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RE: Building a budget gaming PC
WD drives are fine. WD, Maxtor, Seagate (I think Seagate owns Maxtor) are all the same.


I have 4 WD drives, my silent fans are louder than the drives.

Tigerdirect has 500GB drives for under $70.
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12/09/2008 11:08 AM
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RE: Building a budget gaming PC
lol today in college wee had to make make a pc with £100 budget
mine added to £525 with a amd 6000+ 2 core 3ghz processor a 7300gt  512mb and 2gb ram and a 17inch monitor and 500gb hd
without the printer and office 2008 student edition it was actually about £280 XD
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RE: Building a budget gaming PC
Thanks for the ideas guys. I think I'm going to go with Seagate, since I have had no trouble with their HDD in my PS3.  I have had no experience with WD.
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RE: Building a budget gaming PC
Kuu Wrote:WD drives are fine. WD, Maxtor, Seagate (I think Seagate owns Maxtor) are all the same.


I have 4 WD drives, my silent fans are louder than the drives.

Tigerdirect has 500GB drives for under $70.

Yeah mines been fine aswell...

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12/09/2008 02:24 PM
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RE: Building a budget gaming PC
squee666 Wrote:lol today in college wee had to make make a pc with £100 budget
mine added to £525 with a amd 6000+ 2 core 3ghz processor a 7300gt  512mb and 2gb ram and a 17inch monitor and 500gb hd
without the printer and office 2008 student edition it was actually about £280 XD

seems like you went WAY over budget!
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RE: Building a budget gaming PC
yeah, i was thinking that.


I bet you you could build a PC for £100 if you built it poo poo enough though...
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RE: Building a budget gaming PC
Here's my current setup now:

E8400 - $170 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6819115037
IP35P - $70 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...813127049R
Antec EA500 - $90 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6817371007
Antec 900 - $140  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129021&Tpk=antec%20900
^^ Together, you get a discount.

EVGA 8800 GT - $150 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6814130318
Seagate 7200.11 ST3500320AS - $75 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6822148288
LiteOn DH-20A4P-04 - $23 http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductRev...6827106228
GeminII HSF - $36 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6835103046
G.SKILL 4gb - $67 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6820231122
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RE: Building a budget gaming PC
roberth Wrote:yeah, i was thinking that.


I bet you you could build a PC for £100 if you built it poo poo enough though...

probably better off finding a cheap refurb pentium 4 system LOL
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RE: Building a budget gaming PC
Heh, yeah, new screen+case+PSU probably is close to £100 already » only choice would be to look 2nd hand.
13/09/2008 04:12 AM
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lol i meant £1000
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