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Barney Willis

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Ahoy there internet dwellers!

I am building a new gaming PC off the bones of an old one (keeping the case, DVD drive and HDD) and I wanted to ask some advice about the build I am currently going for. Trying to keep to a budget but any suggestions are welcome. If you see an incompatabilities or you think the PSU is not powerful enough, please let me know before I spend over £400 on it!

Processor: AMD FX 6300 Black edition 6 Core @ 3.5/4.1 Ghz (£90)
Graphics: Geforce GTX 660 (£150)
Mobo: Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 (£60)
Ram: Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600 Mhz (£60)
PSU: OCZ CorexStream 500w £(50)
OS: Vista Home Premium 32bit (Pre-owned)

Also - any predictions on how well this will run? Anyone got a similar build? What FPS might I expect for a demanding game like Rome 2 at 1080? Just if someone has any experience with this stuff :)
 
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Vista is okay ... be sure to update the OS (multiple times) for all security patches. It works just as dandy as Win7 though the 32-bit thing will hold you back. You could take the extra non-recognized 4GB (in reality, it's 5GB) and create a RAM-disk for some of your games/apps.

At one time MS had a complete Vista SPk1 download available that made things nice ... sometimes, even with 'multiple updates' the process can miss a few things.



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tiny voices

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That PSU is not very good. Get a unit from Antec, XFX, Corsair, Seasonic.

That OS will limit you to only 4gb RAM because it is 32-bit. It will also be awful because vista is junk. You REALLY want to get 7. There isn't much point to build a computer is your are going to use vista.
 
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Yeah I know Vista is crap but the expense of an upgrade is fairly outrageous. I was thinking of getting the hardware and upgrading/formatting my HDD when I wanted to get more juice from it. As for the PSU - it is under warranty and I dont think the system will need more than 500w. Can I get away with it? Surely the worst that could happen is it dies and I get a refund?

 
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tiny voices

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It is aright. Not the best and if you wan to assume the risk then go for it. It should be alright.

If a poor quality PSU dies, it can ruin the rest of your components forever. I have had this happen before I knew anything about computers. That PSu isn't awful but its not the best. I would say it is alright.
 
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Vista is okay ... be sure to update the OS (multiple times) for all security patches. It works just as dandy as Win7 though the 32-bit thing will hold you back. You could take the extra non-recognized 4GB (in reality, it's 5GB) and create a RAM-disk for some of your games/apps.

At one time MS had a complete Vista SPk1 download available that made things nice ... sometimes, even with 'multiple updates' the process can miss a few things.



 
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