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Rate this gaming PC for me please

Aran157

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Posted August 26, 2012 at 9:46PM

Hi, this is my first post. I am getting a new PC mainly for gaming and I've found one with good specs and for a reasonable price. I know my fair share about Pc'S so I would like a second opinion please.

Like will it be good for streaming, is the graphics card great etc.

Thanks!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/221005292034?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649#ht1811wt_1011

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KRONOS the First

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Posted August 27, 2012 at 11:49AM

Seems a fair spec for the cash but it would be useful to know what your main use of the PC will be? You will also need to add an OS Windows 7 which will ad another £70+ to the price.

Good CPU but I would want to know make and model of motherboard,he says 'high performance' but does not list it. I would al;so like to know what make/wattage of PSU is in there.I would also like to know make model of RAM also.

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frivbaba57

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Posted August 30, 2012 at 2:49AM

Nice info,seems a fair spec for the cash but it would be useful to know what your main use of the PC will be? You will also need to add an OS Windows 7 which will ad another £70+ to the price.

Friv

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lhalfman

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Posted August 30, 2012 at 9:13AM

You are getting a TV just for gaming? Well as long as you take good care of your pc, I don't see a problem

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frybluff

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Posted August 30, 2012 at 6:57PM

Looks like Gigabyte GA-H61M-DS2. They actually leave out the "M" in their spec, but don't think there is a non micro version. They also offer to overclock CPU. Can you OC with H61?

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Aran157

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Posted August 30, 2012 at 7:04PM

Hi there, been busy so forgot to reply, i will be using the PC to play games and also stream them. I have a OS disk which means i dont have to pay £70. I dont get what you mean about tv @ihalfman

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KRONOS the First

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Posted August 30, 2012 at 7:40PM

This one?

Not sure what you mean by non micro version? But that is probably just me. Sorry just got it. M-ATX is fine for most people these days, in fact PCI is all but finished as motherboards get better at providing what we used to need a PCI card to do.

As I say not a bad spec but I would still like to know what PSU and RAM is in the PC?

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frybluff

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Posted August 30, 2012 at 8:03PM

CHRONUS

Yes, think that's board, just they list it as GA-H61-DS2. RAM just 8GB 1333 DDR3, no detail, and nothing on PSU. It's presumably one of those included in the case jobs. I'm not sure, can you overclock with H61?

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frybluff

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Posted August 30, 2012 at 10:25PM

Don't get me wrong, if that build works well and proves to be reliable, it's not bad, for the price. It's just that, having been back to the site, a couple of times (cos it keeps crashing), the more I see, the more I doubt. I don't like sites that use claims like "High Performance" and "Top Of The Range", they're meaningless, except to mislead the unwary. I would recommend you check Cougar PC's site. You can fully customise a basically identical system for about £30 less (assuming Vibox are using a budget PSU, which we don't really KNOW). Whilst I would suggest you actually spend a little more on better PSU, I would be more confident in the service, and support you are likely to get, there.

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KRONOS the First

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Posted August 31, 2012 at 6:22AM

flybuff

You are quite correct, no overclocking on any H series boards.So another minus against this seller. But I suspect his Ebay pages are mainly a pre-formed template which he just alters certain details and perhaps the over-clocking mention is more of an oversight. But I would still ask the seller questions. If I was spending this sort of cash I would not be buying from Ebay as I would be concerned about customer service should things go wrong.

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mick2008

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Posted September 6, 2012 at 5:39PM

If you have the windows7 disc I would say that this Gaming PC is quite good for gaming especially at that price.

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