advice on new pc

[dmitch1987]

Popping into PC world to have a look around today saw a few nice ones on there site!

Dell Studio 540/6161 4gb Mem 4MB of cache, Acer Aspire x3200/9650 or a
HP pavilion slimline s3811uk 3 gb mem

Any of these look any good? Im Not a pc building type at all! I will be using it for mainly internet browsing and i might get back into PC gaming.. On a lower level! so nothing like crysis!

If any of you have the time do you thin you could have a browse on pc worlds website and see if there is anything else thats you could recomend..... i wouldnt mind getting a laptop as long as it has gaming capabilities!

[EzyStvy]

Posting links to the specs of the pc's or the specs themselves would help

[dmitch1987]

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/sto...&category_oid=

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/sto...ory_oid=-35614


http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/product/seo/640753

are a few i was thinking of... other wise i was going to look at laptops with enough power to run something like stalker/empire

also found this on a website that builds you pcs

Computer Case Cooler Master Centurion 590
CPU Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 (2 x 3.0 GHZ) 1333FSB - 6 MB
Motherboard ASUS P5N-D S/L 1333FSB (NVIDIA 750i)
Memory 4GB PC-6400 800 MHZ (2 x 2 GB) (DDR2)
Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 - 512 MB - DVI/VGA (XFX) (Includes Far Cry 2)
Power Supply OCZ 600W Stealth XStream - Low Noise
Hard Drive 1 250 GB SATA-II HDD UDMA 300 7200 8MB
Optical Drive 1 Samsung (S222A) DVD PLUS/-RW 22x Dual Layer - Black (IDE)
Sound Card Motherboard Integrated 5.1 Sound
Networking Motherboard Integrated Ethernet Lan (Broadband Ready)
USB Ports 4 X USB 2.0 Ports
CPU Heatsink Thermalright Ultima-90i - Silent
Operating System Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic SP1 32-BIT (Genuine DVD & COA Included)
Office Software OpenOffice 3.0.1 (Unlimited PC License)
Security Software No Security Software Included
Backup Solution Standard Operating System Backup

[flanzig1]

The first 2 systems have on-board video only, the Dell would be a middle of the road gamer.
The 4th one would be a reasonable gamer also.

[dmitch1987]

Sorry to be a pain but would a HP pavilion p6004uk be ok

Specs are

AMD Sempron 2300 Dual-Core
(1.58GHz, 256KB Cache)
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium
3GB DDR2 memory
320GB SATA hard drive
NVIDIA® GeForce 7100 graphics
Dual Layer DVD Rewriter
6x USB ports
10/100 network LAN

Will be either updating the graphics card to a Niv 9800GT or more likely as its over 150 quid less the 9400GT.... and eventually a wireless network card?

Any opinons?

[Alaron]

Adding a high end video card to a Dell or HP is tough because they won't have a strong enough power supply for it. The gaming PC you listed the specs for would be best if thats the route you want to go.

[dmitch1987]

Originally Posted by Alaron Adding a high end video card to a Dell or HP is tough because they won't have a strong enough power supply for it. The gaming PC you listed the specs for would be best if thats the route you want to go.

yeah... im thinking that one or http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/sto...ry_oid=-35614#

bluray player and all in that one... dont want the remote access though so might ask if they can swap it for anti virus or a moniter.. as mines a bit old looking now?
i promise this is the last one now hahaha cheers for the advice... had bad experiance with buying off the internet so would prefer a shop tbh!

[dmitch1987]

Just wondering if either of these pcs would be any good for gaming as well as internet browsing and watching films?
http://www.pcworld.co.uk:80/martprd/...m=null&tm=null
http://www.pcworld.co.uk:80/martprd/...m=null&tm=null



Was unsure if the more expensive machine is worth the extra money?.. not fussed about blu ray more the graphics card!

[glc]

Threads merged and moved to BYOPC.

Neither one of those are gamers, and from what I hear, Advent quality is not good.

[Khalil]

Advent is garbage. Between the 3 name brands your best bet is an HP but see non of them build real gaming machines, even when they claim they are.
If you can't swap out the motherboard and video card on a system when you need to then you don't have a gaming machine.
A gaming machine should be flexible and upgradeable.
Your best bet is to try and find a reputable local system builder that you can talk to face to face.