Cheapest PC possible

kevovek

Whats the cheapest pc you could possibly put together, but has to be capable of playing the latest games? I was looking on ankermans ebay store and they have some good deals (well as far as i know ) what are these like:

Silenceisbliss

i personally wouldnt. ive learnt in the past that if i buy a budget PC for gaming purposes, ill regret it and subsequentally spend more on it getting it into shape.

kevovek

How does this look: http://cgi.ebay.ie/Intel-Dual-3-4GHz-GeForce-9500GT-1024MB-500GB-SATA2_W0QQitemZ260278041285QQihZ016QQcategoryZ179QQcmdZViewItem

Silenceisbliss

be wary that its actually a 1,7ghz chip. ebay computer people tend to false advertise.

also. computer off ebay? questionable at best.

Would you not consider a self build?

Silenceisbliss

could get sumthin like this. and it would be very much capable of playing anything



still need to throw a monitor, keyboard, mouse, and OS at it though

kevovek

yeh i was thinking about ebay being a bit dodgy, i wouldnt have a clue how to self build and would be worried about messing something up, what site is the one above from?

Silenceisbliss

http://www4.hardwareversand.de/home.jsp?lid=2

you can choose all the bits and bobs you want, and have them build it for you. theyre a german conmpany though. many here use them regardless.

an alternative is to customise one on komplett.ie

link - http://www.komplett.ie/k/cc.aspx?bn=10306


have a look around both. theyre fantastic sites

kevovek

How does the graphics card you listed stand up against say XFX Geforce 9600 or 9800?

jonny72

Silenceisbliss wrote: »

be wary that its actually a 1,7ghz chip. ebay computer people tend to false advertise.

also. computer off ebay? questionable at best.

Would you not consider a self build?

Nope its the old 3.4 ghz DUAL CORE.. not core2duo..

Be wary of Ebay if you know nothing about it or computers, you will get screwed..

If you do know, then the cheapest PC's (cheaper than hardwareversand etc) can be found but generally only through solid sellers like Ankermann-pc or Dell factory outlet and by bidding in the correct intelligent way or decent buy-it-nows.

Its the same with graphics cards, if you know nothing about them you will end up buying a 1 gig 8500GT

jonny72

In fact this
http://cgi.ebay.ie/Intel-Core-2-Quad-2-66GHz-Radeon-HD-4850-4GB-DDR2_W0QQitemZ260283365660QQihZ016QQcategoryZ179QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

is cheaper than you can get on hardwareversand..

AlmightyCushion

jonny72 wrote: »

Nope its the old 3.4 ghz DUAL CORE.. not core2duo..

Yep, it's a pentium D. I'd stay well away.

Keggers

That graphics card (the 4850) is a little tank capable of running UT 3 at around 86fps!!!!!

lol5605

I payed about 470 for a comp from Komplett, E2200 Nvidia 9600 and 2 gigs of ram I'm currently runing wow with the command to enchance the Gfx even more with a stedy 60-120 FPS, havent seen it go below 40FPS yet.