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8 hours ago, Welshace said:
you'll have to check if graphics card is compatible with mobo etc.. but no reason why not if you wanted.. seems ridiculous spending that sort of cash on a pc and bottlenecking it massively with a graphics card like that though... it's extremely low end these days
I don't really need graphics though. FM is the only game I play...
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6 hours ago, Smurf said:
I wouldnt be sure if it is compatible and cant check this out til Monday.
I'm not in any hurry - unlikely to be able to do this until the end of the month at the very earliest (might be looking at March/April).
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This should be the new configuration - 1149.
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10 hours ago, Smurf said:
Installing the os is optional and done with a click on the site. Brings it to about 1550
OK - although thinking about it, I have a W10 Pro disc because I recently had to buy a new one when I wiped my current PC. Could I also get it without a graphics card and put the one I bought for my current PC on it? It was an NVIDIA GEFORCE GT 705 1GB DDR3 bought in August...given that it would save several hundred, seems to me to be desirable...is there any reason not to do this? Without either the windows disc or the graphics card, it brings it down to 1149 which is much more in my price range...
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4 hours ago, Smurf said:
@GreyedOutMan Sorry - that doesn't have the Blu Ray you require.
But it's a beast! And adding a blu ray would be easy enough.
There's only 1 on the site that has the blu ray and it's nowhere near as good. It would be easier to add the blu ray to this.
Plus blu ray will probably be obsolete soon enough - an external blu ray would be best in my opinion.
Hmmm...the processor is clearly faster but no OS installed? Seems a faff...
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With the blu-ray drive, the final price is 1159.46 with 8GB memory and 1278.02 with 16GB. Tempted to go with 8 and just get it upgraded separately? Seems very expensive, when it's expandable easily?
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Dell have managed to improve their price...is this a good deal? Is there anything that's worth upgrading (bearing in mind that I want it to be running FM fast in 5 years time alongside multiple office windows) and if so, at what maximum extra cost? Is there anything else I should be changing from this? The quote for it was £1090.04. Goes up to 1278.02 apparently with a blu-ray drive...and it's worth noting that this is with just 16GB memory which is half what I have currently in my 5/6 yr old machine....it goes up to 1515.92 with 32GB! It is upgradeable though.
Components
1 Intel Core i7-8700, 6 Core, 12MB Cache, 3.2Ghz, 4.6 Ghz Turbo w/UHD Graphics 630
1 Coffee Lake I7 CPU label
1 Precision 3630 Tower with 300W up to 85% efficient PSU (80Plus Bronze) no SD card reader v2
1 16GB 2X8GB DDR4 2666MHz UDIMM Non-ECC Memory
1 2.5" 256GB Class 20 SATA Solid State Drive
4 No Additional Hard Drive
1 Dell Precision Tower 3630 Heatsink (65)
1 No Optical Drive
1 UK Power cord
1 Asset Tag - ProSupport (Website, barcode, Onboard MacAddress)
1 Order Configuration Shipbox Label (Ship Date, Model, Processor Speed, HDD Size, RAM)
1 No UPC Label
1 Intel Integrated Graphics
1 No PCIe add-in card
1 No Additional Port
1 No Additional Network Card Selected (Integrated NIC included)
1 No Driver
1 Dell Optical Mouse - MS116 - Black
1 Dell Multimedia Keyboard - UK (QWERTY) - Black
1 Waves Maxx Audio
1 Dell Applications for Windows 10
1 SupportAssist
1 C2 2.5 HD + 2.5 1-3 HD
1 No RAID
1 Dell Precision Ship MaterialSoftware
1 Boot drive or storage volume is greater than 2TB (select when 3TB/4TB HDD is ordered)
1 NO FAN
1 Windows 10 Pro (64 Bit), English, Dutch, French, German, Italian
1 OS-Windows Media Not Included
1 Microsoft Office 30 Day Trial - Excludes Office License
1 No Out-of-Band Systems Management
1 CMS Software not included
1 Dell Developed Recovery Environment
1 Dell Precision OptimizerService
1 Base Warranty
1 1Y Basic Onsite Service - Minimum Warranty 1 Declined ProSupport
1 3Y Basic Onsite Service0 -
That's about the same as what Dell quoted - is £1,500 about right for this sort of spec, then?
