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  1. akira181

    RED DEAD REDEMPTION 2 FREE AND INTEL PRICES LOWERED FOR BLACK FRIDAY!!

    No way to get it on my steam account with this then?
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    Free Shipping for Loyal Forum Members

    slightly annoying for me since I signed up here when I build my first computer as a student and registered with my student email. I was active up until I graduated around 10 years ago. Naturally I used my student email that I no longer have and forgotten my password, hence the new account. Oh...
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    Case recommendation help ~£50 budget

    I'm looking to buy the below spec, ideally tonight, and I'm now needing a case. My current 10 year old PC case is falling apart (£25 coolermaster, served me well) and my friend was going to give me an old one he has in the garage but I don't see the point of scrapping a working PC just for the...
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    Another "Critique my Build Spec" Help Thread

    This is my current build after looking through the Black Friday offers and the advice I've gotten so far. I think my friend has a decent computer case that he's not using anymore so I'll see if I can get that otherwise I'll go for the Zalman i3. Was looking at the Asus cashback deals on the...
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    Another "Critique my Build Spec" Help Thread

    thanks for the replies, works been a little crazy at the moment so had to put this on the back burner for a while. Ideally this build will last me another 10 years like my last build, so my original budget of £600 was probably unrealistic for what I want. I can afford up to £1000 but my target...
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    Another "Critique my Build Spec" Help Thread

    As my current computer was last upgraded in 2009, it's finally time to get something new. The only thing I can reuse is my monitor, DVD drive and the HDDs for storage; the power button on the case is broken and the PSU will be donated to my mothers computer since that one died. The other...
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    Needing secure cloud storage

    My company already has a website up, so I'd be looking just to have a login portal or some sort of shell on my site. I would rather the files themselves are hosted by a reputable company like DropBox as security and confidentiality of these files are very important. I'll need to read up some...
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    Needing secure cloud storage

    Sorry if this is the wrong sub-forum, wasn't quite sure where to post this. I got a work problem I was hoping someone more in the know would be able to help with. I do a lot of work for a few clients and have a lot of reports to issue. I would like to be able to upload all the reports to a...
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    Which PSU for new build?

    Just saw this motherboard and reddit seems to think it's good (although that doesn't often mean anything). I'm not the largest fan of MSI, what's your thoughts? My basket at Overclockers UK: 1 x MSI B350 PC Mate AMD B350 (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £73.99 Total: £83.89 (includes...
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    Which PSU for new build?

    Ok, I think I understand. As fun as siliconlottery sounds, I'll save myself the headache and buy the speed that I actually want. Only thing I'll keep from my spec is the HDD as all my important files are backed up to a NAS or portable drive. Reliability of a WD Blue should be sufficient and...
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    Which PSU for new build?

    My latest build that I think will be the one I go for unless you think I've made a stupid choice in my penny pinching mode. I downgraded the SSD to 250GB as I think it'll be enough for now. Swapped the motherboard down to the mATX version as I don't think I'll need all the PCIxx slots of the...
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    Which PSU for new build?

    There's something wrong with my current setup that I cannot figure out. Whenever my computer goes into standby or hibernate for any length of time, it seems to pop a fuse in the plug. Changed the leads a couple times and upped the fuse rating too. Still does it. Disabled standby and...
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    Which PSU for new build?

    Yeah, I eventually came to the same conclusion after more research. I don't expect to move a lot of big files around that often so I don't think I can justify the extra cost and sacrifice 250GB+ SSD capacity just to have Windows boot up 2 seconds faster. Been doing a bunch of CAD stuff all...
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    Which PSU for new build?

    Fair point. I think the 1060 3GB is the most I can realistically afford but the 1050ti should do the job. I'm in 2 minds right now. Originally, I was thinking get the 1050ti and some point in the next 4 years I'll get a new monitor and hopefully the 1080ti will be around £200 so I can get...
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    Which PSU for new build?

    Will have to do more research tonight, I've fallen really far behind on the advances of parts these days, so NVMe terminology is basically confusing jargon to me right now. If I can stretch my budget (found it around £20 cheaper elsewhere) to include a Samsung 960, like the one below, would...
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    Which PSU for new build?

    I see that the WD Black is quite a slow one in benchmarks now, this NVMe thing is a completely new for me so I got a lot more reading to do. A good and fast NVMe might just be out of my price range. My current setup has a Samsung SSD 470 Series 64GB as the boot drive (moment of madness!) and...
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    Which PSU for new build?

    you're probably right that it'll be >£100, which would blow my budget. Anything is going to be better than my current rig, don't think I'll miss the 3%-15%. Will chance my luck and wait to see if there's a bundle deal or something. really? The description claims a sequential read speed of...
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    Which PSU for new build?

    thanks for the detailed answers folks, never knew you could link your basket to a forum post, very nifty! They're really close to my budget, think I might actually be able to pull this off with your help! I'm not particularly tied to using Ryzen, I just figured it would give me best...
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    Which PSU for new build?

    I'm currently running a Gigabyte GA-870A, AMD Athlon X3 440, 8GB DDR3, AMD Radeon 6800, and a Corsair HX 450W. Bought most of it in 2009/2010 and it was already relatively old by then. Totally ancient by today's standards. I got a legit copy of Windows 10, a Dell Ultrasharp U2311H monitor...
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