Advice needed for new pc

mdwexford

Hi,

Im looking to spend just under a grand on a new pc, i need it mainly for online poker, 14 tables at once (not sure how much resources that takes), a big itunes library, dvd backups, avi to dvd converts and stuff like that. I dont play games at all. Just wondering should i go to somewhere like hardwareversand or komplett and get them to build as good a pc as i can afford or should i just to dell and get a standard pc. Will i get something much better for the same price if i go to the aforementioned companies??? I want something pretty fast and that wont be completly ancient by christmas preferably.

Thanks for any advice

Dilogoat

It all depends on what you have already. If you have a monitor and peripherals already that saves about 2-3 hundred euro. You could easily go to Komplett and build yourself a PC for well under a grand to suit your needs. You want a large harddrive, lots of RAM and a quick processor.

I'd recommend

AMD X2 6000
2GB DDR2 6400 RAM
500GB SATA2 HDD
ASUS motherboard
Decent power supply 550W
Windows Vista Home Premium

It all depends on if you want it for gaming AT ALL. If you think you'll ever want to play games you'll need a fairly good video card. All in all, I'd say Komplett is your friend. I can build it for you for a fee (part of my own business) PM if you have any further questions.

mdwexford

Thanks for the reply, btw i will defo not be playing games on this.

Ok how do either of these look please anyone

http://www.komplett.ie/k/config.aspx

http://www2.hardwareversand.de/7Vey-oSedxwW3U/1/pcconfigurator.jsp

Which one is better??
Is there anywhere i should be spending more or less??
Is there anything im forgetting??

Will these be able run a 22" 1920x1200 monitor??

Thanks

drude_2002

To be honest, running a computer for purely online Poker is a crazy thing to do on a Windows Based PC.

Buy a Mac man, all the poker software is MAC compatible!!

Buy a base model iMac and buy 4GB Ram from overclockers for €75 and a 500GB Sata Drive from Kompeltt for €100.

And buy it from the Apple Education Store, 6% off and all you need is a School name and Location.

Dilogoat

The only trouble with Mac is...they're Macs. Up to yourself. PC will run 99% of software.

DVD-Lots

Quad Core system from www.ankermann-pc.com/en/

Upped the HD to 500GB and the RAM from 2GB to 4GB. Total price including build and 2yr warranty is €688.90 & Delivery is €39 extra.


System: INTEL Core 2 Quad 2.4GHz
NVIDIA GeForce 8600GT
Equipment:

- MSI P6NFD
- PCI-e 512 MB NVidia GeForce 8600-GT TV-out- DVI
- 500GB SATA-II HDD SEAGATE 16MB Cache
- 2GB DDR-II RAM MDT
- Upgrade to 4 GB DDR2 RAM PC667
- LG GSH H50L DVD-RW Lightscribe
- Ankermann MidiTower Silver:
- Intel Box CPU Cooler | 15 in 1 Cardreader
- 600Watt PFC Switching Power Supply
- Realtek ALC662 6 Channel Audio
- DSL Ready 10/100 Ethernet LAN
- Ankermann ATX Case 6x USB 2.0

I have bought loads of PC's from them and had minimal issues with them.

drude_2002

Dilogoat wrote: »

The only trouble with Mac is...they're Macs. Up to yourself. PC will run 99% of software.

Very Very true, its just such a relief though, not having to worry about viruses and having an AV Program eating your resources!!

The only problem i have with Macs is the price, everything else i love, you can always find a Mac Version of whatever software you want to run.

cardshark202

hmm all poker software is NOT mac compatible, in fact most poker software is not mac compatible.