Okay guys i finally broken the barrier and convinced my dad to get me a gaming pc.
He says its his treat, sop what should i get?

I thought maybe a


But im not sure whats my price limit, so if u guys could plz give me some good specs to aim for and some price lists and stuff.
By the next few hours plz.

Remember its a all out GAMING pc

I am no expert, and I haven't looked at prices in ages, but I would have to say that I would not get that machine. The 7600 isn't that great. Also I would go for a 4400 at least, with 2GB of ram. That may just be me though....

Sorry I can't be of more help. Fishfly? Rusty?

LOM I would go with Rusty and Fishfly - they are good with PC's and stuff

I would recommends you check out www.meshcomputers.com

They make some awesome gaming rigs with insanely low prices. I would post a model that i would recommend here - but you didn't give me a price limit. Check it out



I would have to agree with Cyfer. If you are buying a new machine you are best off getting one that will remain good for atleast 2/3 years. The one you posted is already mid range and by next range it'll be obsolete.

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I think you might like this one

Elite Premier
£599

Full Specification

• Intel® Core™ 2 Duo E6300 Dual Core Processor(1.86GHz,2MB Cache,1066MHz)
• Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Premium Edition
• Mini-Tower Micro ATX Case +250W PSU - Black
• ASUS P5B-TMX PCI-Express Mainboard - Pentium® D/Core™ 2 Duo - Micro ATX
• 1024MB DDR2 533MHz Memory - (2x512MB)
• 320GB Serial ATA Hard Drive with 16MB Buffer
• Super Format SONY 18x Dual Layer DVD Writer +R/-R/RW/RAM
• 512MB DDR2 nVIDIA GeForce 7300GS - TV out- DVI - PCIe (256Mb SMA)
• 19" Widescreen LCD TFT Display with internal speakers
• 5.1 High Definition 6 Channel Audio Codec (on-board)
• Logitech Cordless Keyboard & Cordless Optical Mouse
• BullGuard Internet Security 6.0 -AntiVirus/Firewall/Backup/Spamfilter - 60 day trial
• Classic Warranty - 3 Years Back-to-Base - Parts & Labour


Additional features:
• Free Cyberlink Video Editing Suite - 7 titles (oem)
• 6x USB 2.0 Ports (8x possible on motherboard)
• 1x Gigabit LAN (onboard)

Here Is Another MESH Model - Its Better But Much More Expensive

X-treme SLI GTS

£1749.00

Full Specification
• Intel® Core™ 2 Duo E6600 Dual Core Processor(2.40GHz,4MB Cache,1066MHz)
• Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Premium Edition
• Aluminium ATX Midi Tower + 1000W PSU - Black
• EVGA nForce 680i SLI(C55XE) Mainboard - Core 2 Duo/Quad-Core - ATX
• 2048MB DDR2 533MHz Memory - (2x 1024MB)
• 500GB Serial ATA Hard Drive with 16MB Buffer
• Super Format SONY 18x Dual Layer DVD Writer +R/-R/RW/RAM
• 2x 320MB nVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS - SLI Configuration
• 22" Widescreen LCD TFT Digital Display with internal speakers (DVI, 5ms)
• Creative Labs Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Gamer Sound Card (oem)
• Creative Labs T6100 - 5.1 Speakers with Subwoofer
• Logitech Internet 1500 Laser Cordless Desktop Keyboard & Mouse
• Classic Warranty - 3 Years Back-to-Base - Parts & Labour


Additional features:
• Free Cyberlink Video Editing Suite - 7 titles (oem)
• 6x USB 2.0 Ports (10x possible on motherboard)
• 2x IEEE1394 Firewire (onboard)
• 1x Gigabit LAN (onboard)





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Definitely go with the Conroe and an 8x generation video card if you can afford it, plus 2GB of RAM minimum.

Stuff like a widescreen LCD and a fancy case is nice but not really necessary, so worry about those later. I also wouldn't waste money on Vista just yet.

Do you have a pricelist for a retailer in your area, and a budget? We can help you much better that way, piece by piece. If not we can look through some of those complete rigs, but you'll end up paying more in the long run.

Yep 2GB as an absolute miniimum, apparently you can get up 5 GB of RAM now as well.

Are you building from scratch or do you have an old PC to breathe life into

Start NEW. Don't try breath life into anything that isn't the minimum of that top machine at the least. IMO

Indeed. Buy a new system that will last a bit e.g. get a mobo that will support future CPUs, not just something to run a current CPU, etc.

This looks hot, thx for help. Might still scratch around and look for possibilties

If you have the cash then grab it, badass rig there

haha, if my father in law has the cash you mean

That be correctus.

Well if he can blow R900 on diner at the Ritz Carlton hotel, then u have to wonder....

LOM if you can give me some more specs that you want i will get you some more information and hel;p you rig up your dream machine. The stuff can be customized further as well

Nice BUT 1 waste of money.

Firstly if you are looking at a 8800gts it'll be more than enough to sustain 1680x1050 at details high BUT it might start chugging when you enable AA etc...

