I need some help looking for a gaming computer, I was looking at these but I Aint to sure what I'm looking for really. Are they any good or over the top??

http://www.very.co.uk/rf/vry/p.do/electricals/computers/desktop-pcs/m7720-desktop-pc?Ntx=mode%2bmatchallpartial&groupId=644658087&Nu=this_product&SNtk=&Np=1&SN=154+4294955656+4294967138&Ntt=644658087&D=644658087&Ntk=group_search&Dx=mode%2bmatchall&thisprod=644658087&N=154+4294955656+4294967138&Nty=1&Mis_item_id=15&Mis_item_loc_id=1&product=644658087&selectedImg=A912P_SP722_63_PR09X.jpg

http://www.marshallward.co.uk/quad-core-q9550-desktop-pc-with-19in-tft-monitor-and-vista-software/548834355.prd?browseToken=%2fb%2f4877&trail=4739-4872-4877&prdToken=/p/prod200121-sku420135

http://www.marshallward.co.uk/quad-core-22in-gaming-pc/654107098.prd?browseToken=%2fb%2f4877&trail=4739-4872-4877&prdToken=/p/MARSHALLWARD-prod1030049-sku1490054

http://www.very.co.uk/rf/vry/p.do/electricals/computers/desktop-pcs/phenom-desktop-pc?Ntx=mode%2bmatchallpartial&groupId=644658046&Nu=this_product&SNtk=&Np=1&SN=154+4294955656+4294967138&Ntt=644658046&D=644658046&Ntk=group_search&Dx=mode%2bmatchall&thisprod=644658046&N=154+4294955656+4294967138&Nty=1&Mis_item_id=15&Mis_item_loc_id=1&product=644658046&selectedImg=A912P_SP722_63_PR09W.jpg

Was looking at the bottom one as was a 6gb RAM and had a big monitor

Try this place http://www.novatech.co.uk

 

been using them for years.

 

If you ring them they will find or built a pc to suit what you need.

 

I saved a load on my new pc.

I was gonna finance it, aint got the money to put straight down

They can do that as well

Is it better to have a better processor or more ram??

if you're using it for heavy end gaming then both

 

id say stick to the I5 cpu or above

 

example >

 

im running the following zoostorm system that will struggle with some modern games

 

Cpu> Core 2 Duo @ 2.13 Ghz

Ram> DDR2 ram @667mhz total 4070mb (4GB)

O/s> Win Xp Black SP3

HD> 1.8 TB

G/c> geforce, 512mb

 

Edit: Ps> a friend of mine is building an I5 system for gaming at the min

depends on use ....for gaming with a big monitor pref would go with quick gpu & cpu plus decent amount of ram(pref 4gb or more ram with 64 bit windows 7)

 

looking at the i7 platform cpu's are getting a lot cheaper. My quad q9550 is dearer now than a few of the i7's so looks like it's time for an upgrade :shifty:

 

I'm running a q9550 ,radeon 4870 (1gb) ,4gb corsair xms2, on a 24" HD monitor and that will run L4D 2 full everything @ 1080x1920 with no slowdown even when there's fire and stuff happening

Edited December 28, 200915 yr by 8ace

???

would this be too much, I was looking at about £1000.

http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/pc/range/annihilator.html

I dont mind paying more if I need to or would one of these two be better?

http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/pc/range/iriss.html

The iris pro??

or

http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/pc/range/ifire.html

the ifire pro??

I would probably be using a 50" tv a lot of the time aswell

depends on use ....for gaming with a big monitor pref would go with quick gpu & cpu plus decent amount of ram(pref 4gb or more ram with 64 bit windows 7)

 

looking at the i7 platform cpu's are getting a lot cheaper. My quad q9550 is dearer now than a few of the i7's so looks like it's time for an upgrade :shifty:

 

I'm running a q9550 ,radeon 4870 (1gb) ,4gb corsair xms2, on a 24" HD monitor and that will run L4D 2 full everything @ 1080x1920 with no slowdown even when there's fire and stuff happening

 

nothing to say to that apart from :bow::bow:

 

and yeah the i7's are dropping in price :D i'm gonna have to upgrade to quad soon i think

 

@ Zairs as above it all depends what you want it for if it's mainly gaming as in 70% more than out else, than i'd reccomend going for the best processor you can and 4Gb of ram if you can stretch to it but check the max upgrade capacity

The Annihilator would be the choice for me from them :)

 

