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Jul 08, 2008, 10:48 AM // 10:48
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Ascalonian Squire
Join Date: Jul 2005
Guild: White Hawk Knights
Profession: N/R
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£700 on a new PC
I'm clueless when it comes to specification on pc's. Well more out of date then clueless.
So if you had £700 to spend on a new pc and monitor. What specs would you want or be able to get for that amount. Also to make sure it can run GW2 when its released. Bearing in mind, i'd most likely need to go to some place like scan or computer planet. Thanks in advance for anybody who gives any help with this. |
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Jul 08, 2008, 10:57 AM // 10:57
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Wilds Pathfinder
Join Date: Jul 2007
Profession: N/
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are you capable of buying loose computer parts and than putting them togheter?
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Jul 08, 2008, 10:59 AM // 10:59
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Ascalonian Squire
Join Date: Jul 2005
Guild: White Hawk Knights
Profession: N/R
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Scan, i believe do that for you, you say exactly what you want and they build it.
Although I could do it myself I don't want to take that risk. My previous computers are a testament to me staying away from them. lol |
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Jul 08, 2008, 11:30 AM // 11:30
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Frost Gate Guardian
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: London,UK
Guild: Passionate Kiss of Nosferatu
Profession: R/
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If you were able to build it yourself, you would get a better spec for the same money than if they build it for you.
If you really do not want to build the machine yourself though, I would recommend looking at the prebuilt systems on Overclockers UK Edit: This system seems quite nice for instance and also leaves plenty of money for a nice screen. Last edited by FXCW; Jul 08, 2008 at 11:35 AM // 11:35.. |
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Jul 08, 2008, 11:37 AM // 11:37
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Wilds Pathfinder
Join Date: Jul 2007
Profession: N/
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here it is:
Coolermaster centurion 5 32.30 pounds http://www.scan.co.uk/Product.aspx?WebProductId=156451 intel c2d E8400 113.38 pounds http://www.scan.co.uk/Product.aspx?WebProductId=736334 20'' digimate LCD monitor 107.15 pounds http://www.scan.co.uk/Product.aspx?WebProductId=816918 gigabyte EP45 DS4 111.97 pounds http://www.scan.co.uk/Product.aspx?WebProductId=823723 520w PSU coolermaster realpower 58.62 pounds http://www.scan.co.uk/Product.aspx?WebProductId=631248 2GBcorsair Twinx DDR2-800 memory 31.30 pounds http://www.scan.co.uk/Product.aspx?WebProductId=255300 400GB HDD hitachi 35.84 pounds http://www.scan.co.uk/Product.aspx?WebProductId=836831 OS microsoft windows MCE 69.33 pounds http://www.scan.co.uk/Product.aspx?WebProductId=487364 LG DVD rewriter 15.26 pounds http://www.scan.co.uk/Product.aspx?WebProductId=816050 512MB Power Color HD4850 116.31 pounds http://www.scan.co.uk/Product.aspx?WebProductId=838506 total price : 704.79 pounds than ask Scan if they want to build it for you and you got a very decent system. |
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Jul 08, 2008, 11:39 AM // 11:39
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Ascalonian Squire
Join Date: Jul 2005
Guild: White Hawk Knights
Profession: N/R
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About the operating system, should i go vista or stick to xp.
I've heard people say vista is crappy. And thanks all ready for the help. |
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Jul 08, 2008, 11:47 AM // 11:47
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Desert Nomad
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Wales
Guild: Steel Phoenix
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Word of warning, scan sell dodgy grey market products so i wouldnt trust them with making a PC.
Better take the risk of putting your own PC together than letting scan fill your PC up with sub standard parts. |
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Jul 08, 2008, 11:58 AM // 11:58
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Forge Runner
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Mancland, British Empire
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Well it's depend on what're you going to do with vista. Generally it's alright, like a beefed up version of XP. Still a lot of compatibility issues though, like drivers etc., some old games, emulators won't work on it. Dx10 is alright not as good as it could be yet.
I used Vista for a bit..well to play Crysis then after a bit I just rolled back to XP sp3. Then again I might go back to Vista again, depend. |
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Jul 08, 2008, 04:57 PM // 16:57
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rattus rattus
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: London, UK GMT±0 ±1hr DST
Guild: [GURU]GW [wiki]GW2
Profession: R/
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Just to prove pre-builts are more expensive:
https://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/...ml?PC-1149&v=1 £762.58 inc. VAT, but exc. OS. Novatech are another British company I can heartily recommend, by the way; got my Tt Armor+ from them 
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