i'm looking to buy a custom made desktop pc to handle game which use alot of ram etc. i've got fair idea of a 2gb ram with an 80gb main hdd and a (750gb slave hdd for the games) with a 22" flat panel mon. but i need a super mainborad with super fast procssor and a good vid card but i dont really what the vid card to be over £150 many thanks rusty
2007-05-25 04:31:53 · 6 answers · asked by rusty2007 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
go with a high end Dell XPS desktop with dual core processors and best graphics card
2007-06-01 08:16:32 · answer #1 · answered by niramyer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Motherboard - Asus P5B premium, or some variant of 680i if you want SLI
Processor - Core 2 Duo E6600 - one of the best ones you can buy.
Graphics card - depending on how mcuh you wanna pay...
Top of the top - nVidia 8800 Ultra - but I don't reccomend bnuying it, unless money really is no subject.
Top - the nVidia 8800 GTX - offers about 10% less perfomance than the Ultra, but costs about 25% less - which is about a £100. In this case - trust me, uless you are going to play at very high resolutions, then this card will have no slowdowns in the vast majority of today's top games.
Mid-range - nVidia 8800 GTS 640 MB - this card offers very good performance, costs about a £100 less than the GTX and offers about 25% less performance.
Mid-range - nVidia 8800 GTS 320 MB - this card's performance is almost identical to it's big brother the 640 MB version, but costs again about a 100 less. The catch here is that with some games which have a lot of rich textures it might struggle as it has less memory.
2007-05-26 11:41:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When I buy a computer I dont shop by brand name, but more for the most computing power for the best price. Ive owned many different brands and they all worked fine. Shop around for the best deal and look online to compare prices. As for the hdd you should get one with a 16MB cache for more speed. Look at the statistics for the mainboard to see which one will give you the most speed.
2007-05-25 11:56:28 · answer #3 · answered by Nemo the geek 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a reasonable spec for a high-end machine. There is not much to choose among processors, as the speeds do not vary much nowadays; get the fastest single-core processor you can find. (Multiple cores will not help in your application.) Also, pay attention to the memory speed; this is actually more important than processor speed. I have no advice on video cards.
2007-05-25 11:42:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Builting your own computer will by its very nature produce exactly what you want, cheaper than a prebuilt and is a deeply satisfying experience.
2007-05-25 11:58:21 · answer #5 · answered by basilb101 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
get the fastest pentium 4 processer you can find
2007-05-31 19:03:37 · answer #6 · answered by Edy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