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Hey all, its coming up to my birthday, so i thought id get a new computer (sick and tired of being bossed around on the family one) i dont really know much technical stuff, so spare me your mumbo jumbo! what i really want is a good computer that can hold about 4gigs of music, and alot of games (so stuff like good graphics and running fast) i have a price budget of £300, but may be able to go over about £10-20... any help apreciated
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Posted: 2006-02-18 13:26:21
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Sorry mate, but you aren't going to get a gaming PC for £300
At the very least, you'd need something like a radeon x700 graphics card in it and they cost around about £80, which leaves you £220 left for the computer itself, monitor, keyboard and mouse
Probably your best bet would be to get a reasonable dell system like this one:
http://www1.euro.dell.com/con[....]1100?c=uk&cs=ukdhs1&l=en&s=dhs
and then buy a graphics card seperately.
It's still going to be nearer £500 though
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[ This Message was edited by: Cycovision on 2006-02-18 13:18 ]
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Posted: 2006-02-18 13:47:06
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i saw an ati radeon graphics card which is 256mb for £30 on ebay. found this seller with loads of stuff. theres still hope. i payed (well my parents) £450 for this computer a few weeks ago in currys and its pretty decent for the price. if theres good pcs in currys for £450 there should be some on ebay. they wont be proper shit hot though but should do the job
dude_se
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[ This Message was edited by: dude_se on 2006-02-18 14:02 ]
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Posted: 2006-02-18 15:01:19
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I think im gonna get a new PC pretty soon. I was gonna get the dell 1100 with the flat panel monitor, but at my dads work they're all swapping to laptops so I might get a free one now!
But that dell 1100 is what i'd go for mate.
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Posted: 2006-02-18 15:02:01
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yeah i didnt think so... thats a good computer there, might get that, and a cheaper radeon (i dont have too many games, only stuff like the sims and unreal) so ill have a look around, there was an offer in the newspaper, that compy for £299
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Posted: 2006-02-18 15:04:36
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Well yeah, there's always ebay but personally I'd never buy electronic items from there. In fact, I refuse to use it at all, but that's just me!
I assumed that glenny was after a brand new system.
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Posted: 2006-02-18 15:06:20
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you could get something like this which is bang on 300 but it a bit shitty
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Acer-Po[....]tegoryZ179QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
you could always buy a different graphics card or more ram afterwards but that pc should be alright for everything else. dont see the point in having a really expensive one.
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Posted: 2006-02-18 15:09:26
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two words for you:
dell outlet
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Posted: 2006-02-18 15:09:33
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Generally any reasonable gaming computer is going to be a stock £400 box (maybe £450 with monitor) and a £100 odd graphics card on top. You'd be extremly lucky to find a reasonable computer for £300.
Laptops, you're looking at around £8-900 for the same sort of spec.
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Posted: 2006-02-18 17:42:32
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doesnt sound like your a serious gamer so i dont see why you need a shit hot graphics card right away. computers can be upgraded you know
dude_se
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Posted: 2006-02-18 17:50:58
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