Cavey
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Well, the student loan has come in, so i'm looking at building a new budget-y PC.
So far have got ...
Think the RAM i've got at the moment would be fine, so need a PCI-E gpfx card recommending, don't wanna spend too much, say £70 maximum really.
Any advice?
After that just need Hard drives really.
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John
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Registered: 30th Jun 03
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socket 939 is obsolete already, go am2 or whatever its called.
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Cavey
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Trying to do it mildly cheap, and i don't really need anything special, so for the price, thought it was suitable
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Cavey
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Just noticed that eBuyer has a happy hour 11am-1pm on Nov 1st...
So for the sake of a couple of days gonna wait till then, and HOPEFULLY get some stuff cheaper
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ed
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Maybe think about going for a dual core processor? I think they are probably going to be more useful in the near future at least.
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Russ
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dont buy amd atm, core duo is way out infront, get that, but mobos are expensive atm, and decent ram is a fortune
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John
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He isn't looking for the fastest system in the world.
For 50 quid you aren't going to get a really fast core 2 duo.
What you have so far is fine.
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Russ
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not really, you could at least get opteron, or cheapo dual core 939 for a few pence more.
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Bart
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as above.
Dual core 939 has come way down in price. Although its discontinued, its quick machines for not alot of cash.
Make sure your PSU is ATX 2.0 otherwise it wont have the right connections.
*edit* does that mobo have onboard graphics? if not you need a graphics card.
im too lazy to look it up 
[Edited on 30-10-2006 by Bart]
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Cavey
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Yeah, like i said i'm looking for a cheap system, nothing super.
the system i put together finally was £353 with 2 * 250mb SATA2 drives... so can't argue really.
It doesn't have onboard graphics, that's one of the first things i checked 
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jaffa
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where you buying it all from?
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Cavey
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ebuyer 
Like i said before they've got "happy hour" tomorrow 11am - 1pm so hopefully be able to get the stuff cheaper than i first priced it up as.
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jaffa
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will have to have look later
aria have happy hour deals this friday of thats any help
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