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Spec Me Up!

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by Thrasher67, Oct 21, 2016.

Spec Me Up!

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by Thrasher67, Oct 21, 2016.

  1. Thrasher67

    Thrasher67 Tagged

    So I need a new PC as this one is to old and was put together by an idiot (AKA me!)

    I need to be able to play battlefield one but not cost the earth as im saving for a house at the moment and my misses would kill me if i spent any more house fund money.

    Remember in the 12 years ive been playing on the PC i have learnt nothing about how a PC works lol

    so lets hear your ideas :)
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  2. MG

    MG Staff Member Tagged Donator

    Budget and what have you got already?
  3. steelsnail

    steelsnail Tagged

    liked your post thrasher . as since my gaming days ...speccy 48k....commodore64...amiga 500/1200 ...and pc i still know **** about puters :)
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  4. Thrasher67

    Thrasher67 Tagged

    card - Geforce GTX 460
    Intrel cor i5 2500K cpu @3.3ghz
    8 gb ram


    so if i can get away with having just a new Gcard and a bigger SSD hard drive i would just do that as cant really afford more then £800.
  5. MG

    MG Staff Member Tagged Donator

    What motherboard do you have?

    You could overclock the i5, get an extra 8gb memory a ssd and a graphcs card.
  6. MG

    MG Staff Member Tagged Donator

    16gb of memory, 512gb ssd and a gtx1070 would be about 700.
  7. Thrasher67

    Thrasher67 Tagged

    american megatrends inc p1.00, 08/07/2011

    i think thats the one

    OS Name Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate
    Version 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Build 7601
    Other OS Description Not Available
    OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
    System Name LEELEE-PC
    System Manufacturer To Be Filled By O.E.M.
    System Model To Be Filled By O.E.M.
    System Type x64-based PC
    Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2500K CPU @ 3.30GHz, 3301 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
    BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. P1.00, 08/07/2011
    SMBIOS Version 2.7
    Windows Directory C:\Windows
    System Directory C:\Windows\system32
    Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume3
    Locale United Kingdom
    Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "6.1.7601.17514"
    User Name leelee-PC\leelee
    Time Zone GMT Daylight Time
    Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 8.00 GB
    Total Physical Memory 7.91 GB
    Available Physical Memory 3.86 GB
    Total Virtual Memory 15.8 GB
    Available Virtual Memory 11.6 GB
    Page File Space 7.91 GB
    Page File C:\pagefile.sys
  8. ReaperRSX

    ReaperRSX Tagged

    I think MG is spot on there. I had 2500k and think I got 4.5ghz off it so you can get 4ghz from any chip.

    If you wanted to save some cash half the size of the SSD as not sure you need 512gb one but depends on price differential.
  9. Weetabix

    Weetabix Staff Member Tagged Donator

    Sage advice. My 2600K hit 4.5GHz with no messing just using one of the motherboard's pre-configured profiles. Be careful with the RAM though. Don't mix and match, especially if overclocking.
  10. MG

    MG Staff Member Tagged Donator

    Weets, we are going to do a petition to bring you back from the darkside.
  11. Thrasher67

    Thrasher67 Tagged

    ok how do i over clock then?

    Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard
  12. Weetabix

    Weetabix Staff Member Tagged Donator





    In the BIOS.
  13. GoRedwings

    GoRedwings Tagged Donator

    *sniff* * sniff* wtf another spec me up thread. *woot* paydirt.

    And if by magic the shopkeeper appeared. (aka Mr Benn reference).

    Allow me to be of service to you good sir. It funny you should post this thread as I have in my posession some items that may or may not interest you. And at a price I think you might find reasonable. Here's how this works out.

    While the sandybridge 2500/2600k are old now they can be overclocked relatively better than today equivalent. I ran my i2600k at 4.8ghz. You can do the overclocking thing and do some slight hardware changes like MG and weets have suggested. And it is very very sound advice. But I offer you another suggestion to take into consideration. I can help you with either.

    I have an i6700k+Msi Motherboard+ram. The motherboard is MSI titantium. The ram is corsair Vengeance 3200mhz white led ram. I can throw in a free windows 10 key a hard drive I have loads lying around. ANd Becuase I have known you a long time I can do it cheaper than what I would do it to non BFB members. I can also as I am close to my holiday come down and help you build it. Or I can build it here and you can come and collect it. It doesnt take me long to build a pc.I also have spare power supplies, spare graphics cards, spare sounds cards, sapre pc cases, spare watercooling whatever you need. Let me get some pics up for you when I got time.
    Last edited: Oct 24, 2016
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  14. MG

    MG Staff Member Tagged Donator

    Sounds like redders is a deal you can't refuse.
  15. Thrasher67

    Thrasher67 Tagged

    Bloody Hell, red why didnt you post this yesturday before i brought a new Gcard, memory and SSD! which i have been spending the last hour put in as im rubbish at this!
  16. Weetabix

    Weetabix Staff Member Tagged Donator

    Cant you just send it back?
  17. Thrasher67

    Thrasher67 Tagged

    can i once its been opened and used, because if i can i would be happy to come to some type of agreement Red.
    Last edited: Oct 24, 2016
  18. Weetabix

    Weetabix Staff Member Tagged Donator

    Did you order it online?
  19. MG

    MG Staff Member Tagged Donator

    What did you buy thrash?
  20. Thrasher67

    Thrasher67 Tagged

    Amazon

    Gtx 1070

    And just a standard ssd and 16g of ram.