Annihilator

PC-1367

Intel Core i7 920

6GB (3x2GB) 240Pin DDR3 1600Mhz

Coolermaster ATCS 840 Classic Case

128Gb 2.5" SATA SSD Hard Drive

2 x 1Tb 3.5" 7200rpm SATA Hard Drive

22X DVD+/-RW Dual Layer DVD-RAM

Blu-ray Rewriter DVD-/+RW DVD ROM Black

GeForce GTX 295 1792Mb Graphics Card

Corsair 750w ATX Power Supply

Logitech Wireless LX 710 Desktop

 

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have you thought of getting something like the i5 in your 1st choice ( http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/pc/range/ifire.html ) but with a crap gpu then just fitting your own of your choice? may work out a lot cheaper as there are loads of good graphics cards about to be had for reasonable money

check out e-buyer maybe ?

 

for extra's and stuff

Edited December 28, 200915 yr by ck300z

Should I just build one??

using this as a base

http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?BB-8604GB

or one from scratch from them??

if you feel confident enough then yeah i'd build it , ive done 3 systems from the ground up, last one was for a friend and cost around 550 by the time i finished but it wasnt exactly for gaming

 

check out e buyer > http://www.ebuyer.com/

Should I just build one??

using this as a base

http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?BB-8604GB

or one from scratch from them??

 

that's not a bad unit that , good case , good quality & power psu, nice cpu & ram (not sure what the mobo is they've just listed it as an intel p55 ...could be anything) just budget another at least another £250 for o/s,Gpu & hdd depending on what you need.

 

Self build for a descent spec is gonna cost

Gpu.......£150

Cpu.......£200

Hdd.......£50

Mobo.....£100

ram.......£80ish

dvd.......£15

o/s.......£120ish

psu(that will cope properly with the above)£120

Case ....£50

(and potentially a bit of agro somewhere along the line of the build :yes: )

 

 

budget above should build you a nice machine more than capable of running good framerate at HD1080 res. with todays games

 

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To Add

 

just had a look the the price of i7 boards and ddr3 and they are still expensive despite the i7's themselves being quite reasonable. Another £200 on top of the above if your building an i7 rig

Edited December 28, 200915 yr by 8ace

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/167729

what about this??

if you feel confident enough then yeah i'd build it , ive done 3 systems from the ground up, last one was for a friend and cost around 550 by the time i finished but it wasnt exactly for gaming

 

check out e buyer > http://www.ebuyer.com/

 

ebuyer rules :ninja:

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/167729

what about this??

 

that's a bargain :thumbup1: I have the 9550 and it rocks:punk: you could always flog the graphics card at a later date for a bigger one if it don't do want you want

Edited December 28, 200915 yr by 8ace

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/166671

or this??

ebuyer rules :ninja:

 

 

wont argue there lol, and had some good bargains to boot

that's a bargain :thumbup1: I have the 9550 and it rocks:punk: you could always flog the graphics card at a later date for a bigger one if it don't do want you want

Thats why I was asking about it;)

oops just noticed thats a phenom 9550 lol I have the intel q9550( http://www.ebuyer.com/product/141515 ) ???? err don't know if it rocks in the same light...... the phenoms are ok though

Edited December 28, 200915 yr by 8ace

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/store/pcw_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@0166087910.1262103826@@@@&BV_EngineID=cccfadejellflhicflgceggdhhmdgmi.0&page=Product&fm=null&sm=null&tm=null&sku=738738&category_oid=-37532

what about this, looks good

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/store/pcw_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@0166087910.1262103826@@@@&BV_EngineID=cccfadejellflhicflgceggdhhmdgmi.0&page=Product&fm=null&sm=null&tm=null&sku=790585&category_oid=-37532

Would this one be better, I still cant work out cpus to work out which ones are better

Edited December 29, 200915 yr by Zairs

if this i7 deal is 64bit vista(I assume it will be due to the amount of ram) then that looks pretty good only thing is that it's a refurb by the looks, quite a good spec that though. If only they would give a bit more info. Graphics cards now take "huge" amounts of power so if you were to upgrade your graphics in the future you may have to do the psu too. I think the 4850's are ok I have the next one up from that and runs everything I have thrown at it so far. the i7 is the best way to go I think as newer games are going to utilise them.

 

Looking at it your actually getting quite a lot for your money there at face value

Edited December 29, 200915 yr by 8ace

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/store/pcw_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@0517885898.1262106595@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccdcadejfdiijefcflgceggdhhmdfon.0&page=Accessory&sku=636848

Found the new version for £50 more so i'll go with that, was looking at upgrading the graphics card but I dont think they do anything better??