Also, what hardware/software would I need to start streaming/YouTubing FM?
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Hi, I'm looking to buy a new desktop. The primary thing I'm concerned about in pure power terms is FM, but I want a machine that will still run it quickly even up to FM25 or so. I've been discussing with Dell, and I thought they had a good deal for me but then it inexplicably went up £300 in the January sales, so that's rather put me off.
Any recommendations? Other than FM, it's really just got to be good at multi-tasking - I typically have at least 20-30 different applications running at once, mostly Office, but also browser windows, Netflix, FM of course, so I assume memory and CPU are the biggest issues for me. I'd also like a blu-ray player built in. I was looking at the Dell Precision 3000/5000 range but it seems they don't want my custom as much as I thought! As long as it's offering good value, money is no object...I really do want this to last me at least 5 years, so fully expecting a 4 figure sum, but I'd assume I should be able to get a good machine for these purposes for significantly under 1500?
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Hi, I'm looking to buy a new desktop. The primary thing I'm concerned about in pure power terms is FM, but I want a machine that will still run it quickly even up to FM25 or so. I've been discussing with Dell, and I thought they had a good deal for me but then it inexplicably went up £300 in the January sales, so that's rather put me off.
Any recommendations? Other than FM, it's really just got to be good at multi-tasking - I typically have at least 20-30 different applications running at once, mostly Office, but also browser windows, Netflix, FM of course, so I assume memory an CPU are the biggest issues for me. I'd also like a blu-ray player built in. I was looking at the Dell Precision 3000/5000 range but it seems they don't want my custom as much as I thought! As long as it's offering good value, money is no object...I really do want this to last me at least 5 years, so fully expecting a 4 figure sum, but I'd assume I should be able to get a good machine for these purposes for significantly under 1500?
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I'm also now looking for advice on desktop purchases, please...anyone able to assist?
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Hey all. Sorry, once my computer conked out, the game petered out. Partly because the system is much slower than it was before and it just makes the game no fun. I'm expecting to get a new computer sometime in the new year, probably starting a new FM game sometime between March and August, depending on various things. I'm starting to plan my FM20 save though. Part of me wants to try this challenge again...would anyone be up for it? Other options:
1. Career save - start at the bottom and work up, moving clubs whenever it makes sense to further my career.
2. Small club to big club - probably a classic Dafuge challenge with whatever club is closest to me (or possibly a create-a-club for my local area, starting in the BSS).
3. Starting in a league I haven't played before and trying to make that country the best league and nation in the world. I'd like to do it somewhere like China but I think it would be really boring quite soon without the challenge of the CL. It would probably be something like Scotland, ROI, France or Belgium.
4. The exact same challenge again, although potentially with some tweaks if anyone has any suggestions.
Any thoughts on what you'd like to see?
I'm also thinking about doing this save as a YouTube series. I enjoy watching people like Jack Peachman on YT, and I've not done that before. If anyone knows anything about how to do this, please get in touch. I need to know a) what hardware/software I'll need for my new PC and b) how to record it with my voice over it - don't want my ugly mug on it, but happy to talk! Any recommendations for how to make my game stand out also appreciated.
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Update - it does work but it simulates the rest of the game....no longer game-breaking (assuming that it stays there), but annoying to lose control of a game whenever I get a penalty...
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Yep - no button existed.
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Hi guys.
I've been playing FM for many years. This bug has been present on at least the last three. In FM19 it was almost game-breaking for me and it was especially frustrating because I thought otherwise it was an excellent release.
If you can't reassure me that this bug will not affect my gameplay in FM20, I fear this will have to be my first missed FM game ever.
