COMPETITION: £800 XBOX/PS4 KILLER SPEC-OFF PLUS THEME (WIN 3DMARK ADVANCED)

weirdGuy · 20 Sep 2013 at 09:39

Giving this a shot. Why do I feel parts are missing? D:

Real men game on PC's.

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1 x MSI HD 7950 Twin Frozr III Boost Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **NEW REVISION** with FREE GAMES £191.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4440 3.10GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £137.99
1 x ASRock H87M-ITX Intel H87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ITX Motherboard £89.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
1 x GeIL Black Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £49.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020047-UK) £47.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £47.99
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1 x Noctua NH-L9i CPU Cooler Low Profile - 92mm £34.99
1 x Gigabyte KM7580 Wireless 2.4GHz Keyboard & Mouse Set £19.99
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
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Ripjaw · 20 Sep 2013 at 09:44

weirdGuy said:
Real men don't need disc drives.

Maybe so but how is one to load windows? lol

weirdGuy · 20 Sep 2013 at 09:51

Ripjaw said:
Maybe so but how is one to load windows? lol

Real men find solutions.

I cannot build a PC without forgetting a disc drive, it's happened about 6 times now. It's my thing.

oceaness · 20 Sep 2013 at 09:59

Bootable USB stick

jonnyp1993 · 20 Sep 2013 at 10:02

oceaness said:
Bootable USB stick

how do you get windows onto the usb stick without a disc drive

?

Ripjaw · 20 Sep 2013 at 10:04

jonnyp1993 said:
how do you get windows onto the usb stick without a disc drive ?

Haha touche

implosiveturnip · 20 Sep 2013 at 10:29

REAL MEN GAME ON PC!

YOUR BASKET
Total : (includes shipping : ).

My first spec ever too

implosiveturnip · 20 Sep 2013 at 10:30

..and it was an epic fail too ;_;

oceaness · 20 Sep 2013 at 10:30

jonnyp1993 said:
how do you get windows onto the usb stick without a disc drive ?

You use another PC/Laptop/mates computer/internet cafe lol

Maybe eventually they'll start selling copies on USB sticks instead of or as well as DVD. After all your £80 is simply for the 25 digit Alphanumeric, the media is irrelevant. The only reason I use my DVD drive any more is to install Windows.

To be fair Microsoft are slowly catching up, Windows 8 upgrade gives you the option to create a USB installation stick I believe? Though that assumes you have a PC you are upgrading of course and doesn't help with a new build like this.

Ethermaster · 20 Sep 2013 at 10:32

Cheers Chaps !!!

implosiveturnip · 20 Sep 2013 at 10:35

REAL MEN GAME ON PC! v2.0 ;P

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1 x Asus GeForce GTX 670 DirectCU II 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **FREE SHIPPING** £199.99
1 x SanDisk Pulse SSD 256GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - (SDSSDP-256G-G25) £125.99
1 x Intel Core i3-4340 3.60GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £119.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
1 x Antec High Current Gamer 520W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £59.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £49.99
1 x MSI H81M-P33 Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £42.95
1 x NZXT Source 210 Elite Midi Tower Case - White £39.95
1 x Liteon IHOS104-06 4x BD-ROM (Black) - OEM £34.99
1 x TT eSports Challenger Gamers Keyboard £24.98
1 x Cooler Master Xornet 2000DPI Gaming Mouse £15.79
Total : £794.60 (includes shipping : FREE).

jonnyp1993 · 20 Sep 2013 at 10:42

oceaness said:
You use another PC/Laptop/mates computer/internet cafe lol

Maybe eventually they'll start selling copies on USB sticks instead of or as well as DVD. After all your £80 is simply for the 25 digit Alphanumeric, the media is irrelevant. The only reason I use my DVD drive any more is to install Windows.

To be fair Microsoft are slowly catching up, Windows 8 upgrade gives you the option to create a USB installation stick I believe? Though that assumes you have a PC you are upgrading of course and doesn't help with a new build like this.

Lol, what if your other pc/mate/cafe won't let you

To be honest, I preview windows to be on disc, that way if the usb stick fails you dont lose your windows lol

implosiveturnip · 20 Sep 2013 at 10:43

Real men game on pc?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus GeForce GTX 670 DirectCU II 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **FREE SHIPPING** £199.99
1 x SanDisk Pulse SSD 256GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - (SDSSDP-256G-G25) £125.99
1 x Intel Core i3-4340 3.60GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £119.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
1 x Antec High Current Gamer 520W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £59.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £49.99
1 x MSI H81M-P33 Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £42.95
1 x NZXT Source 210 Elite Midi Tower Case - White £39.95
1 x Liteon IHOS104-06 4x BD-ROM (Black) - OEM £34.99
1 x TT eSports Challenger Gamers Keyboard £24.98
1 x Cooler Master Xornet 2000DPI Gaming Mouse £15.79
Total : £794.60 (includes shipping : FREE).

Did it work this time? I think my post get deleted last time for some reason... weird.

implosiveturnip · 20 Sep 2013 at 10:43

nvm double post

jonnyp1993 · 20 Sep 2013 at 10:50

implosiveturnip said:
nvm double post

Fail posting

oceaness · 20 Sep 2013 at 10:51

implosiveturnip said:
nvm double post

Spammer

jonnyp1993 said:
Lol, what if your other pc/mate/cafe won't let you
To be honest, I preview windows to be on disc, that way if the usb stick fails you dont lose your windows lol

lol. I think it should be available as a downloadable image so you can recreate a new USB stick or DVD should you need to, seeing as you're buying the license really anyway.

I seem to be able to scratch the hell out of discs in no time, no matter how careful I am with them

Also I think installing from USB is actually faster?

Updated original post to include the bloody DVD drive, happy now?

implosiveturnip · 20 Sep 2013 at 10:52

No kidding! 2 fail posts out of my previous 4; 50% accuracy. Shocking lol

*EDIT*

I'm all for using the usb install method, it seems much faster to me. There's some good instructables on the interbutts on how to make your own bootable windows disk, but since M$ released thier own thingymabob, I suppose they're a little redundant.

jonnyp1993 · 20 Sep 2013 at 11:04

lol, thingymabob

.. love that word.

i have never used a usb stick to install windows.. i did use one once to boot ubunto to test my memory

.

as for scratching disc's, i have to aggree... what did they say when they first came out.. you can sand a wall down, stand on it, bend it etc etc... what aload of BS that was lol...

oceaness · 20 Sep 2013 at 11:12

Ethermaster said:
Cheers Chaps !!!

Lol, I think there might still be some pieces missing?
Also PSU is ATX, case is SFX?

jonnyp1993 said:
As for scratching disc's, i have to aggree... what did they say when they first came out.. you can sand a wall down, stand on it, bend it etc etc... what aload of BS that was lol...

Yeah, turns out you can't even insert it into the drive without scratching it lol

implosiveturnip said:
I'm all for using the usb install method, it seems much faster to me. There's some good instructables on the interbutts on how to make your own bootable windows disk, but since M$ released thier own thingymabob, I suppose they're a little redundant.

Microsoft's thingamabob, is just that an upgrade option I think, it wont help you with retail copies. So the internet guides still have their uses.

jonnyp1993 · 20 Sep 2013 at 11:48

so...the bombshell is.. we have to have a dvd drive weather we like it or not.

weather its external or internal lol.

MS wins