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i had my heart set on building the system from the TH guide on the E2140, and just a few days ago, started buying the parts (none of them have arrived yet)
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Usually manufactured computers of any kind have some spec they don't want you to know about, whether its a crappy PSU, a bottleneck MOBO, or whatever. If you live in Europe tiger direct has good deals, I always use newegg but they are American only (maybe Canada) haven't kept up with where they sell. Message edited by nossr50 on 02-02-2008 at 11:38:11 PM |
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were you planning to OC the E21xx? if so, then the prebuilt might have BIOS limitations (no OCing) how much money was your original system? Message edited by monst0r on 02-03-2008 at 12:02:52 AM --------------- E6300@3.2ghz 1.32v | Gigabyte P35-DS3R 1.0 4x1GB C5@900Mhz | 8800GT |
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i live in the uk...
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NEVER BUY FROM NO NAME PLACES!!!!!! please follow my motto: el'cheapo parts/ unknown retailer = Crappy computer and wasted money!!
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you still think so? i'll follow your advice - i don't feel completely settled with the idea of buying it, tbth... one more thing then...
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What the hell are you going to crosfire 2 of those for ?!?!?!?! --------------- I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass... and I'm all out of bubblegum. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wp_K8prLfso |
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Is that a typo or does that system come with a mere 17" monitor? Trust me you don't want a 17" monitor.
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Message edited by SpudTECH on 02-03-2008 at 01:41:32 AM --------------- I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass... and I'm all out of bubblegum. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wp_K8prLfso |
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A larger hard drive is in order though...
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I contest you "I" what if he was running 6 SATA Drives, with an addition 2 Optical drives, and ...... a microwave. |
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1 ****** kilowatt??? for 2x HD3870s??? what the hell??? damn, that sucks... oh, and the original price was +/- £610 |
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Those are not the same motherboards , the prebuilt one is a 945 chipset, several generations behind the P35. --------------- Opinions are like asses,everybody has one. |
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