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frenzied

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27. September 2009 @ 14:31

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Hey Guys/Gurls,

Ive been looking about for components that i believe may all fit together to build a nice fast comp for playing games on and all other general purposes for which a computer is for :D

This is what ive come up with

Graphic Card - Sapphire VAPOR-X HD4870 2GB GDDR5 HDMI DVI VGA PCI-E Graphics Card

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/161306 - £165

RAM - Corsair 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 XMS2 Memory Kit CL5 1.8v

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/166785 - £47

PSU - Arctic Power 700W PSU - With PCI-E, 4x SATA, 20+4, ATX12V, 8pin +12V Connectors - Retail Boxed

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/124927/show_product_reviews - £43

Hard Drive - Western Digital WD5000AAKS 500GB SATAII 7200RPM 16MB Cache - OEM Caviar Blue

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/124228/show_product_reviews - £38

Processor - Intel Core i5 750 2.66GHz Socket LGA1156 8MB L3 Cache Retail Boxed Processor

http://www.ebuyer.com/search?q=Intel+Cor...Cache+L&x=0&y=0 - £147

Motherboard - Asus P7P55D LE P55 Socket 1156 8 Channel Audio ATX Motherboard

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/174674 - £111

PC Case - X-Case Avenge Power - Noble Gaming Case

http://www.xcase.co.uk/Avenge-Power-Nobl.../cas-%20866.htm - £64

Cd/DVD Drive - LG GH22NS40 22X SATA DVD±RW/DL/RAM Black Bare Drive - OEM

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/151999 - £16

Total - so far its £630 ish without fans

What you think people?
Will all this work together nice and smoothly?
Will it be good enough to run games on?
Would u change anything? If so what?

Im in the UK so if u want to change anything can u please find links to components from sites that are based in the UK or will ship to the UK :D

thx so much
regards
frenzied

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sammorris

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4 product reviews

28. September 2009 @ 07:56

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GPU: 5/10 - 2GB on an HD4870 is fantastically pointless unless you're going to be running something that needs 2GB of video RAM (i.e. GTA4 on a 30" monitor, that's about the only thing that needs it - 24" or smaller monitor, you will never need that much memory, it's a waste of £50) My recommendation: http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/1GB-XFX-H...HDTV-HDCP-Ready (Sadly, ebuyer don't stock any decent 4890s) alternatively, wait for the HD5850 release early next month - get your pre-order in!
RAM: 10/10
PSU: 1/10 - Poor quality, very likely to go bang and destroy some of your components. My recommendation: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/114945
HDD: 10/10
CPU: 10/10
Motherboard: 5/10 (maximum rating for Asus boards) - my recommendation: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/173525
Case: 4/10 - A lower quality ripoff of some of today's hot cases, but unlike the NZXT Tempest and Antec 902 that it's a blatant ripoff of, those cases won't fall apart, this will. £63 is a lot to pay for a noname budget case like that, spend the extra £20 and get the genuine article: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/144802
DVD: 10/10

No hard drive?

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