[manaox2]

I just finished tweaking and overclocking a dv6-6135DX notebook for HTPC/travel duty with some light gaming. It came with a slow 640GB 5400rpm hard drive, bdrom drive, USB 3.0, and 6GB of DDR3 1333mhz RAM. After some tweaking of voltages and bios mods, it now has a llano A8-3500 clocked at 2.6ghz with 6620M on the APU and a 6750M discrete card clocked at 750mhz stream processing/850mhz memory running stable with three hours of prime95 and MSI Kombuster testing.
 
Now for the final and most brutal test; visiting head-fi's homepage!

 

[Cheapy]

There are a lot of nice rigs in this threads. Heres mine now roughly 2 years old,

1. CPU: Phenom II X3 710 with a quick bump up to 2.8Ghz not tried unlocking it into a quad yet
2. MOBO: Gigabyte MA770T-UD3P
3. RAM: 4Gb Corsair cheap stuff
4. GPU: GTX260 Core 216
5. Sound Card: Xonar DG
6. PSU: Corsair HX 520W
7. HDD: 320Gb Samsung Spinpoint F3
8. Case: Fractal Define R3
9. Cooling: Coolermaster Hyper 212+
10. Display: Viewsonic VX2260WM (22" 1920x1080 )

 
 
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EDIT:
In fact I'm looking to upgrade my PC...soon, not immediately, any of you guys got recommendations?
I want to keep it below £700, I'm from the UK, and prefer having it pre-made rather than custom build it
I would be using it only for video editing, not gaming.

If your put off building yourself as your scared you might blow somthing up/kill bits then have a look at scan's scansure insurance. Pretty much if you mess up while building with an honest mistake they will replace the component for you.
 

 

[Totally Dubbed]

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If your put off building yourself as your scared you might blow somthing up/kill bits then have a look at scan's scansure insurance. Pretty much if you mess up while building with an honest mistake they will replace the component for you.
 

 
thanks for the info bro - and no i don't think at least not now that custom building is cheaper or more efficient than a pre-built one.
Is this wrong of me to think that?
 
Used to be worth custom building, now its not as much.
 
 
 

 

[Cheapy]

Sorry forgot to check the thread. Yeah now custom builds are only really done for the enjoyment of building somthing or for doing  gaming/specific program build.
 
I enjoy building and tinkering with things so custom was the way for me and I enjoyed it. If you just want plug and work then prebuilt is the way.

 

[Rebel975]

You can get way more for your money by building your own.
 
Want to guess how much I paid to build my computer? And then do you want to guess how much it would cost to buy a prebuilt with these specs? Try 2-3x as much, if they even let you pick the latest stuff.

 

[Blisse]

AMD HD5850
AMD Phenom II 905e
Corsair A70
2x2 G.SKILL, 2x4 Kingston
Gigabyte GA-MA770T-UD3P
650W OCZ ModXStream
Fractal Design R3

BenQ G2420HD, LG L192WS

Runs ridiculously quiet (thank god for Fractal). Also thank god for 8 USB ports, even though I run a USB hub still...
CPU usually at 31, GPU hovers at 50 idle, 60 while gaming, and HDD less than 40.
If I only plug in 1 monitor, I idle at 24, 40 and 30 respectively. Very nice for me.

Can't wait for Ivy Bridge so I can build another one, and give this one to my dad or something. It's starting to get outdated, though replacing the HD4870 helped quite a bit. You definitely get your money's worth building versus pre-built. At least $100 difference, if not more.

 

[Torontoraccoon]

 
Motherboard in repair, so using a random board.
 
3 way SLI gtx 580
 
980x Intel CPU
 
24 gb of ram
 
2 SSD's in RAID 0 and a HDD
 
 

 

[kenvisor]

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Motherboard in repair, so using a random board.
 
