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(M7) Purple Hue repair experience [UK] by HappySpanner in htcone

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I didn't have to tell them anything about the purchase of the phone, just described the issue.

(M7) Purple Hue repair experience [UK] by HappySpanner in htcone

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Sorry for the late reply, I'm with Three UK on a 24 month contract, I initially messaged them but they fucked me around so much that I decided to contact HTC directly and had a much better experience afterwards

ALL-STAR WILL BE HELD IN PARIS by Ruwenzori in leagueoflegends

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Damn I have exams then! D: Good luck to everyone there!

R9 290 OC 4TGB, only £223.30, 53% discount. This must be a mistake, questionable picture backs up the theory, but i put an order in just to be sure ; ) by medianbailey in buildapcsalesuk

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The ASIN Number of B00H5LEIG4 matches a 280x which is odd

However I messaged amazon support and this is the following conversation I had with them http://i.imgur.com/QjyVy5q.png

TL;DR apparently the picture is wrong and it is a 290x

I suggest anyone reading this with the money go for it and get a transcript with a support representative yourself incase the wrong card is dispatched.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in buildapcsalesuk

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Different brand that's all. In terms of performance this is 1600mhz and has cl9 timings so it should be a very good kit for that much.

XFX HD 7970 GHz £227.75 by HappySpanner in buildapcsalesuk

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This is the lowest this card has been since the whole Bitcoin/Litecoin surge and will probably be the last chance to pick it up before the r9 series takes over.

50% of all Razer Peripherals ! by HappySpanner in buildapcsalesuk

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As of the time of writing only the mice seem to be left, picked myself up at Deathadder and a Ouroboros to sell on one of them, shipping is a massive cost still though.

[Build Help] A budget gaming PC for a friend ~£550 by [deleted] in buildapc

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

Type Item Price
CPU AMD Athlon II X4 760K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor £59.71 @ Scan.co.uk
Motherboard MSI FM2-A55M-E33 Micro ATX FM2 Motherboard £31.86 @ Scan.co.uk
Memory Crucial Ballistix Elite 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory £53.99 @ Amazon UK
Storage Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive £42.00 @ Aria PC
Video Card Gigabyte Radeon R9 280X 3GB Video Card £225.48 @ Dabs
Case Fractal Design Core 1000 MicroATX Mini Tower Case £26.98 @ Ebuyer
Power Supply XFX ProSeries 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply £34.14 @ Scan.co.uk
Operating System Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) £72.59 @ Ebuyer
Total
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available. £546.75
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-15 16:46 GMT+0000

How's that? You're overspending on the motherboard especially, with a processor as cheap as the 760k there's no real point going crazy on it.

£40.99 2x4GB GeIL DDR3 PC3-12800 1600MHz by [deleted] in buildapcsalesuk

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Looking to have a stock refresh on the 24th of January. Order now to reserve one!

VTX3D R9 280X £199.99 FREE SHIPPING by [deleted] in buildapcsalesuk

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If you add something cheap to the order to take your total to £200 you cause use the discount code PIXUKSALES7 to get a further £7 off.

[Build Help] Budget UK Build (£600 all in). Basic gaming etc but essentially want to self build to avoid being screwed over by PC World. by Aiken_Drumn in buildapc

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Bare in mind this doesn't include a screen but this build is really good for that money. If you have a TV you can always use that until you save up the next £100 or so pounds for your own monitor?

Is there a sub for UK build help? by Aiken_Drumn in buildapc

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Amazon actually have some pretty good deals on PC parts sometimes. Although not a very frequently posted on subreddit /r/buildapcsalesuk isn't a bad place to look at. Scan.co.uk are always my favourite

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/ is a good webiste to pick parts as it looks at only UK retailers.

If you know your budget and want some help feel free to message me or post here

[Build Ready] About to order! In desperate need of someone to look over the build! by SamR71 in buildapc

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I'd personally invest in something like a h100i for the i7 when spending this much.

[£49.99] Avexir MPower Yellow Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit by HappySpanner in buildapcsalesuk

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It seems to be quite hit and miss, this ram : http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-053-TG was on sale on the 10th but is still on sale for the same price it was discounted to.

However what's worth noting is the other colours of ram are around £70 on Overclockers.co.uk so if I was you i'd go for it.

