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Even if 2GB is (just) enough today, you might need a little more not long from now. I'd stick with WD 320 or 640 though. Add 100-150 to that budget, and imho the overall quality of the system goes up a lot.
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What is wrong with you two? Do you think money grows on trees? My budget is £600 for a reason.
If you think that the 4GB is really all that essential then suggest a lower graphics card or processor or something. From what I'm seeing, the £40 it will cost me to get the extra 2GB of RAM is going to drop my CPU/GPU specs by a massive amount - a much larger drop than can possibly be compensated for with an extra 2GB of (probably unused) RAM. The CPU/GPU looks to me to be the right place to be putting that £40, but if you have ANY evidence to the contrary then I'm all ears. I've scoured the web for (unmodded) PC games that can use 4GB and come up with diddly squat.
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Okay, following the advice here I'm now looking at this system:
Intel® Core™i5 Processor i5-750 (2.66GHz) 8MB Cache 2GB CORSAIR XMS3 DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz GIGABYTE GA-P55M-UD2 NO OPERATING SYSTEM (I will install my old *cough* OEM *cough* copy of XP PRO) 640GB WD 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 16MB CACHE (7,200rpm) 1GB ATI RADEON™ HD 4850X2 600W Quiet Quad Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan FREE Operation FlashPoint D.R. Game (RRP: €49.99) Please read this, from the website I'm ordering from: Quote:
Thoughts? £600 limit here.
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The difference between a 2GB or 4GB kit is about €30,-.
You're not gonna loose the house over €30,-, right? And it's cheaper in the long run to get 2x2 than 2x1 and another pair later. To be honest, I'd be more concerned about that PSU, especially with a dual-GPU card. If money is tight, forget about the memory, just get a decent PSU. I'm guessing this is some pre-built system? You'd save a lot of money getting the parts and putting it together yourself. 600,- can go a long way, but not if you are paying someone to stick a few components in a case and put in some screws.
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You are talking about 1600HMz DDR3 RAM? If so, link please.
I already lost the house, literally. Like I said, there's a reason for my budget. Help me out here. Quote:
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It's not pre-built, it's custom built, but I take your point. I could probably just about manage to put a PC together myself. I have plenty of experience swapping components in and out but no experience in building a PC from scratch. My main concerns with buying seperate components and assembling them myself are 1) I may mismatch components (a good PC supplier won't do that) and 2) I get no warranty that way.
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Last I saw was that 400 something PSU, didn't see the update.
memory: http://www.salland.eu/category/produ...%2C00&rt=N.v.t. Will take a while before 2x1GB kit costs less than 30,-. Give me a minute (or 30 ); building something to figure out a reasonable price.
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Sweet, thanks!
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Bah.
Nope, can't make it work for that price. Probably says a lot about the prices in Holland. (went over 600,- without the memory) That last update looks pretty good, my only concern would be the manufacturer of the PSU (don't even get me started on the quad-rail marketing BS ). Other than that it looks solid.
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Regarding the cash I believe there is a saying in UK, something like Would if i could but I can't? I am sorry but the prices in UK are way to big. However the sistem at 600 pounds is ok. You could add 2gb more in the future. |
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Seeing as the i5 has Turbo Boost, I'm thinking of adding this to the spec:
SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE CPU COOLER That pushes the price up from £574 to £589, which is still in budget. I figure that'll give the Turbo Boost "room to breath" (no pun intended). What do you think? Waste of money?
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Turbo boost shouldn't increase temps; it works by shutting down cores that aren't used and "boosting" the active ones. Basically, CPUs are designed for a certain power-envelope. Overclock a normal CPU and the consumption goes up, and temps along with it. But by shutting down unused cores, "turbo boost" keeps the CPU within it's envelope while boosting performance for apps that don't utilize all cores. (most games, for example)
That said, any improvement over the stock cooler is good.
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I was right, it's called Turbo Boost.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbo_Boost Anyway sounds like the cooler is a good idea.
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That's what I was talking about: it shuts down unused cores and OCs (boosts) the others. Cooler is good, but like I said it shouldn't increase temps because the CPU keeps using the same amount of power at all times.
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