good spec gaming pc - Page 2

Ken · 24th April 2007, 08:28

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Originally Posted by JohnDotCom

Ah those were the Days, pegs in a saucepan to play with as a child, 2 black and white TV channels if you were lucky............or so I'm told LOL.
Ah the Flashing lights and noises now on Gaming Machines, I'm lost never know what to Press!

Little boats made out of clothes pegs and powered by baking soda. Bits of cardboard in the rear bike wheel and hide and seek on the bomb site :lol:

For those not old enough bomb sites were still available in the 50s and made a good source of wood for trolleys, all you had to do was find four wheels that were near enough the same size :lol:

Where did my childhood go?

JohnDotCom · 24th April 2007, 09:08

Mum never did forgive me for knicking the pram wheels, but did that trolley go down the Alley hill fast, past the Pickle Factory and concrete bunkers/Shelters!
String didn't always hold though, and all down to the feet for the perfect steering.

Sorry old days hijacking Thread.

BMC123 · 24th April 2007, 11:30

Just to give you an idea what you are up against RE: games machine specs, I have this:

P4 3.4HT CPU
1 GB dual channel DDR400 ram
200GB SATA hard drive
XP Pro
SoundBlaster Audigy 2 Platinum soundcard
512MB BFG Geforce 7600GS AGP graphics card (The biggest I could get/afford for an AGP motherboard)
Usual other stuff, DVD etc...

That little lot will comfortably run Hitman Blood money and TOCA 3 on the highest but one settings, it runs everything really well that came out last year, and it runs the new half life 2 demo perfectly, but... I don't know if it will run the latest DX10 games with "shader 3.0" (I have none to try yet)

Obviously when buying a new machine these days you need to get one that can run SLi graphics cards, and not all new machines will do this (ask in the shop before purchase)
alternately, save the money and buy an Xbox 360 or PS3

Kandyman · 24th April 2007, 17:19

Mike i use www.overclockers.co.uk for all my PC needs.

Ultima OC 8800GTS" Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 2.40GHz @ X6800+ 2.93GHz Dual Core SILENT DDR2 System - Vista Premium
£899.99
£1,057.49 inc VAT

Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 2.40GHz Dual Core CPU Overclocked too a minimum of 2.93GHz and beyond. (9 x 333MHz - 1333MHz FSB)
- Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Intel approved cooler
- Arctic Silver 5 Heatsink compound professionally hand installed by our technicians
- ABIT FP-IN9 Fatal1ty NVIDIA 650 (Socket LGA775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
- Award winning G.Skill PK 2GB Ultra PC2-6400 CAS4 (2x1GB) Dual Channel Kit (Overclocked at 900MHz+)
- 250GB Western Digital Enterprise 16MB Cache SATA-2 Hard Drive
- NVIDIA 8800 GTS 320MB GDDR3 VIVO HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) DirectX 10 Graphics Card
- NEC 7173 18x DVD±RW Dual Layer LabelFlash ReWriter (Black)
- Black Sony Floppy Drive
- Antec NINE HUNDRED Gamers ATX Case
- Antec 650W Next Generation Power Supply
- Microsoft Vista Premium 32-Bit pre-installed with License and CD supplied (64-Bit version available upon request when ordering)

BMC123 · 24th April 2007, 18:40

I like overclockers, but they charge us too much for delivery, so I usually source my parts over here. That spec is almost exactly the same as one my mate bought last week in a local store for £999 including a 19" widescreen monitor.

http://www.mplex.info/pd_mx.cfm

as Borat would say... " is Nice!"

:lol:

Rich · 24th April 2007, 21:01

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Originally Posted by Ken

Where did my childhood go?

I sold it on eBay.

Does Wendal/Fatal1ty drive anyone else bonkers!?

How much as this geezer made through licensing his name to products!??

Am I jealous? Oh hell yeah

Anyone else read Custom PC each month?

BMC123 · 25th April 2007, 00:17

Quote:

Anyone else read Custom PC each month?

Nope. I value my sanity and bank balance too much

nairda · 26th April 2007, 08:32

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Originally Posted by Rich

Anyone else read Custom PC each month?

Nah, I get my 'fix' of tech info from www.tomshardware.com

Most amusing custom PC they had on there was the one immersed in cooking oil as a completely silent system cooling solution...

BMC123 · 26th April 2007, 11:32

One of my mates who runs a recording studio, buried his in a big desk :SHOCKED: all he has on the desk in the control room is a monitor, mouse and keyboard (wireless) he had a special lead made up for the monitor so it plugs into the top of the desk, and the wireless transmits through a little glass "window" It works very well I must say, and cooling is fine as the studio is air conditioned so its never that warm in there.

