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    fed up of playing on bloody consoles.. Time for a Gaming PC build

    Well to put it simply im getting fed up of playing first person shooters on the xbox.

    Main reason being , team work is so hard to make tactics work etc
    and obviously mouse and keyboard is the all time best fps setup.


    so with this in mind im going to build up a new gaming pc. For any boffings out there im using the i5 750 cpu and plan to try to clock this up to around 4.0ghz.

    Its not the cutting edge , but its not far off it and the i7 would offer no real performance benefits..

    Im still finding it hard to click the buy it button though atm as its worked out just under 1k in parts.

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    Re: fed up of playing on bloody consoles.. Time for a Gaming PC build

    Hi mate this is the precise reason I prefer PC gaming, mouse & keyboard! I recently bought a 360 purely for Halo 3/ODST as they will probably never come to PC and my god I struggled at the start.

    Anyway gaming rig....

    Is 1K your budget then? have you already bought the i5 chip?

    I work away from home and built a second desktop as it was cheaper than a gaming laptop and it plays all the current games fine at a relatively high resolution (1680x1050 and 1920x1200 when I take my big monitor home).

    This is the spec of my one at home and I'm not saying you should do the same as me it is just an example of what you could do (I also just built similar spec for my mate).


    • CPU e4300 core2duo (1.8Ghz stock) running at 3.0Ghz 24/7 no problem (these are about £30 used)
    • 8800GT (512mb) about £50 used
    • ddr2 dual channel kit 2 x 2gb getting more expensive at the min
    • P35 motherboard (can get gigabyte g31/41 for about £40 new)

    With that setup I can play most stuff at max to high settings, fps wise cod4 and mw2 on max.

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    Re: fed up of playing on bloody consoles.. Time for a Gaming PC build

    i5 will be fine, but an i7 would allow you to move to the LGA1366 socket motherboards which should be future proof somewhat.

    Since i built my rig 3 year ago ive only upgraded to a HD4870x2 and it still runs everything at 1920x1280, 4x AA 8xAF etc.. Also runs my multi-screen setup when needed, and im still on a core 2 DUO @ 3.4Ghz.

    I cant stress enough how much you should get a GOOD power supply thuogh. Something like a Seasonic will power your stuff for your 'next' build should the need be.

    Nothing worse than wanting to add an extra graphics card or HDD to find your PSU is not up to the job !

    Especially with the big GPU's and if you plan on overclocking your gear.


    Good luck man.

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    Re: fed up of playing on bloody consoles.. Time for a Gaming PC build

    Well reason i was going for the i5 over the i7, is that on benchmark results the i7 barely has any upper hand on the i5 and is only really any faster when it comes to encoding etc.

    I was going with a corsair 650 watt psu due to there warranty and good performance etc.

    I thought about bulding a system using some older parts 8800 gt etc, but i decided against it mainly due to the fact that given a years time ill be wishing i made a slightly more future proof system.

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    Re: fed up of playing on bloody consoles.. Time for a Gaming PC build

    Quote Originally Posted by djinuk View Post
    I thought about bulding a system using some older parts 8800 gt etc, but i decided against it mainly due to the fact that given a years time ill be wishing i made a slightly more future proof system.
    Well there is two sides to that you pay alot more for a future proof system and to be honest pc hardware rarely remains cutting edge for anything more than a few months.

    I just upgraded to an i7, before that I had a e8600 and at home I have an e4300 (as previously stated) and I can play the same games without a problem on all of them.

    I can max out all quake/source based games, including mw2 on my budget rig.

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    Re: fed up of playing on bloody consoles.. Time for a Gaming PC build

    ive purchased the system

    Gigabyte ud4 mobo
    650 corsair psu
    4 gb of ddr 3 1600mhz corsair
    h50 watercooler and rad
    i5 750 cpu cooler
    f3 samsung 1tb hd
    hd5850 sapphire
    g15 keyboard
    mx 518 mouse
    antec 902 case

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    Re: fed up of playing on bloody consoles.. Time for a Gaming PC build

    Some good stuff there, I see you're going on water sweet, what waterblock you getting?

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    Re: fed up of playing on bloody consoles.. Time for a Gaming PC build

    Thought i'd just add with regards to the motherboard.

    If you plan on installing windows in AHCI mode alot of gigabyte boards are still coming with the older AHCI bios (my new X58 did), if you update to the latest bios it also updates the AHCI bios which shaves about 10 seconds of the POST time.

    The AHCI update probably isn't listed in the bios revisions but it's in there.

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    Re: fed up of playing on bloody consoles.. Time for a Gaming PC build

    left4 dead 2 is awesome on the pc, especially with yer mates. Add me on steam mat_r5.

    As for the rig, i run an old Dell XPS600, 9600gt card 2 gig ram. It still runs most games and its 5 years old!!!

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    Re: fed up of playing on bloody consoles.. Time for a Gaming PC build

    Quote Originally Posted by MATT C Ringworm Tuning View Post
    left4 dead 2 is awesome on the pc, especially with yer mates. Add me on steam mat_r5.

    As for the rig, i run an old Dell XPS600, 9600gt card 2 gig ram. It still runs most games and its 5 years old!!!
    Did you upgrade the card though? 9xxx series is only like 2 years old.

    I got a old laptop which is five years old an all although it doesn't really cut the mustard on todays games (radeon 9800) can still play them albeit on mega low crap settings

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    Re: fed up of playing on bloody consoles.. Time for a Gaming PC build

    lol the system i upgraded from was a 2500+ amd, oced, with a 9800 pro..