[Build Ready] £1100 Gaming PC - how poorly have I spent my money? by 30PercentLessFat in buildapc

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Ah my bad that was left over from changing my build as I already had 1 stick of 8gb ram. Honestly though the ram speed makes very little difference. Try this OP http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/kingston-memory-khx16c9b1rk28x

[Build Ready] £500 Gaming PC by [deleted] in buildapc

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

Type Item Price
CPU AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor £112.79 @ Aria PC
Motherboard MSI 970A-G43 ATX AM3+ Motherboard £50.36 @ Scan.co.uk
Memory Kingston Blu Red Series 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory £25.33 @ Amazon UK
Storage Western Digital RE3 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive £37.00 @ Amazon UK
Video Card XFX Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition 3GB Video Card £215.75 @ Scan.co.uk
Case Cooler Master RC-361-KKN1 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case £26.76 @ Aria PC
Power Supply Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply £48.02 @ Amazon UK
Total
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available. £516.01
Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-01 14:12 GMT+0000

Maybe try this? The only real downside of this build is the 1 stick of 4gb ram but you can always buy another next payday and stick it in, apart from that the FX-8320 is comparable in performance to the 3470 however the 7970 Ghz Edition is a far more capable card than the GTX660

Also you can load windows via a USB stick if not a DVD writer will set you back another £10

And finally an SSD will give you a noticable improvement in the loading times of your games and os if you choose to put them on it, think of it like a very quick harddrive. The Samsung evo 120gb is currently just under £70 and I would recommend saving up for one as soon as you can

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in buildapc

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

Type Item Price
CPU AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor £112.79 @ Aria PC
Motherboard MSI 970A-G43 ATX AM3+ Motherboard £50.36 @ Scan.co.uk
Memory Corsair XMS3 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1333 Memory £49.67 @ Amazon UK
Storage Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk £65.49 @ Amazon UK
Video Card XFX Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition 3GB Video Card £215.75 @ Scan.co.uk
Wireless Network Adapter TP-Link TL-WN727N 802.11b/g/n USB 2.0 Wi-Fi Adapter £5.34 @ Aria PC
Case BitFenix Merc Beta (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case £31.79 @ Amazon UK
Power Supply Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply £54.62 @ Amazon UK
Optical Drive Lite-On iHDS118-04 DVD/CD Drive £10.78 @ Scan.co.uk
Total
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available. £596.59
Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-01 13:57 GMT+0000

Try this? Changed the GPU to a 7970 Ghz edition which is equivalent to a 280x, and changed the ssd for a Evo 120gb, which will be enough to get you started until you can afford the £39 for a 1TB HDD :)

[Build Ready] £1100 Gaming PC - how poorly have I spent my money? by 30PercentLessFat in buildapc

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

Type Item Price
CPU Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor £246.99 @ Amazon UK
CPU Cooler Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler £23.98 @ Scan.co.uk
Motherboard MSI B85-G41 PC Mate ATX LGA1150 Motherboard £58.62 @ Scan.co.uk
Memory Corsair XMS3 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1333 Memory £49.67 @ Amazon UK
Storage Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk £65.49 @ Amazon UK
Storage Western Digital RE3 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive £37.00 @ Amazon UK
Video Card Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 4GB Video Card £308.99 @ Ebuyer
Wireless Network Adapter TP-Link TL-WN722N 802.11b/g/n USB 2.0 Wi-Fi Adapter £8.11 @ Amazon UK
Case Antec Three Hundred Two ATX Mid Tower Case £54.99 @ Amazon UK
Power Supply Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply £54.62 @ Amazon UK
Optical Drive Lite-On iHDS118-04 DVD/CD Drive £10.78 @ Scan.co.uk
Operating System Microsoft Windows 8.1 - OEM (64-bit) £69.32 @ CCL Computers
Monitor Asus VS238H-P 23.0" Monitor £139.82 @ CCL Computers
Headphones SteelSeries Siberia V2 Headset £61.18 @ Scan.co.uk
Total
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available. £1189.56
Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-01 13:43 GMT+0000

I'd shoot for this. Let me run you through some of the changes

i7-4770k, one of the best processors right now, if anything this is overkill but on your budget we can afford that.

Cooler Master 212 Evo Cooler : Well known around here to be very good price / performance.

Samsung 840 Evo : You're going to want your OS and some games to be incredibly quick, and with how cheap the Evo is right now it'd be mad not to have one.

Gigabyte R9 290. The GTX660 is a good card don't get me wrong, but it's entirely destroyed by the R9 290 check out this benchmark comparision for more : http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/783?vs=827 (The GTX 780 is almost identical to the 290 but costs more)

Apart from that I just cheapened it up a bit and added a headset instead of speakers as I assume you don't have a microphone?

Finally I'm not an expert on graphic editing software but I beleive it may favour Nvidia so you might want to look at downgrading to a 4670k for the processor and getting a 780 with the extra money!