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Hey sorry folks, my computer's graphics card conked out but I'm back now, albeit without the skins, views and mods that I had before so apologies if screenshots look clunky for a short while. I'll gradually get it back to what I want, but if anyone has any recommended elements that might suit my style, please let me know where I can find them. Thanks for the feedback - yeah, very excited about Thomsen.
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Season Report: 2025-26
It's always exciting to buy a striker as your marquee signing and this year promised much with Samba Babacar up front. It started well, with wins against Watford, Everton and West Brom. A tough run of one from from games against West Ham, Liverpool and City preceded our Champions' League campaign, but from late September we went on a great run, winning every game from then until the end of October except our only CL group game defeat against PSG - we topped the group easily anyway.
Either side of the new year we went on our best run of the season, not losing between 29th Nov (Sp**s) and 7th Feb (City), and though we stuttered a bit with too many draws (Huddersfield, Southampton, Bournemouth and Stoke as well as a defeat at Villa) to preclude a title challenge, we finished 4th fairly easily. Really, we should have been third. But we did make an improvement on last year for the first time in a while and I think I have some exciting players coming through to keep pushing up again.
The FA Cup hugely opened up for us this year after an unbelievable 5-0 win against Liverpool in the third round. We then beat Southampton, Brighton, Leicester and Bournemouth en route to meeting Watford at Wembley in the Cup Final. We played poorly. 1 down after five minutes, we equalised after 18 but then fell behind again to a penalty shortly before half-time. A Watford back-line including a player we had already signed for next year (see previous posts!) held us at bay for a long time, and they had chances. In the last ten minutes, though, we battered at the door again and again, throwing the kitchen sink at them very hard, but couldn't get our second trophy, finishing FA Cup runners-up for the second time. It was sad.
With Brazil, it's been an interesting start. We started off with dead rubbers in the World Cup Qualifiers, with Brazil already qualified easily. England and Australia friendlies are a fortnight away as I type, followed by a World Cup group including Czech Republic and Australia (there's an extra knockout game after the groups).
Transfers
A lot of ins and outs this year. A rare occurance of a non-marquee signing who has gone straight into the first team in Witt, and Marc Alke played a bit too as did Jaouhari. Alex Calcade will be a capable back-up centre back for a while, I think. And Samba Babacar became my first marquee striker signing. The rest...not sure how many we will see flourish but who knows? Two marquee signings sold this year. Neither has been a success really, although Ascacibar did a decent job. Ainsley Maitland-Niles also finally left after so many years of being a back-up to half the team, and to get so much money for Beechey, John-Jules, Bembo-Leta and Bryggfield was good business.Notable performances from youngsters
After a pretty poor season when called upon, Marc Alke scored the equaliser at Wembley, the one bright spot on a terrible day.Breakthrough youngster of the year
A few options here. I do think Chai Harvey has done very well for his age and I would be surprised if he isn't the chosen player within the next few years. Gael Brun has been a capable understudy to Barco, and should mean that we don't need a left winger yet. Ilja Mukov has, as predicted, ousted last year's winner, Zeman, from the first team, but has not yet fulfilled his 4.5* CA rating from my assistant. And I could easily be picking someone for the second year running who will not be a first team player next year, but Christoph Witt was the standout for me.Previous years:
2019 - Ainsley Maitland-Niles; 2020 - Eddie Nketiah; 2021 - Kristoffer Ingelsten; 2022 - Michael Schreiber; 2023 - Tiago Sa; 2024 - Steve Healey; 2025 - Jiri ZemanSeason League (pts) FA Cup League Cup Europe Youth Signings (non HG) Marquee Signing Achievements/Notes --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2018/19 4th (82) R5 R3 Europa League Winners 5 Milan Skriniar First European TROPHY [1-EL] in 25 years, CL qualification. 2019/20 3rd (81) R6 R3 Champions League SF 16 Joao Felix CL qualification. 2020/21 5th (77) R6 R4 Champions League KO1 18 Santiago Ascacibar None. 2021/22 2nd (83) R5 R3 Europa League Finalists 13 Ezequiel Barco CL qualification. 2022/23 3rd (81) R/Up R4 Champions League Groups 18 Trent Alexander-Arnold CL qualification, FA Cup Finalists. 2023/24 4th (74) R4 R3 Champions League SF 19 Filip Benkovic CL qualification. 2024/25 4th (74) R6 QF Champions League QF 11 Adrian Lomonaco CL qualification. 2025/26 4th (76) R/Up SF Champions League KO1 22 Samba Babacar CL qualification, FA Cup Finalists.
