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Need help building a pc

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  • 24-08-2014 11:07pm
    #1
    Davidf1
    Registered Users Posts: 46 ✭


    Hi, everyone i am looking to start gaming on the pc, and i want to build my own, but I really need some help with the parts, I am looking to spend €500-600 and could maybe go up to around 700 if absolutely necessary, I don't know if i can actually get anything good for that but Its really all i can afford, I don't need any peripherals but if possible i do need the operating system included in that price! also can some one tell me if amd or intel are better or if they are pretty much the same? thanks :)


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    sw33t_r3v3ng3
    Registered Users Posts: 537 ✭✭✭sw33t_r3v3ng3


    You'll be hard pressed to get a gaming pc for 500-700, sorry to say!


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    evo2000
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,728 ✭✭✭evo2000


    Davidf1 wrote: »
    Hi, everyone i am looking to start gaming on the pc, and i want to build my own, but I really need some help with the parts, I am looking to spend €500-600 and could maybe go up to around 700 if absolutely necessary, I don't know if i can actually get anything good for that but Its really all i can afford, I don't need any peripherals but if possible i do need the operating system included in that price! also can some one tell me if amd or intel are better or if they are pretty much the same? thanks :)

    post in pc building, one of the lads there will help you out, check out hardwarversand its a german site very good for getting cheap good parts you wont get anyting amazing for 700 quid but ull def get a decent middle of the road pc,


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    sw33t_r3v3ng3
    Registered Users Posts: 537 ✭✭✭sw33t_r3v3ng3


    You could always go for a second hand pc for about 400 and throw another 200 at it and have a fairly decent one


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    evo2000
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,728 ✭✭✭evo2000


    sw33t_r3v3ng3 wrote: »
    You could always go for a second hand pc for about 400 and throw another 200 at it and have a fairly decent one

    Yeah if you knew what you were looking at or buying off someone you knew, it could be the way to go but with all 2nd hand things you ve to be awful careful, but for 700 quid i dont see why he couldnt get something decent and new,


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    McSasquatch II
    Closed Accounts Posts: 477 ✭✭McSasquatch II


    You'd be better off asking in the PC Building and Upgrading forum, David. Start a new thread using this template. :)


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    Davidf1
    Registered Users Posts: 46 ✭Davidf1


    I started a new thread in pc building and upgrading, thanks for the tip evo2000 and oak76, im new to this haha still trying to get use to the different categorys!


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    Stuxnet
    Registered Users Posts: 3,735 ✭✭✭Stuxnet


    Maybe not what you want to hear, but you'd build eff all for that money, you'd nearly want double that for a decent graphics card setup to last you a year or two...for that money, if I were you Id settle for a PS4


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    Skerries
    Registered Users Posts: 12,333 ✭✭✭✭Skerries


    Stuxnet wrote: »
    Maybe not what you want to hear, but you'd build eff all for that money, you'd nearly want double that for a decent graphics card setup to last you a year or two...for that money, if I were you Id settle for a PS4

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    Shiminay
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 28,633 Mod ✭✭✭✭Shiminay


    Stuxnet wrote: »
    Maybe not what you want to hear, but you'd build eff all for that money, you'd nearly want double that for a decent graphics card setup to last you a year or two...for that money, if I were you Id settle for a PS4

    I don't know what you're drinking, but it's having a very debilitating effect on your judgement :D

    €700 won't get you a world beater, but it'll get you better than a console.


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    degrassinoel
    Registered Users Posts: 10,735 ✭✭✭✭degrassinoel


    yeah, you could also pick up a really decent secondhand machine for that kind of money too


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    ScumLord
    Registered Users Posts: 28,789 ✭✭✭✭ScumLord


    Shiminay wrote: »
    €700 won't get you a world beater, but it'll get you better than a console.
    OP says he has peripherals so it's certainly doable.


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    minion35
    Registered Users Posts: 87 ✭✭minion35


    I've built decent PC's for less than €700, just need to shop around and not always go for the top of the range parts. Also things like RAM, Harddrives etc can also be added to in order to save with the build.


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    TerrorFirmer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭TerrorFirmer


    You'll be hard pressed to get a gaming pc for 500-700, sorry to say!
    Stuxnet wrote: »
    Maybe not what you want to hear, but you'd build eff all for that money, you'd nearly want double that for a decent graphics card setup to last you a year or two...for that money, if I were you Id settle for a PS4

    tumblr_l3d8a1cp5P1qzm26fo1_500.jpg

    :confused:

    Why do people comment on things they clearly haven't a clue about.

    For €700 you'd buy a PC much faster than the PS4 or Xbox One.

    Even if you just wanted parity €400-450 would do it for the tower on its own.


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    Generic Dreadhead
    Registered Users Posts: 10,870 ✭✭✭✭Generic Dreadhead


    Maybe post here:

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=842


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    #16
    Kiith
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 23,088 Mod ✭✭✭✭Kiith


    Moved to Pc Building & Upgrading.


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