Noonster
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Thinking about building a PC for £1000 or under....
I know it cant be the fastest in the world!!!!
It needs to be fast enough and have a good graphics card so i can online game......
Was thinking about a 2.8 P4 Prescott then overclocking and a Radeon 9600xt..... 1gb Corsair memory.... £120gb hard drive.
What do you think - opinions on what bits to get would be a great help....
OH and must be at least a 17" TFT screen.
Thanks
Darren
[Edited on 24-02-2004 by Noonster19]
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modded_corsa
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http://www.ebuyer.com
get bits from ther
was looking into building a pc not long ago and wud cost....£490 summat for a 2.7gb with 160gb drive 512memory and then was bout £250 for monitor
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dj_mikey_k
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quote:
Originally posted by Noonster19
Thinking about building a PC for £1000 or under....
I know it cant be the fastest in the world!!!!
It needs to be fast enough and have a good graphics card so i can online game......
Was thinking about a 2.8 P4 Prescott then overclocking and a Radeon 9600xt..... 1gb Corsair memory.... £120gb hard drive.
What do you think - opinions on what bits to get would be a great help....
OH and must be at least a 17" TFT screen.
Thanks
Darren
I thought u invested late last year
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Noonster
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Yeah that was when i was thinking about spending 2k on it and only 1k on the car.... but now I am spending 2k on the car and only left with 1k for a computer.
But only gonna get one if it can meet my needs above  - other wise just gonna save the 1k
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Demo
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you will be able to build a flying machine for a grand mate. mine is a 2800 based machine and only cost me bout £700 with a 17"tft
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Sims
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www.overclockers.co.uk is good for bits!!
i need to upgrade but i'm happy with my AMD XP2100+ clocked to XP2600+
shame i'm on a old SDram board though. will invest in a new A-Bit board and corsair ram soon!
[Edited on 24-02-2004 by Sims]
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Noonster
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yeah should be able to build a good one.... I HOPE!!!
looked at all them places and started adding things up
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dj_mikey_k
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Invest in a P4 3.2ghz, a Gig of RAM
2x 250 Gig HD & a Ge-Force FX 9850 256mb RAM oh and a N-Force 2 Mother Board
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Noonster
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yeah how much we talking for all that then?? more than 1k obviously 
Only have 1k if im gonna do this
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Pablo
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I wouldn't ever spend this much on a pc
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Noonster
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why?? - you have to if you want a decent gameing machine dont you??
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Pablo
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I dont play computer games really - C and C bout it
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dj_mikey_k
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u need to spend about 800 to get a decent rig, do u need keyboard, mouse, monitor, speakers etc etc can u slavage bits from ure old machine?
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Noonster
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old machine is a laptop so cant salvage anything..... so basically I need the lot!!!
wait dont need a mouse..... need everthing else though.
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chris_uk
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daz if you want high quality display dont get a flat screen TFT moniter... get a normal boxy thing, better quality. the rest seems ok tho.
and for online gaming make sure you have a 1meg line other wise its just shit,
the mouse, get a microsoft optical mouse, (not i wireless one they are alot heavier than a normal mouse)
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Noonster
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chris - read above i already have a mouse 
regarding the 1mb line - no probs thats what I have......
need a tft though as i am pushed for space
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dj_mikey_k
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quote:
Originally posted by chris_uk
and for online gaming make sure you have a 1meg line other wise its just shit,
576k is perfect for online gaming u just need to find out esitmated ping times b4 u sign up, lower the ping times the better
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Demo
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my 521k line has always been fine for online gaming
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chris_uk
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we have a 1meg line and we play call of duty at 20 - 35 ping, yes thats good but if it gets above say 150 ping game becomes unplayable. you know you will shoot someone and 3 seconds later they die,
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Pablo
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I have ordered a 2mb line 
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chris_uk
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if the 512 line lets you play at 100 ping or below thats fine, but as daz says he has got a 1meg line so need need to worry
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chris_uk
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quote:
Originally posted by P4UL
I have ordered a 2mb line
fuk off!
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Noonster
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- ok ok just help me
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Pablo
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£29.99 a month!!
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chris_uk
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that all! fuk me!
daz wat you want help on?
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