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dave17
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18th Sep 07 at 15:44   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
am i really going to need that though? is it worth spending the extra cash??
Cosmo
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The Mobo?

If it was me, I'd make sure the Mobo was the most future proof component, and then anything else thats an 'add-on' was as best as I could afford. Only reason being as upgrading other stuff is always easy, upgrading a MoBo is a little bit more of a pain.
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Ok point taken, i look on ebuyer and couldnt see it on there, il have a look around.

Im looking at this GFX card:

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?rb=0&action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=125105

but it doesnt say if it has a VGA out? id want to connect my PC monitor via DVI and my R74 by VGA, is this possible??
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Has 2x DVI outputs so shouldnt be a problem (would need a DVI to VGA convertor though).
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I cant see anything about a P5K premium??

ive come up with this:

Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 2.66GHz 1333FSB Socket 775 4MB - £98.37
Western Digital WD5000AAKS 500GB SATA II 7200RPM - £54.06
Antec P180 Silver Aluminium Super Miditower Case - £59.55
EVGA 8800GTS 320MB GDDR3 DVI TV - £153.09
Crucial 1GB DDR2 PC2-6400/800MHz CL4-4-4-12 Ballistix x2 - £59.56
Corsair HX Series 520W Modular PSU - £53.89
Vista home premuim - £60

£637

now just need a mobo.......

would this be a bit of a beastie of a system then??



[Edited on 18-09-2007 by dave17]
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Yup, would be a great system. Few upgrades in the future when things start getting slow and it'll still be great.
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http://www.google.co.uk/products?q=Asus+P5K+Premium&hl=en&safe=off&scoring=p
dave17
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that would make it £780
Cosmo
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indeed

only £300ish over budget
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i think i can stretch to £700ish........il have a think about it.

Thanking you for your help though
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Ok need to get round to this now

Xmas is coming up and been given some funds to work with.

Think i could do £750 now, and i assume alot of these prices would have gone down a bit now?
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after a quick look, the prices on these bits has gone up?!
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they shouldnt of gone up, where you looking?
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ebuyer and dabs? nearly all the prices had gone up
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you going off the last spec posted above?
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indeed
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Case: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/126946
CPU: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/131823
Mobo: http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=701626
Ram: http://www.microdirect.co.uk/ProductInfo.aspx?ProductID=18453
HDD: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/130826
DVD: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/129527
GPU: http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=691920
PSU: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/114941
John
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Although prices drop in the long term, in the short term prices fluctuate both ways.

Memory for instance is pennies atm.
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That works out to £799.20.
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Whats that come to Andy?

Only things I'd look at differently would be the MoBo and the GPU.
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quote:
Originally posted by Andy_sxi
Case: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/126946
CPU: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/131823
Mobo: http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=701626
Ram: http://www.microdirect.co.uk/ProductInfo.aspx?ProductID=18453
HDD: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/130826
DVD: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/129527
GPU: http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=691920
PSU: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/114941


That would be a beast...............but its £797 without an OS
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Yeh slightly over budget, you could drop the hdd to a smaller size one or a cheaper 500gb 16mb cache one. Cpu could change to e6750. You could get cheaper ram, but that stuff overclocks well and good warranty in the uk.
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Slightly cheaper MoBo - Asus P5K Premium (£122.19)
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=659151

Slightly cheaper CPU - Intel E6750 (£114.56)
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/130484

Could go cheaper with the GPU but I wouldnt if you didnt have to.
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Drop the hdd to this aswell £59.99 http://www.ebuyer.com/product/130454

With the changes Cosmo made and the HDD the total would be about £713

[Edited on 16-11-2007 by Andy_sxi]
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Jobs a good'un

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