Computer setup

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Computer setup

Postby 0010 on Fri Feb 12, 2010 8:41 pm

Right ive got a Gigabite GA-73PVM-S2H and need some other bits ofcourse but dont know what to go for, Price about £300 - £400.

Want a Raidmax Ninja is this the right power supply?
Want a Quad core aswell, about 3Ghz??

Will i need a graphics card or will this setup be alright?
What Ram should i go for?
Also a Terabite harddrive?

If anyone could help it would be great as im scratching my head at the mo lol

Cheers Sam
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Re: Computer setup

Postby 0010 on Sun Feb 14, 2010 7:46 pm

C'mon i know theres some computer people out there
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Re: Computer setup

Postby dontpannic on Sun Feb 14, 2010 10:37 pm

I'll post some info tomorrow
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Re: Computer setup

Postby Ollie on Sun Feb 14, 2010 11:51 pm

I suspect the lack of replies is due to the vagueness of your post. But anyway...

There are PSU calculators out there, have a search of Google, whack in what you're going to be installing and they'll tell you what watts you need.

Quad core - Gigabyte website will tell you what CPU's the board supports.

Graphics - if it doesn't have one on board you'll need a card yes, or if the one on board isn't good enough for whatever you want to do with it, you'll need one.

RAM - you should go for the fastest RAM the board can support. Look it up on the Gigabyte website.

Terabyte drive - yeah, if you want a terabyte of storage buy one. Buy whatever size you want/need.
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Re: Computer setup

Postby 0010 on Tue Feb 16, 2010 8:33 pm

ok cheers, i think 500w will handle it.
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