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Please help! I'm after some random bits of hardware for repairing an old PC, if you have any of the following spare parts knocking around id happily take tgem off your hands. 1gb of DDR1 Ram AGP display card (any) Please reply or pm me. Cheers! Edited by Razz at 19:17:06 05-10-2013 |
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Razz 63,431 posts
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ResidentKnievel 7,167 posts
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Registered 11 years ago@Razz
I've sent you a PM if you're still after parts
HD 7950's can be bought for £175 atm, I don't think you can get better performance/price than that. -
Buztafen 17,450 posts
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Registered 10 years agoGents, what gpu's are we looking at on a budget of around £200 (can probably stretch to £225ish)? This is coming from a 560Ti 448. -
munki83 1,846 posts
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Registered 11 years agoBuztafen wrote:
I was thinking of getting the 760 but I'll admit that the X280 IS tempting me to get my first ati card
Gents, what gpu's are we looking at on a budget of around £200 (can probably stretch to £225ish)? This is coming from a 560Ti 448.
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Buztafen 17,450 posts
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Registered 10 years ago760's do seem to be around £200 (£250 ish for a 4gb version). Not sure i want to go back to the red side... -
TheSaint 17,651 posts
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Registered 12 years agoThese guides are always useful for weighing up the pros and cons:
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Nvidia 4EVA! -
Buztafen 17,450 posts
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Registered 10 years agoInteresting. Are Aria fairly legit? Cheers. -
They're fine as far as I know. Been going for years, I forgot they existed until PCPartPicker reminded me of their existance -
Buztafen 17,450 posts
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Registered 10 years agoNever used PCPartPicker before. I think it would have saved me approximately 10 years of wasted time searching for bargains over the past 15 years... 
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orpheus 1,852 posts
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Registered 10 years agoYeah Aria are fine, I use them for quite a bit of stuff.
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TheBlackDog 1,060 posts
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Registered 5 years agoNeed some advice about buying half a PC. I was quite happy with my i5 750 until the power socket got struck by lightning (no surge protector) and now I've got no LAN connection, the thing won't shutdown unless I hold the power button in and it makes a horrible (although quiet) whining noise unless I load default settings in BIOS. Apart from that, it seems to work fine but I'm a bit nervous about keeping it like that and losing data later down the road.
I'm assuming I only need a new mobo and maybe PSU (which is a bit crap anyway), but then it'd be stupid to get an old mobo instead of upgrading the CPU as well right ?
So, thats mobo, CPU and PSU. Plus I was looking for a 256 Gb SSD and a 2 Tb HDD, which makes me think I'd be better off buying a full PC and flogging the GPU and RAM. Someone talk me out of that as an idea, and even better, if anyone is selling a Sandybridge or Ivybridge mobo and CPU combo I'd be interested.
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TheBlackDog 1,060 posts
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Registered 5 years ago@moron 
If I was just gaming on the PC I'd just leave it as is until it crapped out, but I also use it for other things (like most people, I'd assume). The SSD is because I can't bear to wait the extra few secs for my hard drive and I keep reading how people are living much happier and more contented lives after installing an SSD. I'd much rather have that than the latest CPU. -
nickthegun 73,354 posts
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Registered 12 years agoDont listen to him, its completely worth doing. -
superdelphinus 9,781 posts
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Registered 13 years agoDepends on the game I think. I moved fsx to my ssd the other day and the difference was pretty dramatic -
superdelphinus 9,781 posts
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Registered 13 years agoDidn't say anything about frame rates -
TheBlackDog 1,060 posts
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Registered 5 years ago@moron Relax moron; I have a 7870 and plenty of RAM. I obviously didn't want to start a "Budget Mobo and CPU" thread so all is good with the world. I'll be able to play games AND load stuff faster - vive la revolution !!
To stick to my principles about not needing to upgrade from an i5 750, I'd also be interested if anyone is flogging just an 1156 socket mobo, preferably SATA3. /not sure if this is the right thread anymore ?
