Looking at buying a new PC, with gaming in mind also.....

[FeatherZ]

Specs are as follows want it to be able to run games for like atleast next few years without upgrade really.

q9550 quad core processor
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium

Powerful NVidia Inno3D GeForce 9800GT card – great for gaming

20x DVD-RW drive

SATA hard drive

4GB memory

[E36Rob]

Depends on your budget.

The PC you have listed has a few problems.

The Graphics card will be very much out of date in 2 years time if you want to play the lastest games.

The Operating System, 99% of new pcs should be shipped with Win7. Not Vista!!

What else will the pc be used for? (e.g. Movie/Music storage etc)
What sort of games do you play?
What is your budget?
Any prefered brand name?

[FeatherZ]

Im crap with all this stuff tbh, i wanted to play fallen earth / aoin, theres MMO;s mainly.

[james_gt3rs]

Go for Windows 7. Runs games slightly faster.

[mizx]

I'll reiterate what e36rob said.

What is your budget? Then we can find you something suitable.



(I'm thinking i3 or Phenom x2 and a 5670 minimum?)

Edited by mizx on Monday 15th March 22:13

[TheD]

If you are looking for a gamer what you have is not too great. Should be looking at an i5 Cpu, 6gb of DDR3 and at least an HD5780. Look for a fast HD as the main drive with a larger one for backup and storage. Like the others have said it is all about budget

[FeatherZ]

Sorry about 700-800 pounds, was hoping to do finance though thats why i was looking through the missus catalogue. haha.

[Man-At-Arms]

TheD said:

6gb of DDR3

don't forget, above 4rams and you'll need a 64bit OS

[FeatherZ]

Found an advent gaming system at curry's gonna leave it until iv finished paying my cureent finance for my kitchen appliances then get it with a nice monitor, think im payed up in july so will be then not long really.

[bonsai]

FeatherZ said:

Sorry about 700-800 pounds, was hoping to do finance though thats why i was looking through the missus catalogue. haha.

700-800 can get you a better machine than listed. Also those catalogues tend to have poor PCs really although if you need the finance then I guess you're limited to places offering it.

just an example of what your money can buy you.

£150 for 22"-24" Widescreen LCD http://www.ebuyer.com/product/161787

£600 http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prod... + Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit. Save £70+ if you got a mate who can sort you out with a free copy of Windows.

Edited by bonsai on Monday 15th March 22:36

[FeatherZ]

what you think of this one?

http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/packard-bell-ipower-i...

[JonRB]

nVidia 9800GT is "great for gaming"? I don't think so - that card is getting a bit long in the tooth even now. You'll be wanting a 200-series like a GTX 260 I'd say. GTX 285 if the budget will run to it.

Also, there is no reason at all to have Vista over Windows 7. My choice would be either Windows XP Pro or Windows 7. But not Vista.

[FeatherZ]

Thanks think i need to wait until my options are more open than a crappy catalogue like i said il look into finance at currys in the summer that way i can upgrade any systems that run xp/vista to windows 7 instore at the time.

[bonsai]

FeatherZ said:

what you think of this one?

http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/packard-bell-ipower-i...

Powerful PC, will play anything you throw at it and will last a good long time.