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Nov 7 2010, 01:00 PM
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Man at arms Group: Clan Members Posts: 152 Thank(s): 1 Points: 152 Joined: 28-April 10 Member No.: 4,262 |
So ive been thinking of replacing my PC for a while, and now I dont have a choice. My GFX card is kaput. I know the problem, a couple of capacitors have come off, so I now get the long beep - 3 short beeps when trying to start up. Long story short, it would be better value to replace the whole lot than buy a new gfx for my old PC.
Heres what I can butcher from the old: PSU - 500W Thermaltake number, see no reason to change it. Monitor - nothing wrong with this Keyboard/mouse DVD RW HDDs Potentially the case, depending how I feel SO im looking for the following: MOBO GFX RAM CASE CPU I dont mind spending a bit more for a mobo just to try and futureproof a bit, but apart from that I just want something that will be able to play things at the top end of the games market at the moment. Ideally i would like to pay sub-£500 (inc. case) Any recommendations? Im thinking about £100 each for the mobo/cpu, £150 GFX, maybe another £40 RAM with a little leeway for the components and case. -------------------- |
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Nov 7 2010, 01:49 PM
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Man at arms Group: Clan Members Posts: 152 Thank(s): 1 Points: 152 Joined: 28-April 10 Member No.: 4,262 |
Had a hunt on Ebuyer and this is what im looking at. Any opinions? Anything ive missed? Anything I can get cheaper elsewhere?
Intel i5 760 2.8GHz Socket 1156 8MB L3 Cache Retail Boxed Processor £149.99 Gigabyte GA-P55-USB3 P55 Socket 1156 8 Channel Audio ATX Motherboard £89.90 Gigabyte GTX 460 OC 1GB GDDR5 OC Edition Dual DVI HDMI PCI-E Graphics Card With H.A.W.X. 2 Game Voucher £151.99 Corsair 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 1333MHz Memory Kit Unbuffered CL9 £59.08 Tuniq Symmetry Silver Mid Tower Case - No PSU £37.55 £488.51 -------------------- |
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