    Its a simple spec water system made my corsair , its a full sealed unit etc..

    Ill check the bios thanks for that , just got win 7 into it yay

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    Re: fed up of playing on bloody consoles.. Time for a Gaming PC build

    Quote Originally Posted by tiff_lee View Post
    Did you upgrade the card though? 9xxx series is only like 2 years old.

    I got a old laptop which is five years old an all although it doesn't really cut the mustard on todays games (radeon 9800) can still play them albeit on mega low crap settings
    Yes the card is about a year old. I did have 2 x Radeons in there(cant remember the model) but its still a fair system.

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    Re: fed up of playing on bloody consoles.. Time for a Gaming PC build

    tried to add you on steam, cant find you, my id is djinuk2009

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    Re: fed up of playing on bloody consoles.. Time for a Gaming PC build

    Quote Originally Posted by MATT C Ringworm Tuning View Post
    left4 dead 2 is awesome on the pc, especially with yer mates. Add me on steam mat_r5.

    As for the rig, i run an old Dell XPS600, 9600gt card 2 gig ram. It still runs most games and its 5 years old!!!
    yeah ive been spending some time on this love the versus when you play as infected
    mudslinger_sco is my steam tag

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    Re: fed up of playing on bloody consoles.. Time for a Gaming PC build

    My little PC's not bad... though never run a game on it ...

    Chip AMDII Phen64bit 12.8Ghz
    RAM 8G
    ROM 2T
    Iiyama FullHD 24"



    I use it for Word and Matlab *lol*

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    Re: fed up of playing on bloody consoles.. Time for a Gaming PC build

    alien vs predator 2 demo has been released 2day

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    Re: fed up of playing on bloody consoles.. Time for a Gaming PC build

    Quote Originally Posted by djinuk View Post
    alien vs predator 2 demo has been released 2day
    It has!? thanks for the headsup will be downloading that very shortly, I got it on pre-order can't beat some Aliens action.

    If you dont mind let us know what load temps you are getting once you've overclocked that chip.

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    Re: fed up of playing on bloody consoles.. Time for a Gaming PC build

    Anybody else on Steam ?

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    Re: fed up of playing on bloody consoles.. Time for a Gaming PC build

    Quote Originally Posted by djinuk View Post
    tried to add you on steam, cant find you, my id is djinuk2009
    Try MATR5 matey.

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    Re: fed up of playing on bloody consoles.. Time for a Gaming PC build

    could do with setting up an RTOC steam club!

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    Re: fed up of playing on bloody consoles.. Time for a Gaming PC build

    Chaps im looking at replacing the chip in my xps600 dell machine. I think a pentium d 965extreme edition will work, but cant find any for sale as its quite old tech. Any advice?

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    Re: fed up of playing on bloody consoles.. Time for a Gaming PC build

    What motherboard do you have? and just for reference how much does a p'extreme cost?

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    Re: fed up of playing on bloody consoles.. Time for a Gaming PC build

    Quote Originally Posted by tiff_lee View Post
    What motherboard do you have? and just for reference how much does a p'extreme cost?
    Its a Foxxcon/dell Mobo 0HX241 rings a bell socket lga775. My problem is the locked BIOS which i have previously mentioned in another desperate help thread. I just feel with a better chip i could stretch it out for at least another year.

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    Re: fed up of playing on bloody consoles.. Time for a Gaming PC build

    Does that board support core2duos?

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    Re: fed up of playing on bloody consoles.. Time for a Gaming PC build

    Quote Originally Posted by tiff_lee View Post
    Does that board support core2duos?
    A core 2 duo should fit in but its the bios that wont allow it. Im not totally sure matey, i need someone who's well into pc gubbins to do a bit of digging and come up with an answer.

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    Re: fed up of playing on bloody consoles.. Time for a Gaming PC build

    Aye, a c2d will fit as its the same socket but like you say the board/dios needs to support it as well.

    Can you get a model/reference number off the board itself, should be printed on it somewhere

    Edit: Belay that request I just found the old thread you made with the details in it.
    Last edited by tiff_lee; 07-02-2010 at 16:27.

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    Re: fed up of playing on bloody consoles.. Time for a Gaming PC build

    Quote Originally Posted by MATT C Ringworm Tuning View Post
    A core 2 duo should fit in but its the bios that wont allow it. Im not totally sure matey, i need someone who's well into pc gubbins to do a bit of digging and come up with an answer.
    I remember now, its an nforce 4 so the chipset is quite old and wil not support core2duos.

    I ask how much a p'extreme is as you can pick up a cheap mother and cpu for £60-80

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    Re: fed up of playing on bloody consoles.. Time for a Gaming PC build

    aye matey i asked before but no answers. I think the board is a BTX config too so a normal atx board wont fit although i think im going to mod the case as its really good. What board and chip do you suggest then matey thats better than the stuff i have now?

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    Re: fed up of playing on bloody consoles.. Time for a Gaming PC build

    Seeing as BTX is larger than ATX I would of thoughth you could fit one easily just be aa matter of fitting the little posts for the board to sit on or having all the correct screw positions there, I know with every ATX case i've owned it also has screw holes to accommodate mATX.

    Well i'm sure everyone has their own opinion on what you could get, any current/recent cpu will be better than a pentium D or whatever it is you have but then with that will have to come a new board. All depends how much you're willing to spend if you want to spend anything at all, cause you could also upgrade your ram as you are running 4 x 512mb?

    The problem is where to stop next thing you know you've built a whole new pc.

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