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« Reply #15 on: May 12, 2008, 06:37:42 AM »
bought mine for 200LVL xD about 300 euros, and it sux :> I am noob at buying PC's

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Operating System   Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
OS Service Pack   Service Pack 2
1 GB Ram
AMD Sempron™ Processor 3800+ 2.21 GHz..
256mb graphics card.

What a shit, eh?



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« Reply #16 on: May 12, 2008, 06:55:40 AM »
Yeh, Tehcnogeek, check the last post of first page.

Edit: Also, if I dont need more than 313W, should I get this? http://www.multitronic.fi/?prod=11107

Edit2: Made the test again, with the NVIDIA card i got over 430 watts.
« Last Edit: May 12, 2008, 07:09:00 AM by GT-7 »

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« Reply #17 on: May 12, 2008, 07:01:50 AM »
mine:

- AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual
- Core Processor 3800+
- 2.1 GHz
- 2GB ram
- 256MB video (8600 GTS)
- 401GB Harddisk

- Windows Vista Home Premium & Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2

around the 780 Euro

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« Reply #18 on: May 12, 2008, 07:11:32 AM »
This is not a topic for posting your PC specs.

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« Reply #19 on: May 12, 2008, 07:23:21 AM »
It's up to you with the PSU. It's really just to give you an idea of the type of PSU to buy. You don't have to go with their recommendation, mine was about 500w but I purchased a 700w just incase I wish to upgrade at a later date.

The one I bought was Arctic Power 700W PSU - With PCI-E, 4x SATA, 20+4, ATX12V, 8pin +12V Connectors - Retail Boxed -  http://www.ebuyer.com/product/124927 Costs about the same price in EU as the one you posted (or so my currency conversion told me) they both roughly about テつ」41 which in EU is about 52 EU.

Anyway my specs:

Motherboard: nForce 590 SLI: Foxconn C51XEM2AA  - テつ」40/50 (60/70 eu)
Processor: AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 6400+, MMX, 3DNow (2 CPUs), ~3.2GHz - テつ」90 (100 eu) - Intel are better but i've always been an AMD supporter.
Memory: OCZ EPP 4Gb (2X2048Mb) PC2-6400 DDR2 Dual Chan SLI Cert テつ」70/80 (80/90 eu)
Hard Drive: 2x Maxtor 500GB Hard Drive SATAII テつ」50 (60 eu)
Video Card: 2x BFGTech GeForce 8800 GTS OC 512MB テつ」150 each (160 eu)
Power Supply: Arctic Power 700W PSU テつ」41 (52 eu)
Case: Antec Nine Hundred テつ」60 (70 eu)

Total cost of about 600 eu. Could be cheaper now though with the massive price drops. As for playing games, take away one of the graphics cards and I can run any game max settings. The game which I play most is Call of Duty 4 and I usually sit around 160 FPS and can have it running up to 250 FPS.

*EDIT*

I was looking at some comparisions on a website and I couldn't find the exact card you're going after however there was a similar card "PowerColor Radeon HD 3850 Xtreme PCS 512MB" just branded by a different company and it gives bench marks for different games and it shows for example in the Call of Duty 4, the FPS for max settings with that card was 62.2. Above that was:

Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT 512MB - 79.9 FPS
Nvidia GeForce 8800 GS 384MB - 66.2 FPS
ATI Radeon HD 3870 512MB - 62.2 FPS

Don't know how much the card you're buying costs but I do know the 8800 GT OC costs about テつ」100 (110 eu) and for an extra 10eu the OC2 model can be purchased. and the site I am on shows that "Asus GeForce 8800 GS 384MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail" costs about テつ」59.99 (60/70 eu). You got the links to any of this hardware you posted?
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« Reply #20 on: May 12, 2008, 07:37:12 AM »
Yeh, the prices have dropped alot on these days. I'll keep with that 460W power supply, it's enough for mine and it doesn't generate so much heat since it uses most of the energy. And I changed that graphic card to the 8800GT 512Mb, which is around 150 euros at here. So, my current pack:

ABIT IP35-E motherboard,
NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT 512Mb graphic card,
Buffalo 2GB DRR2 800MHz ram memory,
Cooler Master Extreme Power Plus 460W power supply,
Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 3.0GHz prosessor,
Ace Action 4 Silver case,
LG 20x DVDRW Black Soft SATA,
and new keyboard + extra fan.


Total: ~550 euros.


Edit: The part links are below.

Motherboard
Graphic Card
RAM Memory
Power Supply
Case
Prosessor
DVD-ROM
Keyboard
Extra Fan (does it fit to the case, i don't know)
« Last Edit: May 12, 2008, 07:48:52 AM by GT-7 »

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« Reply #21 on: May 12, 2008, 07:37:35 AM »
Sounds nice. My college mate has similar specs except he's with the same AMD CPU as me and he's using my old RAM, he's happy enough with his and has no problem running any game. My rig generates tons of heat so much I was forced to go out and buy a new case but now i've no problem with temps or overheating. Honestly stick with Nvidia if you plan to use the system for gaming.

*edit* The fan should be fine. The case doesn't really say how many fans it comes with and usually all computer cases leave room for extra fans. 120mm fan is probably the best option to go for as it's usually the size for standard cases. So you've chosen the correct type of fan. I don't see any problems connecting the the fan up and if there was you can always buy an adaptor for like less then half a euro.
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« Reply #22 on: May 12, 2008, 07:59:10 AM »
Yeh thanks for your help.

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« Reply #23 on: May 12, 2008, 02:23:03 PM »
Quote from: KillaMarci
If your currency is euro then I'd suggest you to buy in the US. Because 1euro =  ~$1,50 . And everything which costs 100euro here costs $100 in the US
Yeah, but the problem is that the US doesn't know shit about computers, and because of the word 'Recession' looming over our shoulders, why skyjacked prices of everything.

 

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