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  1. 04-09-2003, 02:50 AM #17
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    doesn't hurt to keep the cpu's as cool as possible

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    Wheres the fun in that

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    £4.5? Well at least the rig you get with that will last a little longer than some of the ones we have, I'd say you wouldn't have to upgrade for about 2 years! Personally I'd go for a Dual Xeon setup as Knoxy put forth.

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  5. 04-09-2003, 10:15 AM #21
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    I'd consider waiting (for Athlon64-FX), or buying a dual opteron with agp (if possible)...

    and then you could always send £250 of it my way for me to buy a digital camera

    why not get a DVD-writer as well?

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    you guys need help

    you may want Prometeia or equiv cooling - just for the sake of it

    and also a tft/tv they cost ~ £2k but have 16ms response times and are over 20".... atsty...

    another interesting suggestion is the BOSE speaker packs... cost about another £2k but are the BEST... better than a lot of hi-fi setups too...

    just something to think about

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  8. 04-09-2003, 11:03 AM #24
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    Originally posted by Axion
    you guys need help

    you may want Prometeia or equiv cooling - just for the sake of it

    and also a tft/tv they cost ~ £2k but have 16ms response times and are over 20".... atsty...

    another interesting suggestion is the BOSE speaker packs... cost about another £2k but are the BEST... better than a lot of hi-fi setups too...

    just something to think about

    p.s. STAY away from alienware!
    you've just spent 4k on a monitor and a set of speakers, that only leaves you £500 for a computer!

    BOSE are not the best, your lack of willingness to define them as hi-fi is interesting for a start. they spend lots and lots of money on marketing, and clearly very little on their speakers, most pc speakers you can buy look to be better constructed, and probably their sound isn't too far off either!
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    -knox, how about your fee for research?

    also, i'd go for 3x TFT's uber quake / iL2 ownage
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    Originally posted by Flanderz
    Why?
    they charge you twice the retail price.....as they have a nice case


    is this make the pc best pc contest?

    go for a 19inch LG TFT, and what knox said, dual 3.2ghz xeons, 6.4Ghz, youll be laughing, at everyone
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    dual 3.06 xeons will be slower than a single 3.2C for games.
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    Originally posted by fondie
    you've just spent 4k on a monitor and a set of speakers, that only leaves you £500 for a computer!

    BOSE are not the best, your lack of willingness to define them as hi-fi is interesting for a start. they spend lots and lots of money on marketing, and clearly very little on their speakers, most pc speakers you can buy look to be better constructed, and probably their sound isn't too far off either!
    they were just suggestions... i dont see why you wouldnt consider the monitor... as it doubles as a tv - a PROPER tv

    anyway BOSE truly do sound amazing, ive heard them in a test room.

    I wouldnt pay the asking price but their sound annihilates the competition.
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    Make sure the TFT has a good response time, nothing more than 20ms. I luv my LG 1710B 16ms of pure greatness!
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    Don't see a single Ultra320 SCSI drive setup yet.....
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    Originally posted by th3 mol3
    Make sure the TFT has a good response time, nothing more than 20ms. I luv my LG 1710B 16ms of pure greatness!
    Fraid its 20ms Mole Ask Bindi he knows i'm right

    And as for the £4500 box, WHY???, there is just no point just spend £2k on getting a p4c 3.2gig - 1gig of ram, 9800pro or 5900 ultra, 1 raptor as the OS hard disk, 2 * 120gb sata as a striped array for games and data.

    And get a decent 17" LCD, there is NO point spending any more money than that. Spend the rest on a decent holiday or something, as you'll look like a complete rubbishrubbishrubbishrubbish if you spend £4500 on a computer, sure you may like to show off with it, but at the price people will be laughing at you, not praising your box up.

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    Originally posted by Jiff Lemon
    Don't see a single Ultra320 SCSI drive setup yet.....
    mine was ^^ 4 x 15k Cheetahs

    i thought that some 20ms LCDs are better than their 16ms counterparts, i know it's THG, but is worth a read :- http://www.tomshardware.com/display/...26/lcd-05.html
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