Rob_the_scot
New member
Oki didnt wanna spam the forums I just bought a pair of xfx 6850s and a
Corsair Graphite 600T for such a cheap price from a mate whos upgrading his system any way I was wondering if a i5 2500k would be fine, found one for only £53 as it was a display model for shop display no box or cpu fan never used.
Iv google and asked on other forums but never found a proper answer mostly folk just being idiots
Now Ill start with the basic what Im looking for In a pc
Basic computing nothing to extreme, convert the odd film for my ipod or convert music in itunes both I can do on my netbook intel 455 but takes for ever, I use gimp for pic editing and sony vegas for basic vids for youtube.
Gaming
dawn of war, star craft 2, command and conquer series and minecraft for when the brother in law is staying over, diablo, no shooters or racing games I have a console for that and Onlive service.
Budget= skys the limit but truthfully a i7 and a £300 graphics card would be a waste on me
Stuff I already own= 60gb ssd ocz vertex plus,
windows vista 64bit home premium (bought years ago never used still in sealed box)
24 inch pc monitor full hd dvi/vga
Just a small note I use linux as mentioned before, ati,nvidia all work with linux ati is now slightly ahead with linux support even crossfire and sli work in linux.
1 thing I will mentioned Im really fussy with pc cases I viewed the antek 100 and 300 cases and the side panels are like tin foil I hate cases with side panels that flex..got to the point thinking of a open design case or buying a sugo sg02 flipping the psu so it faces away from the psu and leaving the panels off it.
Corsair Graphite 600T for such a cheap price from a mate whos upgrading his system any way I was wondering if a i5 2500k would be fine, found one for only £53 as it was a display model for shop display no box or cpu fan never used.
Iv google and asked on other forums but never found a proper answer mostly folk just being idiots
Now Ill start with the basic what Im looking for In a pc
Basic computing nothing to extreme, convert the odd film for my ipod or convert music in itunes both I can do on my netbook intel 455 but takes for ever, I use gimp for pic editing and sony vegas for basic vids for youtube.
Gaming
dawn of war, star craft 2, command and conquer series and minecraft for when the brother in law is staying over, diablo, no shooters or racing games I have a console for that and Onlive service.
Budget= skys the limit but truthfully a i7 and a £300 graphics card would be a waste on me
Stuff I already own= 60gb ssd ocz vertex plus,
windows vista 64bit home premium (bought years ago never used still in sealed box)
24 inch pc monitor full hd dvi/vga
Just a small note I use linux as mentioned before, ati,nvidia all work with linux ati is now slightly ahead with linux support even crossfire and sli work in linux.
1 thing I will mentioned Im really fussy with pc cases I viewed the antek 100 and 300 cases and the side panels are like tin foil I hate cases with side panels that flex..got to the point thinking of a open design case or buying a sugo sg02 flipping the psu so it faces away from the psu and leaving the panels off it.
