Is this a decent PC?

[SirHartlar]

I'm looking to buy a new PC, and I got a quote on meshcomputers.com. What I wanted to know is whether this is a good PC nowadays and if I could run most games on it (including RSHD). The overall price is £550 inc. VAT, I threw in a couple of extras at the bottom fyi.

 

 

 

[Nadril]

The video card is a POS (9500 would run RSHD, and older games. But don't expect much else). Rest is fine.

[eggzs]

Directly converting it to NZD for me its a bit expensive but its a decent build. E5200 can be overclocked but try replace the 9500GT into something like a 9600GT as it will run RSHD but not much other games at a high setting

[JoeDaStudd]

Drop all the upgrades apart from the keyboard and mouse.

 

Then buy them else where.

 

You should be able to get a better graphics card for the same price (installation is as easy installing some ram).

 

USB adapters are worse the PCI (again easy to install) and you can buy PCI wifi adapters for a lot less then £17.

 

Speakers buy a decent pair of head phones in stead, for your budget they are much better.

 

 

 

My biggest concern about that setup is its MATX which makes it much hard to upgrade and maintain.

[Sbrideau]

Also, wouldn't core 2 be better than Pentium D for playing games as well? Also for the fact that it produces less heat.

[Bauke]

Also, wouldn't core 2 be better than Pentium D for playing games as well? Also for the fact that it produces less heat.

 

That's true, that's why he has a Core 2 processor, the E5200.

 

 

 

Anyways, I'd upgrade the video card. It'll probably be enough to run RSHD, but I think you'd like a bit more juice. If you can afford it, the Ati 4850 card is a very good card with a lot of bang for the buck.

[SirHartlar]

I don't really understand a lot of what you are saying, I'm not a PC person. #-o

 

 

 

Essentially, I live in the UK and I want a computer that can do all the basics (word processing, spreadsheets etc) as well as being able to run games. I would want to play RSHD as well as newer releases, I don't have a problem with graphics being set to medium as opposed to high end but I wouldn't want to lag much. My budget can't really extend over £600, but I don't want to spend that amount of cash on a PC that is unreliable and can't do what I want.

 

 

 

Some of the things being suggested aren't available on meshcomputers, I don't want to be any trouble really but this isn't exactly my area of expertise. :P

[Bauke]

I don't really understand a lot of what you are saying, I'm not a PC person. #-o

 

 

 

Essentially, I live in the UK and I want a computer that can do all the basics (word processing, spreadsheets etc) as well as being able to run games. I would want to play RSHD as well as newer releases, I don't have a problem with graphics being set to medium as opposed to high end but I wouldn't want to lag much. My budget can't really extend over £600, but I don't want to spend that amount of cash on a PC that is unreliable and can't do what I want.

 

 

 

Some of the things being suggested aren't available on meshcomputers, I don't want to be any trouble really but this isn't exactly my area of expertise. :P

 

Basically, you should be focussing at the possibility of playing games. Every pc can do the basics, being word, spreadsheets, surfing, etc. Playing fairly new games will take up a lot of computer resources. Most important is the video card. In your case, you've choosen a fairly slow card. To be able to play new releases, now, and in the future smoothly, I'd recommend a better video card.

[SirHartlar]

I don't really understand a lot of what you are saying, I'm not a PC person. #-o

 

 

 

Essentially, I live in the UK and I want a computer that can do all the basics (word processing, spreadsheets etc) as well as being able to run games. I would want to play RSHD as well as newer releases, I don't have a problem with graphics being set to medium as opposed to high end but I wouldn't want to lag much. My budget can't really extend over £600, but I don't want to spend that amount of cash on a PC that is unreliable and can't do what I want.

 

 

 

Some of the things being suggested aren't available on meshcomputers, I don't want to be any trouble really but this isn't exactly my area of expertise. :P

 

Basically, you should be focussing at the possibility of playing games. Every pc can do the basics, being word, spreadsheets, surfing, etc. Playing fairly new games will take up a lot of computer resources. Most important is the video card. In your case, you've choosen a fairly slow card. To be able to play new releases, now, and in the future smoothly, I'd recommend a better video card.

 

 

 

By video card do you mean graphics card? There isn't an option on that particular website to change the video card.

[OldJoe]

If you don't know how to put together a computer, why don't you pick some parts and then let a computer-store build it for you (costs about 40 quid), you'd get more performance for the money.

 

 

 

If you really want a computer from this company:

 

Elite Essential

 

Additional Items:

 

Intel® Core 2 Duo E7300 Dual Core Processor(2.66GHz,3MB Cache,1066MHz) [£40.00]

 

MESH Midi-Tower ATX Case + 550W PSU - 190mm(W) x 420mm(H) x 480mm(D) [£30.00]

 

512MB nVIDIA GeForce 9600GT - Dual DVI, HDTV, TV Out [£100.00]

 

Logitech Desktop Keyboard & Optical Mouse [£15.00]

 

+Vista Premium 64-bit, 500gb samsung hd, 4gb ram,

 

Removed Items:

 

 

 

Base Price £349.00 inc VAT

 

Additional Items £212.75 inc VAT

 

Removed Items £0.00 inc VAT

 

Total £561.75 inc VAT

 

 

 

I'd still prefer a custom built pc, much cheaper...

[Bauke]

 

By video card do you mean graphics card?

 

 

Yeah, sorry, I'm used to calling it a "video card" since that's the terminology we use in Holland.

 

There isn't an option on that particular website to change the video card.

 

Then that website blows.

[Sbrideau]

Also, wouldn't core 2 be better than Pentium D for playing games as well? Also for the fact that it produces less heat.

 

That's true, that's why he has a Core 2 processor, the E5200.

 

 

 

Anyways, I'd upgrade the video card. It'll probably be enough to run RSHD, but I think you'd like a bit more juice. If you can afford it, the Ati 4850 card is a very good card with a lot of bang for the buck.

 

 

 

It's a Pentium D processor in his list, not a Core 2.

[Doomster]

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/151911 - How about that, uses the Q6600 Quad core, only comes with an OS (no software bundle). PSU is only 350W, so that may be a little limiting on what graphics card could be added.

 

 

 

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/152657 - Aha! The same Zoostorm as above, equipped with a 500W PSU and a 9800GT - at £493.95 inc vat - a quad core (ok, a slightly older quad) and what is now an upper midrange card.

 

 

 

The Q6600 is Quad core 2.4GHz, the E5200 is Dual core 2.5GHz, so the E5200 could have a slight edge in single or dual thread working, but the trend will be toward more tuning for multicore.

 

 

 

A friend had a Mesh, and they were pretty decent for support, while Ebuyer, well, horror stories - the only reason anyone uses them is because they are cheap.