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About LinkBacksRight, I'll look a t a few prices and add those catagories later, then, as is the way with this document, if you don't agree, tell me.
Right, I'll look a t a few prices and add those catagories later, then, as is the way with this document, if you don't agree, tell me.
much better levels I just whacked them in as an example. Nice work Thor
Nice guide there matey - even a northerner like me understood it
Cheers mate. Although I doubt you'll take my advice about not getting a cheap PSU. 'There's nowt wrong with wur Q-Tec, pet."Originally Posted by WildmonkeyUK
Nice guide there matey - even a northerner like me understood it
Speaking of PSUs, another vote for the PC Power & Cooling, which I see has yet to be added. Got myself a TurboCool 510 Express a few months back, which sports a 6-pin PCI Express graphics card connector, as well as 6 SATA power connectors. Future-proof for the next few years, I like to think, and capable when it comes down to it; I'm currently using it to power 8 harddrives, a CD writer, a DVD writer, a R9800Pro and the other usual suspects, with stability being rock-solid. For me, it's well worth the price premium (A "Limousine" category maybe?).
Yeah, but they cost a lot more than high end models from Enermax and Antec, and do they actually do anything that they don't?
Well, can one argue with braided cables, 5 year warranty, the guaranteed ability to power 16 devices, 0.99 PFC, etc? That, and I needed a PSU that could manage at least 32A on the +12v rail - none of the Antecs I could find could do that (Save for the NeoPower, and then it's 16A + 16A on two seperate +12v rails, if my memory serves me), and the only Enermax PSUs that could manage that were server PSUs. The PC Power & Cooling delivers 34A with a peak of 38A, which is what clinched it for me.
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seconding thorsons suggestions for pricings... they look very good in terms of hitting the sweet spot althought I think anyone spending over £2000 on one computer should be looking into buying raid arrays and stuff instead of a gaming rig
Ok, Thors pricing it is. And as per the title of the thread, if it was £20,000 then we'd see what sort of gaming rig you get for that.
An alienware rig?Ok, Thors pricing it is. And as per the title of the thread, if it was £20,000 then we'd see what sort of gaming rig you get for that.
Bored of the old one, new one coming soon
Self built. Alienware rigs can be built to the same spec, minus the 'special' case, for a lot less than the purchase price, normally.
ohhh look its now a sticky and so the number of posgts goes dooown just one point at the mo is that when building a rig on a budget a veryy important consideration is postage try to buy from only 2-3 sites to keep costs down. I wouldreccomend microdirect and lowest on web for general stuff and maybe OCUK for enthusiast products
Hmm... I wouldn't.
But that's for another day.
If i would like help on building a gaming pc for 700 quid roughly. Would posting here be a good idea, of another place on the forum? I want it specifically for gaming
I'd guess posting elsewhere would be best because this is a guide. For specific questions probably go to hardware. Otherwise, just find the things you want in your pricerange in this thread.
well when i say reccomend that is purely from opinions of others and prices as i'm still saving for my own £850 rig- only £70 more to go although that's a lot when your 16. could you do an article on ram. i would find that really helpful. Everybody ispeak to sats that 1024 mb is a must for games yet doesn't it just decrease loading times rather than frame rates? i'm confused about ram?
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