Looking to buy new Desktop pc

[SmavidDavid]

Ok, well its time for my old pc of 2 years old to get lost, its doing my tree in. Jams when i right click. or load start menu.. not to mention boot-up time haha.

So im looking for a new pc, here's some details;

Price Range: £700
Payment: Would be good if it could pay in instalments, as at £86 i wont be close to it for like 2 months unless i can pay by this method.
What i need: All i need is the tower, i don't need a screen/mouse/keyboard.
OS: Windows 7.
Other preferences: Dual VGA would be nice, aswell as a memory card reader/HMDI port (do i need HDMI port? Im using my TV as my screen)
Uses of pc: Photo shop, gaming (geeze to have a pc which can handle age of empire and not lag would be heaven), also AutoCAD, if price range is willing to allow a system to hold this.

Thanks in advance, i am looking myself too, but any input would be great. Also any questions just ask.

 

[Zen2]

What sort of pc have you got atm? state your specs may help a little mate, You could just buy a new case buy some new parts and download windows 7! It sounds to me like your current pc needs a format or an upgrade!

 

[CraiG^]

What sort of pc have you got atm? state your specs may help a little mate, You could just buy a new case buy some new parts and download windows 7! It sounds to me like your current pc needs a format or an upgrade!

Exactly what I done thanks to you and its great.

 

[SmavidDavid]

At work atm, off top of head an AMD processror, 1gig ram, 160gb HD. I been told AMD ( im sure its amd) r crap.

 

[steve]

i'd buy the parts and build it up bud

 

[lifco]

i'd buy the parts and build it up bud

I would also do the same,

Buy the best motherboard + cpu you can afford,
Then get some top memory like corsair twin2x
Also buy a good hd seagate or kingston

Also think about water cool, ive never turned mine off for neally 9 months

lif

 

[mapadale]

I'll sell you mine for £400 if you want.

Meets and exceeds all your specs from your first post.

On a serious note, just look at what you want from hardware and build it yourself. As you could build a decent system for about £300.

 

[Skyline]

At work atm, off top of head an AMD processror, 1gig ram, 160gb HD. I been told AMD ( im sure its amd) r crap.

They're not crap.

Once took over Intel as the more powerful processor, but past couple of years Intel seem to have taken over again.

But still, they arn't "crap" and good it your on a budget.

 

[daneo1989]

Build one buddy, as I7 compoments are getting cheaper each day you could have a very fast n nice pc in no time.

 

[SmavidDavid]

Ok, well ill post my full specs when im home(within next hour).

Add me on msn [email protected] if you can help. Thx.

 

[SmavidDavid]

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4000+ 2.09GHz
768MB of ram (says 1GB DDR2, I was told Gxf card takes 250mb)
160GB Hard Drive
ATI Radeon Xpress 1250 Graphic

 

[JealY]

Buy a new Graphics card, a hard drive or two & some RAM and you should be fine 'long as your motherboard isn't rubbish/broke.

http://www.scan.co.uk

 

[Warlock]

Right here is 2 complete setups close to your range and also offer finance.

AMD Build

Intel Build

Both will perform pretty close to each other, the only thing is with the Intel build the GFX card has DX11 support, if thats a winning factor.

The reason for the builds being slighly different is due to the 2 websites i had to use as both dont stock the same things and these are the best for price i could do on both sites.

I would deffo reccomend the case i recently got one and its top notch, personally preffer the 4870 GPU and that price is a steal

AMD v Intel, yes intel wins over 80% of the time but the price/performance of AMD is always the winner, plus the better memory performance with the on die memory controller.. all in all really, from what you have right now.. either of these systems would be like going from a Sega Mega Drive to a 360 Elite in terms of gaming performance as you are using an onboard GFX.

On the other hand if you are more interested in upgrading the current rig you have, you would deffo need a new mobo, depends on what socket that CPU is, more than likely Socket939/AM2, and your ram would go in the bin.. you would be better of with a new more up to date all round system in my opinion. Some times you jsut need to start fresh with things lol

If these are too over the top performance wise for you, drop a msg and i will price up a slightly lower spec, more all round practical setup for you if its not purely gaming based your looking for.

 

[shorty606]

I'd stay away from the 4870 I have had this and another graphics card (mentioned on another thread) and the fan can cut out at any time without warning and you are basically left with a dub card . Booo. Just do a quick google with the words fan fail and you will see but they are both good specs for the money.

 

[SmavidDavid]

changed price from 400 to 700

 

[Caswell]

Build it yourself, far cheaper, much better.

 

[Zen2]

Spend 100 and get this.

http://www.saverstore.com/productinfo/product.aspx?d=1&product_id=20034511&rw=y

 

[jonathan508]

You need case? and what power supply u have?
You need amd? intel?
Quad core¿? or i7?
Graphic card Nvidia or ati?
Cpu fan cooling or water cooling?
You need hdd? 500 gb? 1 tb?

 

[SmavidDavid]

LN14967
850W Silverstone SST-ST85ZF Quad SLi +12V rail, Quad PCI-E, ATX 12V 2.2 & EPS12V, RoHS £71.97 £84.56

LN16718
Antec 900 - Nine Hundred Ultimate Gamer Case with 200m Top Fan w/o PSU £65.98 £77.53

LN24642
500 GB Western Digital WD5001AALS Caviar Black, SATA 3Gb/s, 7200rpm, 32MB Cache, 8.9 ms £38.83 £45.63

LN26162
Asus P6T, Intel X58, S1366, PCI-E 2.0 (x16), Triple DDR3 2000(OC), SATA 3Gb/s, SATA RAID, ATX £144.17 £169.40

LN27163
Intel i7 920, D0 SLBEJ S1366, Bloomfield, 2.66 GHz, QPI 4.8GT/s, 8MB Cache, 20x Ratio, 130W, Retail £186.17 £218.75

LN29299
1GB XFX HD 4890 OC, PCI-E 2.0, 3900MHz GDDR5, GPU 870MHz, 800 Cores, 2x DVI/ HDTV, HDCP + Stormrise £127.48 £149.79


Net Total £634.60
Carriage £10.26
VAT £112.85
Total £757.71


Theres what i made up, off www.scan.co.uk, is it any good?

 

[JealY]

Get a Phenom II x4.