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The £300-£1250 Tower, Full & HTPC System Weekly Builds Thread
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Wouldnt it be preferential for 4850 to be user rather than 4830 as the price/performance sways more in favour for the 4850 i do believe.
Also instead of the Tuniq Tower, get the Tuniq Core Contact Freezer as it is a better cooler.
Also instead of the Tuniq Tower, get the Tuniq Core Contact Freezer as it is a better cooler.
budget for the 4830.
not seen reviews of the tuniq core contact.
not seen reviews of the tuniq core contact.
http://www.frostytech.com/top5heatsinks.cfm
http://www.sunbeamtech.com/PRODUCTS/cooler/Core-ContactFreezer.html
and you could drop the P45 bored for the Abit IP45 and be in budget for a 4850.
http://www.sunbeamtech.com/PRODUCTS/cooler/Core-ContactFreezer.html
and you could drop the P45 bored for the Abit IP45 and be in budget for a 4850.
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shaffaaf27,
Just wanted to say my own thank you for starting and especially continuing to maintain this thread. Although when putting together parts for a new system most people like a more personal approach by creating their own thread, which can't really be substituted, this makes for a very good starting point on which to base further research and investigation. Good food for thought.
Keep it up mate!!
JM
Just wanted to say my own thank you for starting and especially continuing to maintain this thread. Although when putting together parts for a new system most people like a more personal approach by creating their own thread, which can't really be substituted, this makes for a very good starting point on which to base further research and investigation. Good food for thought.
Keep it up mate!!
JM
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Strange how things work out...
This thread gets stickied just as it seems to have gone off the boil a wee bit
If anyone is still updating the thread my personal interest is in games base units that are utterly stable, adequately powerful (not silly and overpowered), relatively quiet and relatively energy efficient. I am happy to buy slightly older stuff rather than bleeding edge - for instance I lost count of the number of BIOS upgrades I applied to my old Mobo while an older stable mobo would have saved much hassle. It is not necessarily a good thing to build a new rig from a big list of all the latest stuff IMHO. Cost is not an issue compared to the other things - a few hundred £ either way on something costing £800 or so is fine.
Brilliant thread OP. Thank you for taking the time to update the builds.
This thread gets stickied just as it seems to have gone off the boil a wee bit
If anyone is still updating the thread my personal interest is in games base units that are utterly stable, adequately powerful (not silly and overpowered), relatively quiet and relatively energy efficient. I am happy to buy slightly older stuff rather than bleeding edge - for instance I lost count of the number of BIOS upgrades I applied to my old Mobo while an older stable mobo would have saved much hassle. It is not necessarily a good thing to build a new rig from a big list of all the latest stuff IMHO. Cost is not an issue compared to the other things - a few hundred £ either way on something costing £800 or so is fine.
Brilliant thread OP. Thank you for taking the time to update the builds.
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HTPC image issues at present????
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On the 500 build you could change the mobo to this: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
Cooler to this: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...1&name=Akasa AK-965 CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775)
and with the spare change get this muich nicer case: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp... II Aluminium Midi-Tower Case - Black (No PSU)
and finally on the 1000 build change the cooler to the Tuniq Core contact instead of the Tuniq Tower, as the Core Contact freezer is a much better cooler and two quid cheaper and comes more on budget.
And same to the other builds.
And as mentioned the HTPC arnt showing.
But great work.
Cooler to this: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...1&name=Akasa AK-965 CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775)
and with the spare change get this muich nicer case: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp... II Aluminium Midi-Tower Case - Black (No PSU)
and finally on the 1000 build change the cooler to the Tuniq Core contact instead of the Tuniq Tower, as the Core Contact freezer is a much better cooler and two quid cheaper and comes more on budget.
And same to the other builds.
And as mentioned the HTPC arnt showing.
But great work.
HTPC issues should be fixed now
salshiem, thats the mobo im sure i chose....oops, right let me swap them.
also about the cooler, i have read reviews, and its good, but loud, so id rather put down the freezer 7 pro.
once again for the 1000 build, ooops, though i chose the core contact. let me change it.
salshiem, thats the mobo im sure i chose....oops, right let me swap them.
also about the cooler, i have read reviews, and its good, but loud, so id rather put down the freezer 7 pro.
once again for the 1000 build, ooops, though i chose the core contact. let me change it.
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This is a great thread, very helpful! This and the 'spec me' thread have/will answered loads of questions, it's been ages since I did a major hardware update to my PC
cheers mate
sorry for the lack of updates guys, i killed my Q9550 tryingt o take it to 4.5GHz with 1.6vs under water for 3d mark LOOOOOOL got my RMA and should be back up by wed
sorry for the lack of updates guys, i killed my Q9550 tryingt o take it to 4.5GHz with 1.6vs under water for 3d mark LOOOOOOL got my RMA and should be back up by wed
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LOL hope you didn't tell them that Shaff. 
lool
hell no, i killed the maximus II formula a week before aswell haha
hell no, i killed the maximus II formula a week before aswell haha
ow man its good to be back, i will update, btw check out the new build
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u sure the 450 watt psu enough for a 4850??ive hear it wasnt! doing my first build in a few weeks!! guaranteed to blow something up!!
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