Profile of Swift

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This thread was locked by elchino. If you want to communicate your points, find a better way to write them down than simply calling "X faction OP".

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I got a lot of help from this forum when building my PC, so I don't know if I can give any suggestions but I'll share what I learned.

- Be prepared to spend more. I started with a budget of £750-850 and that's a decent amount more than what's listed here, yet I still had to expand on it. It's not to say you won't go monstrously overbudget (I did, sort of) but make sure there's some leeway. It usually saves you shelling out more money in future.

- Good PSU and motherboard are really essential, don't scrimp on them because they're first line of defence against a PC going splat. make sure they have all the necessary plugs and sockets etc.

- The 1050 is not a very good choice if he wants longevity. I personally have a 6GB 1060 and it's a brilliant little card. Whilst he might not think he's interested in future titles, tastes can change, and when you're looking at your new super-duper toaster deluxe, you suddenly want to play everything, run all of them at ultra settings and generally enjoy not being restricted by your old tech. I bought BF4 and Deus Ex Mankind Divided for my new machine, which I both got cheap, so he should be aware that newer games will likely lure him in. You don't want to have to replace the card in a couple of years or less. Plus, TW Warhammer is going to get intensive, so the smoother the better.

- It's been said before, but 8GB of RAM won't cut it for CoH 2. But remember, you could always download more RAM (that's a joke PLEASE DO NOT try to download more RAM).

- Last but not least: make sure everything is compatible. My case was too small, and the HDD had trouble fitting in place, so I had to do some DIY on a disk tray holder to get it to fit in right. Please don't repeat my mistake, because your friend will probably not be as lucky as I was in finding a solution to storing a vital component.