The PC Building Thread

Placebo said:
It is English, when it says Steam + Russian Subtitles that = English. Sleeping Dogs was the same :)
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Paul, 3 часа назад
Hi, I ordered Borderlands 2 for PC, does "Language: Russian (subtitles)" mean it will be in English? If it's not in English will I be eligible for a refund or maybe trade? Thanks, love Cddiski, recommending it to all my friends!
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Hi! It will be in English
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http://www.cddiski.ru/support/

Also noticed they do discounts for cumulative orders:

DISCOUNT

Order amount
1% 500 rubles
2% 1000 rubles
3% 3000 rubles
4% 5000 rubles
5% 9000 rubles
6% 13,000 rubles
7% 16,000 rubles
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So far I spent just under 1500 (£29) buying three games :)
 
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would this run pes 2013 & fifa 13?

AMD bulldozer 3.3 fx6100/ 16gb ddr3 1333mhz/ 1tb sata 72000 rpm storage/ gaming graphics ati 7750/ wifi ready
 
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Is that graphics card a Radeon HD 7750? If yes I cant see you having any problems running either PES or FIFA with decent graphics settings.
 
SuperSonic said:
Is that graphics card a Radeon HD 7750? If yes I cant see you having any problems running either PES or FIFA with decent graphics settings.
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not sure

this is the full listing on ebay

•AMD Bulldozer 3.3 GHz 6 Core FX6100
•16GB DDR3 RAM (16gb Max) - 1333MHz Fast Access Branded Ram
•1 TB Sata III Hard Drive, 7200RPM, excellent performance and silent operation
•DVDRW +/- DL, high quality DVD re-writeable drive, dual layer support, fast and reliable
•High Performance Asus Motherboard M5A78 LM USB3 featuring both USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 and good upgradability
•ATi 7750 Gaming Graphics Video Card
•Wireless 802.11 b/g/n ready for a fast and stable wireless internet connection
•SPECIAL OFFER: Vantage gaming Style ATX Case, blue fans, card reader integrated, 700W quality PSU fitted, excellent style and quality
•**NB: If blue LED fans are not available then the case will be fitted with red LED fans**
•USB Keyboard & Mouse provided!
•Fast Ethernet Port 10/100/10000 for quick networking and internet speeds
•High quality surround sound audio supported
•No Software provided (We recommend 64bit Windows 7 - £80-00 ADD ON OPTION )
•No Monitor provided
•Full 12 Months Parts & Labour Warranty RTB
 
danhammer said:
not sure

this is the full listing on ebay

•AMD Bulldozer 3.3 GHz 6 Core FX6100
•16GB DDR3 RAM (16gb Max) - 1333MHz Fast Access Branded Ram
•1 TB Sata III Hard Drive, 7200RPM, excellent performance and silent operation
•DVDRW +/- DL, high quality DVD re-writeable drive, dual layer support, fast and reliable
•High Performance Asus Motherboard M5A78 LM USB3 featuring both USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 and good upgradability
•ATi 7750 Gaming Graphics Video Card
•Wireless 802.11 b/g/n ready for a fast and stable wireless internet connection
•SPECIAL OFFER: Vantage gaming Style ATX Case, blue fans, card reader integrated, 700W quality PSU fitted, excellent style and quality
•**NB: If blue LED fans are not available then the case will be fitted with red LED fans**
•USB Keyboard & Mouse provided!
•Fast Ethernet Port 10/100/10000 for quick networking and internet speeds
•High quality surround sound audio supported
•No Software provided (We recommend 64bit Windows 7 - £80-00 ADD ON OPTION )
•No Monitor provided
•Full 12 Months Parts & Labour Warranty RTB
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Who is selling that machine?
How much they charging for it?
 
Not a bad price, but AMD procesor and low end graphics card.
But you prob cant argue much for the price.

Pes will run fine when modded on medium settings.

Could certainly be beaten though.
 
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what could i add to that mate to make it run like clockwork

could you give us a pointer on aria.co.uk?

reckon it's fairly easy enough to add new parts
 
bsmaff said:
Have you purchased the machine already?
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no mate just looking at the moment

How about this for £350

CPU:
* Intel i5 2320 2nd generation processor. 4 cores running at 3.0Ghz / up to 3.3GHz with turbo boost.

MEMORY:
* 8GB DDR3 1333Mhz Memory.

HARD DRIVE:
* 1000GB Serial ATA II Hard Drive.

