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edgedemon

edgedemon

edgedemon

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Just had a mail from a mate who is considering an urgent upgrade as he cant play MW2 or L4D2 as hius machine is ancient - lol
He has found a bundle from a competitor which comes assembled and tested and is listed below

CPU: AMD PhenomX4 630 Quad Core
RAM: 4GB Corsair DDR2 (2x 2Gb Strips)
MBD: Biostar TA770E
Pre-Assembled & Tested
£181.74 ex VAT, £209.00 inc VAT
Its a bit naughty as they advertise a Phenom quad core, but underneath in the details - its actually an athlon X4 which is a completely different kettle of fish
MD Athlon II X4 (630) 2.8GHz Processor
2.8GHz
2MB L2 Cache
Biostar TA770E AM3 Motherboard
4 DDR2 DIMM Memory Slots (Max 16Gb)
3x PCI Slots
2x PCI-E x1 Slots
1x PCI-E x16 Slot
6x SATA2
6x USB 2.0 Ports
Onboard Gigabit LAN
Onboard 6 Channel Audio
ATX Form Factor
4GB Corsair Value Select 800MHz DDR2 (2x 2Gb Strip)
DDR 2
800MHz
3 Year Return-To-Base Warranty
Im convinced that OCUK can do better - was thinking..
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retail CPU will give me a fan, and a Phenom dual core will perform better than an athlon X4??? Might even get an unlock out of it?

What do you think
 
Until I get home tonight and speak to him, Im not sure, though I am sure he will need to get a cheap case and PSU as he has a desktop dell case, and I know he will need a decent card as he has a really old ATI at the mo..
Good call on the memory, thats me trying to select while keeping windows hidden as Im at work :eek:
 
Cheers for that, spoke to him just now, he got a £260 rebate from the bank so wants to upgrade so he can play MW2 and L4D2. He will need everything but a HDD and OS, and I've told him that he will need to top the budget up a bit
Off to browse the site now
 
OK, this is what I have come up with so far...

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I could get it a bit cheaper by going AM2 and ddr2 800mhz, but dont think it would be worth it for the small savings..

Is this OK??
 
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