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Put together a small PC on Scan's 3XS system builder:
Corsair Obsidian 250D (little cube case, very sleek black box) Intel i7 4790 Asus Z97I-PLUS Corsair Vengeance 8Gb 2133MHz RAM XFX 3Gb Radeon R9 280X Corsair CX600M (600w, hybrid-modular, 80PLUS rating) 250Gb Samsung 840 Evo SSD 2Tb Seagate Barracuda HDD Pioneer BDC-207DBK (Blu-ray reader, DVD writer) Windows 7 Home Premium x64 Includes a 3 Year Warranty and a USB recovery drive. All built and tested by 3XS before being shipped out. £1009.63
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As for Graphic Cards, you can't beat Nvidia based ones as they are far superior than any AMD ones. I do agree though that a Mini case isn't the way to go much better to have a full size Tower, I had Cooler Master Towers running 6 12cm fans, sounds like a jet engine on start up...lol. I still have that Tower and it still works but it's now 6 years old and everything is now out of date but it will still give many modern machines a run for it's money. The OS on that one is Win 7 Ultimate which has been stripped to down to remove all the bloat ware. The laptop I have runs Win 8.1+ 64 Bit which again has been stripped down to remove all the bloat ware. |
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If you a building a money-no-object system, then go for nVidia.
If you are within a budget, AMD beats the comparable nVidia card pound for pound. The GTX 780 and R9 290X are very similar in price (both around the £350 mark), however the 290X is a superior card and puts out better performance. The 290X is no match for a 780 Ti model, however that is another £100 on top of the price of a regular 780 or 290X. nVidia always push the top end of the market further though. Right now, AMD's best offering is the R9 295 X2, available for little over £1000. This butchers the previous nVidia flagship card, the GTX Titan (currently around £700) every which way possible. But again, nVidia released another absolute top end product called the Titan Z, which retails at over £2000. nVidia always have the single best card, or rather, always release the new best card after AMD and hold the crown until the next generation. They always push further at the top end of the market. But pound for pound, AMD will give much better performance in the market area's where people actually spend their money. That is the top and bottom of it. (Sorry for the thread hijack)
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Just ordered an XBone controller and a pretty outrageously priced wireless lounge keyboard - the Logitech K830. Looks very tasty and comes highly rated
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I don't know what it is with me but I always seem to kill keyboards, have gone through six with my last PC. Have had 2 Microsoft wireless ones, 2 Logitech and 2 Saitek and as for mice well, one stopped working and I lobbed it out the window, not good I know, but it didn't break. Was having a bad day.... |
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You sound like you've been quite unlucky on the keyboard front. A few people I've mentioned it to had warned me off the cheaper end of the wireless keyboard market. The K830 comes with a two year warranty so that's fairly reassuring.
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My current Microsoft keyboard is working fine and that wasn't a cheap one either but it did take some getting used to because the keyboard is angled, similar to a 'V' shape. It proved handy when gaming as I use the keyboard and mouse. Even with my laptop I use a mouse, can't get on with pad. |
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My PC is going to be in the lounge so I wanted to go for the most convenient set up possible. V shape sounds a bit weird. Does it point towards you or away?
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