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Author:  slushysnowman [ Sun Oct 03, 2010 12:06 am ]
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http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Xigmatek-UTGARD-Pure-Black-Gaming-Mid-Tower-Case-w-o-PSU is the case I got when I did my build, can definitely recommend it - Lots of space and pretty good looking, with some good cooling for about £65 - not bad imo I would recommend a new case though as that one does look a mite small for the gear you'll be putting in - you won't regret it.

Can recommend an SSD as well, definitely worth the money as far as I can tell - I'm managing with a 64gb SSD and have windows and steam on it with the rest sitting on another hdd - have to delete games to make room for new ones but I just create backups on the other drive and it's all gravy - very fast to swap over.

GFX - can recommend the ATI HD5870. I've been running EVERYTHING on the uber highest settings with no problems and at good fps. The 5970 is basically just two 5870s in crossfire - my plan eventually is to buy a second 5870 and run them in crossfire.

CPU - i7 of some sort - with your budget you'll be able to afford a better one than me (i7-920).

For your budget you should definitely be able to fit in an SSD and I'd say it's definitely worth it
Author:  threefuries [ Sun Oct 03, 2010 2:58 am ]
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Can only say one thing when it comes to cases

This
Author:  MeGaston^ [ Fri Oct 08, 2010 5:41 pm ]
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ATi Mobility Radeon HD 5870
Author:  bomaster [ Sat Oct 09, 2010 2:20 pm ]
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threefuries wrote:
Can only say one thing when it comes to cases

This


meh, now that its priced the same as the obsidian i cant see why you would get the lianli. the corsair case ocmes with way more shit. granted tho it is a fucking sweet case, build quality, cable management, airlow, finish all hi end. still not as good as the obsidian :P

MeGaston^ wrote:
ATi Mobility Radeon HD 5870


lol, are you saying its good or just name dropping for the sake of it ?
Author:  kinetik [ Mon Oct 11, 2010 7:32 pm ]
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MeGaston^ wrote:
ATi Mobility Radeon HD 5870


Aside from the fact this is a desktop pc, not a laptop
Author:  Fr3ddi3 [ Thu Oct 28, 2010 7:54 pm ]
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Just ordered an obsidian case through a mate, dunno how much it's gonna cost me yet but it should be more than reasonable going by past experiences.

Chances are it will be left to gather dust for a while as the card I'm using is not as terrible as i was expecting it to be for a placeholder (But it's by no means good either).

Going to wait to see how much the case costs to see what ive got to work with.
Author:  bomaster [ Thu Oct 28, 2010 10:46 pm ]
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fkin bastid, i wana splash out on one now as well. been creaming over that case for ages, let me know how much you can get it for and i might +1 to it :P
Author:  Fr3ddi3 [ Wed Feb 02, 2011 9:12 pm ]
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So time to update this.

Having put this on the back burner after buying a new car I've gotta go out and build the new rig, helped in no small part by catastrophic hard drive failure. Long story short i won't be online too much for a few weeks , (except on the laptop every so often to keep in contact) while i sort this out.

time to throw this PoS on the scrap heap and fork out

Declined the case in the end, cost more than i think it's worth after seeing it up close.

So i guess this is goodbye again.

technology, who bloody needs it :/
Author:  Fr3ddi3 [ Fri Mar 18, 2011 10:46 pm ]
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Spec'd this up, any potential nightmares i havent spotted? If i do go for this I'm fairly sure it's gonna need water coolant to keep the temp down but i won't be OC'ing it.

The sound, i'm gonna have on board or take from my existing pc, Due to issues reguarding my hearing i really dont want anything that'll blow my head off so to speak :P


so anyway onto the spec

CASE: NZXT Phantom Full Tower Gaming Case High Performance Cooling with Integrated Fan Controller
CPU: Intel® Core™ i7 2600K Quad Core 3.4GHz 8MB
MOTHERBOARD: Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD3 P67 DDR3 Intel LGA1155 ATX Mainboard w/ 7.1 HD Audio, GbLAN, SATAIII USB3.0
MEMORY: 4GB (2x2GB) PC12800 DDR3/1600mhz Dual Channel Memory (Kingston Hyper X Blu Series w/Heat Spreader
VIDEO CARD: Nvidia GTX 580 1.5GB GDDR5 VRAM
Hard Drive: 64 GB Crucial C300 Series SATA III Gaming MLC Solid State Disk
Data Hard Drive: 1TB Samsung Spinpoint F3 SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 16M Cache 7200RPM Hard Drive
Optical Drive: 24X Double Layer DVD±RW Super Allwrite + Lightscribe Technology SOUND: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO

External USB 2.0 Hub (4x USB 2.0 Ports)

Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® 7 Home Premium (64-bit Edition)

Possibly gonna set me back £1200, had to cut back from the 2k, horay for cars :D
Author:  Snatchers [ Fri Mar 18, 2011 11:05 pm ]
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I have a xfx 5870 xxx sitting doing nothing. I would be happy to part with it for £'s. It just isn't stable in my system but I RMA'd it and it came back as being fine. I haven't even taken it out of the box that its in. If you are interested name your price and I will send it to you to make sure that its okay in your system before you need to send me the £'s.
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