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    Hi Andrew<br>
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    I looked at building my self a machine a while a go for VMs and
    other jobs, I was at the time looking at the AMD FX+. Quite an
    amazing chip for all round great performance and if using it for
    games the graphics partnership with ATI is quite a good choice.<br>
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    Oli is right set a budget and stick to it then decide what you can
    realistically get for your money.<br>
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    Thanks<br>
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    David<br>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 06/02/13 09:45, andrew wrote:<br>
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      Hi Oli
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      <div>Ill be using the system for general tasks, photoshop and
        possibly a few games - haven't played any for a long time.  oH
        ill be running some vm's too</div>
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      <div>You've just made me decide to go price up an i5 system now
        lol<br>
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          <div>Im going to buy a pi too for running an openvpn gateway
            for my network :P</div>
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          <div>Cheers</div>
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          <div>Andy</div>
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          <div>On 6 Feb 2013, at 09:35, Oliver Burnett-Hall <<a
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            <p dir="ltr">On 4 Feb 2013 07:56, "andrew" <<a
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              > My inner nerd says i7 lol what do you guys think?</p>
            <p dir="ltr">I can't give you any advice on different
              motherboards or processors (my knowledge of these is
              several years out of date), but what I strongly recommend
              I'd working out your budget first and making sure you
              stick to it.</p>
            <p dir="ltr">You'll always be able to spend a bit more to
              get something better, but if you go down that road that
              you'll end up with a system that's far more powerful and
              far more expensive than you need.</p>
            <p dir="ltr">Remember that for general computing you could
              probably get away with using a Raspberry Pi these days, so
              you shouldn't need to spend too much.</p>
            <p dir="ltr">- olly</p>
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