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Hi all, just wondering if you could lend me a hand or two. Seeing as my current pc is beginning to splutter and suck at everything it does I have decided its time to get a new one, problem is I dont really know where to start.
I have up to £1500 to spend and Id rather buy one pre-build although I could probably build one myself if need be. So just looking for recommendations of where to go what to buy ect ect.
I want it for gaming mostly along with some coursework for college and other general tasks. I was considering waiting for SR to bring back its MAXX pcs but its been a while since they were last here and I don;t know if they are still planning on re-introducing them.
Thanks, any help is much appreciated.
I have up to £1500 to spend and Id rather buy one pre-build although I could probably build one myself if need be. So just looking for recommendations of where to go what to buy ect ect.
I want it for gaming mostly along with some coursework for college and other general tasks. I was considering waiting for SR to bring back its MAXX pcs but its been a while since they were last here and I don;t know if they are still planning on re-introducing them.
Thanks, any help is much appreciated.
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overclockers.co.uk. You can find them cheaper probably, but only by about £5 - £10, or if somewhere has special offers. Overclockers are reliable too, unlike ebuyer, or microdirect. It's a good site to use because everything is very easy to find.
Hey guys, thanks for all the advice.
Gerrid fancy telling me where you got the prices for those components?
Gerrid fancy telling me where you got the prices for those components?
Coatsy wrote:
> it is possible to play reasonably demanding games on Virtual PC. Macs have
> a better operating system anyway.
No it's not, I've tried serveral tmes to try and get BF2/Guild Wars/Far Cry and Splinter Cell to work on VPC/G5 and it's not possible due to the huge overhead running VPC in the first place let alone the inadequate graphical capabilities of a Mac.
Oddly enoough though, have had FC running under Linux.
gr13ve, stick with PC's if you wanna go gaming and gnore any pointless Mac banter.
> it is possible to play reasonably demanding games on Virtual PC. Macs have
> a better operating system anyway.
No it's not, I've tried serveral tmes to try and get BF2/Guild Wars/Far Cry and Splinter Cell to work on VPC/G5 and it's not possible due to the huge overhead running VPC in the first place let alone the inadequate graphical capabilities of a Mac.
Oddly enoough though, have had FC running under Linux.
gr13ve, stick with PC's if you wanna go gaming and gnore any pointless Mac banter.
Fine then
Coatsy wrote:
> No, but I was simply giving advice from the period in which I was
> concerned with games.
Out of date advice.
> No, but I was simply giving advice from the period in which I was
> concerned with games.
Out of date advice.
No, but I was simply giving advice from the period in which I was concerned with games.
Coatsy wrote:
> To be honest, I don't much care for computer games anymore.
This wasn't about you though. It was about gr13ve.
In which he said "I want it for gaming mostly" which implies that he wants to play the latest games with excellent specs.
> To be honest, I don't much care for computer games anymore.
This wasn't about you though. It was about gr13ve.
In which he said "I want it for gaming mostly" which implies that he wants to play the latest games with excellent specs.
To be honest, I don't much care for computer games anymore. I was simply trying to say that, contrary to popular opinion, it is possible to play reasonably demanding games on Virtual PC. Macs have a better operating system anyway.
To name all old games then.......
Warlords Battlecry 3, Americas Army, Age of Empires 2, The Sims 2, to name a few.
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