New PC time

[val]

I tough that the higest real fps in mohaa was 1000 ? ( i know that in game counter is false sometimes ).

Jon i suggest you to buy a pc without any crap integrated car ( like intel "HD" graphic 3000 and AMD counterpart which i don't remember the name lol ). If your are an old game fan, it's just a mess to run 90's era games and even mohaa don't like those type of cards

[Elgan]

I like AMD :P the price for a CPU is a lot less, I would like to try an Intel one day when I'm rich or at least have a job :P

I don't run the latest games, My PC AMD is fast enough to run 10+ photo shops with no problems and mohaa and other stuff.... I don't need anything more....would I like it, probably!

the only slow down now days is waiting for the itnernet.

[heatsinkbod]

Thanks Shadow / Val / James / Joto and ALL - well as I said I am not budging on the AMD side yeh Val what every on board graphics most mobo's do chuck in but that will be just used as second monitor have added separate graphics - daft thing is in the old days would have been looking at a fancy Audio card but all the on board audio these days is very excellent

Ok heres my latest effort

Tower CASE



Aerocool Strike-X Advance Case 395151 £52.98 http://www.ebuyer.com/product/395151


MOBO


Gigabyte GA-970A-D3 Socket AM3+ 8 Channel Audio ATX Motherboard 271787 £68.48 http://www.ebuyer.com/product/271787


http://www.ebuyer.com/271787-gigabyt...ard-ga-970a-d3


CPU FAN


Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro rev 2 Socket 775, 1156, 1155, 1366, AM2, AM3 Heatpipe CPU Cooler 176157 £15.92 http://www.ebuyer.com/176157-arctic-...66-ac-frz-7pr2

Graphics Card



Gigabyte GT 630 2GB GDDR3 1600MHz DVI HDMI D-SUB PCI-E Graphics Card 434559 £50.10 http://www.ebuyer.com/434559-gigabyt...cs-gv-n630-2gi

PSU
CIT 750W Dual 12V Rail 12cm Fan PSU - 4x SATA 1x PCI-E 159708 £34.00 http://www.ebuyer.com/product/159708

MEMORY


Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600Mhz CL9 1.5V Non-ECC Unbuffered 248846 £54.65 http://www.ebuyer.com/product/248846
HARD DISK

2 x Seagate 1TB Barracuda 3.5" SATA-III Hard Drive - 7200RPM 64MB Cache 319639 £49.98 http://www.ebuyer.com/product/319639

CPU
AMD FX-6 6100 Black Edition 6 Core 3.3Ghz Socket AM3+ 8MB L3 Cache Retail Boxed Processor 287682 £86.75

OS


Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium w/SP1 259863 £69.99

TOTAL £532.83 INC VAT AND SHIPPING

Now all this from on supplier but once I have got a final build will shop around and get parts from the 4 corners of the world

[heatsinkbod]

The Bottom line is I am not after a high end gaming PC my use is -:

MOHAA
Video / Picture editing
Porn

As Elgan said above internet - I have no options at present their would love to get better internet

MOBO and CPU very hard so much choice still looking at others but a lot of sites that do the odd MOBO / CPU bundle you then have to check the spec and performance against others very hard also chipsets so many chipsets not researched that enough.

Also graphics need to research more as just after mid range so that one came in good with memory

[James]

Jon, have you considered an Apple? Haha, not sure how people feel about these laptops, but I just got mine and I'm really happy with it.
They're expensive and I have no idea how much they go in Europe.
I got the mid 2012 macbook Pro 13"
It came with 16Gb, 750Gb HDD (though I may want to get an SSD to replace it in the near future)
2.9Ghz i7, with turbo mode it does 3.6Ghz.

A setup like this normally costs 1800-1900, but I got mine for $1000 so it was way too good to pass up. I got mine on eBay so I was taking a risk, but it's in good condition, still under warranty (I will get the extended warranty on it though)..