CD & DVD RE-WRITER:
* DVD Read Speeds of 16x and write speeds of 22x
* CD Read speeds of 48x and write speeds of 48x

GRAPHICS:
*Integrated Intel HD Graphics 2000

SOUND:
* 5.1 CH HD Audio

REAR PORTS:
1 x PS/2 Keyboard
1x PS/2 Mouse
6 x USB 2.0 Ports
1 x VGA/D-Sub
1 x VGA/DVI-D
1 x RJ-45 Port
1 x Line Out Port
1 x Microphone Port
1 x Speaker Port,

TOP FRONT PORTS:
2 x USB 2.0 Ports
1 x Microphone Port
1 x Speaker Port

FUTURE EXPANSION:
1 x PCI Express 2.0 x 16 Slot (blue @ x 16 mode)
2 x PCI Express 2.0 x 1 Slots
 
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just bought gta iv and keeps saying my system is incompatible with it, no clue what i need to download to sort it out.
 
danhammer said:
no mate just looking at the moment

How about this for £350
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Yeah, not good. If you can push the budget a little higher you could even put a new rig together that will wipe the floor with that and give you a good platform to expand upon if you get the PC bug (which you will).
 
I have a question for the PC guys that are around 30, not a building question but I dont know if its worth making another thread for. In the last 5 years I have massively cut down on gaming, I currently only play PES and during this 5 year period I remember finishing only a handful of games, I dont get much enjoyment from them anymore. Thinking about this earlier I realised that my lack of interest in games started when I changed from PC to console gaming. When I think back to my favorite gaming experiences they were mostly PC games that were rich in story and atmosphere. I can remember being genuinely freaked out playing system shock 2, waiting patiently in the shadows in Thief worried that i might be seen, being sucked into Deus Exs story and getting excited to see how it would progress, waiting nervously in an bombed out building for the germans to storm in COD and being scared to move in AVP2 playing as the marine. Fallout 3 aside console gaming has provided me with no such memories. So my question is does the PC still have these sort of titles? Games that fill you with emotion and intrigue, ones that are actually worth spending time and money on.
 
Ern Dog said:
I have a question for the PC guys that are around 30, not a building question but I dont know if its worth making another thread for. In the last 5 years I have massively cut down on gaming, I currently only play PES and during this 5 year period I remember finishing only a handful of games, I dont get much enjoyment from them anymore. Thinking about this earlier I realised that my lack of interest in games started when I changed from PC to console gaming. When I think back to my favorite gaming experiences they were mostly PC games that were rich in story and atmosphere. I can remember being genuinely freaked out playing system shock 2, waiting patiently in the shadows in Thief worried that i might be seen, being sucked into Deus Exs story and getting excited to see how it would progress, waiting nervously in an bombed out building for the germans to storm in COD and being scared to move in AVP2 playing as the marine. Fallout 3 aside console gaming has provided me with no such memories. So my question is does the PC still have these sort of titles? Games that fill you with emotion and intrigue, ones that are actually worth spending time and money on.
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Well, I'm 31 and I feel exactly the same way. My gaming time is generally on the slide, although I still get plenty of time to game. Just not the 3/4 hour sessions I used to be able to get away with. Work and life gets in the way and I find there is always something else I should be doing. God knows what will happen to my gaming hobby if/when we have kids.

That's part of the reason why I made the switch back to PC gaming - to try and reignite my interest in gaming again. I had grown thoroughly tired of console gaming. Expensive games, rip-off and/or piss-take DLC, paying to play online, the general dumbing down of the user interfaces (looking at you XBL)......all on consoles well past their sell-by dates. Just sick of it. The worst thing is nearly all console games these days are tailored for the lowest common denominators in society

I'm a PC gamer at heart having grown up with the Commodore Amiga. I'd say most of my best gaming memories stem from the Amiga era with the likes of SWOS, Geoff Crammond's Grand Prix, Syndicate, Populus, Settlers, Cannon Fodder, all the flight sims etc, etc......I love my simulators and strategy games - anything that makes me think really. Consoles games became far too mind-numbing for me. I stopped buying new games and wasn't really looking forward to anything. PC gaming has definitely got my excited about games again. I'm loving the hardcore, challenging racing sims like rFactor 2 and the strategy games that I used to enjoy.
 
Ern Dog:
I am 31 as well and the main problem with games now is none are inovative they all clone each other and games are just really generic these days and have really shit AI, games used to be a challenge on Normal now you have to play on Difficult and still get annoyed with crap AI. Some games developed for PC like F.E.A.R still sometimes have really good AI, but in general AI is poor, especially the new Deus Ex you could walk 12 feet in front of people and they wouldn't see you.
The odd PC indie game are good Amnesia: The Dark Descent was had amazing atmosphere with an 11 month old baby now though my gaming time is pretty much now just maybe having a couple of hours in the evening, a couple of days a week.
PC games also at the moment are just console games with far superior graphics, but you will find it really difficult to find the gaming experiences you used to have as IMO consoles have ruined gaming.

