New PC, Any suggestions?

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Originally Posted by Stephen

FTW. I was about to post that.

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i was also thinking it xD

and Tom, Nice specs but if your gonna but it next year best wait till then? You dont know what new stuff for PC's may come out?

I'd defanatelygo with building a custom PC if you can. I know some of the sites you can order all the parts and even get them to install components like the motherboard and the CPU. You can save a couple of hundred $ by doing so.

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Originally Posted by DarrenToogood

I just built a:

Core 2 Quad
4GB RAM
500GB HDD
Antec Gaming Case

and it came to £540 overall, and that was without a monitor, keyboard/mice, graphics card and software.

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Cant believe you paid £540 for a poverty spec PC without Monitor,keyboard, gfx card and speakers :eusa_wall

Only paid £55 more in total for:
Core 2 Extreme - QX9650
Basic Case - who needs some fancy case...dont do anything
4gb of Geil ram
NVidia 9600GT
Basic 600w PSU
250gb Boot Drive
750gb Drive for storage
Vista & Office Pre-Installed
Basic Keyboard/Mouse
Philips Widescreen Keyboard

Wouldnt listen to this matey...he seems to just know how to get ripped off!
Try eBaying a PC base system, should be able to get a similar spec as mine for about £450 without monitor etc

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Originally Posted by jwm123

Basic Case - who needs some fancy case...dont do anything

Basic 600w PSU

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Better cases offer better cooling features and are just generally better for airflow. A basic (generic by the sounds of things) PSU is not a good idea in a high end system.

JWM where the hell did you get yours from :S?

That processor is worth £630 and performs worse than my Quad which cost £150

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Originally Posted by DarrenToogood

I just built a:

Core 2 Quad
4GB RAM
500GB HDD
Antec Gaming Case

and it came to £540 overall, and that was without a monitor, keyboard/mice, graphics card and software.

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Haha you got ripped off, just for a processor ram hdd and the 900 I assume, should come to no more than £400 if that

Quad is like £110, 4GB ram is like ~100, HDD is about ~50-70, Case is something like £70 the last time I checked, could be wrong.

The Quads are no less than £140
4GB RAM is only £70 - Crucial (the best brand)
Hard Drive you can get for around £60
Case is £70

Total - £340.

Ouch.

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Originally Posted by Stephen

The Quads are no less than £140
4GB RAM is only £70 - Crucial (the best brand)
Hard Drive you can get for around £60
Case is £70

Total - £340.

Ouch.

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Think you need to include a mobo as well but still lol.

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Originally Posted by TomSpit

Ok, I've upped the case so now the PSU is 550W.
Total cost including keyboard, monitor, graphics card and mouse is - £560.12
The graphics card isn't the best, but it'll do - nVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS

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Personally I wouldn't ever use a PSU that came with a case.