Any way, the only reason I mentioned an Apple, is because Apples are known for being the computer to use for mobile\video editing editing editing Ad as far as porn is concerned, you can basically say bye bye to any potential viruses. All you need is chrome & ad block plus, and you're smooth sailing.
As far as MOHAA is concerned, you can play that on a mac as well, if you absolutely despise the Apple OS (I'm getting quite used to it and comfortable with it), then you can partition your drive through boot camp and install WIndows on there. It runs so smoothly it's unbelievable. Anyway, since this thread is for open suggestion, I thought I would just mention that.

[heatsinkbod]

Jon, have you considered an Apple? Haha, not sure how people feel about these laptops, but I just got mine and I'm really happy with it.
They're expensive and I have no idea how much they go in Europe.
I got the mid 2012 macbook Pro 13"
It came with 16Gb, 750Gb HDD (though I may want to get an SSD to replace it in the near future)
2.9Ghz i7, with turbo mode it does 3.6Ghz.

A setup like this normally costs 1800-1900, but I got mine for $1000 so it was way too good to pass up. I got mine on eBay so I was taking a risk, but it's in good condition, still under warranty (I will get the extended warranty on it though)..

Any way, the only reason I mentioned an Apple, is because Apples are known for being the computer to use for mobile\video editing editing editing Ad as far as porn is concerned, you can basically say bye bye to any potential viruses. All you need is chrome & ad block plus, and you're smooth sailing.
As far as MOHAA is concerned, you can play that on a mac as well, if you absolutely despise the Apple OS (I'm getting quite used to it and comfortable with it), then you can partition your drive through boot camp and install WIndows on there. It runs so smoothly it's unbelievable. Anyway, since this thread is for open suggestion, I thought I would just mention that.

WTF James should be banned from X-null for posting about MAC

LMAO

No TBH funny you should say that but yeh video editing on MAC is reviewed so much about 18mths ago watched the gadget show and they played off a PC v MAC http://youtu.be/Z_N7s5UL4ac

But yeh for me its all PC but agree on the video apspect but also lots of issues running non stock stuff on mac such as custom maps its not easy

[heatsinkbod]

What I need to do is get some more info on this build and source from else where - the first site I used was not bad on prices but were not flec enough on components - Ebuyer dont have a config builder so had do that manual - happy to go with the self build as all my PC's been that way - but also happy to still look at packages but think so far managed to get a more enhanced spec for less and get a sexy case and must go faster with a sexy case LOL

[Elgan]

just to note, ive seen some very high end gaming machines going on ebay as a whole for 3/400.... ...when is xbox etc out again?

[heatsinkbod]

just to note, ive seen some very high end gaming machines going on ebay as a whole for 3/400.... ...when is xbox etc out again?

Thanks Elgan yeh only had a quick look but yeh some good deals on EBAY and to be fair the ones I looked at all had great reviews but for every build I found had an issue as they were not flex on my build daft things but found a great spec but the PSU was only 500w and the case was shite but still looking.

Sounds daft but I am itching to buy but the more I read the more I need to spend more time to get this purchase right

I am enjoying shopping round but flock its hard - just so many options As seen above for my budget gets you a lot of PC so just trying to make sure I spend this wise

Still looking round because for example you can get a nice case with a good PSU for less than I am paying I am just after a sexy case - in my build I have had to get the PSU separate so now trying to source a sexy case with a good PSU as a package

Its great so much choice but still getting up to speed again with choice - Still reading about the AMD chipsets to see what path that leads to as I may be able to get MOBO and CPU down in price but still increase performance

[Elgan]

don't forget used machines.
I also noticed some with weird psupplies... I would rip it out and get a better one..actually I think overclockers.co.uk own brand ones are fairy good value and cheap.

I got a fairly nice case off of ebay and a psu off of overclockers. but I forgot about the smoking thing and the case stinks and I ruined it trying to clean it, its ok, big enough for what I wanted, strong, but wouldnt say no to a new one already.