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First time build - £800

Discussion in 'General Hardware' started by Vision, 20 Jun 2010.

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    22 Jun 2010 at 19:03
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  1. Vision

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    Dont want the case to be too flashy so think I'll stick with the Antec. Only reason I chose the ram was because it looked good and had low timings. :p Is there any benefit from low timings for gaming/browsing?
     
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    2. 22 Jun 2010 at 19:07
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  2. stulid

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    AMD chips do like lower timings, so with that in mind+your happy with the case(which is good) then go for it
     
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    3. 22 Jun 2010 at 20:53
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  3. Vision

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    Thanks very much for the help stulid :)

    Do you know anything about the warranties on the AMD cpu's? Will using an aftermarket cooler void it? I asked about it in the cpu section but didnt get any helpful replies :(
     
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    4. 22 Jun 2010 at 20:56
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  4. stulid

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    there's absolutely no way of knowing if you have used a different cooler.
     
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    5. 22 Jun 2010 at 23:23
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  5. Lleot

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    Lower timings will make very very very little difference.
     
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    6. 23 Jun 2010 at 01:23
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  6. wilko49

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    about the 1600 MHz - The RAM almost certainly has an XMP, which you can enable from the BIOS, that will change the BCLK to 160 and drop the CPU multiplier.
     
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    7. 23 Jun 2010 at 02:36
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  7. coupe69

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    This, seriously you'd never know the difference, don't be fooled by the manafacturers hype.
     
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    8. 23 Jun 2010 at 10:57
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  8. Vision

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    Ok stulid, thanks to the others aswell.
     
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    9. 23 Jun 2010 at 18:22
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  9. stulid

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