Buying a desktop (£650 budget)

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HCFC_CLARK

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I'm sorry man, but that makes no sense to me. I'm guessing that because it says HDMI then it will take HDMI cables? If thats the case would I need some sort of splitter to turn one port into 2?

Sorry for the dumb questions.
 
vanthus

vanthus

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As far as I can tell the monitors you have selected have 1xDVI and 1xHDMI ports as does the GPU,so all you need is one DVI-D cable for one monitor and one HDMI cable for the other monitor.
 
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HCFC_CLARK

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Okay, I'm on my 6th day of pre-production and I'm in 2 minds what graphics card to have. I currently have the 7850, but I'm considering upgrading to the 7870 for £23 more. Do you think it would be worth it? Would I really notice much of a difference or are they identical?
 
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Karnor00

Bright Spark
Well it's a bit better but a bit more expensive :) There is a bit of difference, but its not huge.

Unfortunately there's always the question of where you want to stop when buying GPUs. Generally you get less and less for your money the more expensive you go.

I think pretty much the only sensible way to buy a computer is to decide on a budget and then try to stick to it. Occasionally there are situations where you could get a lot more performance for a little bit more money and in those cases its probably worth trying to find the extra. But in most cases, such as this one, it's a little more money for a little more performance.
 
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