3 way SLI gtx 580
 
980x Intel CPU
 
24 gb of ram
 
2 SSD's in RAID 0 and a HDD
 
 

preety impressive setup, they all seems to took all the budgeting fun away though,
just your cooling seems off the stream compared to your other components,
i wonder how far can you oclock your 980.
 

 

[chewbroccoli]

core i7 920
9GB ocz DDR3-1600 RAM
3x seagate 500GB HDD in RAID 5
1x WD 500GB Caviar black boot drike
1x GTX 280
1x creative SB audigy platinum
pc power and cooling 1kW PSU
 
custom case and water cooling.
 

 

 

[frisiviti]

Dell XPS15
 
Core i7 2820QM Quad Core (3.4GHz Turbo Mode)
8GB DDR3 RAM 
256GB Patriot Wildfire SSD
BluRay reader + DVD burner
B+RG LED backlit screen (16")
JBL Speakers at 10 watts + 12 Watt Subwoofer (I love these speakers)
NVidia GT525M 
2X USB 3.0
1X USB 2.0
Backlit Keyboard
9 Cell Battery- good for 3 to 6 hours
 
 
 

 

[Cheapy]

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AMD HD5850
AMD Phenom II 905e
Corsair A70
2x2 G.SKILL, 2x4 Kingston
Gigabyte GA-MA770T-UD3P
650W OCZ ModXStream
Fractal Design R3
BenQ G2420HD, LG L192WS

What temp do you get for the northbridge on your motherboard?
 
Its a nice bang for buck set-up there.
 

 

[kiler]

E8200 2.66 @ 4.1 Ghz cooled by AC Freezer 13 
Asus P5KC
4 Gb DDR3 corsair 1333 @ 1530 mhz
8800 GTS 512 @ 785/1820/1085
Onboard sound (omg crime right here )
LC power 550W PSU
Nox Coolbay Side Windows
 
Cool rig still, but I regret that I haven't bought a quad core when I first bought the hardware. I should keep it for more 1 or 2 years before I upgrade.
 

 

[music_man]

well i will give one spec that might be of interest to a lot of you. the power went out yesterday. before the ups could even switch on(5ms). the "ultra" power supply smoked. literally. i mean you could not see in here! scared the sh... out of me. after that i elected not to use ultras lifetime guarantee. i got a corsair professional series. this, was after seeing pic's of the inside on a website. i think i can say for all mankind, this power supply is the real deal. i was very lucky none of my machine was damaged. however it easily could have been. so i am saying guys if you are building an expensive machine don't think the power supply is the place to save money. doh! i am sure their are others of this quality but this fit the bill for me. i got model ax1200 but they all look darn good.

 

[PomPWNius]

Intel Core Duo 2ghz
2gb RAM
64gb Hard Drive
You know your jealous

 

[kylezo]

 
Budget Gaming Rig:
 
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[size=9pt]CPU: [/size][size=9pt]AMD Phenom II x4 960T 3.8 GHz @1.35v[/size]
[size=9pt]GPU: [/size][size=9pt]Sapphire Radeon HD 6870[/size]
[size=9pt]PSU: [/size][size=9pt]Corsair Builder Series V2 CX500w[/size]
[size=9pt]RAM: [/size][size=9pt]Patriot Signature 8GB (4x2) DDR3-1600[/size]
[size=9pt]CPU Cooler: [/size][size=9pt]Stock[/size]
[size=9pt]HDD: [/size][size=9pt]Hitachi 500GB 7200RPM 16MB Cache[/size]
[size=9pt]OS: [/size][size=9pt]Win 7 Home x64[/size]

 
My first custom build from the ground up, grand total: $698 shipped ^_^ My 960T unlocks to 6 cores with perfect stability! Just too hot to run OC'd on the stock HSF. I can get it to like 3.2GHz but it starts running at ~60C under Prime95 load. Granted, it never reaches those temps irl, but I'll wait to get an aftermarket cooler to switch to 6 cores so I can still get a decent clock rate.