Buying new computer, mainly for gaming any ideas?

[riches321]

I was getting pissed of at my windows seven cause it was like all complacated, so i download loads of viruses, and i have 2,000 pounds to spend on a new one, im paying half, dads paying half so can someone give me links to an amazing pc with good moniter etc, around 2,100 pounds or under. K thanks.

[lol]

Build your own. Trust me, Ive done it, it saves so much money. Ask Toon about it. :P

[Cart]

I'm not sure about the converting to Pounds, but AlienWare is a good computer for gaming, but also quite expensive.

How you tried building your own computer?

Toon is good with that stuff.

[clawz]

Build you own; use this for reference

Only the registered members can see the link.

Although i recommend you change the case, this is also the build i put together so i can help if you need it

[Toonshorty]

If you're willing to build your own then I'll put a spec list together.

No kidding, £2000 might even be a total overkill.

My PC was £650 and plays loads of games at max settings.

[clawz]

If you're willing to build your own then I'll put a spec list together.

No kidding, £2000 might even be a total overkill.

My PC was £650 and plays loads of games at max settings.

Mine plays most f2p mmofps and mmorpg at max with no problems at all :)

[J i m b o]

I'm not sure about the converting to Pounds, but AlienWare is a good computer for gaming, but also quite expensive.

How you tried building your own computer?

Toon is good with that stuff.

This ^^ Alienware is made for gaming and stuff man.

[Toonshorty]

This ^^ Alienware is made for gaming and stuff man.

Alienware is nothing but a scam.

I can build an Alienware myself, identical spec for about 40% less.

[riches321]

If you're willing to build your own then I'll put a spec list together.

No kidding, £2000 might even be a total overkill.

My PC was £650 and plays loads of games at max settings.

Could you get my some link's if i have any extra cash, ill buy some more moniter's. Windows 7 was a waste of cash.

[Toonshorty]

Only the registered members can see the link.

Let me go through each part and explain my choice:

Corsair HX Series 850W Modular ATX2.2 SLI/Crossfire Compliant Power Supply
850W gives you plenty of power for your rig.

1TB Samsung HD103SJ SpinPoint F3 SATA-II 3.5" Hard Drive
Gives you 1000GB of storage for any files, however - Windows and some games will go on the Solid State Drive listed later

Samsung SH-S223L 22x Internal Lightscribe DVD±RW SATA Drive - Black
If you're blowing out £2000 on a PC you'd want a DVD drive wouldn't you.

Noctua NH-D14 Dual Radiator and Fan CPU Cooler
The most expensive air cooler in retail - an absolute machine yet totally silent.

NZXT Phantom White Enthusiast Full Tower Case No PSU
A generally lovely case to work with, available in black if you hate white.

24" BenQ XL2410T LED, 3D, 120Hz Monitor
A 24" 1080p 3D monitor, need I say more? Well, yes. Buy another two and you can have 3-screen 3D vision.

ASUS P8P67 Deluxe Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 PCI-Express Motherboard
Great little motherboard, looks and performs the part.

Mushkin Callisto deluxe 180GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive
I love my 40GB Intel SSD, you'll adore this 180GB SSD - use the space wisely. It's only 180GB but it's about 20x faster than the samsung 1TB.

2x EVGA GeForce GTX 570 Superclocked (SC) 1280MB GDDR5 Graphics Card
The second fastest nVidia card available, one is amazing - two is just insane. Register the cards at evga.de to extend warranty from 2 years, to 10 years.

Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail
4 Cores, 8 Threads (Virtual Cores) - This thing absolutely flies and will overclock to 5GHz if your lucky.

8GB Mushkin (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800 7-9-8-24 Redline Ridgeback - 996982
Top quality, hand test, high speed, 8GB kit of DDR3.

That should be an amazing little system right there.

[riches321]

Only the registered members can see the link.

Let me go through each part and explain my choice:

Corsair HX Series 850W Modular ATX2.2 SLI/Crossfire Compliant Power Supply
850W gives you plenty of power for your rig.

1TB Samsung HD103SJ SpinPoint F3 SATA-II 3.5" Hard Drive
Gives you 1000GB of storage for any files, however - Windows and some games will go on the Solid State Drive listed later

Samsung SH-S223L 22x Internal Lightscribe DVD±RW SATA Drive - Black
If you're blowing out £2000 on a PC you'd want a DVD drive wouldn't you.

Noctua NH-D14 Dual Radiator and Fan CPU Cooler
The most expensive air cooler in retail - an absolute machine yet totally silent.

NZXT Phantom White Enthusiast Full Tower Case No PSU
A generally lovely case to work with, available in black if you hate white.

24" BenQ XL2410T LED, 3D, 120Hz Monitor
A 24" 1080p 3D monitor, need I say more? Well, yes. Buy another two and you can have 3-screen 3D vision.

ASUS P8P67 Deluxe Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 PCI-Express Motherboard
Great little motherboard, looks and performs the part.

