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Buy or Build new PC?

thicks56 said:
Well thanks loads for all the advice gents, took the plunge last night and ordered all of my parts :)

Final Spec was this -
AMD FX-6300, HIS Radeon HD 7850, NZXT Source 210 Elite (Black) - Working - thicks56's Saved Part List - PCPartPicker United Kingdom

Lets see if I can manage to put it together so that it works! :D
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Awesome. Careful with the CPU heat sinc. I had to apply more pressure than I would have thought when putting that on. I have the same CPU as you do. Good choice with AMD!!
 
A good case will let you run cables behind the motherboard, helping airflow. If you can , get a case with the PSU bottom front, and side/rear case fanse blowing air out of the case.
 
Davdi said:
A good case will let you run cables behind the motherboard, helping airflow. If you can , get a case with the PSU bottom front, and side/rear case fanse blowing air out of the case.
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Yes those are good. I may be upgrading my case to fit more graphic cards inside.
 
Well gents thanks greatly for all the advice in the thread!!

I can confirm that my PC build is a success!
Final build was as per the last Spec on PC builder with Windows 8 on top.
Final Price of the build was
 
Yours sounds very similar to mine. I have it for sale too...



More details about my computer

Processor: AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 925 Processor
Memory: (RAM)8.00 GB
Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 7700 Series 4857 MB Total available graphics memory
Primary hard disk: 1092GB Free (1397GB Total)
Windows 7 Ultimate

System Manufacturer: MSI Model: MS-7693
Total amount of system memory: 8.00 GB RAM
System type: 64-bit operating system
Number of processor cores: 4

Storage Total size of hard disk(s): 1397 GB
Disk partition (C:1092 GB Free (1397 GB Total)
Disk partition (D:86 MB Free (100 MB Total)
Media drive (E:/DVD
Graphics Display adapter type: AMD Radeon HD 7700 Series
Total available graphics memory: 4857 MB
Dedicated graphics memory: 1024 MB
Dedicated system memory: 0 MB
Shared system memory: 3833 MB
Display adapter driver version: 9.12.0.0
DirectX version: DirectX 10
Network Network Adapter: Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller
 
The board will support the AM3 and the FX processors, so you could have easily put the processor you wanted into this system and been exactly where you wanted to be.

And just for information, I have the CM Hyper 212 cooler on the CPU.
 
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