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    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.

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    much better levels I just whacked them in as an example. Nice work Thor


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    • Lee H's system
      • Motherboard:
      • MSI Z370 Carbon Gaming
      • CPU:
      • Intel i7 8700K Unlocked CPU
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      • 16 GB Corsair Vengeance 3200 LPX
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      • 250GB 960 EVO + a few more drives
      • Graphics card(s):
      • 6GB Palit GTX 1060 Dual
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      • Antec Truepower 750W Modular Blue
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      • Corsair 600T White Edition
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    Nice guide there matey - even a northerner like me understood it

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    Quote Originally Posted by WildmonkeyUK
    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."


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    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? ).

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    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?

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    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

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    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Vaul
    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?
    Bored of the old one, new one coming soon

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    Self built. Alienware rigs can be built to the same spec, minus the 'special' case, for a lot less than the purchase price, normally.

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    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

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    Quote Originally Posted by alterion
    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.

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    Building a gaming pc

    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

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    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.

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    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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