Mushkin Callisto deluxe 180GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive
I love my 40GB Intel SSD, you'll adore this 180GB SSD - use the space wisely. It's only 180GB but it's about 20x faster than the samsung 1TB.

2x EVGA GeForce GTX 570 Superclocked (SC) 1280MB GDDR5 Graphics Card
The second fastest nVidia card available, one is amazing - two is just insane. Register the cards at evga.de to extend warranty from 2 years, to 10 years.

Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail
4 Cores, 8 Threads (Virtual Cores) - This thing absolutely flies and will overclock to 5GHz if your lucky.

8GB Mushkin (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800 7-9-8-24 Redline Ridgeback - 996982
Top quality, hand test, high speed, 8GB kit of DDR3.

That should be an amazing little system right there.

Does that mean runescape wont lag when logging in? And i can play cod. If so im going to order all the shizzle tommorow.

[Toonshorty]

Does that mean runescape wont lag when logging in? And i can play cod. If so im going to order all the shizzle tommorow.

It'll run about 7 instances of runescape and still play Call of Duty without lag.

It's a monster of a machine - get 3D when you can afford it ;)

Also, it won't come with a keyboard, mouse or operating system - you'll need to sort that out yourself.

YOU'LL NEED TO BUILD IT YOURSELF

It's not hard, I did it with my Dad when I was younger - like I said to Clawz, just follow the instructions and post a thread on RuneLocus and I'll help you ASAP (I get in from school at ~4PM)

[Pkerown]

Just use a cracked version of Windows Ultimate/Professional until you get the money. Or the disc you already have if you do.

[riches321]

It'll run about 7 instances of runescape and still play Call of Duty without lag.

It's a monster of a machine - get 3D when you can afford it ;)

Also, it won't come with a keyboard, mouse or operating system - you'll need to sort that out yourself.

YOU'LL NEED TO BUILD IT YOURSELF

It's not hard, I did it with my Dad when I was younger - like I said to Clawz, just follow the instructions and post a thread on RuneLocus and I'll help you ASAP (I get in from school at ~4PM)

Im good at ict, and taking a level electronics. I reckon i could peice it together, kinda like a puzel :)


Oh mah gawd! Runescape 3D?

[clawz]

Im good at ict, and taking a level electronics. I reckon i could peice it together, kinda like a puzel :)


Oh mah gawd! Runescape 3D?

Toonshorty, does this come with a wifi adapter and SATA cables etc ?

[Toonshorty]

Toonshorty, does this come with a wifi adapter and SATA cables etc ?

It'll come with SATA, not WiFi though.

It looks like it comes with no less than 6 SATA ports.

However, there is one drawback.

The Sandy-Bridge chipset has a small problem:

Only the registered members can see the link.

So you can go ahead and buy, but you might need to swap the motherboard with a newer one around March time.

The issue is a slow degradation of SATA-II port speed.

I don't think RuneScape will run 3D I'm afraid, welcome to try though.

You'll need to buy some nVidia 3D glasses.

[riches321]

It'll come with SATA, not WiFi though.

It looks like it comes with no less than 6 SATA ports.

However, there is one drawback.

The Sandy-Bridge chipset has a small problem:

Only the registered members can see the link.

So you can go ahead and buy, but you might need to swap the motherboard with a newer one around March time.

The issue is a slow degradation of SATA-II port speed.

I don't think RuneScape will run 3D I'm afraid, welcome to try though.

You'll need to buy some nVidia 3D glasses.

So i can use SATA cables on it, so i can decrpyt my ps3 HDD

[Toonshorty]

So i can use SATA cables on it, so i can decrpyt my ps3 HDD

Sure, don't see why not.

I need to check if it has SLI bridge.

[riches321]

Sure, don't see why not.

I need to check if it has SLI bridge.

Whats the best anti virus? I will pay up to £100 for one, so i dont get keylogged again and loose mills on my account.

[Toonshorty]

Whats the best anti virus? I will pay up to £100 for one, so i dont get keylogged again and loose mills on my account.

No idea. I use Bullguard myself.

Your best protection against keyloggers is yourself - don't click anything you can't trust.

[Pkerown]

Im good at ict, and taking a level electronics. I reckon i could peice it together, kinda like a puzel :)


Oh mah gawd! Runescape 3D?
No, you can't. It'd take them quite a while to make it a 3-dimensional game. But Black Ops is in 3D, I think.

[Toonshorty]

No, you can't. It'd take them quite a while to make it a 3-dimensional game. But Black Ops is in 3D, I think.

NVidia 3D will convert most games to 3D.

I've played Runescape in colour 3D before - didn't work well though.

[Pkerown]

Yeah, they can't be arsed to do it. I know for a fact if they made it into full 3D you'd have to be a member for it.

[tedhead2]

i built my own pc, this baby can run photoshop x2, adobe flash x3, adobe dreamweaver x2, runescape, combat arms, and pandora radio all at once.

only cost about 487£.

