Pete G
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Registered: 11th Apr 03
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i'm wanting to upgrade my home PC, it's mainly used for internet, photo's and the use of card making software.
so would it be worth building something to a very decent spec that'll last for a few years
OR
start looking for a decent of the shelf PC
i've about £600 to spend....  i'm not sure this will be enough for a custom build if that's the better option.
OR Third option
would it be better to just upgrade the ram, would it be possible to upgrade the prossesor?
what about operaing system would it be worth a swap to windows 7?
spec of current PC
Windows xp home edition
pentium 4 CPU 2.66GHz
512 of RAM
70 gb harddrive (only half full)
Thank's for any help and advice.
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Sunz
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
Location: SE England
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Processor upgrade depends on the motherboard and I'm not to good on the intel chips.
I would personally go for something like this !
Titan Xenomorph
Custom building it
Intel core i3 @ 4.0 ghz
HD 5770
Coolmaster Case
PSU
Overclockers and ebuyer are good places anyway.
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Firestate88
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Registered: 10th Jul 08
Location: Northampton England
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just get more RAM and should be all good for what you need
i have pretty much same as you set up wise
windows xp
pentium 4 2.66 ghz
1024mb RAM (2 x 516mb)
80gb hard drive
does everything ever needed it too tbh
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Pete G
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Thank's for the replys, i'm going to have a look about but I reckon upgrading the RAM might be the way to go.
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Daveskater
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Registered: 29th Apr 08
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I custom built my PC for about £450, all I had to start with was the case and monitor. When I built it it was pretty good too (still is imo) but tbf I don't play recent games or anything on it, the most strenuous thing it does these days is Photoshop.
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Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle
Look at my pictures
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N3CRO
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Registered: 12th Apr 07
Location: Sandy, Bedfordshire
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I built my custom PC for £1,000 5 years ago and it's still pretty good today, will play all the latest games most probs.
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Wrighty
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Registered: 28th Feb 04
Location: Howden
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for £600 id see what you can get from dell or an ebay shop. your budget should get you what you want id only build my own if i was into computer games or something.
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DannyB
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Registered: 6th Feb 08
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Custom build everytime, far better value for your money.
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John
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Registered: 30th Jun 03
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There's not much in it now.
For myself I'd still custom build but I've started recommending dell desktops now.
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DannyB
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Registered: 6th Feb 08
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I built mine about 2 years ago now for around £600 and it's still really good, plays new games perfect, never misses a beat and the fact I can just swap something whenever I want is good.
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gravesy
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Have you had a look around www.overclockers.co.uk? You can customise any of the options they've got on there.
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
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lolz
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