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tourist.tam
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Well I was just asking about Maxtor for I've had first hand and direct report of bad experience. But like any manufactured product you have the bad lot and the worst one; it's just a matter of luck, I guess. As for AMD, I am just asking as they (AMD) are launching a new range it seems. And how did I found you guys? I was just trying to get hold of the latest of Geiseric's BBBB and BBB as they have been decent advises in the past. So with a bit of time on my hand, I've just looked around. Truth to be told, the internet is just full of trail to follow, you just have to see the signs (on link here, one search result there, and so on). Regards, Tam
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Geiseric
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Thank you for the feedback and it's reminded me I need to update the post.
As for Maxtor the reason for picking it was price/features, I consider most HDD manufactures to be on par with each other to be honest. Anyway there is no stopping you changing the HDD the BBBB is only a concept.
Richie
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MDRedwood
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Richie, any chance you will be doing the BBB soon? I'm planning a build (my first for about 6 years!) and wanted to base it on the BBB, but just as I planned to print your suggestions off, Dennis et al pulled the website.
Cheers,
Mike
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blackboab
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hi. i am very interested in getting the bbbb , would a better graphics card give it a good boost for gaming ?....thinking of getting this http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/spec ... l?sap-4870 ...the ATI Radeon HD4870 512MB card.....that would be an extra 40 - 50 pounds ...just wondering if it would be worth it ?....cheers....good to see you all here 
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Geiseric
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The BBBB is a budget gamer designed for the 17/19" screen at moderate settings, if you have more budget then yes put it towards a higher spec GPU, what size screen are you going to use?
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Geiseric
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Mike, I'm having a think about the BBB, my main problem is my thought path keeps matching the CPC Budget build.........  Richie
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blackboab
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19 inch monitor i have at present... i have windows xp , Geiseric , would you recommend vista or am i better waiting for 7 ?....thanks for all the great pointers....took me a while to find your bbbb again but i found it eventually 
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pcernie
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_________________Plain English advice on everything money, purchase and service related:
http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/
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Geiseric
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I’ve been using Vista 64 for a while now and have no problems with it; I would recommend 4GB of RAM if you're think Vista or W7 though and personally I would down load the W7 Candidate 1 and see what you think, your be able to use if for a year (010609) before needing to purchase a licence. So possible idea - 4GB of RAM and an upgrade to a 4770, 250 or a 4850 with W7.
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blackboab
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thanks...now all i have to do is talk nice to the girlfriend... 
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blackboab
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just ordered this as it is except i am getting 4gb of corsair memory instead of 2 and i am going to order a hd 4850 512mb card from overclockers for 84 pounds to boost the graphics a bit unless anyone has a better idea for around 80 bucks ??.....thanks again geiseric ps....do you think windows 7 is ok to try on the new system or should i cough up for vista ??.....should i get 64 bit , dont know whats the difference
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Geiseric
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If your getting 4GB of Ram then you will need a 64BIT OS to utilise all the RAM and GPU memory, you should be able to download all the driver for W7 from the manufactures websites and personally I'd give it a go and use the link in my last post and run W7 Candidate 1 and see how you get on with it.
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l3v1ck
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forquare1
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How does this class as private selling? It's advising what components to buy and shove in a computer...
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l3v1ck
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I suppose you could see that that way. Shall I move it back?
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