Iv got about £600 to spend ..

http://www.cyberpowersystem.co.uk/system/mega_sales_II/ dont know what the i3 is like and for a bit more i could pop a better gfx card in there ..

OR

http://www.cyberpowersystem.co.uk/system/Infinity_i5_Hercules_SE could update the gfx card at a later date ..

what do you think ?

Taken from the review in Bit-tech.net



I have the E8400 (with a GTX260) and it happily chews threw MW2 and WOW at full settings.

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So the i3 is not a bad chip then ? yes the i5 is a better chip but iv got a p4 3.0 ghz just now so anything is over that is sweet in my eye's . roll on thursday to see what the old pay packet is like :)

Well, in my opinion it's always better to build your own system instead of buying a prebuilt one. We'll help you out choosing parts.

Also, if you're getting a new rig - consider keeping your current graphics card (ie not buying a new one right away), then get a decent DX11 chip in there.

iv got a ati 1950xt 256mb.. a few years old .. there both a big step up for me

Trust me - get something like a 5770 - you'll be able to run MW2 on high - it's beautiful

If you go down the build your own route, I'd recommend checking out this article.



I also recomend perusing a copy of Custom PC who do a similar list each month.

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When I was in the market for my PC: I found the NVIDIA GTX 275 to be the best value graphics card in bang per buck.

Here's a link to the PC I bought.

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The downside of being better than everyone else is that people tend to assume you're pretentious.

4 days to go ... google , google lol

What resolution is your monitor... or are you going to upgrade that as well?

What components do you want to keep I.e hard drives?

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dout if any of my stuff will go with the new mobo .. its over 4 years old . saying that it is pci-e , but from what harb was talking about on wow is that the connectors may not be the same .. Im pro noob with the inside

ok here is what i have just now ..

AREA-51
1 | ALIENWARE FULL-TOWER GREEN CASE 1.5
1 | INTEL D925XCV 925X MOTHERBOARD BLKD925XCVLK
1 | INTEL PENTIUM 4 530 3.0 1MB L2 CACHE 800MHZ FSB LGA775 EJ
2 | SAMSUNG 512MB DDR2 PC4200
1 | 16X DVD-ROM
1 | SEAGATE BARRACUDA 120GB 8MB CACHE SERIAL ATA WITH NCQ HD
1 | 1.44MB FLOPPY DRIVE BLACK
1 | US ROBOTICS V.92 56K PCI MODEM
1 | INTEL INTEGRATED HIGH-DEFINITION AUDIO
1 | ATI RADEON X850 XT 256MB PLATINUM EDITION PCIE
1 | MOUSE PAD
1 | ALIENWARE MASTER CD
1 | MICROSOFT WINDOWS XP HOME
1 | SYMANTEC GHOST CORPORATE VERSION 8 (LICENSE)
1 | ALIENADRENALINE: VIDEO PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZER
1 | CYBERLINK POWERDVD 8 CHANNEL 7.1 XP
1 | ALIENWARE CORE BINDER MANUAL
1 | 480 WATT POWER SUPPLY
1 | SET UP POSTER
1 | 36" INTERNAL TO EXTERNAL USB CABLE
1 | SATA DATA CBL 60 CMS ST TO R ANGLE
1 | CABLE MANAGEMENT
1 | ALIENICE INTAKE BLUE FAN
1 | BLUE LED ALIENHEAD
1 | DUAL COLD CATHODE BLUE LIGHT KIT
2 | IDE CABLE 80 WAY
1 | PCI-EXPRESS 6-PIN INTERNAL POWER CABLE ADAPTER
1 | POWER SPLITTER HD/CD 1x 5.25" to 2x 5.25
1 | CARD KEEPER PCI
1 | ALIENWARE RESPAWN RECOVERY KIT ENGLISH
1 | 2-YR 24/7 WARRANTY
1 | CUSTOMER SUPPORT WARRANTY (NO CHARGE)
1 | PERIPHERALS
1 | PINNACLE INSTANT CD/DVD OEM
1 | GREEN INTELLIMOUSE EXPLORER 4.0 USB
1 | UK - EU POWER PLUG ADAPTOR
1 | LOGITECH BLACK INTERNET KEYBOARD UK
1 | NEC MULTISYNC LCD1770NX-BK 17" LCD MONITOR

[url]http://www.cyberpowersystem.co.uk/system/Infinity_i5_Hercules_SE/url] gone for this bad boy .. give it a few months and i will ad more ram and a 5770 or 275 .. only a few more days

nice. The 4850 is a good card so you shouldn't need a new graphics card for a long time.

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Order timestamp 28/01/2010 1:16:56 Pm

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its been a week and they have not evan started to build the dam thing yet

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