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Old 03-07-2005, 23:19   #31
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Re: Custom PC
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Pioneer, LiteOn, NEC are amongst the better burners.

HeatSync wise... Akasa aren't bad in the cheaper end of the market. In the higher end, CoolerMaster, Antec, Thermaltake
I wouldn't put Coolermaster, Thermaltake or Antec in the "higher end" range, they're most definately in the low - middle. For really good heatsinks you need to look at the higher end Arctic Cooling, Thermalright (in conjunction with a decent low noise akasa, papst or panaflo fan), possibly even Zalman.

As for the 3 DVD burners, as I recall, Pioneer, LiteOn and NEC all come off the same production line, so whichever one of them 3 are the cheapest.
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Old 03-07-2005, 23:23   #32
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Ok i dont know my budget yet, im getting all the bits together to see what he can do, and then he will price it.

I cant seem to find any fans on ebuyer.
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Old 03-07-2005, 23:25   #33
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well yes, i was very sad, and plugged all that into ebuyer. gives a price of roundabout £800, just for the system. seems steep to me for what it is

obviously there is then labour charges for him building it on top of that
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Old 03-07-2005, 23:28   #34
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Re: Custom PC
Ok i need the fans which i cannot find on ebuyer, but i found this combo drive on there: LG 52x32x52x16x CD-RW/DVD-ROM Combo Drive Black

Ok for the fans i found this: Coolermaster Aero Blower Fan (FG-004-CM)

and this: Akasa AK-170CB-4BLS Crystal 4x Blue LED Fan (FG-003-AK)

How many fans do you think ill need?
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Old 03-07-2005, 23:29   #35
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Ok i dont know my budget yet, im getting all the bits together to see what he can do, and then he will price it.

I cant seem to find any fans on ebuyer.
you will find you can't buy friends, Wayne - computers are cheap, though, but a video card can cost as much as a whole pc...........
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the processor you listed is a retail box, soo looking for separate heatsinks and fans isn't *absolutely* necessary. hoewver, searching for "fan" on ebuyer throws up many, many results...
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Ok i need the fans which i cannot find on ebuyer, but i found this combo drive on there: LG 52x32x52x16x CD-RW/DVD-ROM Combo Drive Black
...but from the description, this id CD burner but DVD READER only.
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Ok i need the fans which i cannot find on ebuyer, but i found this combo drive on there: LG 52x32x52x16x CD-RW/DVD-ROM Combo Drive Black
why the refusal to go for a dvd burner? pioneer dvr-109 is £33 on ebuyer
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Ok i need the fans which i cannot find on ebuyer, but i found this combo drive on there: LG 52x32x52x16x CD-RW/DVD-ROM Combo Drive Black
why the refusal to go for a dvd burner? pioneer dvr-109 is £33 on ebuyer
Well im going to email all the requirements anyway so ill take your ideas.
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why the refusal to go for a dvd burner? pioneer dvr-109 is £33 on ebuyer


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yeah but but but... see post... whatever it was.... i spent a good 5 mins putting it into ebuyer to work out what kind of budget he's got...
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Re: Custom PC
I use an NEC DVDRW drive.
Burns everything very quickly and as far as I know, till recently it was one of the fastest out there and can write to all standards of CD and DVD. Cost about £40 and is black.

As for you mentioning getting a firewire card ? Do you need it. Check the motherboard. It may already have some ports on it.

The 9800pro graphics card is good and will play Half life 2 ok. I have it and its a nice card, however it will struggle on some games and there are better cards out there now that really blow this away and you may want something a little more powerful if you intend to play some of the newer games to come out.
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yeah but but but... see post... whatever it was.... i spent a good 5 mins putting it into ebuyer to work out what kind of budget he's got...

ahhhhhhhhhh right , i see , what is his budget then



edit :- oiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii , i aint from hartlepool
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ahhhhhhhhhh right , i see , what is his budget then
Think it's just a xmas wish list really.
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ahhhhhhhhhh right , i see , what is his budget then
£800 ish.... plus another £150-£250 for a decent monitor, plus KB and mouse, and speakers...

looking at at least £1000

teeside is roughly on the east coast, which is close enough to hartlepool for me to make my snide comments
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