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  • Started 5 months ago by sdawson779
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sdawson779
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i was wondering if this 450w psu is big enough for
cpu
http://www.scan.co.uk/products.....ratio-65w-

motherboard
http://www.amazon.co.uk/MSI-4x.....#38;sr=1-1

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raphoenix
raphoenix
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The Dual Core will work ok for the MB but the one which is recommended is the Quad Core 2500K.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Intel-.....ters_img_y

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sdawson779
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this is my first build and i am not after spending £300 pound at the moment but could you let me know a good graphics card for about £50
and a good hard drive £50 and could you let me know if its raid because i am after having more than 1 hard drive later

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raphoenix
raphoenix
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WARNING concerning that motherboard.

3 (x16, x8, x4) (Due to the limitation of the chipset, when the PCI_E5 has been installed with a PCIE x4 device, 2 eSATA ports, 2 onboard front USB 3.0 connectors, 2 PCI slots and 1 USB 3.0 rear IO port (the top USB 3.0 port at the side of audio jacks) will become unavailable.)

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sdawson779
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what type of graphics card would you buy with £50

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raphoenix
raphoenix
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sdawson779,

Did you see my warning above ??

I would decide on another motherboard first and then pick out a video card.

The total build is a Generation II machine so is out-dated to begin with.

You are throwing your money away as it stands now.

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sdawson779
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plus i am after it having dual screens for when i play computer games so i would like the graphics card to be able to do dual screens so games go over two screens

and this is the ram i am looking at would any body say that its good and is 8gig enough for gameing would you say that this make of ram is good http://www.amazon.co.uk/Corsai.....pg__header

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