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I've been wanting to get a PC that won't have any trouble running tomorrows games- and smoothly at that. But i don't really know very much about PC's and how they work, All I really want a PC for is so that I can play games-not much else. S0 I was just wondering if any one could help buy telling me what sort of things i'm goin to be better off looking to buy. I was looking to spend round about 400-600 pounds>>>Thanx
my advice would be to get a basic pc with plenty of room for expansion and build it up gradually that is what i am doing and if your not sure about how to upgrade the various components there is plenty help available on the net and loads of books you can get to help you put
With that budget you might be able to get an ok gaming PC depending on what you buy. The best thing would be to get a decent CPU and at least 1Gb of RAM, then also get a decent graphics card a 9800 Pro can be had for £150 so this will do. So on a CPU, RAM and a Graphics card your talking £400 for 1Gb RAM, XP3200 and a 9800 Pro. So then depending on what else you want eg DVD writer, monitor then your not going to have much left. You could go for a cheaper CPU and try and overclock it to save some money, but it depends on whether you would want to do that or not. A XP2800 is about half the price of the XP3200 and could easily be overclocked to XP3200 with a decent heatsink.
I would say that if you want to get a decent PC with a DVD writer, large hard disk/s a decent case, decent PSU, monitor etc your talking £800. If you do want a decent gaming machine make sure you dont get a cheap £50 card.
I would say that if you want to get a decent PC with a DVD writer, large hard disk/s a decent case, decent PSU, monitor etc your talking £800. If you do want a decent gaming machine make sure you dont get a cheap £50 card.
I've been wanting to get a PC that won't have any trouble running tomorrows games- and smoothly at that. But i don't really know very much about PC's and how they work, All I really want a PC for is so that I can play games-not much else. S0 I was just wondering if any one could help buy telling me what sort of things i'm goin to be better off looking to buy. I was looking to spend round about 400-600 pounds>>>Thanx