Icy
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Registered: 31st Jan 01
Location: Edinburgh Drives: Mk3 Golf Gti
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wana build somethin reasonable fast
currently usin me sis laptop p3 800 
main use wil be for photoshop so wil need to be fast wth good graphics card.
not sure much i wana spend jus now jus wana see prices n what il need to buy.
so kinda of tower/case?
processor? il always used pentiums are athlons etc any good?
motherboard? dont have clue bout em learnt a lil at college but i dunno the diffs anymore
grfx card?
not bothered bout monitor/cdr etc alredy got them
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DanielJ
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Registered: 21st Nov 01
Location: gwent, south wales
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i'll get u spec of mine the now  canny gd 4 grphix card runs PS like piss
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DanielJ
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Registered: 21st Nov 01
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amd athlon xp2000+
256 ram
64mb Geforce 2 card
60 gig HD
samsung dvd rom
samsung cd writer
wa else u need no?
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Icy
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Registered: 31st Jan 01
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oops meant to say kind of prices my lookin at too?
had look at local place got deals
amd 2400 (xp) system
£575
15" tft flatscreen
ASUS motherboard
60gb hardrive
256 mb ddr ram
geforce2 gfx
3d sound (onboard)
56k modem
cdrw
keyboard
no software
thought sounds no bad
is it?
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DanielJ
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Registered: 21st Nov 01
Location: gwent, south wales
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ah yeh i got a soundblaster 5.1 soundcard 2
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DanielJ
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Registered: 21st Nov 01
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no bad, think i paid round bout the 700 mark 4 all my shite but its all top bollocks stuff
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Icy
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Registered: 31st Jan 01
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tescos?
seen that but dint look at spec closely but was quite good deal.
rather build one tho less packagin
n got all software i need
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DanielJ
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Registered: 21st Nov 01
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na i ad mine frm http://www.eclipse-computers.com
pretty cheap
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Hintz
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Registered: 8th Aug 02
Location: Surrey Nr.Guildford Car: Astra Gsi (rep)
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Amd Athlon 1000mhz clocked to 1300mhz
Abit KT7A Raid motherboard
512MB ram
3200rpm HDD (i know, its slow)
Geforce 2 Mx 400 64Mb on board memory
Samsung DVD rom (region Free)
Teac CD-w58E Re-Writer
Do yourself a favour and get a decent HDD, i noticed PS relies on taking stuff from hard drive quickly, and if it cant it slows performance.
Soon to get a 15,000 rpm Scsi drive, Or maybe a 10,000rpm Ide HDD
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Dan B
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Registered: 25th Feb 01
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Athlon XP2600+ (2.08GHz)
Asus A7V-8xAGP (RAID, S-ATA, Firewire, etc etc)
512Mb DDR400 (PC3500) RAM
120Gb IBM HDD (7200rpm, 8Mb cache, 8.5ms)
128Mb GeForce4 Ti4600-750XP (AGP)
CD-rewriter
56x CD-Rom
DVD-Rom
17" flatscreen Iiyama VMPro
SB Live 1024
Keyboard/Mouse
Coolermaster case & cooling system
Picked up everything except the HDD and monitor from Scan (Bolton) for a tidy £900. Thanks to the memory, PS has absolutely no problems opening lots of huge images at once, and doesn't complain at editing any of them (useful for when you have 130Mb of cruise/show pics hosted online).
[Edited on 02/05/2003 by Dan B]
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andy hirst
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Registered: 18th Apr 02
Location: Rochdale, Greater Manchester
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If ya doin photoshop there is nothing better than an apple mac
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Adam
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Registered: 1st May 01
Location: Hurstbourne Tarrant
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If your gonna be doing Photoshops you want to get the biggest/highest quality monitor you can afford
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Super_si
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Registered: 4th Mar 01
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Icy, ive just spent £650 on the misses pc.
its not shy
Get one of the Nforce Shuttles. + XP2500. 2* Twinmos 256MB sticks. Good basis then
SI
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purple_B
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Registered: 2nd Apr 02
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ive just ordered amesh matrix 2400+
asus a7n8x nforce2 mb
amd athlon xp 2400+ cpu
512mb
120gb 7200rpm 8mb cache hdd
48x16x48 teac cd rw
ati 128mb radeon 9500 tv dvi
nec 15" tpt
logitech keyboard/mouse
16xdvd rom drive
5.1 dolby intergrated sound
56k modem
xp/worksuite 03/game pad/joystick/xtreme games bundle/studio 8 se
creative labs 5300 five point surrond speakers.
all in for £980.
it won best £799 ex vat in pc pro last month.its in there a-list.
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Super_si
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Registered: 4th Mar 01
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you got conned mate!
i built a XP2500 system. Its probably faster!!
Should have built it your self 
Si
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Icy
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Registered: 31st Jan 01
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ideas on prices on those kinda parts?
i knw 19" monitor would be best but dont wana spend that much jus now.
many slots do those motherboards u mention have?
much memory do i need?
ive only got 128 feckin slow!
dunno nowt bout these ddr stuff
got some websites i can browse?
cheers
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1.0to2.0
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Registered: 3rd Apr 03
Location: Liverpool
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i built mine my self came to about £700,
it is
AMD Athlon 2800+
1gb RAM
128mb G Force 4 Graphics card,
60gb
17'' moniter etc etc
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Icy
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Registered: 31st Jan 01
Location: Edinburgh Drives: Mk3 Golf Gti
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mail order the bits?
that sounds not bad
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Icy
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Registered: 31st Jan 01
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those athlons better than pentium4s then?
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viera
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Registered: 26th Oct 02
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i get my bits from... http://www.komplett.co.uk/k/k.asp?ck=1&r=1
Good prices and service.
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1.0to2.0
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Registered: 3rd Apr 03
Location: Liverpool
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athlons r about the same as pentiums, but alot cheaper!!!!
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Corsa Sport Gav
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Registered: 12th Feb 03
Location: Durham, County Durham Drives: A6 Allroad
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goto www.ebuyer.com thts where moist ov my computer has came from
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Super_si
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Registered: 4th Mar 01
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quote:
Originally posted by 1.0to2.0
i built mine my self came to about £700,
it is
AMD Athlon 2800+
1gb RAM
128mb G Force 4 Graphics card,
60gb
17'' moniter etc etc
talking our your arse or youve used the shitest parts around, get some bench marks up.
Si
[Edited on 0303/0505/03030303 by Super_si]
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1.0to2.0
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Registered: 3rd Apr 03
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I can get computer parts at factory prices, i am not talking out of my arse, here is what my computer is:-
NVIDIA G-FORCE 4 Ti4200 128MB AGP GRAPHICS CARD
Memory:-
1024MB 168-pin DIMM SDRAM, PC133
CPU:- AMD ATHLON XP 2800+
MAXTOR HARD DRIVE 60GB ATA/100 5400RPM INTERNAL IDE
NEC FE700M+ 17" FLAT SCREEN MONITOR 1280X1024
all other sh!te as well, but cant be arsed going through them!
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Tam the diesel man
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Registered: 31st Jul 01
Location: Portsmouth
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was goin to get my new pc from dell, there comps any good?
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