Basically, a few weeks back the wife announced she was expecting again, and with this the PC will have to go to make way for the impending arrival, as our current little one will need the space currently occpuied by said PC for her toys.
I reluctantly agreed and purchased a laptop to allow me to keep in touch with the internet etc while being away from my gaming until I worked on a solution.
Now, the only feasible solution is to put a new system in the only space available, the spare shelf on my television stand. However, the only flaw is that it would need to be in a case usually set aside for HTPC's.
Looking through the Vadim Home Entertainment section is it possible to get a system to play the games I want on, until I can find somewhere else to house a proper rig (thus meaning saving for that dreaded extension).
So, has anyone here purchased a Home Entertainment System from Vadim, or can anyone give any recommendations for a reasonable spec'd system that won't burn to death when being used for gaming.
Do you have a budget in mind? It shouldnt be a problem to get what you are after. It wont compare to a proper rig but will be more than anough to play games on.
Preinstalled:
Case Cooling: Akasa quiet Fans
CPU fan: Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro or alternative (depending on the configuration)
PSU: quiet FSP 350-500W(depending on the configuration)
Floppy Drive: Sony (case matching colour)
Case: SILVERSTONE HTPC LC10 BLACK CASE (No PSU)
Motherboard: Asus P5Q Deluxe (Intel P45 - 1600 FSB Conroe/Penryn)
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Retail (2x3.0GHz 1333FSB 6Mb)
Memory: G.Skill DDR2-800 PK 2x2048MB CL4 Dual Channel Kit
Hard Drive: 500GB WD Caviar GP 7200 16mb Cache SATA II NCQ
Graphics: Sapphire ATI Radeon HD4850 512MB GDDR3 HDMI/DVI
Optical Drive: SONY-NEC Optiarc AD-7203A 20x DVDRW Black OEM
Optical Drive 2: none selected
Sound Card: Creative 7.1 X-FI ExtremeGamer
PCI card: none selected
PCIe Device: none selected
Operating System: Windows Vista Home Premium 64 bit DVD OEM
Building: Standard Build (5-10 Working Days)
Warranty: Deluxe 1 Year Collect and Return-Onsite Warranty (+1 year RTB)
Changes: Changes to the configuration are possible
£ 1012.79
slightly over budget but fits your needs
*for vadim - there is no option for saver/express build or second os in entertainment pcs*
Custom Neutron-AMD-AM2MX system 44003
Preinstalled: Case Cooling: Akasa quiet Fans
CPU fan: Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro or alternative (depending on the configuration)
PSU: quiet FSP 350-500W(depending on the configuration)
Floppy Drive: Sony (case matching colour)
Case: SILVERSTONE HTPC LC10 BLACK CASE (No PSU)
Motherboard: Asus M3A32-MVP Deluxe AM2 (AMD 790FX)
CPU: AMD Phenom QC 9750 AM2 Retail (2.4GHz 65nm 95W 4x1Mb)
Memory: G.Skill DDR2-800 PK 2x2048MB CL4 Dual Channel Kit
Hard Drive: 750Gb Samsung SpinPoint F1 HD753LJ 7200 32mb Cache SATA II
Graphics: Sapphire ATI Radeon HD4850 512MB GDDR3 HDMI/DVI
Optical Drive: SONY-NEC Optiarc AD-7203A 20x DVDRW Black OEM
Optical Drive 2: none selected
Sound Card: Creative 7.1 X-FI XtremeAudio PCIe OEM
PCI card: none selected
PCIe Device: none selected
Operating System: Windows Vista Home Premium 64 bit DVD OEM
Building: Standard Build (5-10 Working Days)
Warranty: Deluxe 1 Year Collect and Return-Onsite Warranty (+1 year RTB)
Changes: Changes to the configuration are possible
Preinstalled: Case Cooling: Akasa quiet Fans
CPU fan: Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro or alternative (depending on the configuration)
PSU: quiet FSP 350-500W(depending on the configuration)
Floppy Drive: Sony (case matching colour)
Case: SILVERSTONE HTPC GD01 Black CASE (No PSU)
Motherboard: Asus P5Q (Intel P45 - 1600 FSB Conroe/Penryn)
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Retail (2x3.0GHz 1333FSB 6Mb)
Memory: G.Skill DDR2-800 PK 2x2048MB CL4 Dual Channel Kit
Hard Drive: 500GB WD Caviar GP 7200 16mb Cache SATA II NCQ
Graphics: Sapphire ATI Radeon HD4870 512MB GDDR5 HDMI/DVI
Optical Drive: SONY-NEC Optiarc AD-7203S SATA 18x DVDRW Black OEM
Optical Drive 2: none selected
Sound Card: Creative 7.1 X-FI XtremeAudio PCIe OEM
PCI card: none selected
PCIe Device: none selected
Operating System: Windows Vista Home Premium 32 bit DVD OEM
Building: Standard Build (5-10 Working Days)
Warranty: Premium 2 Year RTB Warranty and Lifetime Support
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Sub Total: £845.05
Total: £992.93
just under budget....and watch all games fly!!
