Need help with choice for great gaming desktop UK

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alexjb

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spirit said:
Yeah SSDs are faster. If you want my recommendation for one, Crucial M4 or Samsung 830 or OCZ Vertex 4 or SanDisk Extreme. 120GB is a nice size. Usually they're about £80-100 for the 120GB drives.
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thank you so much :) I don't think I need much storage space, please can you add a ssd in the build if you think its worthwhile? if its a tiny bit more for a bit more storage space that would be fine :) i think more than 120 gb would help maybe 180+? do they sell them? :) thank you soo so so soooo much :)
 
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Paid for the Vengeance 8Gb ram, the define r3 case, and the dvd rw :)

Just sold my ipod 4, xbox 360 and a mouse on eBay and a ds game, waiting for the payments :)

Hope my old laptop, nintendo wii, all the games and other things sell soon :)
 
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If I buy all the listed items :) is that it? or do I need to buy some glue? and paste and bits and bobs like that? Will I also need a network adapter card? I plan to use ethernet wire cable ?Thanks everyone! :)

Will I also need a controller card? thank you! :)
 
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No. If you use a ethernet cable, no adapter needed. The board has one built in, if you really want just a slightly (less then 5 MS) lower ping, and just slightly faster speeds, and spend $50, go for it. The screws are included with the case, you are good.
 
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alexjb

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byteninja2 said:
No. If you use a ethernet cable, no adapter needed. The board has one built in, if you really want just a slightly (less then 5 MS) lower ping, and just slightly faster speeds, and spend $50, go for it. The screws are included with the case, you are good.
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Thank you for your help! :) I have totally maxed my budget I have added everything up, cost of computer components, monitor, mouse, keyboard, operating system, desk, chair and mouse pad, everything = £1064/$1710 I was originally planning on spending £670/$1076 for everything, but I think the extra cost is worth it :)
 
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alexjb said:
thank you so much :) I don't think I need much storage space, please can you add a ssd in the build if you think its worthwhile? if its a tiny bit more for a bit more storage space that would be fine :) i think more than 120 gb would help maybe 180+? do they sell them? :) thank you soo so so soooo much :)
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There are a few 180GB drives about, but usually the sizes go 64GB, 128GB, 256GB, 512GB. The price of 256GB drives are slowly going down and all the SSDs I mentioned earlier should be available in 256GB.

alexjb said:
If I buy all the listed items :) is that it? or do I need to buy some glue? and paste and bits and bobs like that? Will I also need a network adapter card? I plan to use ethernet wire cable ?Thanks everyone! :)

Will I also need a controller card? thank you! :)
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You will need thermal paste for the CPU, such as this http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/components/cooling/thermalandcompounds/as5premium3.5g.html, put a little bit of that on the CPU (a pea-sized drop), then put the CPU cooler on top of it.

You don't need glue.

You don't need a network adapter if you want to use ethernet, just plug it straight into the back of the board.

You don't need a controller card, SATA ports will already be on the board.

By the way, if you're getting an SSD, you want to do the following:

- Plug the SSD into a SATA 6GB/s port (look in your board manual if you can't find them)
- Go into the BIOS (again, look in your board manual if you don't know how) and set the SATA type to AHCI.
- Make sure no other hard disk drives are plugged in.
- Install Windows 7 on the SSD.
- Once Windows has installed, install your SATA/AHCI drivers (they should be on the CD or DVD which came with your board).

That's how you get the best performance out of an SSD.
 
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spirit said:
There are a few 180GB drives about, but usually the sizes go 64GB, 128GB, 256GB, 512GB. The price of 256GB drives are slowly going down and all the SSDs I mentioned earlier should be available in 256GB.


You will need thermal paste for the CPU, such as this http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/components/cooling/thermalandcompounds/as5premium3.5g.html, put a little bit of that on the CPU (a pea-sized drop), then put the CPU cooler on top of it.

You don't need glue.

You don't need a network adapter if you want to use ethernet, just plug it straight into the back of the board.

You don't need a controller card, SATA ports will already be on the board.

By the way, if you're getting an SSD, you want to do the following:

- Plug the SSD into a SATA 6GB/s port (look in your board manual if you can't find them)
- Go into the BIOS (again, look in your board manual if you don't know how) and set the SATA type to AHCI.
- Make sure no other hard disk drives are plugged in.
- Install Windows 7 on the SSD.
- Once Windows has installed, install your SATA/AHCI drivers (they should be on the CD or DVD which came with your board).

That's how you get the best performance out of an SSD.
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Thank you so much for all this great information :) I've ordered a £5 toolkit just to make sure I got all the right tools to make thing's easier, thanks for the link for the thermal paste I'll order that tonight :) I'd like to get a 256GB SSD but the truth is I cannot afford that right now :(

But thanks for the advice that they are slowly becoming cheaper :) I think I will stick with the HDD for about 3 months until I can afford to upgrade it :)

Thank you so much for all your help! :)
 
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I was reading the comments about the card :)


http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/...hicscards/amdhd7850series/r7850tf-2gd5oc.html

and someone reviewed it 5 star and I noticed it said this :


"This is a retail version so comes with the power plugs and everything apart from CFx connector"

Will I need to buy a CFx connector too? what is it too please? :) or don't I need one? thanks :)

and the card description says -
900MHz Core, 4800MHz GDDR5, 1024 Stream Processors, DVI, HDMI, 2 x mDPort, PCIe 3.0, Overclocked, Eyefinity 2.0, CrossfireX
does this mean it's been overclocked too? thanks :) sorry for all my questions! :)
 
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spirit

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You don't need a CFX connector unless you want to get two cards. For one card, you don't need one.
 
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