help needed for gaming pc

[littlemissnaughtymini]

:wavey: im very new to all this pc things :noobsign:

i would like to buy my other half a new gaming pc

i have about £750 to spend on the tower

he plays call of duty and has just started to make maps

he keeps on moaning that radient keeps on crashing :cussing:

so any help or advise on what i need to stop this would be grately acepted

:worship: :worship: :worship:

 

[FarFarAway]

Is this something you would need pre-built for you or would you be wanting the parts?

 

[littlemissnaughtymini]

mmmmmm whatever realy , pre built would proberly be the best ,

he has done things on this pc , like change grahics cards ,changed power suppy , and changed fan ? not sure how hard it is to built one from scrach

 

[FarFarAway]

It's not actually too hard and we're mostly self-builder here. I assume he has a decent screen/mouse/keyboard already?

If so let me look around for a cnie pre-built system.

 

[FarFarAway]

Here you go. Mesh make some very good quality PC's

This is £799, a bit over your budget but it looks good to go for a pre-built system

click

 

[llwyd]

Here you go. Mesh make some very good quality PC's

This is £799, a bit over your budget but it looks good to go for a pre-built system

click

That looks very decent, plus you have the option of removing the monitor from the package, saving £85 and then upgrade the graphics card to a 256MB nVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS for +£50

 

[Toxteth O'Grady]

I sent OP here from another forum cos I knew she'd get the best advice here. She only needs a base unit so something along the lines llwyd has suggested, i.e. better graphics and sound card. Any suggestions?



TOG

 

[littlemissnaughtymini]

thanks for that and yes he has decent screen ,mouse , and keyboard , so its just the tower i need , he wants 2 graphics cards ? thanks again

 

[llwyd]

thanks for that and yes he has decent screen ,mouse , and keyboard , so its just the tower i need , he wants 2 graphics cards ? thanks again

You will be hard pushed to fit two cards that are worthwhile into a budget of £750. Currently it really isn't worth going down that road unless you have £400-£900 to spend on the graphics cards alone. That 7900GS that you can add on in place of the monitor will be pretty adequate for a while and soon the next gen of cards (DX10 capable) will be more than affordable.

Infact if you could take off the monitor and mouse+KB you may be able to add an 8800GTS without going TOO far over budget

 

[FarFarAway]

Agreed with llwyd. Take off the monitor and add better GFX. 7900 or 8800 if you can afford it.

Mesh are pretty good for price + performance

 

[Toxteth O'Grady]

How about same base that Kempez recommended (Link) but add Creative Labs Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio Sound Card (oem) and 320MB nVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS graphics. £765.20. What do you guys think of that?



TOG

 

[FarFarAway]

Should be perfect

 

[PV5150]

Agreed, that'll be a great little performer considering the price.

 

[JN]

Yep definitely a sweet set-up. If you buy your hubby that system then I think you should probably contract him to 6 months of washing-up duties in exchange

 

[chudley]

I wish my wife was like you, who knows perhaps one day she will say to me, guess what honey, I just bought you an all singing / dancing pc, but somehow, I dont think she will. . even if i offered 6 months washing up lol

 

[!TIMMY!]

lol, my mate had a mesh PC and back then (5 years ago) their customer support was crap, but they did help him out with his problems and replaced anything under warranty . Even though we did take the

out of his PC it was still a good little runner (he best not see me posting this).

 

[littlemissnaughtymini]

well i went out today and priced up a tower

1. x cruiser black midi tower case

2. ez cool 600w atx psu intel p4 amd 2 x silent fans

3.asus m2n sli deluxe snd lan sata am2 cpu motherboard

4.amd athlon 64 5200 am2 dual core 2mb cache 2 x 1mb cpu

5.2 gb ddr 2 pc5300 667mhz memory

6.western digital raptor 74gb sata 10000rpm hard drive

7.maxtor diamondmax 21 stm3250820as 250gb sata 16mb hard drive

8.palit nvidia geforce 7600gt 256mb pci e graphics card x 2

9.liton lh18a1p488c18 speed dvdrw

the price was £770 built , would you say that was a good price and a good spec ? :wiggle: :wiggle:

 

[equk]

Basic core2duo E6400 System (2gb DDR2 RAM - Geforce 8800GTS 320mb)

(you can prob get stuff cheaper)

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB ST3320620A ATA-100 16MB Cache - OEM Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB ST3320620A ATA-100 16MB Cache - OEM £56.99

(£66.96) £56.99

(£66.96)

OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC2-6400 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series DDR2 (OCZ2P800R22GK) OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC2-6400 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series DDR2 (OCZ2P800R22GK) £95.99

(£112.79) £95.99

(£112.79)

Liteon DVD-8900 16x DVD±RW/RAM (Black) - OEM Liteon DVD-8900 16x DVD±RW/RAM (Black) - OEM £13.99

(£16.44) £13.99

(£16.44)

Akasa Ultra Quiet 500W Paxpower Active PFC ATX2.2 PSU - Black Nickel Akasa Ultra Quiet 500W Paxpower Active PFC ATX2.2 PSU - Black Nickel £46.99

(£55.21) £46.99

(£55.21)

Intel Core 2 DUO E6400 "LGA775 Allendale" 2.13GHz (1066FSB) - Retail Intel Core 2 DUO E6400 "LGA775 Allendale" 2.13GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £124.99

(£146.86) £124.99

(£146.86)

Gigabyte GA_965P_S3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard Gigabyte GA_965P_S3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £59.99

(£70.49) £59.99

(£70.49)

Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS Aluminium Midi-Tower Case - Silver Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS Aluminium Midi-Tower Case - Silver £47.99

(£56.39) £47.99

(£56.39)

BFG GeForce 8800 GTS OC 320MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail BFG GeForce 8800 GTS OC 320MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £174.99

(£205.61) £174.99

(£205.61)

Sub Total : £621.92

Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:

City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)

(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.95

Vat : £110.75

Total : £743.62

 

[JN]

well i went out today and priced up a tower

1. x cruiser black midi tower case

2. ez cool 600w atx psu intel p4 amd 2 x silent fans

3.asus m2n sli deluxe snd lan sata am2 cpu motherboard

4.amd athlon 64 5200 am2 dual core 2mb cache 2 x 1mb cpu

5.2 gb ddr 2 pc5300 667mhz memory

6.western digital raptor 74gb sata 10000rpm hard drive

7.maxtor diamondmax 21 stm3250820as 250gb sata 16mb hard drive

8.palit nvidia geforce 7600gt 256mb pci e graphics card x 2

9.liton lh18a1p488c18 speed dvdrw

the price was £770 built , would you say that was a good price and a good spec ? :wiggle: :wiggle:

If I'm honest...not really. The Mesh system was much more of a bargain.

 

[FarFarAway]

I agree. I'd deffo go for the Mesh system with an upgraded GFX and Sound card