[Tech] New computer.

[Gombol]

I am thinking about saving up for a new computer, found where i will get it from (the company im doing work experience at) but im not too sure what to get put into it. Could anyone suggest a setup that will run most games nowdays and last for a couple of years (Ill be upgrading it gradually of course, as income allows.) but any advice on what Specs and stuff to get would be appreciated.

The techie im doing the experience with gave a rough estimate of about £400 - £500 for a basic gaming PC, but i want your advice since all of you are gamers and prob know whats better for gaming then he does.

Thanks in advance.

~Gombol

(Oh, wasnt sure what forum this would go in, feel free to move it to a more appropiate forum if required.)

 

[thatbloke]

What parts form your current computer will you want to replace?

What is your current power supply rated at? Will you want a new case too, or are we just looking at a new mobo/cpu/ram/gfx card combo?

 

[Gombol]

What parts form your current computer will you want to replace?

What is your current power supply rated at? Will you want a new case too, or are we just looking at a new mobo/cpu/ram/gfx card combo?

Everything minus the case, really Blokey. My GFX card might be alright, but im not 100% sure. The bloke said my 2 gigs of RAM is enough too. Plus maybe my harddrive (130 gig i think.)

 

[thatbloke]

Do you also need a new version of Windows? (maybe Win7)

 

[Gombol]

I dont really mind. I got vista 64 Bit atm i think.

 

[Wol]

The bloke said my 2 gigs of RAM is enough too. Plus maybe my harddrive (130 gig i think.)

Dinky hard drive..... giggedy.

Make sure that if you want to keep your ram, that it is compatible with the new motherboard.

Hard drives are dirt cheap these days so it probably wouldn't hurt to whack another one in.

What GFX crd you have at the moment?

 

[Gombol]

Dinky hard drive..... giggedy.

Make sure that if you want to keep your ram, that it is compatible with the new motherboard.

Hard drives are dirt cheap these days so it probably wouldn't hurt to whack another one in.

What GFX crd you have at the moment?

Dont make fun.


NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS

What i have already is:

Manufacturer:
Compaq-Presario
Processor:
Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual CPU E2140 @ 1.60GHz (2 CPUs), ~1.6GHz
Memory:
2046MB RAM
Hard Drive:
152 GB
Video Card:
NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS
Monitor:
Generic PnP Monitor
Sound Card:
Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Keyboard:
USB Root Hub
Mouse:
USB Root Hub
Mouse Surface:
Operating System:
Windows Vista™ Home Premium (6.0, Build 6000) (6000.vista_ldr.090805-0102)

Taken from that x-fire spec thingy.

 

[SwampFae]

[Response]: New computer: Graphics Card

NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS

Let's see now..
Core Clock (MHz) 450
Shader Clock (MHz) 900
Memory Clock (MHz) 400
Memory Amount 256MB
Memory Interface 64-bit
Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec) 6.4
Texture Fill Rate (billion/sec) 3.6
PCI-E support.

The GeForce 9600 GT wouldn't be a bad upgrade.
Currently running one of those with 512MB DDR3 RAM on the card. It performs quite well.

 

[Gombol]

Re: [Response]: New computer: Graphics Card

I want a full computer upgrade Fae fae.

 

[thatbloke]

My best suggestion would be to look at getting a barebones bundle of some description from somewhere like novatech - http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?BB-8304X looks very good to me, then you can slap a new HDD in alongside your current for around £40-50, then get a Graphics card with the rest of your budget - a 1GB Radeon HD5750 would be a good choice, then optionally on top of that, get Windows 7

 

[SwampFae]

Re: [Response]: New computer: Graphics Card

I want a full computer upgrade Fae fae.

Anyone listing valid parts gets you one step closer. All help is good help if it means that it will get you to the last step. Now let the techies handle this

 

[SwampFae]

My best suggestion would be to look at getting a barebones bundle of some description from somewhere like novatech - http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?BB-8304X looks very good to me, then you can slap a new HDD in alongside your current for around £40-50, then get a Graphics card with the rest of your budget - a 1GB Radeon HD5750 would be a good choice, then optionally on top of that, get Windows 7

Just had a look at this one now.
Good find, Q-Ball

 

[Iron_fist]

depending on the route you want to take you could go for a Q8400\9400, hdd and PSU and then a 5750 + Mobo\windows, you'd need to check your Motherboard but i would think that it should support those CPUs

 

[Gombol]

Would you be able to like, get a system spec / list of parts or whatever pleeeease? :3 would make my life so much easier 'cause i have no clue about this stuff.

 

[Gombol]

Got the setup ready, going to order it on Wednesday hopefully. ^_^

 

[Wol]

going to elaborate a bit more?

 

[Gombol]

going to elaborate a bit more?

No

He just wrote down some stuff, no clue what each of it does. >_>

 

[thatbloke]

so... copy that list onto here?

 

[Wol]

No

He just wrote down some stuff, no clue what each of it does. >_>

Then when it breaks, you'll have to come whining onto here again ;-)

Tis good to take interest in whats actually in your computer, and why. It'll help when something breaks and you'll have some idea as to what each bit is, and how to find a compatible replacement.

 

[SwampFae]

Then when it breaks, you'll have to come whining onto here again ;-)

Tis good to take interest in whats actually in your computer, and why. It'll help when something breaks and you'll have some idea as to what each bit is, and how to find a compatible replacement.

Wol speaks the truth