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Re: gamer pc?
« Reply #15 on: July 05, 2010, 10:30:47 am »
x2 with Edd666999 get rid of Norton and please please please don't get an i5! i5 is basically a crippled i7 and there's absolutely no point getting one for a gamer PC! I have an i7 920 and it can be overclocked very nicely and is more than enough for all games. I'd also get more than 4GB of RAM, I'd say 6GB is the minimum for decent gaming and there really isn't much cost difference.

Second GPU is nice but not essential IMO.
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Re: gamer pc?
« Reply #16 on: July 05, 2010, 07:33:27 pm »
Quote from: cmdrfire on July 05, 2010, 10:30:47 am
x2 with Edd666999 get rid of Norton and please please please don't get an i5! i5 is basically a crippled i7 and there's absolutely no point getting one for a gamer PC! I have an i7 920 and it can be overclocked very nicely and is more than enough for all games. I'd also get more than 4GB of RAM, I'd say 6GB is the minimum for decent gaming and there really isn't much cost difference.

Second GPU is nice but not essential IMO.

The 2nd gpu is an upgrade imo, in say 2years games start comming out that can use 8threads, and need a blueray drive he wont have to spend another 1k on a new machine, just speand £40 on a drive and £200 on a 2nd graphics card and he has a new machine. If he wen down the over clocking route that ram and cpu love it haha
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Re: gamer pc?
« Reply #17 on: July 05, 2010, 10:28:05 pm »
You'll need a 64Bit Operating System if your going for more than 4GB RAM, Windows 7 preferably..
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Re: gamer pc?
« Reply #18 on: July 05, 2010, 10:30:05 pm »
@Edd, I wonder if it's even worth buying an optical drive these days  :rolleye: with Steam I just download all my games now... haven't actually put a CD in since the Win7 install!

Quote from: micaerin on July 05, 2010, 10:28:05 pm
You'll need a 64Bit Operating System if your going for more than 4GB RAM, Windows 7 preferably..

Yep, sorry, that was a given. 64-bit ftw.
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Re: gamer pc?
« Reply #19 on: July 05, 2010, 10:31:09 pm »
For 40 quid... I would be safe then sorry on the off chance when I need one.
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Re: gamer pc?
« Reply #20 on: July 06, 2010, 01:43:16 am »
Quote from: xxx_mojo_xxx on July 05, 2010, 10:31:09 pm
For 40 quid... I would be safe then sorry on the off chance when I need one.

i would stick the one out of the old machine into it.

and wait for blueray to drop in price.

if i had a bit more cash a 64gb SSD and blueray would be on the cards
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Re: gamer pc?
« Reply #21 on: July 07, 2010, 06:06:00 am »
what did you do in the end?
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Re: gamer pc?
« Reply #22 on: July 07, 2010, 09:41:22 am »
thanks again guys.
its been alot of help,but if any of you are aware of the idiocincrysis of dealing with a 17yr old you will already knownuffink has been done yet lol :mad:
but he has changed the spec of a few things thanks to the exchnage of ideas on here.
ill keep you posted.
thanks again
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