Now.. I am off to play that new command and conquer game.... i may be gone for some time

jaffo · 16th May 2007, 17:35

if you are really after a dedicated gaming machine but with pc functions such as word and brousing together witha blue ray player then id go down the route of the playstation 3 for £400.00.its compatible with keyboards and mice etc and has a 60gb h/drive built in.not bad for the cash when it includes blu ray too!

24th April 2007, 11:30	#13
BMC123 Posted a thing or two 2004 1.8 Connoisseur SE, 1999 XJ8 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Northern Ireland Posts: 1,163 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Just to give you an idea what you are up against RE: games machine specs, I have this: P4 3.4HT CPU 1 GB dual channel DDR400 ram 200GB SATA hard drive XP Pro SoundBlaster Audigy 2 Platinum soundcard 512MB BFG Geforce 7600GS AGP graphics card (The biggest I could get/afford for an AGP motherboard) Usual other stuff, DVD etc... That little lot will comfortably run Hitman Blood money and TOCA 3 on the highest but one settings, it runs everything really well that came out last year, and it runs the new half life 2 demo perfectly, but... I don't know if it will run the latest DX10 games with "shader 3.0" (I have none to try yet) Obviously when buying a new machine these days you need to get one that can run SLi graphics cards, and not all new machines will do this (ask in the shop before purchase) alternately, save the money and buy an Xbox 360 or PS3 __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

24th April 2007, 18:40	#15
BMC123 Posted a thing or two 2004 1.8 Connoisseur SE, 1999 XJ8 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Northern Ireland Posts: 1,163 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	I like overclockers, but they charge us too much for delivery, so I usually source my parts over here. That spec is almost exactly the same as one my mate bought last week in a local store for £999 including a 19" widescreen monitor. http://www.mplex.info/pd_mx.cfm as Borat would say... " is Nice!" :lol: __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

26th April 2007, 11:32	#19
BMC123 Posted a thing or two 2004 1.8 Connoisseur SE, 1999 XJ8 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Northern Ireland Posts: 1,163 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	One of my mates who runs a recording studio, buried his in a big desk :SHOCKED: all he has on the desk in the control room is a monitor, mouse and keyboard (wireless) he had a special lead made up for the monitor so it plugs into the top of the desk, and the wireless transmits through a little glass "window" It works very well I must say, and cooling is fine as the studio is air conditioned so its never that warm in there. Now.. I am off to play that new command and conquer game.... i may be gone for some time __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

24th April 2007, 09:08	#12
JohnDotCom * Rover 75 FaceLift Tourer CDTi 170BHP Auto ConnSE 2005 Model Starlight Silver Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Abergele Posts: 28,735 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 5 Posts	Mum never did forgive me for knicking the pram wheels, but did that trolley go down the Alley hill fast, past the Pickle Factory and concrete bunkers/Shelters! String didn't always hold though, and all down to the feet for the perfect steering. Sorry old days hijacking Thread.

24th April 2007, 17:19	#14
Kandyman Banned ROVER 75 2.5 V6 Connoisseur SE Limousine 2004 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Welling Posts: 10,995 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Mike i use www.overclockers.co.uk for all my PC needs. Ultima OC 8800GTS" Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 2.40GHz @ X6800+ 2.93GHz Dual Core SILENT DDR2 System - Vista Premium £899.99 £1,057.49 inc VAT Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 2.40GHz Dual Core CPU Overclocked too a minimum of 2.93GHz and beyond. (9 x 333MHz - 1333MHz FSB) - Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Intel approved cooler - Arctic Silver 5 Heatsink compound professionally hand installed by our technicians - ABIT FP-IN9 Fatal1ty NVIDIA 650 (Socket LGA775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard - Award winning G.Skill PK 2GB Ultra PC2-6400 CAS4 (2x1GB) Dual Channel Kit (Overclocked at 900MHz+) - 250GB Western Digital Enterprise 16MB Cache SATA-2 Hard Drive - NVIDIA 8800 GTS 320MB GDDR3 VIVO HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) DirectX 10 Graphics Card - NEC 7173 18x DVD±RW Dual Layer LabelFlash ReWriter (Black) - Black Sony Floppy Drive - Antec NINE HUNDRED Gamers ATX Case - Antec 650W Next Generation Power Supply - Microsoft Vista Premium 32-Bit pre-installed with License and CD supplied (64-Bit version available upon request when ordering)

16th May 2007, 17:35	#20
jaffo Avid contributor freelander td4sport and mg tf 135 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: midlands Posts: 202 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	if you are really after a dedicated gaming machine but with pc functions such as word and brousing together witha blue ray player then id go down the route of the playstation 3 for £400.00.its compatible with keyboards and mice etc and has a 60gb h/drive built in.not bad for the cash when it includes blu ray too!