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trusted quake player's opinion on hardware

Vorosha · 2003-07-31 22:52:19

lads - i need to get a run of the mill graphics card (just an ould tnt2 or something) and a new high capacity highly reliable hardrive. where's the best place to order these online? any suggestions on what the best HD to get would also be appreciated. i know one of you had some racket going about a year ago with good…

31-07-2003 10:52pm

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Vorosha

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lads - i need to get a run of the mill graphics card (just an ould tnt2 or something) and a new high capacity highly reliable hardrive. where's the best place to order these online? any suggestions on what the best HD to get would also be appreciated.

i know one of you had some racket going about a year ago with good hardware to order. still going?

cheers

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#2 01-08-2003 8:23am

zAbbo

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komplett

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#3 01-08-2003 9:30am

Jaden

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I second Komplett. Delivery can be painful, but the prices are good.

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#4 01-08-2003 10:01am

Mixie

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Komplett, who have their very own board here, are a pleasure to deal with. DHL (their courier of choice) is a different story, however.

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#5 03-08-2003 12:45am

Carbiens

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i put 1500 away for a pc without a monitor, went to komplett and came out with a digital camera too coz of the money i saved!:cool:

komplett rocks:D

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#6 03-08-2003 2:13pm

Anima

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They usually have a class hard drive in their special offers so you could wait for that.

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#7 08-08-2003 5:53pm

weemcd

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give www.overclockers.co.uk a try too.

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#8 11-08-2003 6:04pm

po0k

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Get yourself a Western Digital WD1200 special edition 8meg cache 7200rpm UDMA100 hard drive.

I have two.
Last time I checked they were €114.

Re: gfx card, get a GeForce FX 5200

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#9 12-08-2003 3:00pm

j0e9o

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ebay(only by from eshops on ebay ie over 100 postive feedback) and ebuyer

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#10 12-08-2003 9:51pm

Giblet

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FX 5200 = Stinking Dog ****.
Jesus a MX440 nearly outperforms it.

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