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post #1 of 7
10/11/11 at 11:28am
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Hey,

Recently acquired the following (got it for free so hey im not complaining)

Phenom II x4 955 C3
8gb OCZ 1600mhz
890GPA-UD3 gigabyte mobo
spinpoint f3 500gb
ocz psu

Recently bought a 27" monitor (1920 x 1080) as i was on a crap sig rig 17" hp one. Bought a Sharkoon T9 case, a coolermaster 212 +

I currently have to use the integrated 4250 graphics and they lag sometimes even on youtube as I have no dedicated graphics card (long story short i fried a 5770 ) So i'm looking for something decent and I have a reasonable budget of around £200 maximum but for that much I would want something that would last atleast 3 years lol. I only want it for moderate gaming (I'm not doing anything extreme) as I also have an xbox 360 right next to the PC.

Thanks.
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post #2 of 7
10/11/11 at 11:30am
pick a 6870 or 6950
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SAMSUNG 830 Series 128GB + 320gb samsung spinpo... LG* Super Multi 12x Blu-ray Disc Rewriter Corsair H100 Windows 8 PRO 
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SAMSUNG 941BW Black 19" x3 Das Keyboard Silverstone Strider Plus 850 watt Corsair Special Edition White Graphite Series 600T 
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post #3 of 7
10/11/11 at 11:33am
6870 is a good card. You won't go wrong.
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post #4 of 7
10/12/11 at 10:44am
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Is it worth waiting a few months for trinity or to just buy a card now?
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Hard DriveOptical DriveOSMonitor
Samsung 500GB LiteON iHAS124B Windows 7 AOC e2795Vh MVA 
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Hard DriveOptical DriveOSMonitor
Samsung 500GB LiteON iHAS124B Windows 7 AOC e2795Vh MVA 
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Logitech K260 OCZ ModXStream Pro 600W Sharkoon T9 Logitech M210 
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post #5 of 7
10/12/11 at 3:29pm
buy now sell later
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Hard DriveOptical DriveCoolingOS
SAMSUNG 830 Series 128GB + 320gb samsung spinpo... LG* Super Multi 12x Blu-ray Disc Rewriter Corsair H100 Windows 8 PRO 
MonitorKeyboardPowerCase
SAMSUNG 941BW Black 19" x3 Das Keyboard Silverstone Strider Plus 850 watt Corsair Special Edition White Graphite Series 600T 
MouseMouse PadAudio
Logitech G500 Xtrac pad ripper Creative Labs xfi Titanium Fatal1ty champion + ... 
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Hard DriveOptical DriveCoolingOS
SAMSUNG 830 Series 128GB + 320gb samsung spinpo... LG* Super Multi 12x Blu-ray Disc Rewriter Corsair H100 Windows 8 PRO 
MonitorKeyboardPowerCase
SAMSUNG 941BW Black 19" x3 Das Keyboard Silverstone Strider Plus 850 watt Corsair Special Edition White Graphite Series 600T 
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post #6 of 7
10/12/11 at 3:32pm
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buy now ..6790 will handle all your needs..and allow you to pocket some cash,too! hmm..maybe put extra cash towards a crucial m4 ..if i've learned anything in the past couple of days..do NOT wait on amd to release anything!
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2500K Gimped @ stock Gigabyte H61-DS2 XFX 5870 800/1250 The Samsung RAM (Awesomeness) 
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Dedicated Backup
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Sempron 145 powah! er..or..Thuban with 4 coars ;) Crosshair 4 GT 240 Samsung @ 7-8-8-20 
Hard DriveOptical DriveCoolingMonitor
OCZ Agility2 40GB Lite-On Rasa Waterblock + Bong Samsung 2 ms 
KeyboardPowerCaseMouse
dell Thermaltake Tr2-800 Elite 330 cheap 
Mouse PadAudio
Newegg box flap onboard 
View all
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
2500K Gimped @ stock Gigabyte H61-DS2 XFX 5870 800/1250 The Samsung RAM (Awesomeness) 
Hard DriveCoolingOSMonitor
Crucial m4 64 Sunbeamtech Core-Contact 92 attached via zip-ties. Varies Samsung 2ms 
KeyboardPowerCaseMouse
varies Corsair GS800 eMachine cheap 
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Newegg Box Panel onboard 
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post #7 of 7
10/12/11 at 4:25pm
A 6770 may even meet your needs and save you some money
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