sam-smith
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Registered: 8th Jan 07
Location: plymouth, UK
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Right people, first things first I don't wasn't a mac. its either windows or linux, I know windows better than I know linux but I did try ubuntu on my netbook recently.wasn't su re about it purely because I use itunes and couldn't work or whether I could use itunes or not.
I do play with things but I am by no means a computer expert just a tinkerer. So I want help choosing a new pc and I'd possible want to use my 40 inch tv as a moniter, any suggestions welcome just need to replace my netbook. £500 limit I'll go higher iud definatly worth it
Chhheeerrs
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adiohead
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Registered: 28th Sep 01
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OcUK Value GeForce GTX 460 768MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
(£122.54) £143.98
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium - Retail (Full Version)(GFC-00025)
(£84.99) £99.86
G.Skill RipJaw 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit
(£69.99) £82.24
AMD Athlon II X3 Tri Core 440 3.00GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail
(£51.06) £60.00
Antec Basiq Plus 550W Modular Power Supply
(£45.10)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £35.24
(£29.99) £35.24
ASRock N68C-S UCC GeForce 7025 (Socket AM3/AM2+) DDR2/DDR3 microATX Motherboard A
(£25.52) £29.99
Xigmatek Asgard Midi Tower Case - Black
(£22.97) £26.99
Sony Optiarc AD-7260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM
(£13.61) £15.99
Sub Total : £465.77
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.75
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £83.57
Total : £561.09
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sam-smith
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Registered: 8th Jan 07
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Sounds good and my tv can be a monitor via hd mi?
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adiohead
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Registered: 28th Sep 01
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think that card has a DVI output, so you'd need a DVI to HDMI cable.
tbh, I just copied an pasted that from a topic on AVforums for a £500 desktop.
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ENB
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Registered: 24th Apr 06
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Ditch that card then and get this instead:
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/222568
or this
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/200918
instead, HDMI out, 1GB dedicated memory (it says DDR2, but that doesn't seem right). Bought one for work and it's a decent card.
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Dom
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Registered: 13th Sep 03
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quote:
Originally posted by ENB
Ditch that card then and get this instead:
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/222568
or this
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/200918
instead, HDMI out, 1GB dedicated memory (it says DDR2, but that doesn't seem right). Bought one for work and it's a decent card.
No sure why you'd go with a 9800 over a GTX460, the 460 is a better card in every way - less heat, less power consumption, no microstutter that the 9800 suffers with.
What adio posted looks ok, although i'd look at a Intel i3 or i5 processor/motherboard rather than the AMD AM3.
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