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Hi all,
I could do with the following for my pc (yay more stuff)
- A Nvidia graphics card.
- A soundcard.
- A USB stick.

Only requirements, the gpu needs to be under £40, the Soundcard under £40 and the USB under £20 (and 8gb or over). All inc P&P.

Reasons - I need more monitor ports on pc, was looking at the 9500gt. http://www.ebuyer.com/product/148183 or the 512mb vers.
Souncard.. well.. that never really came through right.. dropping it onto the corner of a wooden table didnt help... need a new one, looking at the soundblaster xfi audio one (yeah i know it aint real xfi :) )
My USB stick bit the dust after 2 years.. ah well, need a new fast large one.

Any help wuld be much appreciated,
Cheers,
Alex.


Tue Jul 07, 2009 6:50 pm
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What components do you have at the moment?

For another monitor the 8400GS will do for about £25

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Tue Jul 07, 2009 9:16 pm
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Wel.. im not looking to replace anything.. just add really.

E8400 @ 3001 MHz (lol, cba to reset the CMOS to 3Ghz)
XFX 680i LT mobo (meh)
4gb OCZ PC2-6400 DDR2 800MHz RAM
Hitachi 320gb HDD
Inno3d 9600gt
Antec 900
Creatve carppy soundblaster? cost like £12 :)
A 700W PSU (cant remember make... may be OCZ... its a brick of an object anyway..)

Thats bout it that i can remember off the top of my head.


Tue Jul 07, 2009 9:48 pm
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Just off the top of my head for the USB stick (but do look around):

http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/4-/3431735/P ... oduct.html

EDIT:

http://www.play.com/Search.aspx?searcht ... x=0&go.y=0

For a bit more choice if nothing else ;)

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Tue Jul 07, 2009 10:07 pm
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http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/4-/9692435/Play-com-16GB-2-x-8GB-USB-Flash-Drive-Twin-Pack-Ready-Boost-Enabled/Product.html

Tempting, specially as I could backup on the second :)


Tue Jul 07, 2009 10:12 pm
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That's what I was thinking :)

My dad has their individual 8Gb stick and says it's great.

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Tue Jul 07, 2009 10:20 pm
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So...

http://www.dabs.com/products/creative-sound-blaster-x-fi-xtreme-audio-24bit-s-card-7-1-oem-4JJB.html

http://www.dabs.com/products/pny-geforce-8400gs-567mhz-256mb-pci-express--low-profile--5CTQ.html

http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/4-/9692435/P ... oduct.html

Means I can pay at Dabs by Paypal :)

Just gotta wait a week and a half then I can order (me and preplanning lol, ill try and remember to take sum piccies of my pc wen I split it open, hasnt seen the light of day for a good year, made 11 and a half months back i believe).


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^ Cheap and effective 8-)

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Tue Jul 07, 2009 10:36 pm
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highly ;) hopefully lol
Long as I dont play butterfingers again I will finally be able to prep for stuttgart, 12th december at full volume :D


Tue Jul 07, 2009 10:38 pm
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Well, got the stuff through today, ended up buying it all from play, just saved P&P and cost and extra fiver...

Only 1 thing I forgot, my mobo only has 2 PCI-e slots :roll:

Ooops lol.


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