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APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: In about a week or two

SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Gaming, watching films, PS, music

PARTS NOT REQUIRED: I need a whole system plus Monitor, Keyboard and Mouse, would also like a PCI wireless card

PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: www.scan.co.uk www.ebuyer.com www.overclockers.co.uk

PARTS PREFERENCES: Would like the samsung T240, was thinking of saitek II for keyboard and a razer mouse. Would also like intel over amd

OVERCLOCKING: Yes SLI OR CROSSFIRE: Maybe later on

MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1920x1200

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Would prefer to not have to upgrade anything for at least 5 years, not a heavy gamer but do like to try every current game

Message edited by Anonymous on 06-27-2009 at 06:57:45 PM

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for a Keyboard, I would suggest the microsoft X6, for a mouse the logitech G9 and microsoft X8 are usually thrown around. Also Razer make poor quality products.

for a monitor/screen, argos has a deal at the moment for a 42" Full HD LCD for £399 which you might be interested in, otherwise your choice of monitor is fine.

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I dont think i would be comfortable spending £50 on a keyboard... It really isnt that important to me, hence me picking the Saitek II, same with the MS X8 which costs £55 lol complete waste of money tbh, the razer i was looking at, was only like £25..

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D0 stepping i7 920 w/dual 4890's and monitor

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/show [...] &subcat=29 £49.99 inc VAT
Coolermaster CM-690 Dominator Case - Black (No PSU)

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/show [...] ubcat=1104 £83.98 inc VAT
PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750 Quad-Crossfire PCI-E 750W Power Supply

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/show [...] =MB-320-AS £169.99 inc VAT
Asus P6T Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/show [...] =CP-283-IN £204.99 inc VAT
Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping (SLBEJ) 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) - OEM + World In Conflict PC Game

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/158603 £36.77 inc vat
Scythe Mugen 2 Socket 478, 775, 1366, 754, 939, AM2+ Processor Cooler

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/135613 £3.75 inc vat
Arctic Cooling MX-2 Thermal Compound

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/show [...] =GX-126-XF £140.99 inc VAT
XFX ATI Radeon HD 4890 XT 1GB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card - Inc. Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/show [...] =GX-126-XF £140.99 inc VAT
XFX ATI Radeon HD 4890 XT 1GB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card - Inc. Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X.

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/164786 £84.21 inc vat
OCZ 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 1600MHz/PC3-12800 Platinum Triple Channel Memory Kit CL7 1.65V

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/show [...] subcat=940 £53.99 inc VAT
Western Digital Caviar Black 640GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (WD6401AALS)

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/151999 £16.00 inc vat
LG GH22NS40 22X SATA DVD±RW/DL/RAM Black Bare Drive - OEM

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/24- [...] -5-ms-VESA £210.99 Inc VAT
LS24CMKKFV - 24" Samsung SM2433BW Black Widescreen LCD, 1920x1200, 1000:1, 300 cd/m², 5 ms, VESA

Total: £1,159.87 inc VAT

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us [...] ID=mscomsc <--- Save yourself some money on an o/s until March 2010 and dl the 64 bit version of Windows RC 7

Message edited by Why_Me on 06-28-2009 at 01:03:08 AM

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Helloworld_98 wrote :

First off Razer don't make bad quality products, my Deathadder has been working perfectly since the day I bought it, and also no one in their right mind uses a 42" monitor for general use, the only time you'd want that is for a good night of Film watching, I think there have been studies to show that monitors larger than 28" are not ideal because that is genearlly the size when people start to move their head more rather than just their eyes.

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Reply to Rain1406

Hiya, thanks for that although your totaling is wrong, it actually comes to £1196.64, but thats without a KB and Mouse and a different screen...

But thanks for that build

Message edited by Anonymous on 06-28-2009 at 05:54:02 PM

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@rain, he said to watch movies as well, and who in their right might watches movie's at home on a 24" monitor?

abdul, I would save some money and get only one 4890, for two reasons,

1) one 4890 is enough for pretty much any game at the moment for 1920x1xxx and probably will be for the next 6 months.

2) the DX11 cards come out around October and will be just a bit more than the 4890 is now while one 5870 GPU has the power of a 4870 X2 while adding DX11 support and using a lot less energy.

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Actually i somehow get by watching movies on this shitty 15" i currently have lol, and i wouldnt wanna stick a great big 42" on my desk lol. Id be more than happy with a 24" monitor, but i need one with HDMI because i wanna stick my PS3 on it...

Thing is i dont want to have to upgrade anything for at least 5 years.. Hence going for a good system today so that say 4 years down the road id be able to play the games out then even on like mid settings.. Im not that heavy a gamer, all i need is a kickass system that will be decent for a couple of years..

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