Recommend me a good gaming PC

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my only edit would be to get a smaller drive to boot off - as when ur hard drives cocks up (as they all do these days) you will just lose your install and not all ur work.

I already have a barracuda 40gb as you see on my list, that's kinda new so i'll probably use that for system files, then the other one for all my games.

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i would of opted for a small sata 8meg buffer drive to boot off my self - have the 40 gig one for ur games and then a huge slow one for songs/movies etc

[Ben]

If you have case / monitor / dvd- drive etc


Asus P4P800 SE "Springdale" (Socket 478) Motherboard (MB-025-AS)
£62.95 £62.95
Intel Pentium 4 "Prescott" 3.2GHz (800FSB) with HT Technology - Retail (CP-047-IN)
£155.00 £155.00
Corsair 1GB DDR XMS3200C2 Pro TwinX (2x512MB) CAS2 (MY-026-CS)
£165.00 £165.00
Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 250GB 2500JD SATA 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-010-WD)
£112.95 £112.95
Asus V9999 Ultra Deluxe GeForce 6800 Ultra 256MB DDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (AGP) - Retail (GX-040-AS)
£329.95 £329.95

Subtotal £825.85
VAT £144.53
Total £970.38

I'm not touching Intel, I hate them. AMD are better than Intel, it's been proven

Thanks any way Ben

[Bifta]

Originally Posted by Electrolyte

I'm not touching Intel, I hate them. AMD are better than Intel, it's been proven

Thanks any way Ben

Where has it been proven? I'd swap my Athlon XP 3200 for a 3.2ghz P4 anyday. (just can't afford it atm)

Here's a couple of gaming benchmarks, XP 3200 vs P4 3.0ghz

http://www.simhq.com/_technology/technology_002f.html

Oh look, the 3ghz P4 beats it in every test .....

It was in this magazine my mate told me about, can't remember it any more

But I prefer AMD, there cheaper, and always seem to be better performance for me.

[Bifta]

Oh look, more benchmarks, with the P4 only losing out on 1 of them.

http://www.vr-zone.com/reviews/AMD/XP3200+/page6.htm, and that's just gaming performance, the P4 spanks AMD in almost every other test.

OK Bifta, I'm not listening to you any more you seem to always disagree with EVERYTHING I say.

[Bifta]

Originally Posted by Electrolyte

OK Bifta, I'm not listening to you any more you seem to always disagree with EVERYTHING I say.

You say something that's correct and I'll agree with you .. simple really .. You're off again backing up your view's with something "your mate" told you, where as I provide you with actual information to the contrary.

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bifta is very passionate about cpu's and especially gfx cards he disagrees with most people because normally he knows what hes on about

[matrix]

looks good, but definately get a 6800gt and 1gb ram, itll last you a good couple of years if not longer

[Gareth]

Forget what everyone else has suggested. You should buy my 1.2GHz Celery with 60GB HDD, 320MB RAM and ATI Radeon 7000 - I'll sell it for £995 and I'll even throw in an old copy of Win 98SE I have collecting dust. If you want XP instead, I can arrange that, but I'd have to charge you even more