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 Post subject: buying a new pc
PostPosted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 4:24 pm 
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starting from scratch except i already have a hard drive and graphics card.

my budget is middle of the range, not cheap n nasty and not top shelf either.

i pretty much don't know where to start so any help would be good

ie what watt power supply do i need?
do i go with intel or amd?

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 Post subject: Re: buying a new pc
PostPosted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 9:01 pm 
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Firstly you will need a power cord

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 Post subject: Re: buying a new pc
PostPosted: Wed Mar 24, 2010 3:41 pm 
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CoD4 Tour of Duty (1)
:shock: orly

case: ?
power supply: ?
motherboard: ?
cpu: ?
memory: ?

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 Post subject: Re: buying a new pc
PostPosted: Sat Mar 27, 2010 10:04 am 
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Battlefield Vietnam Campaign M (2) Active Service Medal (1) Battlefield 2 Campaign Medal (2) The Military Cross (1) The George Cross (1) Elite Assault Medal (1)
Victory Medal (25) Long Service Medal (2) Commendation for Gallantry (1) Defence Force Service Medal (1) Distinguished Service Order (1) CS:S Tour of Duty (1)
CoD4 Tour of Duty (1)
CPU $ 195,00 AMD Phenom II X4 955
MOBO $ 245,00 Gigabyte 790FXTA-UD5
RAM $ 155,00 G.Skill 4GB 1600 DDR3
PSU $ 109,00 OCZ 600W
CASE $ 163,00 Coolermaster HAF 922


any thoughts on this selection

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 Post subject: Re: buying a new pc
PostPosted: Sat Mar 27, 2010 1:07 pm 
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thats one expensive mobo.. cost ya an arm

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 Post subject: Re: buying a new pc
PostPosted: Fri Apr 02, 2010 7:04 pm 
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Practice Medal (1) The BF Silver Star (4) The BF Gold Star (2) CoD4 Tour of Duty (1) TF2 Tour of Duty (1)
Gigabyte GA-790XT-USB3 AMD 4xDDR3, PCIE, RAID

for $159 and you wouldn't be missing much.

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 Post subject: Re: buying a new pc
PostPosted: Mon Apr 05, 2010 12:14 pm 
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Motherboard - ASRock X58 Extreme - $214

CPU - Intel Corei7 930 @ 2.8Ghz - MSY $387 / PCCASEGEAR $388

RAM - G-SKILL Ripjaws F3-12800CL8T-GBRB $221

CASE - CoolerMaster HAF 922 Case $155

PSU - CoolerMaster GX 650W PSU $129

Total $1107

I have a soft spot for pccasegear.com.au these days. The way they advertise their products are good and the price is pretty competetive too!

What graphics card will you be using?

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 Post subject: Re: buying a new pc
PostPosted: Tue Apr 06, 2010 8:54 pm 
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CoD4 Tour of Duty (1)
9800 gtx plus

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 Post subject: Re: buying a new pc
PostPosted: Fri Apr 16, 2010 10:05 pm 
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The BF Silver Star (1) The BF Gold Star (1) Distinguished Service Order (1) CS:S Tour of Duty (1) CoD4 Tour of Duty (1)
Hill Billy Stomp wrote:
9800 gtx plus


I got that card, and I have been quite satisfied with it.

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