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Ok so basically I'm looking to build a cheap-ish rig that can handle small games like LoL, Counter-Strike etc.

Here's what I've come up with
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There's no case because this isn't for me, it's for my girlfriend and she's insisted on the Corsair Air 240 and it's quite expensive, so I will buy that for her. And as for the GPU I was going to run off the intergrated one for the time being until AMD's new card releases to see what's on offer and to see if the prices of the other cards will come down.

If there's any better I could do for around £250 GBP for the HDD, RAM, Motherboard, CPU and PSU, your help will be appriciated.
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I suggest defiantly getting 2x4gb RAM sticks it's only an extra 20 pounds or so (Im from US)

Also go for a Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB its an ssd that will help boot times and other things other than that it looks pretty good.
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VexGlare wrote I suggest defiantly getting 2x4gb RAM sticks it's only an extra 20 pounds or so (Im from US)

Also go for a Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB its an ssd that will help boot times and other things other than that it looks pretty good.
this is technology talk its like a different language to me haha
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VexGlare wrote I suggest defiantly getting 2x4gb RAM sticks it's only an extra 20 pounds or so (Im from US)

Also go for a Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB its an ssd that will help boot times and other things other than that it looks pretty good.


Oh it will definitely be upgraded to 8GB in the near future. Just for now 4GB keeps it within budget though. And I didn't realise that SSD was so cheap, is there a reason for this?
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VexGlare wrote I suggest defiantly getting 2x4gb RAM sticks it's only an extra 20 pounds or so (Im from US)

Also go for a Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB its an ssd that will help boot times and other things other than that it looks pretty good.


Oh it will definitely be upgraded to 8GB in the near future. Just for now 4GB keeps it within budget though. And I didn't realise that SSD was so cheap, is there a reason for this?


Yeah the v300s suck I know I have one lol. They're faster than the standard hard drive. But yet not as fast as an ssd should be. This is because kingston swapped out the nand. Resulting in slower speeds.

Here's an article about it:
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You'r going to need a Gpu (Graphics card) in order to use the computer... Unless its integrated with your Processor. which then wont get you very good frames if your looking towards gaming. Try GTX 960. $200
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Suppressional wrote You'r going to need a Gpu (Graphics card) in order to use the computer... Unless its integrated with your Processor. which then wont get you very good frames if your looking towards gaming. Try GTX 960. $200


It has intergrated graphics, he said he was going to wait until AMDs new r9 3XX cards come out.
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VexGlare wrote I suggest defiantly getting 2x4gb RAM sticks it's only an extra 20 pounds or so (Im from US)

Also go for a Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB its an ssd that will help boot times and other things other than that it looks pretty good.


Oh it will definitely be upgraded to 8GB in the near future. Just for now 4GB keeps it within budget though. And I didn't realise that SSD was so cheap, is there a reason for this?


Yeah the v300s suck I know I have one lol. They're faster than the standard hard drive. But yet not as fast as an ssd should be. This is because kingston swapped out the nand. Resulting in slower speeds.

Here's an article about it:
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Oh I didn't notice the v300s were so bad but the samsung850 evo should do it right
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VexGlare wrote
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VexGlare wrote I suggest defiantly getting 2x4gb RAM sticks it's only an extra 20 pounds or so (Im from US)

Also go for a Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB its an ssd that will help boot times and other things other than that it looks pretty good.


Oh it will definitely be upgraded to 8GB in the near future. Just for now 4GB keeps it within budget though. And I didn't realise that SSD was so cheap, is there a reason for this?


Yeah the v300s suck I know I have one lol. They're faster than the standard hard drive. But yet not as fast as an ssd should be. This is because kingston swapped out the nand. Resulting in slower speeds.

Here's an article about it:
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Oh I didn't notice the v300s were so bad but the samsung850 evo should do it right


Yeah crucials ssds are good too
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IMMERSIVE wrote
VexGlare wrote
IMMERSIVE wrote
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VexGlare wrote I suggest defiantly getting 2x4gb RAM sticks it's only an extra 20 pounds or so (Im from US)

Also go for a Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB its an ssd that will help boot times and other things other than that it looks pretty good.


Oh it will definitely be upgraded to 8GB in the near future. Just for now 4GB keeps it within budget though. And I didn't realise that SSD was so cheap, is there a reason for this?


Yeah the v300s suck I know I have one lol. They're faster than the standard hard drive. But yet not as fast as an ssd should be. This is because kingston swapped out the nand. Resulting in slower speeds.

Here's an article about it:
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Oh I didn't notice the v300s were so bad but the samsung850 evo should do it right


Yeah crucials ssds are good too


So would something like [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] be alright in the near future?
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