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nakedmolerat

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#398297 1-Nov-2010 01:08

Coolermaster 550w will cost you $109 http://bit.ly/aOIQnO vs $129 for 650w. Personally, I will not recommend anything less than 650w - it is not worth the risk.

flixide

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#398342 1-Nov-2010 08:46

nakedmolerat: Coolermaster 550w will cost you $109 http://bit.ly/aOIQnO vs $129 for 650w. Personally, I will not recommend anything less than 650w - it is not worth the risk.

I think the HD ATI 5770 requires 400-450W minium PSU, wouldn't a 550W PSU be sufficient enouigh?

powerforce

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#398453 1-Nov-2010 11:52

It will be sufficient but dosent give you much room to expand, or perhaps wouldent be up to the task if you wanted to use it in a new system in the future.

If you get a more powerful PSU you will have room to add more harddrives, fans, garphics cards or whatever and would proberbly also be able to use it on a new system build in the future.

Cymro

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#398513 1-Nov-2010 13:17

I'd check out the charts in this link before deciding what card to get:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/graphics-card-geforce-radeon,2761.html

Kiwi1971

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#398591 1-Nov-2010 15:39

tardtasticx: Dont upgrade, and get an xbox/ps3. use it on a bigger screen

You can always run the PC through a plasma for a bigger screen

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Actually the screen size is relative. Something like a 19 - 23" monitor is going to look [size-wise]about the same as a 42" LCD or Plasma when you are sat 3 feet away from it at a desk. By that I mean the screen will occupy about the same area of your view if not more.

Personally I prefer to play shooters on a PC as I can control them a lot easier and it feels a lot smoother. A dual thumbstick control [for my hands] can't compete with a mouse-keyboard combo for controlling your movement and aiming at the same time.
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b0untypure1

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#398594 1-Nov-2010 15:40

pc for fps games ftw

flixide

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#398917 1-Nov-2010 23:54

Brought all parts, in the end I went with.

Silverstone 500W PSU
http://www.playtech.co.nz/afawcs013...uctdetails.html

HIS Radeon HD 5770 Graphics card
http://www.computerlounge.co.nz/com...sp?partid=10704

CORSAIR 2 x 1gb DDR2 Ram
http://www.computerlounge.co.nz/com...asp?partid=3391

Need to format computer, install windows 7 and parts and good 2 go lol.

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b0untypure1

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#398925 2-Nov-2010 00:24

Yay 5770!!!
Good choice.
Hope all ur stuff is a good install
I preorders black ops , but you need to rent a server from a company who doesn't support nz .
So I has my doubts

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