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New rig for 550 odd Budget
« on: January 28, 2012, 10:26:48 PM »
Black Mid Tower Computer Case   http://www.scan.co.uk/products/antec-300-three-hundred-black-mid-tower-ultimate-gaming-case-w-o-psu-%28new-version%29
Core i5 2400                             http://www.scan.co.uk/products/intel-core-i5-2400-s1155-sdy-bridge-quad-31ghz-hd2000-igp-850mhz-6mb-cache-95w-retail
6GB DDR3                                 http://www.scan.co.uk/products/6gb-%283x2gb%29-hynix-ddriii-pc3-10600-%281333mhz%29-240-pin-non-ecc-unbuffered-cl9
Mobo P8H67                             http://www.scan.co.uk/products/asus-p8h67-rev-b3-intel-h67-s-1155-ddr3-sata-iii-6gb-s-raid-sata-pcie-20-%28x16%29-atx
500GB hard drive                       http://www.scan.co.uk/products/500gb-western-digital-wd5000aakx-caviar-blue-sata-6gb-s-7200rpm-16mb-cache-8ms
DVD drive                                 http://www.scan.co.uk/products/sony-ad-7261s-0b-24x-dvdr-12xdvddl-dvdplusrw-x8-rwx6-12xram-sata-black-lightscribe-oem
GT 520  2gb                              http://www.scan.co.uk/products/2gb-point-of-view-gt-520-40nm-1066mhz-gddr3-gpu-810mhz-shader-1620mhz-48-cores-d-sub-hdmi-dvi-low-pr
450W PSU                                http://www.scan.co.uk/products/450w-psu-antec-basiq-vp450p-gb-80-pluseps-12vquiet-fan-atx-v23

Got about 550 to spend and this lot is working out at 540 in euro, and the plan is to upgrade the gfx card and add an SSD drive down the line on a few months or so.
I was thinking of using the Gfx card in the dell insted of the one listed to free up cash for somthing better in another part but not sure (its an GTX 250 1gb)
Im sure im not missing anyting and the system's alot better than my 5year old Dell XPS 720.
What ye think? Going to order the parts later this week before my wife finds something "better" to spend my extra cash on  :?:
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Re: New rig for 550 odd Budget
« Reply #1 on: January 29, 2012, 02:13:08 PM »
sorting something here atm will involve useing current gfx card though
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Re: New rig for 550 odd Budget
« Reply #2 on: January 29, 2012, 02:32:16 PM »
« Last Edit: January 29, 2012, 02:38:20 PM by [TiG]Grim »
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Re: New rig for 550 odd Budget
« Reply #3 on: February 01, 2012, 03:30:38 PM »
Just ordered the above parts, thanks for the help there grim tis apprecited  :?:
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Re: New rig for 550 odd Budget
« Reply #4 on: February 01, 2012, 03:49:01 PM »
Can't go wrong with a GrimRig?!  Ask anyone! (except Fran....)
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Re: New rig for 550 odd Budget
« Reply #5 on: February 01, 2012, 04:19:32 PM »
to be fair the problem there was mostly fran :P
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Re: New rig for 550 odd Budget
« Reply #6 on: February 01, 2012, 05:09:50 PM »
lol, he's an expert now...  ye could do a remake of the karate kid, except with PC building instead of karate.

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Re: New rig for 550 odd Budget
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Re: New rig for 550 odd Budget
« Reply #8 on: February 01, 2012, 06:27:57 PM »
Nooooo, only got that out of my head a while back!
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Re: New rig for 550 odd Budget
« Reply #9 on: February 10, 2013, 01:20:01 PM »
Going to grab an SSD for the PC at some stage in the next 2 weeks, looking at this one right now.
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/120gb-intel-330-25-ssd-sata-iii-6gb-s-sandforce-2281-25nm-mlc-read-500mb-s-write-450mb-s-33k-iops-ma

What you think? not looking to spend much, no more than 130-150 euro.
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Re: New rig for 550 odd Budget
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Re: New rig for 550 odd Budget
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Re: New rig for 550 odd Budget
« Reply #12 on: February 10, 2013, 05:09:33 PM »
Thanks lads Ill order one before the weekend I'd say. Man the price on the PCI slot ones are funny!
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Re: New rig for 550 odd Budget
« Reply #13 on: February 10, 2013, 08:08:00 PM »
Quote from: [TiG]Boru on February 10, 2013, 05:09:33 PM
Man the price on the PCI slot ones are funny!
Check the read/write speeds.
550MB/s - 515MB/s on the SSDs, compared to 1500MB/s - 1300MB/s on the PCI-E cards. They're more suited for people doing 32 tracks of music at once.
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Re: New rig for 550 odd Budget
« Reply #14 on: April 30, 2014, 06:04:50 PM »
Upgrade time \o/  200 odd for new GFX card and an SSD

Not much to play with I know but she's running on an 560gtx and no SSD
I don't need much on the SSD, enough for just a few games or the OS and
one or two games to run on and I see a few 750 nvidia cards going for a 100 or so.
MOBO's a http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P8Z68V_LX/

What ye think, something like a 750 and 120gb SSD should do nicely?
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