Posted October 18, 200519 yr im looking to build a new computer not too expensive but a good spec, can anyone recomend a good spec for me?? and where is best to get the parts from. cheers fellas ;)
October 18, 200519 yr im looking to build a new computer not too expensive but a good spec, can anyone recomend a good spec for me?? and where is best to get the parts from. cheers fellas ;) Check out http://www.overclockers.com they review loads of computer components.
October 18, 200519 yr speak to pk1 he does this for a living, and is by far the cheapest ive found for everything, ink with him, is 1/5th what i have been paying
October 18, 200519 yr Author ETCH A SKETCH LOL!!! that a bit too hi spec for me i think will deffo be getting in touch with pk1
October 18, 200519 yr im looking to build a new computer not too expensive but a good spec, can anyone recomend a good spec for me?? and where is best to get the parts from. cheers fellas ;) There is no point saying get me a spec. I could make you a gaming system for £3000-£5000. You have to tell us what your budget is and what you are going to use it for and what type of games you are going to be playing on it if any.
October 18, 200519 yr There is no point saying get me a spec. I could make you a gaming system for £3000-£5000. You have to tell us what your budget is and what you are going to use it for and what type of games you are going to be playing on it if any. Spot on! get your budget sorted. Then shop around for the best spec for the budget! :)
October 19, 200519 yr Author OK good point that one, well im not into gaming much, more music and multimedia, i copy lots of dvd's and music, budget does £300 sound too low??
October 19, 200519 yr £300 should get you a 2nd hand Athlon 2600+ to 3000+ with around 256MB to 512MB ram, half decent gfx with older technology (i.e ATI 9500) around 40-80GB HDD and a 17" CRT you should get an older tech DVD-RW for that too, 4x to 8x If the music is your 'thang' then I'd keep money seperate for a half-decent set of speakers with a sub. probs about £50 IMO :)
October 19, 200519 yr Author cheers fellas, was just looking for really a base unit i.e case, motherboard, processor, memory, and sound card any suggestions??
October 19, 200519 yr Try ebay mate - this would prolly do the job http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-AMD-64BIT-3000-512MB-DDR-16x-DVD-RW-256BIT-GFX_W0QQitemZ8710755475QQcategoryZ51144QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
October 19, 200519 yr Morning all if you are just looking to build the base unit then £300 should get most of the bits you need. As your not really into gaming you don't need a great graphics card and you can always upgrade that at a later date if you ever wanted to as long as you get a decent motherboard. http://www.overclockers.co.uk are great for build hi end systems for playing games but probabely over the top for what you are after. http://www.komputerkrazy.com are good. one of the cheapest i've used is http://www.ebuyer.com go for an AMD64 if you can IMO. If you have a dvd writer then use your existing one and get a newer one at a later date.(they are only £40ish now anyway) One last thing is try to go for branded memory as I have found that generic is usually not as stable. Si
October 19, 200519 yr cheers fellas, was just looking for really a base unit i.e case, motherboard, processor, memory, and sound card any suggestions?? Do you currently have a PC? If so what do you have, and what things from it do you want to recycle?
October 19, 200519 yr for fook sake.... brand new 64bit tower with trimmings... £350... there ya go pm for details.
October 19, 200519 yr yea thats not the actual purchase price you gotta bid for it and then you get no operating system, speakers, key/mouse all auth'd and upgraded.. amazing what you actually get when you read it clearly.
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