To be fair, if your casing is ok then with your dads help you might want to build a new computer from motherboard up it'd definitely be doable in under £600 and could even include optional extras like water cooling (if the case can handle that) however thats a more time consuming option, if you don't have the time or the patience to rebuild from scratch then theres the option of buying a new computer. I would probably go against the upgrading the graphics alone since if you doubt your psu's power to run the games you're after then you won't get the best of it. I would check the games you want to run on here it will check your specs against the reccomended and minimum requirements for the game of your choice. However it won't accept all graphics cards as viable since it will only compare yours to the ones listed on the packaging of the game itself.
Ah right. Yeah, looking around I've heard they're kinda nobby. But it should be cool. I can fix a computer easy enough, by following internet and book instructions and asking friends. And I know all the internals well enough that I know how to replace everything. To be honest, I've yet to see anything truly miraculous out of Ultimate. Nothing that I'd think " me. I bet they don't have that on Premium". The things my dad does would probably notice extra stuff, but it's not necessary for me. The dad is advising against getting a new PC, and simply throwing a graphics card in the current. But it's only 450W, so the only one I know could be alright would be Mirages GeForce 8800 GT. But he's the kinda guy that could buy a new motherboard and build a PC from that level up, so he rarely bothers buying an all new tower.
Dell used to be known for doing things that would make upgrading a pc nigh on impossible by yourself, they used to solder/glue the components in but stopped the practice by 1997. I5 processors are the new range of intel processing chips, they begin with i3 (intel 3 core processor) they're basically better the higher the number the highest chipsets are i7s or i8s now (7 and 8 cores to a chip is a hell of a lot) so an i5 is a mid range I series processor but still much more powerful than your average duo core (or i2 as it would be) As for windows 7 premium and ultimate I'm not entirely sure what the differences are between the two but I have home premium on mine and I can do anything I like on it so I doubt you'd lose much efficiency.
Why would I want something other than a Dell? I'm not really clued in on different brands. Is it just personal preference or are Dell known for certain cock-ups and stuff? i5 is all new to me too. Does this mean something important? Yeah, my TV is my monitor (a freaking epic buy, by the way), and I'm happy enough with my current speakers, keyboard and mouse. So I can save a bit of money getting all those things. Do you know what the differences are between Windows 7 Home Premium and Windows 7 Ultimate? I have Ultimate on my PC (dad put it on before I came to uni. - I don't have access or ability to put it on again). I'm just curious to know if I'd be suffering any major downgrade.
I'll pm the dragon age stuff, too long won't fit in the 1000 char limit lol
will have to reply in 2 parts, too long otherwise. That pc seems well and good enough. But for £600 you could get quite a beefy desktop especially if you only needed a core tower not a new tft, keyboard + mouse or speaker set up, you could also blow the cash upgrading the machine (to be fair I would probably get new one because if the mainboard won't support a bigger cpu then you're screwed if you spent £600 on upgrade parts and didn't account for this) Dell do the inspiron range here theres one for £629 no monitor ect but hell thats a tasty tower for that money and no upgrades required, 8gb ram, a i5 processor, and a terabyte of storage! If you would rather something other than a Dell then you could do worse than to check PC world or Ebay for one or even see about a custom job far better than the ones sold by John Lewis.
£600 tops really. Desktop, by the way. DA:O would probably be the most high-tech game I'd want to be playing on it. Or I might just get a new video card for my current PC. I already have 3GB RAM, so it should run alright. Though my CPU might not handle the game and my PSU might not handle a good card. DRAMA! I decided to get it on the 360 today anyway. I couldn't wait haha. Any recommendations for game choices itself? Though, out of curiosity, what would be your opinion on this? Seems pretty cheap, and pretty decent to me. Would need some upgrades for gaming, but nothing too expensive or drastic. That, plus gaming stuff would probably knock the price to about £550-600 max, I think.
So what kind of budget you got for your PC buying maybe I can reccomend some models. Also laptop or desktop?
OMG YOU WERE ALED? God, that sounds lame. She needs to change her name back to Shlup. Mainly because ShlupQuack is the onomatopoeic spelling of taking your penis out of thick custard.
hehehe I was shlupped, wow that sounded so dirty both in my mind and when written down lol
