New computer needed... what should I get?

[Mr Blond]

With my computer being too old a rubbish to play BF2 or most new games, I think it's about time I bought a new one. Keeping the fact that I'm a poor student, what specs should I be looking to get and do you know of anywhere I could get dirty deeds done dirt cheap? Or, failing that, computers made dirt cheap.

 :?

[Mr Blond]

Just seen some other topics that are very similar so I'll look through them.

[[TiG]valen]

Give us a budget Mr Blonde

[=Warmonger=]

tell us (the lords of earth) how muxh u wanna spend, and ill tell ya what to buy m8...

andy

[[TiG]Suppafly]

if u have loads of money

http://www.alienware.com/alx_pages/main_content.aspx

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[Mr Blond]

I can only spend about ?350 - ?400 on a new computer. The closer to ?350 the better. I've seen a few that interest me but I'm no expert on this sort of thing.

[{Comrade}Macgyver]

do you have to replace your case you could just replace your graphics card and incease ram, thats what i did with a shit dell i had and now it rapes just about anything (almost)

[[TiG]jalls]

Realisticly you cant get alot, with about ?500-?700 Youll be able to build a pc worlds apart from anything costing  ?350.


Abit AX8 VIA K8T890 (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-063-AB)
=?71


AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3000BPBOX) (CP-117-AM)
=?112

GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS2.5 (GE1GB3200BHDC) (MY-005-GL)
=?72

Leadtek WinFast PCX6600GT-TDH GeForce PCX6600 GT 128MB DDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-045-LT)
=?125

AOpen DUW1608 Chameleon 16x DVD?RW Dual Layer ReWriter inc. Ivory/Black/Silver Bezels - Retail (CD-007-AO)
=?34

Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 120GB 6Y120LO ATA-133 2MB Cache - OEM (HD-028-MD)
=?47

Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS 7.1 THX Sound Card - OEM (SC-023-CL)
=?53

Asus TA-210 Series Midi Tower (Black) - 360W PSU (CA-004-AS)
=?41

Sunbeam CFK08-B Cold Cathode 80mm fan - Blue (FG-003-SB)  x2!!
=?10 (?5 each)

Total = ?565




Extra's
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SpeedLink Medusa SL-8790 5.1 Surround Headset (SP-000-RA)
=?36

Logitech Media Keyboard - Retail (KB-036-LG)
=?16

Logitech MX518 Gaming-Grade Optical Mouse (KB-060-LG)
=?45

Hyundai ImageQuest B70A 17" LCD Monitor (MO-026-HY)
?177

www.overclockers.co.uk

mmmmmmm  

[tig.bf2|wypoor]

I got HYUNDAI ImageQuest Q995 - this is shit!

[=Warmonger=]

hummmmm, ide go with what Jallz said.. try www.cogestra.com and compare the prices that Jally gave to what is there.....

[Mr Blond]

Will do. I guess I'll have to beat some more funds out of my brother towards paying for it.