gaming pc for £600 to £900

zuludawn

please help guys, looked everywhere to find a gaming pc to play latest games. thats all the pc is for. im not sure what im looking for. can anyone find a decent pc that i can order online from a trusting website. i want it to be intel core duo 2, leave the rest to you guys. please please please help.

b33r

Do you want to build your own or buy a whole PC? Do you have anything you could use on new PC? Monitor? Keyboard and mouse etc (you'll tend to get more bang for buck and future upgrade options and experience etc. building your own but sometimes there are offers on whole rigs that can better a build)

zuludawn

im getting rid of old computer. just want a new one i can buy online.

banger9365

a little over buget put here you go a gaming dell http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/xpsdt_420?c=uk&cs=ukdhs1&l=en&s=dhs are you can build your own
dell do cheaper ones too http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/products/features.aspx/desktops_best?c=uk&cs=ukdhs1&l=en&s=dhs&redirect=1
and one from pc world http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/store/pcw_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@1371621191.1193256667@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccecaddmgeehfkmcflgceggdhhmdgmh.0&page=Product&fm=null&sm=null&tm=null&sku=467884&category_oid=

zuludawn

thanks banger, nice pc and abit to expensive, plus graphics card is poor for the value. any more help would be grateful.

Amalea

If you already have the peripherals (monitor keyboard etc) how about this from overclockers:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-042-OK&groupid=43&catid=963&subcat=

There are a few other systems you can look it to reduce the price if you do need to buy peripherals as well. Have bought all my PC components, and a low end pre-built PC for parents from overclockers with no problems. Plus unlike a lot of other system builders they tend to build a general level build vs price-rather than try and sell one with one great component and the rest a load of rubbish!

And as to an above post-I would never, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever recommend a system from PC World. Overpriced garbage!

NovaBlack_2

ugh pc world sucks!

dont touch em. heard either really great things about overclockers, and some really bad things. my mate got double charged by them, and if you google there are lots of similar stories :S... but also cheap prices and lots of good stories too :S so i guess its best to google reviews (from anywhere you buy from online) so you know what your lettin yourself in for

I bought my PC from MESH a while back and although great value and performance, it was a Hellish experience, took 3 months to finally get it delivered, after about 10 failed delivery attempts, each time telling me it was my fault (it wasnt in any way) or that i had imagined arranging a certain date. This even happened one particular time after id called up 3 times ON THE ARRANGED DAY confirming each time it HAD been shipped out that morning (given times of dispatch) and WAS on its way (given delivery estimates 2-3 hours away), then at the end of the day told it had never been shipped out, or even scheduled for delivery, and in fact I HAD arranged delivery for friday that week (the ONE DAY ID TOLD THEM I COULD NEVER ACCEPT IT, OVER N OVER). then rude staff would hang up. someties the waiting queue on customer service was an hour or more. jsut to be told lies. lol and had plenty of messages on answering machine saying 'oh theengineers have JUST DISCOVERED a parts shortage with part XXXX, sorry). had that SAME EXCUSE on my answer phone each week for about 3 weeks lol, same part each time, even after earlier confirming they had all the parts, built it , n were testing it lol. so yeah.. avoid MESH like the plague

hmm if you check out the latest issue PCGamer magazine (£5.99) they build a pc capable of playin all new DX10 vista games with great graphics for just £600!!!

BillScarab

Go and look at https://www.komplett.co.uk. Pick their Intel gamer and change the graphics card to an 8800GTS and change the CPU to a C2D. That should do the trick and iyou should have enough left over for a reasonable monitor.

My only other advice would be to buy a cheapish C2D and a good fan and then overclock it.

My E4300 is currently running overclocked by 60% and it's still nice and cool.

banger9365

glad you like them ,there not very good really for gaming over priced, you can get a better system some thing like the one amalea said or this http://www.cclonline.com/product-info.asp?product_id=16276&category_id=580&manufacturer_id=0&tid=cclquad-vut66-g
put you will need a monitor ect if your not keeping your old one,
or build your own to your spec mite be worth looking at ??
this is a eg
320MB Inno3D 8800GTS £185.00
Asus P5N32-SLI Premium/WiFi-AP £118.04
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 £145.86
Antec Nine Hundred £68.53
500GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 16Mb £72.84
520W Corsair CMPSU-520HXUK £68.30
2x 1GB OCZ DDR2 PC2-6400 Reaper Enhanced Bandwidth £62.30
Samsung S182D/BEBE DVD Writer £16.44

total £737.31
plus monitor 19" Hannspree New York Widescreen TFT LCD Monitor £107.00 or
Asus VW191 19" Widescreen LCD TFT Monitor £113.96 or
HP w1907v 19’’ Wide Flat Panel Monitor £134.51
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 32 Bit (OEM) £66.49
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition (OEM)£52.43

and you will need a keyboard and mouse
and still in your buget off £600 to £900
you can always go cheaper on ram and mothrboard and hard drive with out losing performance has this one has some over kill with it , priced up using CCL online site
( it a bit like mine pc)

celtus

Hi,
Ive found a good pc just under your £600 budget, as others have said before i wouldn't touch PC World with a Barge pole...I would have no hesitation in recommending Novatech for excellent customer service and competative prices....i my opinion, it's at least worth a look before you commit yourself to spending your hard earned.

http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?PC-2004

regards

zuludawn

thanks for links guys, will check them out. can i ask what you think of this.

Standard Configuration:

• PC Advisor Recommended
• Choice of Windows Vista Home OR XP Home
• Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 CPU
• 320MB nVidia 8800GTS Graphics Card with Dualink DVI-I
• 2GB (2048MB) 533Mhz PC4200 DDR2 Ram
• 320GB SATA 7200RPM Hard Drive
• 18x Dual Layer DVD +/- Rewriter
• 2.1 Stereo Speakers
• 5.1 Channel Sound
• 20" VideoSeven TFT With Onboard Speakers
• 10/100 Integrated Ethernet (LAN) Card
• Keyboard & Optical Mouse
• Power DVD & Nero
• 1 Year Return to Base Warranty
• 500 Watt Cooler Master Dual 12 V Rail PSU

Inc VAT £749.99

from a website called arbico. two questions is pc good enough and 2nd, has anyone dealt with this company before, never heard of them myself.