Hello everyone im new, can you help me build my first pc please?
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I had a little go myself... I would take up on the tips of getting a student discount on Windows 7, it saves a lot of money.
Do you have a link? I am not actually classed as a student yet though, I dont start till mid september
probably best to email your college and ask if they have any details, i think really all you need is a vaild @.ac.uk email address, tho i could be wrong. orcvader's build is very similar to stulids except for the hdd and gpu. do a google search for bench marks for each gpu-this'll give you a better over all knowledge of what you want out of your gpu gaming wise. well i gotta duck out now but i'll look in again 2morrow to see how its all going for you 
. you'll probably get a few more pointers thru the day tomorrow.
. you'll probably get a few more pointers thru the day tomorrow.Some thing regard the Student Discount, I went to uni few years back and My Uni offered a MSDNAA Account which allowed me to get FREE Microsoft software (well almost all except office) so a word of advise, ask your IT department if they have that agreement/program with Microsoft.
(I finished uni 2 years ago but my account is still active and I got free copies of Win7/Vista/XP 32/64)
(I finished uni 2 years ago but my account is still active and I got free copies of Win7/Vista/XP 32/64
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Some thing regard the Student Discount, I went to uni few years back and My Uni offered a MSDNAA Account which allowed me to get FREE Microsoft software (well almost all except office) so a word of advise, ask your IT department if they have that agreement/program with Microsoft.
(I finished uni 2 years ago but my account is still active and I got free copies of Win7/Vista/XP 32/64
Lucky you! I'll email the college and ask.
www.spotify.com - Free music streaming with occasional adverts between songs, or you can pay £9.99/month for no ads and offline mode etc. They have a huge music library at your disposal (Over 4 million songs) so worth a look. Email my Trust if you'd like an invite.
The magazine is out now, it's the latest edition that's in the shops now.
And finally, mobo = motherboard
You can still get Windows as a College/School person. I did last year (I'm in upper 6th at the moment, and have 2 A2 exams left before I hopefully go to uni). I thought that the student deal ended some time ago though.
Orcvader's build is excellent for the money.
Orcvader's build is excellent for the money.
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Just not sure if i'll need a graphics card that good that all?
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5770 will let you play most games on high settings at that resolution, and is good value for money. Also, there is an issue with COD4, where you can jump higher if you have a higher frame rate. This alone makes a good graphics card important for that game.
I would definatly drop the SSD. Just get a decent performing HDD. Then swap out the motherboard, CPU and RAM for a DDR3 and AM3 build. Trust me, I built mine on AM2+, which I thought would be good enough, then a year of reading forum members sigs led me to upgrade to AM3!
I was like you, I got interested in computers 3 months before I built my own. Before that, I didn't know what a graphics card was, what a hard drive looked like, and I thought a processor had a spinney thing in it. So I drew the conclusion that it was the CPU spinning in my laptop causing the horrible noise (HDD noise)!!!1!one!
I was like you, I got interested in computers 3 months before I built my own. Before that, I didn't know what a graphics card was, what a hard drive looked like, and I thought a processor had a spinney thing in it. So I drew the conclusion that it was the CPU spinning in my laptop causing the horrible noise (HDD noise)!!!1!one!
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I watched a few videos today on youtube of people building a pc, from what I can see, putting it together doesnt appear to be too hard, it seems the trick is to get it running correctly after, is that right?
if u plan to get an SSD, then i would go for the 40GB intel instead.
with windows 7, and a few programs installed, u will run out of space.
i find 40gb to be abit too small, but 30GB would be pushing it.
althou ur budget doesn't really support an SSD.
perhaps getting the basic pc first, with a standard hard drive, then u can also get a seperate SSD later on when u have some more money available.
stick with onboard gpu if you not really playing games, and u can also upgrade that later if you start wanting to play
with windows 7, and a few programs installed, u will run out of space.
i find 40gb to be abit too small, but 30GB would be pushing it.
althou ur budget doesn't really support an SSD.
perhaps getting the basic pc first, with a standard hard drive, then u can also get a seperate SSD later on when u have some more money available.
stick with onboard gpu if you not really playing games, and u can also upgrade that later if you start wanting to play
Putting a computer together is very easy, especially nowadays! Its basically slotting stuff in and maybe tightening a few screws. The best thing to do is take plenty of time over it, so you don't make any silly mistakes. I would say the hardest bit is choosing the components. After it is set up I basically just fired it up and it was fine, checked a few things in the BIOS (mainly boot priorities) and was good to go!
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Yep, I keep looking at new components and thinking, if I spend another £100 I could get this instead! The rate im going I'll end up with a 2 grand i7 water cooled ****!
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Yep, I keep looking at new components and thinking, if I spend another £100 I could get this instead! The rate im going I'll end up with a 2 grand i7 water cooled ****!
Lol, exactly. I suggest setting your budget in stone (perhaps write the number on piece of paper with an exclamation mark and stick it to your wall) and work it from there.
Obviously, you will need a bit of wiggle room - but I suggest limiting this to £40 or less.
As it stands, do you have finalised budget you want to work with?
Also, do you have access to any operating system's that you can use as a stop-gap until you can get a student deal on windows 7? Perhaps a retail Vista or XP license you can make use of. As for student pricing, any student with a valid .ac.uk email address can get Windows 7 Professional Upgrade version for £43. But as was mentioned before you could get it free if your course and uni are signed up for the microsoft scheme.
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At the moment the budget is £600, but Im now selling one of my guitars on evilbay, as soon as thats gone im adding it to the budget.
Ive got xp on my current computer and its a genuine copy that came with the machine from pc world, could i use this to tide me over?
Ive emailed the college but im sure that my tutor has finished now and wont be back till august
