MARSHY needs a computor

[Marshy]

Hey guys i am in desprate need of a new computor and i am now finally getting one ! I have £800 to spend and i am looking for a computor / I DONT CARE ABOUT THE CASE! please free case whatever! i dont want to spend £20 on a case. So if you can find me a computor for £800 then it will help me alot (good for gameing) thx

[ez64]

Q6600 and a 4870/4870x2 and a decent PSU + 600w (enermax/antec) plus do get a £60 case at least for proper ventilation.

Nice small SATA2 HDD go for seagate Barracuda's or Samsung F1's.

Pretty much it and it shouldnt cost £800 as you dont need to spend £600 to get a PC that plays every game these days unless you simply want to waste money.

Spend some of the spare money if you wish on a decent chair and big LCD instead of a 280gtx wasting it for a couple extra 3dmark points.

[Marshy]

Is that a computor or just stuff to put in it o.O if thats a comp can you give me a link (i dont do tech talk)

[ez64]

Ah I assumed you were custom building it or having someone do it, but tbh a kid that can build a lego house can do it these day's no trouble.

Save yourself some money and have some fun building it as £800 in retail stores will get you nothing decent.

[Calneon]

It's stuff to put in a computer, we highly recommend you build your own. You can't get a case for nothing, like ez said, get a good well ventilated one for ~£60-80, very much within your budget.

Let me suggest this quick list from OCUK, are you wanting to include a monitor/mouse/keyboard? Or do you already have these. If so, what size monitor as it can determine the graphics card you get.




Obviously if you need an operating system, monitor, keyboard etc added in I can change it to incorporate them for under £800. Also, don't be put off by having to build it yourself, it really is a great way to get to know how these things work, and it's very useful to be able to take a PC apart and know what everything does. There are also loads of guides to help you do it.

[Marshy]

Can they build it // has it got instructions also yeh XP would help

[Mr.Big]

lol building pc's is easy, but seriously, where u get the damn money xD?
im always broke as hell :P

[Calneon]

I really need to know if you have a monitor and what size it is. Do you need an operating system, and mouse/keyboard?

[VoX]

Guide - How To Build A PC.

[Marshy]

1) My wallet i.e my dad

2) I really dont want to build it

3) ok 22 inch if anything is better i am flexable YES i need windows XP no keyboard or mouse

[Chalex4]

If you really don't want to build your own PC, then I recommend that you look at the following links:

Set Spec. Gamer Builds: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/produc...=43&catid=1080
Custom Gamer Builds: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/syscon...php?catid=1055

If you don't want to spend more than £800, and don't want to even bother about what is in your system by customising it yourself, then you might want to consider this. Specs are as follows:

- Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) Overclocked to 3.30GHz!
- Asus P5Q Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
- HIS ATI Radeon HD 4850 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI PCI-Express
- Corsair 4GB DDR2 XMS2 PC2-6400C5 TwinX
- Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler
- Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB SATA-II 32MB Cache
- LG GGC-H20L Blu-Ray Reader & HD-DVD ROM Serial ATA Drive
- OCZ StealthXStream 500w Silent ATX2 Power Supply

For £716.73 inc VAT. Add £50 for XP and you are sorted .

I would say that is a pretty stonking deal, although I would say that it is a shame that there isn't a 4870 in there.

[Colonel Mitch]

As some of you may know I'm a director at a cybercafe and its my job to build/maintain/upgrade/fix computers.

If you'd consider a computer from T & G Online I can discuss with work and price you one up.

All our systems come with 1 year warranty from us against hardware failure and most components have 3 year manufacturers warranty that we can assist with if you were to buy a computer from us and after over one year a component fails.

BTW our website has only recently been put online and isnt really finalised yet but this is it:

http://www.tandgonline.co.uk

[Calneon]

Not a bad deal Chalex, if Marshy really didn't want to build one himself.

But considering you could have an faster dual core (better for gaming), a 4870 (better at 22" and above), the same motherboard, a better PSU, better memory, better HDD, if only you custom built. Why the massive phobia of self building? It's not hard, it teaches you about computers, and it's an accomplishment to play on a computer YOU built.

Get somebody round who knows what they're doing if you're THAT scared.

But anyway, if you really really really don't want to selfbuild, the option chalex suggested is decent enough.

[Marshy]

Right ok i think i will self build

[Calneon]

Good lad . It really isn't as hard as you might think. I mean, I could give you a brief rundown now:

1. Open all your new hardware and oggle in amazement at how uber and new and shiny it is.
2. Grab the motherboard (only touch the PCB) place it on somewhere that wont have any static (like the box it came on or on the anti-static plastic thing).
3. Insert the CPU (cant get it the wrong way round), and secure. Put a bit of thermal paste (dont forget to buy some Arctic Silver stuff), a small dot of the stuff, and then put on the heatsink (consult instructions, can be a bit tricky).
4. Push in RAM sticks, if you got 2x2Gb, put them in the same coloured slots.
5. Push in GFX card.
6. Grab case and take side off. Take out any packaging.
7. Put in the PSU, should fit nice and snug.
8. Put in any optical disks and hard drives (at the front, very easy).
9. Place the motherboard on the screw holes (might have to screw in the stand-on things), and screw it on where the holes fit.
10. Screw the GFX card onto the case (take the cover off first).
11. Consult the motherboard manual to see where all the power switches and LEDs plug into. Also plug in the massive power cable into the motherboard, along with another small one, and a 6-pin into your GFX card.
12. Connect your HDD and Optical drives to the motherboard.
13. Connect PSU to HDDs and optical drives.
14. Put side of case back on, plug the PSU into the wall, monitor into the GFX card, and inputs into the motherboard.
15. Turn it on and hope it works!

Couldn't be any simpler!

Disclaimer: Phantom takes no responsibility for any hardware faults and explosions causing harm to the user or hardware that occur through following this guide. This guide is not meant to be used, please refer to something that wasn't typed up in 2 minutes.