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Help with gaming desktop please?

I want to buy a new desktop, I need the tower, monitor etc all in.

It'll be mainly used for playing online games, not really as complex as World of Warcraft but I'd like as good of a gaming orientated computer as possible.

I have no idea what I'm looking for and a budget of £300-£450. I'm not too fussed if it's a refurb or anything as long as it seems legit.

Could someone help point me in the right direction please?

Debt so far: Natwest Overdraft -
[STRIKE]£1250[/STRIKE] £0, Barclays Overdraft - £1500
, Abbey Overdraft -
[STRIKE]£750[/STRIKE] £0, Car finance - £3000 :(




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  • AshleyPomeroy
    AshleyPomeroy Posts: 81 Forumite
    edited 24 February 2014 at 9:31PM
    This largely depends on the type of games you're planning to play. Bearing in mind that a good graphics card will instantly total your budget. Albeit that World of Warcraft is fairly light on resources.

    £140 or so will get you a decent but old GTX 660, any i5-or-better chassis plus enough memory will play most games decently, better still if you splash out for a GTX 770. WoW will however run tolerably enough on Intel's more advanced integrated graphics engine.

    A lot depends on how much you can salvage of your existing machine. I paid towards the higher end of that for mine, but I kept the case, the PSU, the monitor etc.

    "GBP 380
    http://www.ebuyer.com/579786-zoostor...p-pc-7873-1214

    http://www.ebuyer.com/581064-oem-mic...-dvd-wn7-00614"

    No monitor, though. No keyboard or mouse (albeit that this is a trivial expense).
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