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[7UpJordan]

I'm thinking of getting a new PC as my current one is starting to get tetchy with some of my games - especially RFactor - with a wide range of problems from lower framerates to the annoying blue screen of death. Also it keeps doing blue screen of death on occasions when it's sat there doing sod all, takes longer to load up and to execute simple programs like Mozilla and MSN.

I'm thinking of getting a specialist gaming machine or something powerful for RFactor and also any other of today's games. I also want to get something that isn't going to leave a hole in my wallet. I'm thinking something along the lines of these 2 would be handy.

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/product/seo/506746

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/store/ ... egory_oid=

Anybody got any other suggestions or are any of the above good?

[McLaren Fan]

Have a look on Dell's small business section.

[bud]

i would get one build to specification rather than buy off the shelf PC's
saying that ive turned to the good side of the $orce and will only buy macs now

[Denthúl]

Provided you don't need the monitor, keyboard and mouse, I can put together a spec for you that would beat both of those and cost about £300. Downside is, you'd have to build it yourself, but that's not too difficult.

[7UpJordan]

http://www.cyberpowersystem.co.uk/

I like some of the gaming PC's on this website. Might get finance too because I'm about to spend a lot of my money on my upcoming racing.

The Gamer Infinity 800 looks the best one to me, but what make of processor is the best to use? AMD or Intel?

[Selcouth_Feline]

but what make of processor is the best to use? AMD or Intel?

Oh no...you *really* don't want to ask that. You'll probably start a war

The only thing I will say is that I used to work in IT many moons ago and the PCs that gave us the most severe amount of trouble were the Dell ones. Cheap 'n' nasty IMHO.

[al4x]

the expensive dells are good, the cheap ones are abysmal, only get one if its expensive, my laptop is amazing and fell down the stairs whilst on without a scratch, (10 wooden stairs!)

BUT if your going cheap dont buy one !

[Denthúl]

the expensive dells are good, the cheap ones are abysmal, only get one if its expensive, my laptop is amazing and fell down the stairs whilst on without a scratch, (10 wooden stairs!)

BUT if your going cheap dont buy one !

By the time you get to the expensive Dells, you could get something better for less money, though. :/

[7UpJordan]

Hmmm just found an even better value machine at Arbico.co.uk for £500 excl. VAT and delivery, this one is an award winning custom machine, so I've upped the ante slightly on some of the components and it's much better value for money than a machine I was looking at on Cyber Power System.


System Configuration:
PC Case: Galaxy Black ATX Midi Tower - included in price
Power Supply: 500Watt Standard PSU - included in price
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 CPU - included in price
Heatsink & CPU Fan: Standard Heatsink & CPU Fan - included in price
Motherboard: Asrock 4Core1333-GLAN Motherboard - included in price
DDR2 Memory: 3GB (3 x 1GB) Kingston 667Mhz DDR2
PCI-E Graphics: 1GB (1024MB) nVidia Geforce 8600GT PCI Express Graphics Card
Sound Card: Integrated 7.1 Channel Sound Card - included in price
Primary Hard Drive: 250GB SATA 7200RPM Hard Drive
Secondary Hard Drive: None
Main Optical Drive: 20x Dual Layer DVD +/- Rewriter - included in price
Secondary Optical Drive: None
Floppy Drive: None
Memory Card Reader: None
Dial-Up Modem: None
Network Adapter: PCI 802.11g 54mbps Wireless network card
TV Tuner: None
Firewire: None
TFT Monitor: 19" Hannspree New York, Black, Widescreen, 700:1, 5ms, DVI/VGA, TFT - included in price
Keyboard & Mice: Std Keyboard & Optical Mouse - included in price
Speakers: Built into Flat-Panel - included in price
All-in-One-Printers: None
VOIP Hardware: None
Operating System: Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium (32bit Version) - included in price
Antivirus & Security Software: AVG AntiVirus - included in price
Multimedia Software: Nero Burning Rom - included in price
Office Software: OpenOffice - included in price
Warranty: 2 Years Return To Base Warranty (1st Year - Parts & Labour, 2nd Year - Labour Only) - included in price

[7UpJordan]

Right, found something even better for only a little more on the same website, here's the config;

System Configuration:
PC Case: Galaxy Black ATX Midi Tower - included in price
Power Supply: Standard 450 Watt PSU - included in price
Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 CPU - included in price
Heatsink & CPU Fan: Standard Heatsink & CPU Fan - included in price
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-G31MF-S2 Motherboard - included in price
DDR2 Memory: 4 x 1GB OCZ PC5300 667Mhz DDR2 Ram - included in price
PCI-E Graphics: 1GB (1024MB) nVidia Geforce 8600GT PCI Express Graphics Card
PhysX Card: None
Sound Card: Onboard 5.1 Sound Card - included in price
Primary Hard Drive: 500GB SATA 7200RPM Hard Drive - included in price
Secondary Hard Drive: None
Main Optical Drive: 20x Dual Layer DVD Rewriter - included in price
Secondary Optical Drive: None
Floppy Drive: None
Memory Card Reader: None
Dial-Up Modem: None
Network Adapter: PCI 802.11g 54mbps Wireless network card
TV Tuner: None
Firewire: None
TFT Monitor: 22" Hannspree Widescreen, 1000:1, VGA & HDMI, VGA, 5ms, TFT
Keyboard & Mice: Multimedia Keyboard & Optical Mouse - included in price
Speakers: None
All-in-One-Printers: None
VOIP Hardware: None
Operating System: Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium (32bit Version) - included in price
Antivirus & Security Software: AVG AntiVirus - included in price
Multimedia Software: Nero Burning Rom - included in price
Office Software: OpenOffice - included in price
Warranty: 2 Years Return To Base Warranty (1st Year - Parts & Labour, 2nd Year - Labour Only) - included in price

I also had a choice between the Quad Core processor or a 3ghz Dual core processor. Which one should I go for?

[Denthúl]

What's the clock speed of the Quad Core?

The only issue I can see with that second machine, aside from it being massively over the top, is that it only has a 450w PSU and it's got a lot of hardware in there that will demand a lot of power.

[7UpJordan]

The Quad Core is 2.4ghz. I can upgrade to a 500W power supply if needed as it's only another £7.

[Denthúl]

The Quad Core is 2.4ghz. I can upgrade to a 500W power supply if needed as it's only another £7.

Then, if you're happy with what it costs, go for it