Best gaming pc deals around?

CAT-THE-FIFTH

Even though the Core2 Duo processors are the fastest the following Dell AMD systems sports the fastest non FX AThlon X2 processor:

Dell Inspiron E521

AMD X2 5000+
1024MB RAM
2X160GB HDD
256MB ATI X1300 GARPHICS CARD
19" tft
DVD rewriter

Total: £699 including shipping.

Remember you will get 5% cashback through Quidco.

If you use the extra 101 quid in your budget and sell the X1300 you could get a Nvidia 7900GS or ATI X1800GTO for 120 quid.

http://configure.euro.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?b=&c=uk&cs=ukdhs1&l=en&oc=D10E16&rbc=D10E16&s=dhs&sbc=ukdhsftdppdesktop3

carrie483

£1800 :eek: I wish :rotfl:

CAT-THE-FIFTH

You could also take the £579 system you found and buy a Nvidia 7950GT for 200 quid or both a 7900GS and 1 GB of extra memory for teh same amount

CAT-THE-FIFTH

If you can stretch you budget by another 100 quid you can get the following with a 7950gt

http://www.meshcomputers.com/Default.aspx?PAGE=PRODUCTVIEWPAGE&USG=PRODUCT&ENT=PRODUCT&KEY=124559

carrie483

CAT-THE-FIFTH wrote:

Even though the Core2 Duo processors are the fastest the following Dell AMD systems sports the fastest non FX AThlon X2 processor:

Dell Inspiron E521

AMD X2 5000+
1024MB RAM
2X160GB HDD
256MB ATI X1300 GARPHICS CARD
19" tft
DVD rewriter

Total: £699 including shipping.

Remember you will get 5% cashback through Quidco.

If you use the extra 101 quid in your budget and sell the X1300 you could get a Nvidia 7900GS or ATI X1800GTO for 120 quid.

http://configure.euro.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?b=&c=uk&cs=ukdhs1&l=en&oc=D10E16&rbc=D10E16&s=dhs&sbc=ukdhsftdppdesktop3

And that should play games with no hassles after getting the nvidia or ati thing?

CAT-THE-FIFTH

Depends for how much time you are talking about....!

Here are two good 7900gs cards:

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=476782

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=465185

A Nvidia 7950GT is better and costs around 40 quid more but I think it is better to save a bit of cash as I think these cards will give you a decent gaming experience until late next year. After that most gaming will be MS Vista orientated and hence you will probably need an extra 1Gb of memory, a Directx10 card and MS Vista of course!

Gib_Gib

I have real doubts about that dell having a pci-e slot to upgrade the gfx card.
Otherwise this is not a gaming machine, even with either of the 2 dell upgrades, you will only just run doom 3. Those turbo cache gfx cards are as bad as the on board ones.

The machine on post #15 is a very strange one, why would someone buy a machine with 2 7300gs's in it at stock and when you add a 7950gt it becomes £900!

Gib_Gib

I can not tell if the dell has a pci-e slot, ask if it does, if it does not, DO NOT BUY!!!

CAT-THE-FIFTH

Gib_Gib wrote:

I have real doubts about that dell having a pci-e slot to upgrade the gfx card.
Otherwise this is not a gaming machine, even with either of the 2 dell upgrades, you will only just run doom 3. Those turbo cache gfx cards are as bad as the on board ones.

The machine on post #15 is a very strange one, why would someone buy a machine with 2 7300gs's in it at stock and when you add a 7950gt it becomes £900!

That is why I said to the OP that she would need to upgrade the graphics card herself!!

BTW Dell owns Alienware so that is why none of their standard(read:not Precision) desktops have anything better than a Nvidia 7900GS as their best graphics card!

johnmcn

Eclipse seems to be offering pretty good deal with the core2 duo 6300 and 660 systems .

http://www.eclipsecomputers.com/systemview.aspx?id=96

http://www.eclipsecomputers.com/systemview.aspx?id=97

the 6300 may have a slower CPU but has a better graphics card in the nvidia 7900gt.
The 6600 has the slower 7600gt but is fitted with the creative x-fi sound card.

I myself would go for the 6300 as its almost 90 quid cheaper which you could put towards some games and a nice set of headphones.