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« on: September 30, 2008, 04:24:14 PM » |
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In a few weeks I will be getting a tax rebate of about £500-£600 so I will be putting this towards a new PC.......I have a new 22" monitor & new speakers so what I am after is a tower for gaming/inter net..... Or would I be better off off taking my old PC in to the shop to get upgraded...... This is what I have at the moment........Don't laugh...  Manufacturer : Advent Mainboard : Unspecified 775i65G. Chipset : Intel i865PE Processor : Intel Pentium XE 915 @ 2800 MHz Physical Memory : 1280 MB Video Card : Nvidia Corp GeForce 7300 GT Hard Disk : Maxtor (123 GB) DVD-Rom Drive : ASUS DRW-1814BL Monitor Type : Samsung SyncMaster - 22 inches Network Card : Realtek Semiconductor RT8139 (A/B/C/810x/813x/C+) Fast Ethernet Adapter Operating System : Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition 5.01.2600 Service Pack 2 DirectX : Version 9.0c (October 2007) |
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"Diplomacy without arms is like music without instruments", so let's build up the orchestra!
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« Reply #1 on: September 30, 2008, 05:11:35 PM » |
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Buy the components and do a self build mate. We will support you all the way, it's easy |
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« Reply #2 on: September 30, 2008, 05:17:04 PM » |
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I don't want a PC like Therm's shed.............  |
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« Reply #3 on: September 30, 2008, 06:30:35 PM » |
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Nah, it's easy, honestly. Find out how much a shop would take then how much the components and then it may even be cheaper to get the parts shipped to here from either scan or ebuyer and then shipped built for you down south Free of course, you cover the postage mate, look in to it anyway, we could get you a better rig for your money.
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« Reply #4 on: October 01, 2008, 11:14:49 AM » |
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building a computer is just expensive lego.
most people don't realise... theres a few things you should know, but apart from that it's really not hard.
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« Reply #6 on: October 01, 2008, 02:34:14 PM » |
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thats like slow torture that is!
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« Reply #7 on: October 01, 2008, 03:43:41 PM » |
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I do have a PC up & running so not to bad.... What fans will I need for this...?
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« Reply #8 on: October 01, 2008, 05:40:13 PM » |
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None mate, it comes with three 120mm fans  Plenty cool. |
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« Reply #9 on: October 01, 2008, 07:01:05 PM » |
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I had a feeling this was going to be hard........  |
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« Reply #10 on: October 01, 2008, 07:50:19 PM » |
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Case, PSU, MOBO, Other Bits..bish, bash, bosh three hours later you have a new PC. Like so many things in life, when you've done it once, you wonder why you were so anxious about it in the first place..  |
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« Reply #11 on: October 01, 2008, 10:07:36 PM » |
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Like Chris said, It's just expensive Lego. I tell people if you can use Lego you can build a PC, they don't believe me, so they either cant use Lego or they're morons.
When you buy a motherboard it tells you how to build it. It couldn't be easier really.
It's all colour coded or can only go in one way.
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« Reply #12 on: October 01, 2008, 10:31:10 PM » |
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Yup.
Square peg in square hole.
The hardest part is meddling with your BIOS to get things smoother as defaults can often be crappy.
Like this new mobo I jsut got, I've only just gt it running things smooth the way I like it, a few new optons in there I've never tinkered with before.
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« Reply #13 on: October 02, 2008, 03:09:12 AM » |
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Thermal's built several for friends and family, and none of them lean... He makes it seem easy, 'cept for the cussing when things don't go right.  |
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« Reply #14 on: October 02, 2008, 11:48:03 AM » |
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Thermal's built several for friends and family, and none of them lean... He makes it seem easy, 'cept for the cussing when things don't go right. If I cuss. it's after the build, way down the line, when the software or lack of correct/good drivers gives me the shits. Installing the OS is easy, building is even easier. Like what was said above, the owners manual will literally hand hold you through the build. I'd start with a mobo with built in graphics to start, a proc and memory. Then throw a graphics card and power supply at it the next pay period. |
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