buying a new pc

[bhavin]

i wanna buy a new pc and i dont wanna spend that much (14yr old erning ÃÆââ¬Å¡Ãâã30 a wi no about pcs but not that much i wanna use it to play games do work listen to music burn music dvds (legally :shock: ) play games the usuall,

 

i dont no wether i should buy a cheap pc and upgrade it or just buy a ready built pc

 

 

 

any1 got any suggestions?

 

if u need any more info just post

[Icehart]

Information regarding your budget would be sufficient enough.

[bhavin]

well iv saved up about ÃÆââ¬Å¡Ãâã500 lol :oops:

 

erm will i be able to get 1 less than that that will 'support' my needs?

[frizoid]

Depends what games and at what settings.

[Icehart]

I guess 500 pounds will be enough for a dual core CPU + moderate graphic card.

[Anesthesia]

ÃÆââ¬Å¡Ãâã500 won't get you a machine with a dual core and moderate graphics card.

 

 

 

It will get you *A* dual core CPU and *A* moderate graphics card, but not a machine with them in.

 

 

 

I recently built a ~ÃÆââ¬Å¡Ãâã500 machine for my flatmate (inc CRT screen) and it got him an A64 3200+, 1GB DDR400 with a PCI-E nVidia 6500... ÃÆââ¬Å¡Ãâã500 doesn't go far at all when you have all the components to think about. Especially in rip-off britain.

[indy500fan]

well, it depends on if you want to just upgrade your computer or buy a new one. if you just plan on upgrading, dont, it sucks (haha, personal bias :D ). if you are planning on going new, i suggest buying a fairly cheap emachines computer. *waits for shouting to die down* yes, i am suggesting buying an emachines computer. i bought one for my parents, one for my sister, one for my grandparents, and two for friends (i didnt pay for them, they did, i jsut told them what to buy 8) ). all of their experiences and my experience with them has been just fine. having said that, i suggest waiting for a while. soon emachines are going to start coming with motherboards that support pcix16 video cards. you buy a whole new computer for about $550 (USD, have no idea in britain) add a $200 video card and it will be pretty good for games.

[bhavin]

thank you for yur help

 

like anesthesia said computers are quite expenisve in britain compared to ther place im still looking for 1 tho

[Pyrrhus]

Well my pc has:

 

Asus A8N-SLI motherboard

 

Athlon 64 3200+ processor

 

geforce 6600 256mb graphics

 

512mb ram

 

200gb hd

 

dvd/cd writer

 

about 5 fans with speed control

 

and a temperature gauge

 

 

 

All for ÃÆââ¬Å¡Ãâã520

 

 

 

So i can upgrade to dual graphics when i get the cash

[bhavin]

5 fans- dont think i need that many lol with temp control

 

and a gauge dont neeed that either lol were did u get ur comp from?

[woneo]

ÃÆââ¬Å¡Ãâã500 won't get you a machine with a dual core and moderate graphics card.

 

 

 

It will get you *A* dual core CPU and *A* moderate graphics card, but not a machine with them in.

 

.........Especially in rip-off britain.

 

 

 

indeed, i just bought:

 

Dual Core 4400+

 

7800GT Extreme Edition

 

2GB Corsair

 

Asus A8N-SLi Premium

 

580W PSU

 

+ Case

 

for ÃÆââ¬Å¡Ãâã920. :(

 

so expensive ewww, thats not including hdd, monitor, keyboard+mouse :/

 

 

 

if u wanna get a good pc for ure money ure better off buying the parts and building it ureself (aslong as u know how) most prebuilt computers cost atleast ÃÆââ¬Å¡Ãâã100 more than they should so thats quite abit off ure budget already

[Bauke]

Well, if you bought the Asus A8N-E motherboard and the X2 3800+ processor, you would have saved quite some money there. The SLI motherboard you have has a few extra features and SLI. Not very useful if you don't buy 2 high end videocards. If you upgrade you might just as well buy a new videocard, so that makes SLI useless.

 

The 3800+ gives more bang for the buck. The 4400+ is far too expensive for what you get.

[devilheart14]

 

indeed, i just bought:

 

Dual Core 4400+

 

7800GT Extreme Edition

 

2GB Corsair

 

Asus A8N-SLi Premium

 

580W PSU

 

+ Case

 

for ÃÆââ¬Å¡Ãâã920. :(

 

so expensive ewww, thats not including hdd, monitor, keyboard+mouse :/

 

 

 

 

WOW,

 

 

 

Thats about $2205 Australian dollars and for that price i got

 

 

 

7800GTX

 

Intel dual core

 

2x 150gig hd

 

2gb ram

 

Soprano case + 430W psu

 

19inch LG monitor

 

 

 

and also bought mouse and keyboard for another $200

 

 

 

Have you thought about maby buying the parts from overseas and having them sent to you e.g. America or Australia since its so expensive over there?