The £300-£1250 Tower, Full & HTPC System Weekly Builds Thread

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reading about it, the akasa is a very nice cooler, just on the noisy side.

the extra cache does help in game, and remember these are all rounded specs not just for gamers
 
mmm they were not out of stock when i posted up the machines :(

IMO the be Quiet PSU is the best PSU i have owned, and quiet is an understatement to it. i though it was broken, when i couldnt hear it.

but its a rough guide, so if people want to they can ditch it, for a noctua, which is a very good idea aswell.

flinco, i have put 2 4850s, in crossfire mode there. they should run at over GTX280 speeds and cost a good £70 less.
 
GM2 said:
Great job!

Just one point - the individual posts with the specs in mostly have 'last edited dates' of more than a month ago. I've now realised that this is because you just update the linked images - but for quite a while I was thinking that you weren't updating all of them!! :o I wonder whether it would be an idea to point this out in the first thread - or am I the only one not using my brain??!!
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ahh im just deleting the links of the old ones on photobucket, and uploading the new ones with the same name, so its easier on me :D, therefore when i update the first post will be edited, not each pictures post :)

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Also - you tend to get the specs to within a few pence of the budget price. This is very impressive, but:

a) must be quite time consuming sometimes, trying to get everything to add up exactly.
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Oh yeah, esp with these new prices:mad:, but i can seem to just about pulll it off.

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b) may sometimes result in compromises? i.e.: would someone spending £1250 on a box, buy just the basic P5Q board, as opposed to spending a bit more for the pro, e, or delux version perhaps? At that end of the scale, breaking the budget by £50 or more is probably not an issue. Obviously at the lower end of the scale, it would be much more significant.
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The thing is, an E0 Q9650 and an X2 provide a bigger computing experiance over a better P5Q. it will still be able to get the Q9650 to 4GHz no problem :)
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Would it make more sense to allow yourself a small amount of leeway of perhaps 5-10% of the budget, to reflect real life, to sometimes provide a better spec for very little difference in cost and to make life easier for you?
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well the thing is 10% of £1250 is £125 thats a lot, and at £300 its £30, way to much. the budgets are there for a reason :)

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Given that component prices seem to be changing almost daily at the moment, what you spec today may be 5% more or less tomorrow anyway! ;):D

Just some thoughts - but it is your thread and your hard work, so yours to decide what you do with it...

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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. :D
 
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:D
 
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