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Advice for buying a new PC?

  • 21-03-2006 7:02pm
    #1
    anonymous_joe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,255 ✭✭✭


    Any advice as to where I should buy a good gaming rig?

    And please don't offer me any 'make it yourself' advice, that kind of jazz is beyond me.


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  • #2
    Mutant_Fruit
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,943 ✭✭✭Mutant_Fruit


    pay someone to make it for you? I'd do it for €50 on top of what parts cost ya. Good gaming PC's are generally best done the DIY route, unless you have a good bit of spare cash. :p

    Check out alienware for good gaming pc's, but they cost a bomb.


  • #3
    anonymous_joe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,255 ✭✭✭anonymous_joe


    Was thinking of going down the Alienware route... Bastards... With their high quality, yet equally high priced machines...


  • #4
    8T8
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,757 ✭✭✭8T8


    Yeah you don't really have the kind of boutique builders that you can buy from in the US like Voodoo PC and MainGear so you have less options on that front. Personally I'd stay the hell away from Dell XPS systems if you dont plan to format the machine and do a clean install of the OS.

    If you want a straight up gaming PC no frills then OcUK sell pre-built systems that they will ship to you.
    http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/full_systems.html

    You can see a variety of machine's at different price points with the OS being optional for some.


  • #5
    anonymous_joe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,255 ✭✭✭anonymous_joe


    Cheers, I've heard good things about Overclockers. They'll merit a look alright.


  • #6
    SeanW
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,160 ✭✭✭SeanW


    Give Komplett a look over. I'm changing my PC this year and am pretty sure I'll get it from here. Look for their custom-build options, then basically ramp up everything that games need - RAM, processor, video card etc.


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  • #7
    L31mr0d
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,067 ✭✭✭L31mr0d


    What exactly is your budget? I mean don't expect to get a decent prebuilt gaming rig nowadays for less than €1500 Minimum. Do you just need the Computer, or do you need Monitor, etc...

    Here are 2 I know of besides alienware:
    meshcomputers
    pctorque


  • #8
    Gurgle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,064 ✭✭✭Gurgle


    Mutant_Fruit wrote:
    I'd do it for €50 on top of what parts cost ya.
    You SIR don't charge enough!
    Don't ruin it for the rest of us.


  • #9
    L31mr0d
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,067 ✭✭✭L31mr0d


    I'll do it for nothing €49 :D


  • #10
    nadir
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,419 ✭✭✭nadir


    I know your not so interested in making it yourself, but seriously it's the way to go, and its easy.

    Go for my rig, it's sexy and it works real well.

    post is here.

    It cost 2000 , without a monitor, doesnt have SLI, but apart from that I reckon it makes a decent gaming machine.


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