Links to previous years:
2018/19
2019/20
2020/21
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
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2 minutes ago, Sysiphus said:
It's good stuff, no worries!
Tactic's solid I feel, good balance in the team. I'd maybe reduce the number of in possession instructions, but they don't counter each other so that's not a big problem. Maybe if you have trouble scoring against worse sides you could add another attacking role in the team, for example on the left flank (although Barco is a supporting player I feel, but if you'd upgrade that position soon you could look for a more attacking option). All in all I think it's solid and I like that you've not gone overboard and bought 4-5 big players each season as that is super easy to do as an Arsenal manager in this game.
Yes: although my premise for the save was based on the false report of such tight purse strings at Arsenal IRL, it's been really fun to focus on one area per season in terms of finished products. It forces you to really analyse your strengths and weaknesses. I've got my centre-back now, but I agree that left wing might well be a position to look at in the future. The right has plenty of options. Left, not so much. The thing is when you have a good player there, it's a position you want to try to fill with a youngster. I always have 15-20 youngsters coming in at least. Obviously most don't make it but who knows? Maybe Barco's replacement will be arriving in the summer!
Could Healey play as an Attacking Mid in the MC position, you reckon? I just noticed that nobody was doing well there. Not Ozil, not Felix and not Healey....
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2 minutes ago, Sysiphus said:
That kid will be the best defender in the world in 2-3 years time. Don't stress over the price, send him on a leadership course and give him some ball playing PPMs.
Fun save to read, like what you've done with Nelson, Nketiah and Willock. Did Mavropanos never turn out good for you? Developed into a rock in my Arsenal save this year.
Thanks. If you're enjoying it, then keep reading and comment whenever you can, I really appreciate the feedback, not least because (as you can probably see) I'm not the best ever. Any thoughts on the tactics above especially would be great. But the more interaction I get the better the content will become. I'm always happy to answer questions in as much detail as required...so to answer this one:
Mav was OK, but never exceptional, and I had too many better coming through. He left for Cardiff for £8.25m in 2021, and hasn't exactly set the world alight there and it was clear Schreiber was going to be a bit of a star, even if he has levelled off a little in the last couple of years.
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Only £93m unless we win the league...I'll take that for him.
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Also - thinking of tweaking my formation next year. I've found nobody is thriving in the AM position, so thinking of dropping that deeper, so going from this formation to this formation. I'm training it ready to start next August, but what do you think? Anything else you'd tweak?
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How much would you pay for him, knowing I have a balance of over £600m?
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59 minutes ago, Mandy42 said:
Witt isn't ready yet
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13 hours ago, Mandy42 said:
he looks like a great signing, but yeah 144 mil seems like crazy money!
Reckon centre-back is the best position to go for then?
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New Laptop/PC Advice -Please Read the Opening Post
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I said it was the only GAME that I play - and from my current configuration I know that spending significantly less will NOT run FM quick enough for my liking because even that configuration isn't a HUGE upgrade on what I have now (5-6 years old). But happy to listen to suggestions - as long as it will be a significant upgrade on my current machine which currently is really struggling with FM19 let alone 20:
i7-4790, 3.6GHz
32GB RAM
NVIDIA GEFORCE GT 705 1GB DDR3