[Acrylix]

alienware.

[Pkerown]

alienware.

I heard they break easily, Ikiliki has one and his keeps fucking up.
It's cheaper to do a custom build.

[riches321]

Gonna buy this soon, windows 7 was the biggest waste ever xp <3

[Toonshorty]

Gonna buy this soon, windows 7 was the biggest waste ever xp <3

Windows 7 > XP.

You'll need Windows 7 if you want DirectX 11 and 3D by the way.

I'd get Windows 7 myself.

[Sidefx]

I have a Alienware m15x and I love it.

I can run 3 WoW tabs with maxed graphics settings with little to no lag, and I have pretty shitty internet.

[Fly]

Only the registered members can see the link.

[btraill]

Do NOT go with an alienware. Theyre extremely over rated. Build a custom PC.

[Toonshorty]

Do NOT go with an alienware. Theyre extremely over rated. Build a custom PC.

Someone talks some sense.

You built your own?

Specs?

[Pkerown]

Do NOT go with an alienware. Theyre extremely over rated. Build a custom PC.
I don't understand why people hype over them. The only thing I like about them is how the keyboard lights up.

Same as BlackBerrys, only good thing about them is BBM (BlackBerry Messenger)

[Toonshorty]

I don't understand why people hype over them. The only thing I like about them is how the keyboard lights up.

You can get better backlit keyboards.

They also put 3GB of RAM in their first system.

3GB RAM for gaming? Good luck.

[Pkerown]

Yeah I know, shit for gaming. But the lit keyboard is the only good thing I know on them. Well, it isnt that good, but since we are talking about AlienWares, then yeah.

[Toonshorty]

Yeah I know, shit for gaming. But the lit keyboard is the only good thing I know on them. Well, it isnt that good, but since we are talking about AlienWares, then yeah.

Yea.

They have next to no airflow and use shitty power supplies too.

There is actually no benefit to alienware whatsoever.

When I tell someone to build their own and they go "I'd rather buy an alienware tbh, looks cooler and is faster..." I cry a little inside.

[Pkerown]

Since when the flying fuck is a alien ware faster than a custom build LOL. My friends £1k custom build will rip the alien ware apart.

Well I think it's £1.5k build. Intol core i7, 12gb ram, and like 1 or 2gb of graphics ram

[Toonshorty]

Since when the flying fuck is a alien ware faster than a custom build LOL.

Since morons decided the more red LEDs it has, the faster it goes.

[Ikiliki]

Custom built is always better and cheaper then an Alienware. Yeah, coming from an Alienware user (laptop though, no desktop).

[Smudge]

Since morons decided the more red LEDs it has, the faster it goes.

Mine has Blue LED's - Does that mean I'm in HYPERRRDRIVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

[Toonshorty]

Mine has Blue LED's - Does that mean I'm in HYPERRRDRIVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

No, it makes your computer colder.

[Ikiliki]

Computers are for gays anyway, l2 play Black Ops and RuneScae through bottle-post or owls.

[robbiesmith]

I also agree that its good to build your own rather than getting it from some branded company, as it can save you lot of money. In my opinion, you should go for AMD processors because AMD is creating a clear statement that it is the best when in comes to playing high configuration games. I am using AMD Quad Core processor.

[Toonshorty]

I also agree that its good to build your own rather than getting it from some branded company, as it can save you lot of money. In my opinion, you should go for AMD processors because AMD is creating a clear statement that it is the best when in comes to playing high configuration games. I am using AMD Quad Core processor.

That's just marketing bullshit.

I've got an AMD Phenom II X4 955 (Quad Core) and it's no faster than my E5300 (Value Intel Dual Core).

Intel are better then AMD for now - maybe Bulldozer will change this - it's hard to tell.

[CheesyFeet]

For gaming, Alienware hands down.
:)

[2kbarrows]

For gaming, Alienware hands down.
:)

You can get better or compatible for cheaper prices, so no.

[Toonshorty]

For gaming, Alienware hands down.
:)

How about I knock some sense into your head.

I saw an Alienware going for £2,800 on the Dell website.

I built an identical system for £1,000.

That's a saving of £1,800 by doing it yourself.

Alienware still win hands down? Didn't think so.

[igiveup]

how much money in us dollars would it cost to build a decent laptop just for personal use.

[2kbarrows]

how much money in us dollars would it cost to build a decent laptop just for personal use.

You can't build your own laptop.
You can only buy it built, unless there is a website in which you can add the parts you want.

[xX Headshot Xx]

you could probably build a monitor screen on a cpu then mount a keyboard on it somehow, but i think thats too much work, and the monitor would probably get too hot.

[igiveup]

You can't build your own laptop.
You can only buy it built, unless there is a website in which you can add the parts you want.

well a decent pc just for personal use and stuff

[Toonshorty]

well a decent pc just for personal use and stuff

Depends how decent you want it.

Give me a budget and I'll see what I can do.