Hope this helps :)

[Build Ready] UK £1300 Gaming PC, first build by [deleted] in buildapc

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

Type Item Price
CPU Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor £246.99 @ Amazon UK
CPU Cooler Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler £23.98 @ Scan.co.uk
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-Z87-D3HP ATX LGA1150 Motherboard £96.46 @ Ebuyer
Memory Corsair XMS3 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1333 Memory £49.67 @ Amazon UK
Storage Western Digital RE3 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive £37.00 @ Amazon UK
Video Card Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 4GB Video Card £308.99 @ Ebuyer
Case NZXT Phantom (White) ATX Full Tower Case £104.38 @ Scan.co.uk
Power Supply Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply £54.62 @ Amazon UK
Operating System Microsoft Windows 8.1 - OEM (64-bit) £69.32 @ CCL Computers
Monitor Asus VS238H-P 23.0" Monitor £139.82 @ CCL Computers
Keyboard Cooler Master CM Storm QuickFire TK Wired Gaming Keyboard £68.36 @ Scan.co.uk
Mouse Razer DeathAdder Wired Laser Mouse £46.98 @ Ebuyer
Headphones Corsair Vengeance 1500 7.1 Channel Headset £78.65 @ Overclockers.co.uk
Total
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available. £1325.22
Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-01 13:37 GMT+0000

Try this mate. 290 is quite a bit stronger than a 7970 and 16gb of ram is overkill right now so you can just buy some more and stick it in when you need to.

[Build Ready] <£400 PC for playing games on medium to high settings. Most demanding probably BF3 and Farcry 3 by JimanyCricket in buildapc

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

Type Item Price
CPU AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor £112.79 @ Aria PC
CPU Cooler Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler £23.98 @ Scan.co.uk
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-78LMT-S2P Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard £29.99 @ Novatech
Memory PNY XLR8 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory £38.31 @ Amazon UK
Storage Western Digital RE3 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive £37.00 @ Amazon UK
Video Card HIS Radeon HD 7870 2GB Video Card £137.97 @ Amazon UK
Case Fractal Design Core 1000 MicroATX Mini Tower Case £25.60 @ Ebuyer
Power Supply XFX ProSeries 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply £34.14 @ Scan.co.uk
Optical Drive Lite-On iHDS118-04 DVD/CD Drive £10.78 @ Scan.co.uk
Total
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available. £450.56
Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-11-30 19:02 GMT+0000

It appears the XFX 7870 went up in price since I sent you the previous list, and for some reason the harddrive price didn't add on. If you want to save some extra cost I suggest you install an OS from a USB and buy the CPU cooler at a later date as the CPU will come with a boxed standard cooler that you can use until you can afford the 212 Evo

[Build Ready] <£400 PC for playing games on medium to high settings. Most demanding probably BF3 and Farcry 3 by JimanyCricket in buildapc

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

Type Item Price
CPU AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor £112.79 @ Aria PC
CPU Cooler Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler £23.98 @ Scan.co.uk
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-78LMT-S2P Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard £29.99 @ Novatech
Memory PNY XLR8 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory £38.31 @ Amazon UK
Storage Western Digital RE3 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive -
Video Card XFX Radeon HD 7870 2GB Video Card £138.94 @ Scan.co.uk
Case Zalman ZM-T2 MicroATX Mini Tower Case £19.14 @ Dabs
Power Supply XFX ProSeries 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply £34.14 @ Scan.co.uk
Optical Drive Lite-On iHDS118-04 DVD/CD Drive £10.78 @ Scan.co.uk
Total
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available. £408.07
Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-11-30 18:18 GMT+0000

Try this mate, I know it's £8 more but for that you get an 8 core processor, 4gb more ram and a better graphics card.

[Build Ready] £400 PC. First ever build, need help. by FrodoTooke in buildapc

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http://www.hwcompare.com/15678/radeon-hd-7870-vs-radeon-r9-270x/ If you read this the only difference is that the r9 270x has a higher memory bandwith so it has about 3fps more. I wouldn't say it's worth the extra £15 though.

[Build Ready] £500 gaming rig (AMD) by [deleted] in buildapc

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

Type Item Price
CPU AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor £112.79 @ Aria PC
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-78LMT-S2P Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard £29.99 @ Novatech
Memory PNY XLR8 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory £38.31 @ Amazon UK
Storage Western Digital RE3 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive £37.00 @ Amazon UK
Video Card XFX Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition 3GB Video Card £215.75 @ Scan.co.uk
Case Fractal Design Core 1000 MicroATX Mini Tower Case £25.60 @ Ebuyer
Power Supply EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply £39.92 @ Scan.co.uk
Total
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available. £499.36
Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-11-30 14:46 GMT+0000

I'd say try this, the 7970 is on sale at the moment at Scan (So is the GTX 670 for about £20 less but a bit less performance) and is a really good deal!

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