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kain666

kain666

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If you're not comfortable with OCZ as many people seem not to be (the reason I steered clear of them) then this should be a healthy medium. Low price, higher wattage and respectable brand?
 
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pretty much the same build, but it takes advantage of more of the 'this week only' deals. better graphics card too:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5850 Extreme 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **OcUK Exclusive** £116.99
1 x AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £89.99
1 x Antec High Current Gamer 620W Power Supply £49.99
1 x Gigabyte GA-MA78LMT-US2H 760G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £39.98
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/4GX) £34.99
1 x Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler (Socket 939 / AM2 / AM3 / 775 / 1155/ 1156 / 1366) £17.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £426.91 (includes shipping : £10.00).

changed:
motherboard - allows use of PCIe x1 slot (on the one you chose, the graphics card would cover it)
graphics - better card, same price: http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/313?vs=295
PSU - better PSU for less money
RAM - dual channel for reasons stulid said

other changes were to take advantage of this week only stuff while not reducing performance


i assume you dont need a case
 
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Just to add my two cents worth. There's nothing wrong with OCZ power supplies, no idea why they get a bad name. I've used a few.

However I would also favour the Antec, especially at that price. Get it!
 
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Just to add my two cents worth. There's nothing wrong with OCZ power supplies, no idea why they get a bad name. I've used a few.

However I would also favour the Antec, especially at that price. Get it!
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As I am so new to all of this I have adopted a no smoke without fire kind of attitude. Basically if there is a general negative feeling towards something then avoid it. Might just be a couple of faults that have given them a bad name to some people and it has just spread or something. I mean, I have no bad experiences with OCZ but don't really want any of their products.
 
No.

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/AMD/HD_6790/22.html


Re-done your build to take advantage of the special offers.


Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5850 Extreme 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **OcUK Exclusive** £124.99
(£104.16) £124.99
(£104.16)
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £89.99
(£74.99) £89.99
(£74.99)
Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 AMD 760G (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £54.98
(£45.82) £54.98
(£45.82)
BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W '80 Plus' Power Supply £44.99
(£37.49) £44.99
(£37.49)
Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103UJ) £34.99
(£29.16) £34.99
(£29.16)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £31.19
(£25.99) £31.19
(£25.99)
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM2+/AM3/775/1155/1156/1366) £21.98
(£18.32) £21.98
(£18.32)
OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£14.16) £16.99
(£14.16)
Sub Total : £350.09
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.00
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £72.02
Total : £432.11

The motherboard is AM3+ so will be more future proof.
 
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