This is my suggestion:

1. throw out that Shitty 2gig of DDR2 667MHZ and get yourself some teamextreme DDR800
2. Drop Vista operating system and stick to XP
3. Drop the SHIT Sony dvd writer! and get either a Plextor or Pioneer or LG
4. Personal prefence if you want a decent board rather get the DFI board that uses the RD600 chipset! Awesome board that!
5. 1 500gig Seagate is way too noisy for my liking rather stick to 2x250 or 2x320 Samsung Spinpoint or Hitachi in RAID 0 configuration.
6. The 22' widescreen does not have a make or model so if you are looking at one you should look at nothing less than 8ms for gaming else you'll ghost to hell and back!
7. For the mouse Rather get a G7 wireless mouse for gaming or G5 for wired. and any standard keyboard from logitech it's very very cheap
8. The PSU is 1000W generic? Best PSU atm is the Cooler Master 800W PSU it'll run the 8800gtx in SLI
9. Now for the big mama 2x8800gts 320 is rather an overkill also especially most games do not utilize SLI fully plus the 5% increase in FPS does not warrant the extra R3000.... for now getting 1 8800gts 320mb is more than sufficient, why not wait and see what ATI's flagship can do cos if possible I'd rather get me 1xATI R600 over 2x8800gts 320mb.

I agree with fish, except that afaik that mobo is fine.
I also like vista, and think that would be a better Idea than XP.
DEFINITELY NOT SONY!!!!! I have heard VERY bad things about those DVD-RW's. VERY VERY BAD!!!

Personally, I think 320GB HD would be enough for 99% of the people.

I would rather get a single 8800GTX than 2x 320mb GTS in SLI.

I agree with most of what Fish said, although I have a couple big Seagate's myself and I don't find them noisy at all, not even compared to my Hitachi.

Also, I find most wireless mice to be too laggy when compared to a hardcore wired gaming mouse, so I would stick to one of the high-end Razer or Logitech variants.

I think you may also want to wait until the 8600 range is released if cash is an issue: you'll get rocking performance from a couple of those little buggers in SLI.

you haven't tried the G7 have you???

problem is creative x-fi drivers... tv card drivers so until I get them I will NOT touch vista! oh plus if you wanna get vista a Minimum of 2gigs is the bare minimum!

rust problem with 2x8600 sli isn't going to hack it at 1680x1050 with everything high... maybe be sufficient for the next 6 months but what about after that? He's looking at the next 2-3 years before looking at another upgrade!

Seagate 500gig is not the same range as the 320's I've had 2 of these and they are NOISY, chugs like a bad dvd in a dvd writer!

teh reason why I suggested the DFI board is the pricing and nothing else the 680i chipsets are currently priced over the 3k mark... no so good if you have a budget

Today i looked around Bahrain and for a oc using RenegadeNukes, Fishfly & RustPuppet's specs and found a winning matchup:

2x Inter P4 3.4 DOU GHZ processor
Intel P4 945 MotherB
320 SATA GB Hard Disk
Std 1mb Network card
7300 GT 512mb Nvidia
18X DVD/RW Drive
Speakers & Microphone Set
ATX Computer Case

Sexy right? Try this for the price: 285 BD (R 4845)

+ Windows XP Home: 35 BD (R 595)
+ Nortan Internet Security: 9 BD (R 150)

GRAND TOTAL: 392 BD (R 5595)


I already have a primo 17" Monitor and Obtic Mouse so extras are cut out. All and all this was the best Quotation we got today.
My dad thought the price was reasonable and with a 2 Year Garantee to boot.

So he ordered it for me and ill get it tomorrow morning

Thx for your help guys, browse Cooling/Mod Case section soon to see how my pc looks.

Cheerz
>LOM<

Nice. Finally you can play games

Your network might be slow with a 1Mb card I assume though you mean 1Gb. Also why XP home?

Didn't know there was a STD 1mb card. buy it and sell it to a museum. Yeah, don't get XP Home. It is Rather go for XP Pro. Otherwise that price is sweet. /me thinks of the all the moolah I spent on mine...

My bad it is GB, must've mistyped when i was reading quotation



XP pro is NOT for games, i have it here and it sometimes crashes my games on "An unkown hass occured and this program has to shut down, blah blah." Altho they did offer me a Vista Pro for at least double more, but why would i pay for an operating system that doesnt even support Office yet? lol!


Yea price is sexy, only worries is the plain case im getting so ill make a little topic in Cooling/Case Mods once i pimped it out.

HUH??? is this suppose to be a joke?

nice games you gonna play with that rig... Solitaire here yuo come!

I saw this guys rig today and it seems smooth, fast and powerfull enough to run games. i donm't see what is wrong with the rig.

I'm heading out to get something similar now

Im on my Speedbox right now, OMG i load anything soo fast hahahah its f**king AWESOME!! I reboot in 15 seconds =D

Yep his machine is blazingly fast

BTW Nice Avatar - i like it

Fishy is right, that machine will only be good for solitaire by the end of the year. Good buy for the price though, but it'll struggle when this year's big titles like Crysis and Alan Wake come out.

BTW XP Pro is fine for gaming: it's just XP Home with a bunch of extras, but basically the same under the hood.

geez firstly you are both mad... buying a old technology for 5k is no what you call value for money...

as for your 7300... great card there you'll be able to play soooooo much solitaire... Good luck on trying to run STALKER, Command and Conquer 3 and Crysis...

as for your judgement I personally think you just bought a nice WORD, EXCEL system. Great going

LOL, you're going to make the guy hate his brand new system Fish

But yeah, I can see it being sold when you install Crysis and it runs like a slideshow.