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Bikerdude

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Just finished building this rig for SirTaffsalot for not far of the price/perf of a PS4.

  • Mobo - Asus P8Z68V
  • Cpu - Core i3-3240 3.50GHz
  • Case – Zalman Z3plus -
  • Gpu - HD 5870
  • Psu - Coolermaster 700w single 12v (55A) rail
  • Ram – Kingston HyperX DDR3-1600 - 2x4GB
  • Hdd – WD green 1TB
  • OS - Win7proX64 OEM full

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Bikerdude

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  • What was your budget overall if you don't mind me asking?
  • Also, you going to go with an aftermarket CPU cooler?

  • The plan was to keep it under £500, which we beat.
  • That Core i3-3240 produces no heat, its only a 55w part. If Sir Taff at some point in the future upgrades the CPU i5/i7 and wants to o/c then it might be worth it.

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Biker is the master of gaming PC builds - he configured my last two machines and both worked great. The first one ran everything at a decent level for almost 5 years, and I put together the last one about 2 months ago, and it's running great and definitely Thief 4 ready. B)

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Yeah, both the Asus and HD 5870 were my main spares, the money from which will be going towards thier replacements. I gave SirTaff the option of going for a brand new mobo and a pricer HD7850, but that would have meant going over budget. The mob has a 1yr wty left and I gave a 1mnth wty on the 5870.

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