Is this "gaming Pc" any good? (For my son for christmas) Cheers

diduknowthat · 12-14-2005, 02:57 AM

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AMD ™ 64 Processor Socket 939 (2.2Ghz)

that's most likely a amd64 3500+, very good for gaming

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1 X MSI 7800GT 2DHTV 256MB PCI (Nvidia Geforce 7800 GT)

It's a nice graphics card, a computer's performance with games and image qualities in games is mainly determined by this and the cpu, the item above this.

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X Blade Case ( 550 W Triple Fan PSU)

Make sure the powersupply has enough power to feed the system. The "watt" doesn't really mean anything, to fully understand this, you should read PSU101, very useful.

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2048 MB DDR400 Memory (4 x 512)

That is very nice for gaming, especially for ram demanding games like fear.

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160 GB Hard Drive

You'll have to give us more details, what kind of interface? ATA133? SATA? Just copy everything from the site over. If it's SATA then you'll get better load times.

Seems a bit expensive, but again i dont know how much items cost in UK.

Hope that helped =)

[-0MEGA-] · 12-14-2005, 03:05 AM

Thats a very nice gaming machine, your son should really enjoy it

epidemik · 12-14-2005, 04:45 AM

Wow thats an awesome gift. Whats your budget? You could probably save money some money and still get him a good gaming computer.

matt12685848 · 12-14-2005, 05:06 AM

By "17" TFT Monitor With Speakers" I assume the speakers are on the monitor. Get better speakers, 5.1 surround sound 500 w, theres a good one by Logitec, i don't know what its called but im sure there is someone here who does. Just buy them seperatley, they will work with the pc, as long as you have a 5.1 surround sound card or integrated sound.

**Lax** · 12-14-2005, 07:49 AM

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By "17" TFT Monitor With Speakers" I assume the speakers are on the monitor. Get better speakers, 5.1 surround sound 500 w, theres a good one by Logitec, i don't know what its called but im sure there is someone here who does. Just buy them seperatley, they will work with the pc, as long as you have a 5.1 surround sound card or integrated sound.

Or he can keep those and save money because you don't need a 5.1 surround sound system with perfect sound to play games.

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That is very nice for gaming, especially for ram demanding games like fear.

Fear demands graphics more than it does RAM. UT2004 is more of a RAM demanding game, older ones like that usually suck RAM, new ones suck Gfx.

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that's most likely a amd64 3500+, very good for gaming

Could also be the 3700+

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It's a nice graphics card, a computer's performance with games and image qualities in games is mainly determined by this and the cpu, the item above this.

And RAM, and motherboard, and Hard Drive, and PSU.

Needless to say you would save a ton of money (~1000$) if you bought all the parts yourself and just took the time to put it all together.

elmarcorulz · 12-14-2005, 10:37 AM

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Seems a bit expensive, but again i dont know how much items cost in UK.

ALOT more then they do in the US

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Needless to say you would save a ton of money (~1000$) if you bought all the parts yourself and just took the time to put it all together.

Not everybody has the knowledge or time to build it themselves, especially in the run up to christmas.

Needless to say, your son will be happy

harry569 · 12-14-2005, 04:57 PM

Once agian cheers, oh its says sata or something for the 160 gb hard drive, i don't a clue how to put a pc together and uh yes it's the amd64 3700 !

Anyways thank sfor your time and help

Thanks Harry Gray

Xycron · 12-14-2005, 05:27 PM

I wish you were my dad

I'll prabally get a brick wrapped up in newspaper for a present. As a "Joke".

CleverNinja · 12-14-2005, 07:19 PM

Would you like to adopt me? I'm 19 years old but I'll still be your son >.>. Anyway thats a very good PC. You said you weren't very computer savvy so its best to just buy it prebuilt. It costs abit more, but its better than dealing with parts if you don't know how. With 2 gig and and the 7800 GTX, he won't need to upgrade that card for 2-4 years. He'll play every game on the market right now on high settings. Make sure you put a lock on the case though. With a PC like that I'd cut from junior high/high school to play >.>

krimson_king · 12-14-2005, 08:07 PM

maybe you could talk to my dad....?

12-14-2005, 03:05 AM	#12 (permalink)
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matt12685848 Gold Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Age: 18 Posts: 372	By "17" TFT Monitor With Speakers" I assume the speakers are on the monitor. Get better speakers, 5.1 surround sound 500 w, theres a good one by Logitec, i don't know what its called but im sure there is someone here who does. Just buy them seperatley, they will work with the pc, as long as you have a 5.1 surround sound card or integrated sound. __________________ 3 GHz P4 HT processor ATI x700 Pro 256mb PCI-E graphics card 2 x 512 Dual Channel Ram 160GB 7200rpm hard drive ATI Tv Tuner Pro 1024 x 768, 75 Hz LCD Monitor 98% of the teenage population will try, does or has tried smoking pot. If you're one of the 2% who hasn't, copy & paste this into your signature

12-14-2005, 04:57 PM	#17 (permalink)
harry569 New Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 3	Cheres Once agian cheers, oh its says sata or something for the 160 gb hard drive, i don't a clue how to put a pc together and uh yes it's the amd64 3700 ! Anyways thank sfor your time and help Thanks Harry Gray

12-14-2005, 07:19 PM	#19 (permalink)
CleverNinja New Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10	lol Would you like to adopt me? I'm 19 years old but I'll still be your son >.>. Anyway thats a very good PC. You said you weren't very computer savvy so its best to just buy it prebuilt. It costs abit more, but its better than dealing with parts if you don't know how. With 2 gig and and the 7800 GTX, he won't need to upgrade that card for 2-4 years. He'll play every game on the market right now on high settings. Make sure you put a lock on the case though. With a PC like that I'd cut from junior high/high school to play >.>

12-14-2005, 05:27 PM	#18 (permalink)
Xycron banned Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 2,099	I wish you were my dad I'll prabally get a brick wrapped up in newspaper for a present. As a "Joke".

12-14-2005, 08:07 PM	#20 (permalink)
krimson_king Gold Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: connecticut Age: 21 Posts: 466	maybe you could talk to my dad....? __________________ sí, señor.

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