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mechy
mechy Posts: 254 Forumite
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I bought a computer from staples a year last Jan. Just the box with all the "gubbings", sorry about the low tech speak. Its got a K7VZA motherboard with a 750mhz processor, aguy told me yesterday that my the 750mhz is the max it will take. I think its got a sound module and graphics card inbuilt( or onboard) into the motherboard. 250Mb of Ram memory. All in all I cant do too much with the computer. Its fine for Internet access etc etc and not much else. My question is, if I want to play games on the computer, what build do I need in my computer, also I am obviously looking at a budget too.
What do you think
Rod

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  • mcwarre
    mcwarre Posts: 835 Forumite
    It depends on which game......
    Essentially you would need a fast processor (and associated motherboard), I would suggest 512MB DDR RAM, probably at least 128MB Graphics card (on-board graphics are geberally not upto gaming as they use system memory), a soundcard (any old one). These won't come cheap so do plently of research before committing your cash.

    HTH
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  • coolagarry
    coolagarry Posts: 1,261 Forumite
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    I'm in a similar position with my gransons PC and have come to the conclusion that the best option is to buy a new computer - it works out cheaper than trying to update his present one. I'll probably stick with with his present monitor to save cash although a new TFT screen would be nice!!
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  • mechy
    mechy Posts: 254 Forumite
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    coolagarry wrote:
    I'm in a similar position with my gransons PC and have come to the conclusion that the best option is to buy a new computer - it works out cheaper than trying to update his present one. I'll probably stick with with his present monitor to save cash although a new TFT screen would be nice!!

    Let me know what you come up with cool. good luck
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