Help with computer please

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robbates

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Hey people i'm new to the gaming world and dont have a clue about what to buy for a decent exsperience, I want to pay new generation games like crysis and soon star craft 2 or diablo 3 at mid range to high graphics but for a mid ranged price Im looking at this right now...

System Configuration:
PC Case: Galaxy Black Case - included in price
Power Supply: Standard 450W PSU - included in price
Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 CPU - included in price
Heatsink & CPU Fan: Standard Heatsink & CPU Fan - included in price
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-G31MF-S2 Motherboard - included in price
Memory: 4 x 1GB Kingston PC5300 667Mhz DDR2 Ram - included in price
PCI-E Graphics: 512MB nVidia 9600GT PCI-Express Graphics Card
PhysX Card: None
Sound Card: Onboard 5.1 Sound Card - included in price
Primary Hard Drive: 500GB SATA 7200RPM Hard Drive - included in price
Secondary Hard Drive: None
Main Optical Drive: 20x Dual Layer DVD Rewriter - included in price
Secondary Optical Drive: None
Floppy Drive: None
Memory Card Reader: None
Dial-Up Modem: None
Network Adapter: Integrated 10/100/1000 Network Card - included in price
TV Tuner: None
Firewire: None
TFT Monitor: 19" Hannspree NewYork Widescreen VGA/DVI 700:1 5ms - included in price
Keyboard & Mice: Multimedia Keyboard & Optical Mouse - included in price
Speakers: None
All-in-One-Printers: None
VOIP Hardware: None
Operating System: Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium (32bit Version) - included in price
Antivirus & Security Software: AVG AntiVirus - included in price
Multimedia Software: Nero Burning Rom - included in price
Office Software: OpenOffice - included in price
Warranty: 2 Years Return To Base Warranty (1st Year - Parts & Labour, 2nd Year - Labour Only) - included in price

I'm not sure if all of this will work together ok? will it? thanks..

All for £640 including VAT what do you think?
thanks people :)
 
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My budget is £650 i'm looking to buy a computer and not parts and puting it together the computer i mentioned above is this one http://www.arbico.co.uk/cart.php but i changed the graphics card to a 512MB nVidia 9600GT PCI-Express Graphics Card
is it worth it? or shall i buy somthing els? will all the parts be ok together? thanks
 
it would be a lot cheaper to build your own, putting together furniture is harder than putting together a computer most of the time
 
robbates said:
i see, but i wouldnt know where to start on building a computer? is there any guides on the net?
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Yes there are guides online, and it is very easy. There is a thread here on the forum that is helpful.

I would have to search for it though.
 
You might want Firewire...just good insurance.

Have you thought about an AMD Opteron processor...You save some money here.
I have no idea what case you are getting, probably those fancy see through ones that light up. Ugly. Plain black cases look very good I think, in my opinion. You'll get a very good deal here.

Consider Active PFC power supply if you already haven't. The 80+ efficiency ones usually are aPFC. You want this. Antec looks like they might be the way to go. Pretty much all of the supplies in the efficiency range of 80 + are of superior quality.

You will want heatsinks on the memory, and fans are cheap. Make sure your northbridge has a heatsink and a fan. Your southbridge will need a heatsink.

If your keyboard is wireless, ask yourself: Do I really need a wireless keyboard? Otherwise, you will have to buy batteries for the life of the keyboard and you better hope that the batteries don't die late at night/early in the morning.

The basic version of AVG should be free and OpenOffice is free regardless,
so tell the merchandiser that they are ripping you off for something that is free.

Have you considered RAID 0?
 
concorde said:
You might want Firewire...just good insurance.

Have you thought about an AMD Opteron processor...You save some money here.
I have no idea what case you are getting, probably those fancy see through ones that light up. Ugly. Plain black cases look very good I think, in my opinion. You'll get a very good deal here.

Consider Active PFC power supply if you already haven't. The 80+ efficiency ones usually are aPFC. You want this. Antec looks like they might be the way to go. Pretty much all of the supplies in the efficiency range of 80 + are of superior quality.

You will want heatsinks on the memory, and fans are cheap. Make sure your northbridge has a heatsink and a fan. Your southbridge will need a heatsink.

If your keyboard is wireless, ask yourself: Do I really need a wireless keyboard? Otherwise, you will have to buy batteries for the life of the keyboard and you better hope that the batteries don't die late at night/early in the morning.

The basic version of AVG should be free and OpenOffice is free regardless,
so tell the merchandiser that they are ripping you off for something that is free.

Have you considered RAID 0?
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thanks for all the help everyone iv'e managed to up my budget abit...
I see so the computer im buying will over heat if i dont buy a better fan.... I'm looking at somthing like this now..

System Configuration:
PC Case: Galaxy Black Case - included in price
Power Supply: Quiet Xilence 600W SLI Ready PSU
Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 CPU - included in price
Heatsink & CPU Fan: Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Heatsink & Fan
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-G31MF-S2 Motherboard - included in price
Memory: 4 x 1GB Kingston PC5300 667Mhz DDR2 Ram - included in price
PCI-E Graphics: 512MB nVidia 8800GT PCI-Express Graphics Card
PhysX Card: None
Sound Card: Onboard 5.1 Sound Card - included in price
Primary Hard Drive: 500GB SATA 7200RPM Hard Drive - included in price
Secondary Hard Drive: None
Main Optical Drive: 20x Dual Layer DVD Rewriter - included in price
Secondary Optical Drive: None
Floppy Drive: None
Memory Card Reader: None
Dial-Up Modem: None
Network Adapter: Integrated 10/100/1000 Network Card - included in price
TV Tuner: None
Firewire: None
TFT Monitor: 19" Hannspree NewYork Widescreen VGA/DVI 700:1 5ms - included in price
Keyboard & Mice: Multimedia Keyboard & Optical Mouse - included in price
Speakers: None
All-in-One-Printers: None
VOIP Hardware: None
Operating System: Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium (32bit Version) - included in price
Antivirus & Security Software: AVG AntiVirus - included in price
Multimedia Software: Nero Burning Rom - included in price
Office Software: OpenOffice - included in price
Warranty: 2 Years Return To Base Warranty (1st Year - Parts & Labour, 2nd Year - Labour Only) - included in price

which comes to £730 I was looking for somthing abit cheaper but is everything ok now? Ive increase the voltage to 600w and a better brand there was a 650w availble but it was stock and you said they were bad, iv'e updated the grapics and added a better cooling system i hope this all fits inside? is everything ok so far? thanks! if you need to know the computer im changing it's here

http://www.arbico.co.uk/product.php?productid=18273&cat=0&page=1

if there's anyway i could make things a little cheaper by geting rid of somthing that isnt completly needed? thanks.. :D
 
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