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sanctusmortis 9,914 posts
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Registered 12 years agoIt's sounding more and more like the new series of AMD APUs to take advantage of those shiny A88X sockets may go up to octo core. Which is bananas, but what with some of the announced recommended specifications coming out lately for BF4 and Watch_Dogs that's probably a necessary boost. What with them being hardware partner for BF4, expect the top APU to be capable of 1080P60 at high settings for that game, for relatively little money. -
captbirdseye 8,413 posts
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Registered 13 years agoThe Watch dogs/COD specs are pretty funnny. 780 is the recommended gfx card lol. -
Buztafen 17,450 posts
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Registered 10 years agoRight, it's time. I've been waiting on 2 things before buying the parts for my new pc...mainly because i'm in no rush, they were:-
1 - Windows 8.1 (coming from Win 7 Ultimate)
2 - C2 Stepping motherboards (may aswell get the latest)
Here's what im saving from my old pc:-
HX850 PSU
Keyboard/Mouse/TV etc
GTX 560Ti 448
Hard drives
And here's what i think im getting:-
i5-4670K
MSI Z87-GD65-GAMING or ASUS MAXIMUS VI HERO?
16gb DDR3 Crucial Elite (around £100 on Amazon)
840 EVO 250GB SSD
New Sata DVD Drive
Corsair 300R Case (already bought)
I can't decide between the MSI and ASUS mobo. I'm swaying towards the MSI because its cheaper and has a coaxial output rather than just an optical?
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Rodpad 2,964 posts
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Registered 8 years agoSave £50 and just go for 8GB. Games don't use more than 4GB, which leaves plenty of OS and other application room on 8GB. It's a fallacy buying it now as an investment. If you do eventually need it, the price in the future for an extra 8GB will be much cheaper than now anyway.
Motherboards are all the same performance wise. Just choose whatever has the features you need.
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Buztafen 17,450 posts
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Registered 10 years agoRoddles wrote:
I do get that, im just going off the trend of newer games recommending 6 and 8gb to run. Watchdogs and BF4 are 64 bit only games and it seem like other companies are following suit.
Save £50 and just go for 8GB. Games don't use more than 4GB, which leaves plenty of OS and other application room on 8GB.
After some fairly extensive searching, I can't seem to find 8gb of DDR3 for less than £60 anywhere and all prices seem to be continually increasing. The cheapest 16gb packs seem to be around £100. If i go for 8gb and then for whatever reason want to upgrade to 16gb i doubt i'll be able to find another 8gb for £40 in the future...
Cheers for you comment RE the motherboards.
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Phattso 22,921 posts
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Registered 14 years agoI stuck 16GB in my machine, and it has been great to have shitloads of things running at once without having to worry about virtual memory kicking in and fucking everything in the A.
Obviously if every penny counts then 8GB will do it, but it didn't feel like too much of a premium for 16GB to me. Don't regret it, especially in light if the Watch_Dogs specs appearing. -
Buztafen 17,450 posts
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Registered 10 years agoI remember going for 4gb of DDR2 back when i did my last major overhaul in 2007 and it wasn't really needed. However it meant i could just forget about memory and concentrate on gpu's as incremental updates when it wasn't playing games the way i wanted it to.
If someone has a link to 8gb of some really cheap but quality DDR3 then i'm all ears/eyes though.
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TheBlackDog 1,060 posts
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Registered 5 years ago@Buztafen Not much help but you can get 2 x 4 Gb for £40 on Amazon occasionally. I picked up some fast HyperX Black for £40, but usually the cheap good branded stuff has a 2 - 5 week wait (the stuff I bought was, unusually, in stock). You can definitely get 8 Gb for £50 though - Crucial on there now. -
Cheers BlackDog, will take a look.
Question, will going for 1600mhz DDR3 instead of 1866mhz in any way affect the overclock i can achieve or the 'real world' performance of the system?
I'm looking for a moderate OC of around +1ghz on this new system like i currently have with my old Q6600.
If I was just gaming on the PC I'd just leave it as is until it crapped out, but I also use it for other things (like most people, I'd assume). The SSD is because I can't bear to wait the extra few secs for my hard drive and I keep reading how people are living much happier and more contented lives after installing an SSD. I'd much rather have that than the latest CPU. 
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