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[TudorVII]

Hi all,

My name's Tudor (well actually it's my surname, but what I'm more commonly known as) and I've just joined up to the forums after getting a quote yesterday.
Despite being a desktop support technician for the past few years, I haven't got a clue about building my own PC from scratch and I'm currently running an old work machine I purchased once it reached end of life.

All well and good for just a few quid spent on a graphics card and new hard drive, but now I want to get something much better. I want to start playing PC games more often, especially Battlefield 3. And since I've been invited to the Alpha trial without having a PC to run it, now seems a good time for some serious shopping.

Anyway, I joined up to get talking to some people who know about custom PC's so hopefully I can get some help in the future.

TL;DR - Hi

 

[Petchi b]

Hi Tudor. I'm sure they will be plenty of people willing to offer advice and help. Let us know the spec you order.

 

[DeadEyeDuk]

Hi to you too

Good start, and if you post (havent checked if you have already) your spec into the Check Spec section, plenty of people will be able to help with opinions and a pinch of actual knowledge

 

[TopCat]

welcome, have a nice stay

 

[TudorVII]

Well, this is the PC I was looking at yesterday. Not really looking at all high settings from BF3, but medium would be nice

Case
PCS MAELSTROM T900 BLACK GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-960 (3.20GHz) 4.8GTs/8MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® P6X58D-E: DDR3, USB 3.0, SATA 6.0GB/s, 3-Way SLI
Memory (RAM)
8GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 4GB)
Graphics Card
2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 560 Ti - 2 DVI,HDMI,VGA - 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
1TB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 16MB CACHE (7,200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX650 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£72)
Processor Cooling
INTEL SOCKET LGA1366 STANDARD CPU COOLER
Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs
USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)

Price: £995.00 including VAT and delivery

Would be nice to get this, but even on finance it might be a push

 

[Gorman]

Hello and welcome, nice spec.