Anonymous (Login catswhiskers) from IP address 86.153.109.6
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Hi,
My housemate is moving out and taking his PC with him so I need to buy my own. I have no idea where to start. What sort should I buy, how much memory should I have etc? I use it for music, browsing the internet, downloading films and for pictures. There are many .orgers that seem to know about these things and Google was pants with helping so any advice woud be great.
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i just built my own, about two months ago. (I say i built my own, i had help, im sure you know somebody who you can ask??)
I spent around 700 (Just under i think) (excluding a keyboard and mouse, i used my old ones) on parts from e-buyer. It was the best thing i couldve done.
Its quad core, 500GB hard drive, 21inch samsung monitor, nice black case, SICK graphics card, 2GB ram (i have space for 6 more),etc.
This is definitely the best way forward, if you spec'd up parts on the site, then compared what you've chosen to how much it would be, on, say, DELL's website, i reckon they would charge around double.
Check it out though,
building one is surprisingly easy with a bit of help, and quite rewarding too.
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What littlemench said. You can also buy custom built PC's already assembled on eBay. All you need to do is install an operating system. You can get a very good machine for about £450.
if the case you get is new, which im assuming it would be (mine was 30 quid ish) then it comes with 'clamps' that all the parts clip into.
if you know where everything goes its a piece of piss. the hardest part is the arrangement, which is easy if you know how (or if you know somebody who knows how).
There are also instructions with the cases, obviously, that detail how it all goes together. howeverr i shat myself when i saw that and took a step back to let others take over!!
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tis good advice. youll get a much better comp if you or someone you know builds it for you. and you can make it look all snazzy with a fancy case with lights and stuff on
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yes, find someone who could help you, or do it yourself, if you buy something from a shop you will never get exactly what you want space wise etc etc etc. I wish I'd bought mine and done it like that. instead i popped down the local computer shop spent 500 quid... im typing this from my laptop now because the damn thing is fucked. and it costs a bomb to sorted.
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god id be scared to go near computer parts, if you'd rather not Dell or HP are a good makes, ive never had any problems, dont go near pcworld whatever you do
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also depends on what you're going to use it for, get at least a dual-core processor cos vista runs better on it, but theres no real need to get a quad core processor or whatever unless you're gonna be using it largely for multiple intensive media programmes running at once,
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Intel® Core™ 2 Quad-Core Q6600 Processor (2.4GHz, 8MB cache, 1066MHz FSB)
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium - English
1 Year Base Warranty
20in E207WFP WIDESCREEN UK/Irish Black (1680 x 1050) TCO99 DVI-D
2048MB 800MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x1024]
750GB (7200rpm) SATA Hard Drive
256MB ATI® Radeon™ HD 2600 XT graphics card
DVD +/- RW Drive (read/write CD & DVD)
Why bother with the hassle of something possibly breaking and not knowing what to sort out when you could get Dell to fix it for you. Unless you want particular components you can't really build a PC for cheaper than buying a Dell with similar specs.
For all those oh no yes you can people. You can't, Dell buy everything in bulk and get them cheaper than shops and they have smaller over-headers per computer than shops do.
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