that uses S939... Socket 754 isn't really meant for gamers... I will assume that it is: All prices including VAT www.overclockers.co.uk Abit AN8 SLi nForce4 SLi (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard £93.94 AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Venice 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail £144.47 GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS2.5 £55.17 Samsung SpinPoint P HD080HJ 80GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM £42.89 Samsung SpinPoint P HD080HJ 80GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM £42.89 Hiper HPU-4K580-MK Type R 580W Modular ATX2.2 PSU - Black UV £64.57 www.aria.co.uk Arianet MIDI Tower2 Blk/Sil with ATX2.0 460W £32.84 DO NOT USE THE Qtec POWER SUPPLY UNLESS YOU HAVE A DEATH WISH You have to know somethings not good when the companies flagship PSU, the triple fan 650w Gold PSU is under £25 inc VAT! Im suprised OCUK still sell them! Maybe something like the above spec? edit: the above spec is £76.44 or so over your £400 budget... Good spec though!
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16-12-2005, 05:58 PM
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i'd use what chris has listed but with only one of the Samsung drives, im not really up on mid range PSU's but if it's under £25 for their best PSU, stay well clear !!
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16-12-2005, 06:06 PM
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I run Aria.co.uk PSU's (the ones bundled with cases) on 100% full load for a few days straight and play games... they have been damn good for me!
The Samsung drives are very good - barely audiable - and they make a very nice RAID0 array when working together. Good for getting game files loaded quick. The motherboard will Dual Channel the ram aswell, thats only 5% max increase though... edit: is your mouse optical? I wouldnt game with anything else...
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16-12-2005, 06:16 PM
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Read this, from Hexus.net
Quite funny!!!! Quote:
http://img.hexus.net/v2/psu/taoyuan..._efficiency.png Look whos at the bottom! If you want a decent affordable power supply that you know you can trust to look after your bits, Rush, buy a Hiper type R modular 580w PSU - they are truly stunning, and brilliant.
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