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tips for buying a pc

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  • #2
    the_syco
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,316 ✭✭✭✭the_syco


    Onboard graphics card. If by "light gaming" you mean online flash games, then yes, but any actual games taht you have to install, then HELL NO.

    No expansion slot means you can never put a decent GPU into it.

    Tell us what games that you intend playing, and someone here may tell you of a nice deal. There's a few places in the UK that will ship the PC to you made up with Windows already on it.


  • #3
    EoinHef
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,583 ✭✭✭EoinHef


    Ye you could do a lot better for the money,could get a AMD apu setup that would outperform that by a country mile for similar money,if you really mean light gaming! What resolution is your monitor?


  • #4
    SterlingArcher
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,767 ✭✭✭SterlingArcher


    Ted you could have one built for 400 parts selected here. That will be future proofed. This one you linked is an office pc at best.

    Id buy a powerful second hand one with a graphics card already in it , before I'd piss money up a wall on that thing.


  • #5
    ted1742
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16 ✭ted1742


    SterlingArcher wrote: »
    Ted you could have one built for 400 parts selected here. That will be future proofed. This one you linked is an office pc at best.

    Id buy a powerful second hand one with a graphics card already in it , before I'd piss money up a wall on that thing.

    See I'm 16 and my parents are buying it for Christmas so they won't buy a second hand one or order one from the UK, if it was my money I would, and by light gaming I mean league of legends, grand theft auto sa, world of tanks etc, no battlefield 4 or cod ghosts :)


  • #6
    SterlingArcher
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,767 ✭✭✭SterlingArcher


    ted1742 wrote: »
    See I'm 16 and my parents are buying it for Christmas so they won't buy a second hand one or order one from the UK, if it was my money I would, and by light gaming I mean league of legends, grand theft auto sa, world of tanks etc, no battlefield 4 or cod ghosts :)

    Ahh I see well parents know best ;p
    Well you could explain to them that they can waste their money or help you use it getting the pc that is actually good for what you intend it to do.


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  • #7
    justsomebloke
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,407 ✭✭✭✭justsomebloke


    Obviously you haven't pulled the 'educational benefits of building my own PC in the current climate where companies are looking for good ITC candidates' card yet


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