I've been crying over my shitty PC for the past year now and after christmas I'll finally be-able to buy myself a good one.
I was wondering if there are any PC gamers among byond who could offer some advice on the subject. I'll be buying:
A case (Something with a lot of ventilation)
Motherboard (DDR3 Dual Channel PCI Express)
Prosessor (At least 2.8ghz)
RAM (At least 4 GB)
Graphics Card (Hope to get a Radeon HD 5880 *Heard they were good?*)
Hard-Drive (1 TB)
Optical Drive (Anything really)
Basically everything except a monitor/keyboard/mouse/etc
My budget is roughly £600 and I need to buy it from somewhere in the UK. I'm really looking to do some high end gaming on it without worrying about having a crappy PC.
So yeah any advice would be great.
EDIT: I managed to put together a great rig.
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Nov 20 2010, 12:09 pm
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Kumorii
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Anything by Alienware.
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Alienware is overpriced garbage.
Shop on newegg.com | |
I second that Alienware is overpriced garbage. The most you pay for in their systems are the cases, which isn't saying much because those are overpriced too.
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Newegg.com is American based I think?
I'd have a much easier time ordering in the UK (since I live there) I already know Alienware is overpriced crap so I won't go near it. | |
Well, the first thing I am going to advise is not to go too overboard, the best thing about computers is their upgrade-ability.
Ask yourself what you need right now and then buy that, you can worry about the insane, super powerful graphics card and stuff later. Remember, PC games have a minimal system requirements too. When buying a case, try to avoid the huge big fancy ones with all of the windows and stuff. The flashy cases might be fun, but they tend to be more expensive. Go for a nice steel case and make sure it is big enough to fit larger video cards. Try and find one that already comes with a power supply as well. Sometimes those power supplies aren't always the best on the market, but it's hard to argue with a steel case and a 1200 watt PSU for $80.00! Any parts you can take from your old PC to use in your new one is a good idea, ram, video cards, optical drives, whatever. You'll be amazed at how much money you'll save when you re-use old parts. I've been using the same DVD-RW sata drive for years now. I'll be honest here, I use NewEgg too and it isn't just because they have great services and great prices either. The way the site is set up, it is really fool proof in finding the most compatible hardware at the best prices. | |
I would gladly use components from my current PC however it's a micro-pc from acer and all the parts are built to custom fit and most of it is built into the motherboard. Theres really nothing I can use from it. Plus it'll probably go to use as a spare PC for my dad to use.
Like I said though newegg really isn't an option as I don't wanna import parts from america I appreciate the advice but in my case it's a full build I'm looking for. | |
"At least 2.8 ghz"
Lol, that's almost irrelevant, how many cores are you going for? Personally, I'd get a quad core processor, or even a 6 core processor if I could afford it (though the 6 core i7 is like, $900 or something, which more than your budget). | |
I've been looking at the AMD Phemon II quad core. I think it's about 3.2ghz
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Posted a pic of a setup I'm looking at. Any comments/advice on it?
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I'd change the processor there to this:
http://www.microdirect.co.uk/Home/Product/46794/ AMD-CPU-Phenom-II-X6-1090T-CPU-Black-Edition-9MB A bit more expensive, but additional cores. I've built a spreadsheet to a custom PC I intend on purchasing, it more or less adds up to just above £600 (Without the monitor), so if you want, add me on MSN and I'll send you the spreadsheet. [email protected] | |
Would love to see it.
Added you. | |
If you want to know another place in the UK for hardware etc theres http://www.cclonline.com i bought quite a few things from here pretty cheap too!
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