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Need new rig for a tight budget

reply to cymraeg
That'd be pretty decent system right there ^

reply to Krisnatharok
and "Free Bioshock&Tomb Raider game coupon w/ purchase, limited offer" with the GPU, so you get to enjoy current games immediately.
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hey Kris would that case support that HD and my current one as a slave so i can have the data i still have or would i have to copy that to the new one
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Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau!
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From the description:

• 3 External 5.25" Drive Bays
• 6 Internal 3.5" Drive Bays

So yes it should, provided it is an SATA 1, 2, or 3 drive, and not IDE.
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well my current one doesnt say sata or ide just a bunch of numbers and letters and at the end it says scsi disc, so i have no clue ill just copy it over
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Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau!
"What happened in here?" " Seems to have been a bit of a squabble." "They're all dead!" " More of a tif then."

What disk do you currently have? How old is the computer?

»support.acer.com/acerpanam/deskt···ml#sup_1

this is the general build of the pc but i dont have the 1 tb HD

mine is 300gb and it says WDC Wc32 then some numbers then at the end it says SCSI disc it wont let me copy/paste the line if you need more ill type it out

as you can see it will be like driving a clown car and then buying a new luxury sedan, anything is an upgrade at this point
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Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau!
"What happened in here?" " Seems to have been a bit of a squabble." "They're all dead!" " More of a tif then."

It says SATA, you'll be good.

awesome, now my current drive is partitioned would i have to de-partition it or anything or perhaps rename the 2 partitions to designate destination?
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Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau!
"What happened in here?" " Seems to have been a bit of a squabble." "They're all dead!" " More of a tif then."

I would wait to install your second drive until after you get Windows installed on the first one and up and running.

Prior to the install, ensure the SATA controller is set to AHCI mode (vs. IDE mode) in the BIOS.

Once everything is up and running and your Windows install is solid, then hook up the second drive. It probably will recognize it without you doing anything additional.
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Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.

okay you lost me there i have never tinkered with the BIOS so i would probably be coming by here to ask questions before i touched anything hehe
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Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau!
"What happened in here?" " Seems to have been a bit of a squabble." "They're all dead!" " More of a tif then."

It would look something like this:

»www.phoronix.net/image.php?id=in···ahci_med

ok so that is something that comes with the new HD then, because i have never seen that screen before?

You will see something like that, that's for an ECS board, and the board I suggested is an Asrock board. "It" is an option for your SATA controller, and that comes on the motherboard, not the hard drive.

It's more about future proofing in case you add an SSD--just ensure that when you first boot into the BIOS/UEFI prior to formatting the new HDD and installing Windows, you set the SATA controller to AHCI mode.

That's it.
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Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.

AHHHHH ok i see what you mean now, will do. thanks for all the help i am sure ill have more questions once i take a look at this stuff at home
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Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau!
"What happened in here?" " Seems to have been a bit of a squabble." "They're all dead!" " More of a tif then."

reply to cymraeg
+1 to Kris' build

reply to cymraeg
+1 to Kris' build also, for the money that is a really good build. I mean sure if you wanted you could spend $20 more and get the 2GB 7850 but right now if money is tight the 1GB will work just fine man.

reply to cymraeg
ok i read some of the reviews of the case, and being that this would be my first self built machine i kinda think it isnt for me, i was wanting your thoughts on this one

»www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a···11119233

also that video card is sold out , lucky me so i guess ill try for the 2gb version

also the power supply is great , but all the wires it has is kind of scary i was wondering about a modular one that i can more readily identify which cables i am using.like this one perhaps.

»www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a···17139048

even with the extra money for these it only adds 50 dollars to the total shipped price, i can wait a week or so and save that i think?

but if you guys think i should stay with the build you made for me then i shall, i am just apprehensive i guess. never having built my own.

also i see that the dvd and hd are oem do i need to buy additional cabling for them?
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Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau!
"What happened in here?" " Seems to have been a bit of a squabble." "They're all dead!" " More of a tif then."