Desktop pc..bigger budget - Saxperience

MrHouston^p · 23rd February 2010, 22:42

Wanting a PC so I can get back into PC gaming as the Xbox just doesn't compare to it at all

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/182592
http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.207-1665.aspx

They any good for gaming? Which is better out of the 2 I posted above? Know anywhere else that has cheap but good enough for gaming pc's?

Merci

haz_pro · 23rd February 2010, 22:59

both terrible as have intergrated graphics!

have a look at scan.co.uk, or overclockers.co.uk i think they may have some cheapish game pcs.

MrHouston^p · 23rd February 2010, 23:07

This? http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...-239-OK&tool=5

Also as long as they will play some games i'm happy - i dont need super pc's so will those 2 I posted be no good at all?

haz_pro · 23rd February 2010, 23:28

no i wouldnt go for that either.

for any type of gaming, excluding old games, say 6+ years old you will want a seperate graphics card, not intergrated.

for example:-

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...d=1445&subcat=

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...d=1444&subcat=

I know they are nearly 200 pounds over the few you have posted, but if you want to play games at an enjoyable frame rate.

EDIT:

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/sto...&category_oid=

this would play some games okay, but i would be tempted to go for the overclocker systems, if you want a gaming pc get an okay system atleast or the game wont be enjoyable, trust me from experience!

parello9 · 23rd February 2010, 23:47

i rememba the old days on the pc wid cod NEW MAPS LIKE EVERYDAY!!

MrHouston^p · 23rd February 2010, 23:57

I just want to get back to CSS, played it for 4 years on my old pc and that was a basic 512mb pc bought in about 2005 and it ran all my games fine, even upto COD4

releaf · 24th February 2010, 00:39

The PC's you have posted wont be able to play games as mensioned that there in no graphics card, but you could just buy a £50 card and plug it in and be able to play basic games as CounterStrike hardly uses any graphic card space unlike newer games like Crysis ETC.

AXracing · 24th February 2010, 00:43

CSS will run fine on what would be considered a very slow CPU with next to no RAM by today's standards. But still the integrated graphics on many of today's computers can be problematic. I would recommend any stand alone ATI or NVIDIA GFX card that is fully DirectX 9 compliant with GFX dedicated memory as a minimum. Like releaf says these don't cost much these days.

haz_pro · 24th February 2010, 10:07

ahhh CSS, i used to be a big fan of that.

to be fair i can play CSS on my laptop which has dual core 2.1, and 2 gigs of ram with intergrated ram.

HOWEVER, it is not enjoyable on my laptop as the frame rate is so slow and laggy. For that reason i would still reccomend a PC with a seperate graphics card, or one of them cheaper computers and putting in your own graphics card with 512 mg, or 1gb which would set you back about 100 pounds for a basic 1gb or maybe 50 to 60 for a 512.

Bound · 24th February 2010, 10:12

Copied from the other thread asking this;

Ebuyer, dual/quad core, 4gb RAM, 500gb hard drive, obviously has the case and PSU.

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/176488 - £234

Shove a £100 graphics card in of your choice (don't just go for the biggest VRAM).

£334 total, done. Install XP/7 from whichever source you like

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dubby · 24th February 2010, 10:22

i can get you vista ultimate for £10

SnaRe · 2nd March 2010, 13:54

Acer Predator. :o Probably way too much than what you want to pay, and probably the most over-the-top PC spec. But:http://www.google.co.uk/products/cat...wAg#ps-sellers

I play CS: S myself, would be nice to play with some Sax-p members

MrHouston^p · 15th March 2010, 18:15

If I raise my budget to £500 can anyone recomend me a decent tower?

baker556 · 15th March 2010, 19:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrHouston

If I raise my budget to £500 can anyone recomend me a decent tower?

Yes !

Dell have some amazing deals on atm...

http://configure.euro.dell.com/dells...303&s=bsd&fb=1

This is an amazing deal, buy a fairly decent graphic card separate £50-60, and your well within your budget

http://configure.euro.dell.com/dells...D005603a&s=dhs

alanrichie · 16th March 2010, 09:23

i play css also, im quite pro, in enemydown league y0

i have 2.8dual core and seperate gfx card (x1950 pro iirc), 2 gb ram and get 75fps constant on high

MrHouston^p · 16th March 2010, 17:55

ED isn't pr0