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Gaming Desktop :-)


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So guys, I'm looking for a Gaming Desktop that can run: GTA IV(With MP), SA-MP, Skyrim, WoW, Star Wars The one republic, Minecraft and a couple more....

 

I want to play multi-player games very smoothly.

 

I picked this one and its in my price Range biggrin.gif, http://www.pcpro.co.uk/reviews/desktops/36...-predator-g5900

 

I've seen some reviews but I was wondering if you have any thoughts.

 

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The CPU is alright, but the GPU isn't that great. You'd probably be better off just buying the parts and building your own PC.

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The CPU is alright, but the GPU isn't that great. You'd probably be better off just buying the parts and building your own PC.

I've been told this many times.. I'm scared of buying all the parts and not knowing what to do sad.gif I know there is help on the web but I have that feeling. sad.gif

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Here in Holland we have Alternate, if I make a custom build there, they'll put it together for 55 extra wink.gif

Any sites that do the same?

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I do know there are sites like what Exxon is talking about in the UK, I just don't know what all there is.

I did however find this one: http://www.cyberpowersystem.co.uk/

If you work it right you can get this one http://www.cyberpowersystem.co.uk/system/weekly_sales_III/ down to close what that Acer is with Win7 Home included, and it'll still be better than the Acer.

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Thanks guys for the help

 

And thanks Exxon smile.gif I never realised I could pay someone to put it together lol.gif

 

Can I ask one thing if anyone can help me.... What's an alternative to Windows? I keep getting the Blue Screen of death and I can't fix them sad.gif

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If you want a gaming rig Windows is your best option, sadly.

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I know this will start to make this topic go off topic but then it is your topic so it's up to you if you want to continue it here or create a new topic.

Now that the disclaimer is out of the way....

 

What OS?

Do you know what the BSOD says or are you seeing it then the system restarts? You can look in the Event Viewer to see what they were as well.

Look in C:\Windows\minidump

Find all or at the very least the latest dump files and zip them then upload them some place and give me the link. I'll run it/them through the debugger and hopefully come up with some insight to the problem.

In the mean time the first thing, no matter what the problem might actually be, I would suggest a system cleaning; virus and spyware scans, registry cleaning, chkdsk and defrag. In this case I would also add running memtest for at least 3 Passes to see if any errors come up.

If you would like more details to these steps just ask, I'll include the usual steps I give as well as links to suggested programs to use...more so with memtest.

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I've seen the Acer Predator first hand when I was at Computex. It looks aggressive at a distance, then it becomes cheap and tacky once you get near it. The design seems to attract PC gaming wannabies who thinks the exterior is more important to a gaming computer.

Much like those who think placing sponsor stickers on their cars, automatically makes their car go extremely fast.

Build your own and you get a lot better system than the Predator. Plus you'll learn a thing or two as how your PC works.

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Much like those who think placing sponsor stickers on their cars, automatically makes their car go extremely fast.

 

That and adding chromed parts under the hood

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A guy on another forums made me this desktop:

 

Case: BitFenix Merc Alpha (£31.28)

Power Supply: XFX Pro 450W Core (£41.68)

Motherboard: Asus P8H61 (£61.21)

Processor: Intel Core i3-2120 (£95.99)

Memory: Corsair Vengeance LP 4GB (£22.97)

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 6770 (£79.99)

Hard Drive: Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB OEM (£68.99)

Optical Drive: Samsung SH-222BB (£12.99)

Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit (£78.63)

 

Total: £493.73

+ Optionally: Anti Static Wristband (£3.99)

 

*Does it look good? Its definitely in my price range biggrin.gif What are your thought and I think I may be able to up the price a little if its worth it....

 

Can we try get off the car subject and stick to the threads original subject please smile.gif

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It's okay.

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I highly recommend you buying the parts and then either putting it together yourself or get a friend to do it for you. You can get a much better system for your budget this way.

 

Here's a great system for £604.52:

 

Case: Casecom KM-6988 (don't let the price fool you, its an extremely well designed case for the price)

 

Case fans: 1x Casecom 140mm

 

3x 120mm

 

PSU: Corsair CX 430W V2

 

Motherboard: MSI Z68-G43 (G3)

 

CPU: i5 2500k

 

RAM: Kingston 8GB DDR3 1600

 

Video card: PowerColor HD6850 1GB

 

HDD: WD 500GB SATA III 7200RPM 16MB Cache

 

ODD: Sony 24x SATA DVD Burner

 

OS: Windows 7 Home Premium x64 SP1 OEM

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I would just like to say, as a first time builder of a PC of only a couple weeks ago its really worth the effort of doing it yourself. Not only will you be learning a skill for life - especially if its an interest. Its really not that hard at all. The Motherboard manual is basically all you'll need to look at when plugging in components. They are very easy to read and understand and the CPU also comes with a great manual. The only issue I remember having is getting my motherboard screws in since I was a little shaky and took me a little while to figure out which screw to use smile.gif All motherboards these days basically have a lot of things printed on them if you aren't sure what it is. You'll not need one of those static bands - just remember to touch the metal of the new case or your sisters old one while building. Ryan posted a great 3 step video on how to set up and build a PC I'd take a look at that.

 

The only hard part is probably deciding where you want the wires to go once everything is in place.

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