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Hey all, My brother-in-law is looking to get a gaming PC, and he’s been looking at the Alienware Aurora R9. He’s got a budget of a maximum of around £1300 (but I think he’d probably prefer to spend around £1000 unless it’s a huge benefit to go higher), and I told him he could probably do a lot...

Perfect, thanks for the suggestions! Looks great.

1080p. Might upgrade way later if I want to do higher.

This is my build for a budget gaming PC to play Red Dead Redemption 2. Budget is around £600-700 max. Any suggestions? EDIT: I already have a monitor, in case that was confusing.

Oh, I totally forgot about another requirement: it needs an optical audio out port. Or alternatively I'll need a sound card as well, I guess?

This is my case: https://www.overclockers.co.uk/zalman-hd501-home-theatre-pc-case-black-free-be-quiet-120mm-fan-ca-042-za.html Does that change anything in terms of the spec? It all sounds good to me. :)

My old HTPC has packed up, unfortunately. My budget for a new one is pretty small as I'm saving for a wedding, but I wanted to see what I could get. Ideally if I could keep it below £300-400 that would be ideal. I have a case, I won't need a DVD drive, or a keyboard/mouse or anything like that...

The case is a Zalman HD501, thanks for the spec! Looks good. Do you think it'd fit in the case?

Just a standard ATX board.

I currently have a media/gaming PC, hooked up to my TV. I am looking to replace the entire thing with a new build (I'm looking to play newer games like The Witcher 3 and GTAV, and my current one just isn't up to it). I won't need a keyboard or mouse, monitor, or hard drives. I also have a...

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I'm going to need: - Case - CPU - Graphics Card - RAM - Motherboard That's probably all. Already have a hard drive ready to go. The HTPC is going to be exclusively used for playing TV/Movies (mostly in 720p/1080p), so needs to be able to easily handle HD video.

Well, it started working... I'm just not really sure what I did! All seems good though, thanks for the help guys!

I received this today from Overclockers, but I can't get a picture out of it. My motherboard is a GA-EP45-DS3 and I was using an ATI card previously (Radeon 4850). I've tried all the slots and two different monitors, but nothing. I've also tried all the PCI-E slots in my motherboard (although...

Just on-board sound unfortunately.

The reviews say the bass is quite low, which is a concern. Do you have a pair? How is the bass?

I'm looking for the best quality gaming headphones I can get for that budget. I'll be playing stuff like Crysis 2, Witcher 2, Skyrim (when it comes out). Any suggestions?

I play on a pretty nice LCD monitor at 1920x1080, so I guess graphics card is pretty important. PSU-wise, I'm not sure, but I'm pretty sure it's fairly good. I'll need to check when I'm at home.

So maybe for now I should just splurge out on a super powerful graphics card (for future proofing purposes). It may get bottlenecked a bit by my CPU, but it'll most likely be some improvement and I can always upgrade my motherboard and CPU later on in the year. Sound sensible?

The saving isn't really an issue, it's the spending and justifying that's the problem! :)