Although I have mainly gamed on a PC for the last 15 years, like Jamez all my fondest memories were when I was about 12-16 when I owned my Amiga. SWOS(the greatest football game of all time), Grand Prix, Syndicate, Populous, Canon Fodder, It Came From the Desert, Wings, History Line. I could go on all day about how the Amiga was the greatest gaming machine ever made.

Jamez - Were we twins separated at birth?
 
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Sounds like it mate.

The Amiga era was such a great time to be a gamer. So much choice and so much innovation. Cheap as well compared to what consoles were charging for games at the time.

It sounds elitist but as gaming has become more mainstream it has gone downhill. That was always going to happen but sad all the same. I just find games these days so homogeneous and shallow. You get the odd classic these days but they are few and far between.
 
Oh dear thats not what I wanted to hear. I looked for PC games last night that might be of interest and while there were games that did look good there were not as many as I had hoped for. I guess not being able to buy right away is a blessing in disguise as it gives me more time to think it through.

Im 31 in a few weeks! I had an Amiga 600, loved those days where you could buy a pack of 10 floppys take them into school and come home with 3 or 4 games the following day. I dont think I bought 1 original game back then :LOL:.
While the Amiga games were very good(Flashback, Another World, Cannon Fodder, SWOS, Monkey Island etc....) I think when my parents bought a Packard Bell 50hz Intel with 2mb ram(:LMAO:) is when I really fell in love with gaming. The jump to CD Rom created much more involving games, I will never forget being awe struck that Indiana Jones And The Fate Of Atlantis had actual speech instead of just text and the digitised graphics in Rebel Assault.
When PCs got a bit more powerful and games like Half Life were coming out was the golden period for me. I could play games all day at that time they were soo good. I would just like 1 or 2 games a year that grab me like they all did back then.

I think I agree that consoles have ruined gaming, it became too big a business and when that happened quality was bound to decline.
 
I'm 40 next month and game more now than at any point in my life! :) I think the main difference is when I was much younger I would maybe in 10 hours of gaming play three or four different games whereas these days I tend to play one game at a time until I complete it or get bored of it. Last couple of weeks (well 12 days) it was Sleeping Dogs for a total of 38 hours, before that I crunched through Arkham City to completion (except a bunch of collectibles) etc. etc.
 
bsmaff said:
Unfortunetly I have not stuck to budget as I don't feel you can get a decent build for less than £550.

I have managed to get one for around £530 but this will include a 2nd hand 5870. It is an older card but without a doubt provides the best bang per buck you can get.



5870:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ASUS-Rade...raphics_Video_TV_Cards_TW&hash=item20cab6f394
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Cheers mate much appreciated, if I did buy the one I posted up first I could always upgrade as I go

Not got massive funds at the mo as just paid for a holiday but that other pc on eBay would cost £375 which is already assembled and more in my range at the moment

What yer reckon?
 
danhammer said:
Cheers mate much appreciated, if I did buy the one I posted up first I could always upgrade as I go

Not got massive funds at the mo as just paid for a holiday but that other pc on eBay would cost £375 which is already assembled and more in my range at the moment

What yer reckon?
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If £400 was the budget I could of done something for that, but the problem with cheap PC's is you get what you pay for and in the case of the one for £375 it is pretty nasty and although upgradable the problem is your stuck with a crappy motherboard and processor which you will never be able to get rid of.

The graphics card was also low end so you won't be able to play many games if any at 1080 maxed out.

The biggest problem with PC's is you get what you pay for and IMO you are better off saving your money for another month or two till you have a budget of around £600. The benefits of getting yourself a decent build now over one which will do is massive, but this is just my opinion.
 
Fair play mate and I totally understand what your saying

Another special on eBay for £393



Case : Galaxy 3 Gamers Style Midi Tower Case
Motherboard : Gigabyte H61M Motherboard Technology
CPU : Intel Quad Core I5 2380P 3.1Ghz CPU
Hard Drive : 1tb Sata Hard Drive
Memory : 8gb DDR3 1333 Memory
Graphics Card : ATI Radeon 6670 2gb DDR3 with HDMI Hyper Memory Upto 3.8gb
Optical Drive : 24x Dual Layer Sata DVD Writer
1 Year Return To Base Warranty ( Upgradeable to 3 Years )
 
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