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CPu"Intel E5200 O.C to 3.5ghz" Ram"Kingston 2gig 800mhz" Hdd"Western Digital 500gig green edition seagate 250gig" Mobo"Gigabyte G31M" Case "CM RC430 Elite" "Cpu cooler "Cm Hyper TX3 With 2X92mm cm fans" Psu "Gigabyte Odin 585Watt" Dvd Drive "LiteOn 22Speed" Gpu "Force3D HD4830" Gpu cooler "Deepcool X3"

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Havent done any modding so far ganna pu 2more 120mm fans on the top one on the side and rear, hope my cable management is good, if any one has ideas for modding plz let me knw:)
 
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If you did not do any modding, why you post it on here ,.!? Joking! Looks not to bad bud seen better and worse
Try make it look cool by addind things u like. Big Fans, good cable mangement route the cables nicely stag them .............
Ad a light ......
 
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Dude you need a new monitor like ASAP lol
 
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It seems like you was on a very tight budget but netherless thats a nice start on a build :) i like it and do consider upgrading your monitor,ram to 4gb and you got good budget gaming rig.
 

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Black Ops

You def wont be able to enjoy black ops with that pc and monitor
 

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@ LuMaCeMo Thanks man, yeah ganna add 2 neons and 3 more 120mm fans, btw i cant route anymore cables tryed to put some behind my side-panel but there isnt enough space, i8 will try hide more but yeah,
@ esberelias lol, i am upgrade'n to a 20' lcd in december,:)
@ kurosagi01 I love my pc an love gaming How ever I am on a very tight budget since i dont have a job at the moment im only 18 lol but i will be upgrade'n:) I dnt mind waiting,
An @ Silver_ I dont think u knw to much about pc's then i will be able to play Blaco Ops on my pc, since they brought out a diff Engine like for MW2 An why wont the monitor run it??? Cuz it's a crt? why criticize me about my screen? So u have never had a CRT b4? anyway i appreciate Your guy's comments and feed back i will take what u all said and try something:) Thanks God bless
 

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I ain't saying the pc or monitor can't run the game, it sure can, although it will be less fun.
TBH, you current monitor is better considering lower resolutions meaning you can play the game at higher settings with less lag, however if you planning on upgrading to a 20inch, the native resolution will increase, decreasing gaming performace unless graphical settings are lowered. I suggest getting crossfire with a second hand 4830 for cheap which can help bump up the settings a little on a new monitor, this is the best gaming performace upgrade available to you since any better graphics will just get bottlenecked by the CPU. Maybe another 1GIG or 2GIG stick of ram could be useful. Hopefully your CPU cooler is in a push/pull configuration. You won't really be needing more than just an extra fun directly above the cpu cooler, all others would just be cosmetics and be extremely noisy, hope you don't sleep in the same room and download torrents. There My 2 cents worth on computers.
 
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I ain't saying the pc or monitor can't run the game, it sure can, although it will be less fun.
TBH, you current monitor is better considering lower resolutions meaning you can play the game at higher settings with less lag, however if you planning on upgrading to a 20inch, the native resolution will increase, decreasing gaming performace unless graphical settings are lowered. I suggest getting crossfire with a second hand 4830 for cheap which can help bump up the settings a little on a new monitor, this is the best gaming performace upgrade available to you since any better graphics will just get bottlenecked by the CPU. Maybe another 1GIG or 2GIG stick of ram could be useful. Hopefully your CPU cooler is in a push/pull configuration. You won't really be needing more than just an extra fun directly above the cpu cooler, all others would just be cosmetics and be extremely noisy, hope you don't sleep in the same room and download torrents. There My 2 cents worth on computers.

I apologise then for miss reading ey:( an i will be getting a Hd6870 when i get my job an upgrade to a I5 an 4gig ram, My cpu cooler is at mint condition my cpu is at 2.5 ghz stock it's current clock is 3.5ghz running at 25'C an my cooler can support a I3 an I5 , Yet again i apologies! An the fans im buying ar Cm Silent fans cuz i dnt like noise, an my pc is in the same room as i sleep in!
 
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I apologise then for miss reading ey:( an i will be getting a Hd6870 when i get my job an upgrade to a I5 an 4gig ram, My cpu cooler is at mint condition my cpu is at 2.5 ghz stock it's current clock is 3.5ghz running at 25'C an my cooler can support a I3 an I5 , Yet again i apologies! An the fans im buying ar Cm Silent fans cuz i dnt like noise, an my pc is in the same room as i sleep in!

If you are going to buy the HD 6870,then you've got a little problem there.It wont fit in you case...and I hope you are aware that if you are planning to buy an i5,you will have to change a lot of things,like the motherboard,cpu cooler..
 
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If you are going to buy the HD 6870,then you've got a little problem there.It wont fit in you case...and I hope you are aware that if you are planning to buy an i5,you will have to change a lot of things,like the motherboard,cpu cooler..

Actually not the cooler,cos its LGA 1156 compatible..
 

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If you are going to buy the HD 6870,then you've got a little problem there.It wont fit in you case...and I hope you are aware that if you are planning to buy an i5,you will have to change a lot of things,like the motherboard,cpu cooler..


My case can support 315mm gpu card's btw, it can hold 5970's in cross-fire,
An yes i know i have to change the motherboard,ram, an psu im aware of that ey,
 
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My case can support 315mm gpu card's btw, it can hold 5970's in cross-fire,

Yes you are right,I've looked into it more deeply,my apologise.Nice feature from such a cheap case.
 

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Yes you are right,I've looked into it more deeply,my apologise.Nice feature from such a cheap case.

No prob bud:) but thanks for the heads up:) it was really cheap an i couldnt belive it so i bought it,
 

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I voted 9/10 because:

9/10 cause its CM!!!! XD
I like the black inside looks nice
i would have given you a 10 if you had an LCD insted of the CTR :p but good setup overall
 

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I voted 9/10 because:

9/10 cause its CM!!!! XD
I like the black inside looks nice
i would have given you a 10 if you had an LCD insted of the CTR :p but good setup overall

Thanks bud:) really hate spammers always given me a 1 but anyway
im getting my lcd in december, cant wait lol, just one thing that sucks about this case thers not much space to hide cables behind my mobo, i only got one cable behind it an thats my satas
 

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I voted 10/10 because:

There you go mate i gave you 10 aswell. I will put another 92mm fan on it the only reason i not yet is i have a 120 next to and above so didnt think i need it. but ill do it anyway
 

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I voted 10/10 because:

There you go mate i gave you 10 aswell. I will put another 92mm fan on it the only reason i not yet is i have a 120 next to and above so didnt think i need it. but ill do it anyway

Thanks bud,yeah Since i put the extra 92mm on its been idleing at around 23'C an 33'C at max load, now in summer itts a bit hotter lol, but never gone above 35'C on max load:)
 
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