Lookers_Carl Posted May 12, 2009 Share Posted May 12, 2009 Kk need some advice regarding a new PC My cousins PC went kerplunk recently and he is on the lookout for a new one. Need some 2nd opinions. Basically he is looking for a desktop PC capable of running games, not necessarily the latest and greatest (think the most demanding one he has is call of duty: world at war) Hence dedicated graphics card pretty much a must. Best deals I can find seem to be Dell, was looking at spending round about the £600 mark, 650 absolute max. Any advice/recommendations would be helpful PS: Building it myself/ourselves not an option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sheridans_world Posted May 12, 2009 Share Posted May 12, 2009 Budget? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lookers_Carl Posted May 12, 2009 Author Share Posted May 12, 2009 (edited) Budget? I was thinking 600 would be the cheapest but his mum, who is paying for it, has said 500. Think he already has a monitor though so would be base unit only Made her aware for that price she wont get one that will run the latest and greatest games, but should run what he has well enough Edited May 13, 2009 by Lookers_Carl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ackey Posted May 12, 2009 Share Posted May 12, 2009 I was thinking 600 would be the cheapest but she has said 500. Think he already has a monitor though so would be base unit only Made her aware for that price she wont get one that will run the latest and greatest games, but should run what he has well enough Is your cousin trans-gender? You've said he/she about a dozen times there! Good games machine needs a hearty chunk of RAM and a decent Graphics card... it might work out cheaper to buy a decent machine for a bit less and then add in a better card. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lookers_Carl Posted May 12, 2009 Author Share Posted May 12, 2009 (edited) Is your cousin trans-gender? You've said he/she about a dozen times there! Good games machine needs a hearty chunk of RAM and a decent Graphics card... it might work out cheaper to buy a decent machine for a bit less and then add in a better card. well my cousin is a he (see edit), but its his mum with the £££ and she has said 500 max. They already have a monitor, was looking at either this one http://www.ebuyer.com/product/161928 or this one (the one for 499) http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/products...=dthp&s=dhs Edited May 13, 2009 by Lookers_Carl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorrro Posted May 12, 2009 Share Posted May 12, 2009 PS: Building it myself/ourselves not an option. That's a damn shame, because you could build a mighty fine rig for £500-600 if you went down that route. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lookers_Carl Posted May 12, 2009 Author Share Posted May 12, 2009 That's a damn shame, because you could build a mighty fine rig for £500-600 if you went down that route. If it was for me i might have a crack, but its for someone else, and really dont have the time to build it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted May 12, 2009 Share Posted May 12, 2009 Get yourself a Vista recon for about 200 sheets, a Sapphire 1950 PRO 512mb gfx card - they're about 2y-o now but excellent value these days for a top end card, in the region of £80-£90. Accept no less that 4gb of memory. I reckon I've saved yer £150 there... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcassist Posted May 12, 2009 Share Posted May 12, 2009 The 9950 CPU has been replaced by AMD x4 810 II, a custom built PC to the same spec as the Mesh (by your local company and Latic's fans as well) is £477.00 Specification: AMD approved socket 940 motherboard AMD x4 810 II CPu + heatsink & fan 4.0gb of DDR II memory (although the system can only read 3.0 gb of it, Windows 32bit operating fault) 500gb SATA II hard dirve 1.0gb nVidia 9500GT PCi-Express graphics card Samsung 22x DVD-ReWriter Internal card reader Exec style ATX casing Windows VISTA Premium with COA & disc. £477.00 inclusive If your interested contact Nathan on 0161 287 8877 Regards Ian G. PS We can custom build to any price or specification. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 nVidia 9500GT = gash. The 9500 is a budget product fitted by mainstream builders, that gets taken out sharpish by the users when they realise it's not a performance card. Build it yerself Carl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ackey Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 And Vista 32bit can run upto 4gb of RAM, not 3 - it just allocates it in an unusual way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sheridans_world Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 I'd rather go to PC World. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lookers_Carl Posted May 13, 2009 Author Share Posted May 13, 2009 (edited) Numero uno - my bro has a laptop from dell with vista 32 bit and 4gb ram, and vista recognises all 4GB Numero dos - the ATI HD 4670 is a much better card than the one quoted in the PC assist system Numero tres - the OS quoted in the mesh system is the 64 bit version of Vista, so seeing all 4GB Ram wont be a problem Given the choice, I would go for the mesh system Thanks all the same Edited May 13, 2009 by Lookers_Carl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beag_teeets Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 64-bit can be a bit picky about which software it allows to be installed or run, for the home user I would stick to a 32-bit as there would be no point paying a few hundred quid for a machine that doesn't run what you want it to do. My work pc is running 64-bit xp with 5gb of ram in it in a weird configuration as I use several virtual machines and it only sees 4.7gb of it, it doesn't like itunes (quite sensibly!) and whinges about it not being the 64-bit version even though that is what was installed. There were a couple of other bits and pieces that it didn't like but I can't remember off hand. Plus it tends to run a lot of stuff in 32-bit mode so it has to run a 32-bit wrapper to make them work. All in all I wouldn't use this in a home setting as it isn't suited for that market. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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