Firstly, I know this should be in the computer forum but time is of the essence so I will move it in there in a few days.

A few months ago, I created a thread about buying a new PC. I can't find the thread, but the general gist was to get someone to build one for me.

Now, the bod has 2 machines that says can handle all my gaming needs. It seems on the slightly cheaper side, to me. What do you guys think of the specs.

£650

Galaxy III Wireless QUAD CORE GAMING PC

AMD PHENOM 9850 BLACK EDITION 2.5GHz X4 Quad-Core PROCESSOR (10GHz)

8GB DDR DUAL CHANNEL RAM

500GB SERIAL ATA S.A.T.A HARD DRIVE

DUAL LAYER 20x MULTIFORMAT DVD REWRITER WITH LIGHSCRIBE

CD REWRITER

GE-FORCE 9800GT 512MB DEDICATED GRAPHICS (upgrade available)

10/100 BROADBAND LAN PORT

6 USB PORTS

VGA PORT

DVI PORT

HDMI

PARALLEL PORT

SERIAL PORT

SPEAKER CONNECTION

MIC CONNECTION

WINDOWS VISTA 64-BIT PLUS BOXED DISK AND LIFETIME LICENCE

SYSTEM RECOVERY PROTECTION

ANTICRASH PROTECTION

FULL OFFICE OFFICE

PROFESSIONAL SPYWARE PROTECTION

KASPERSKY INTERNET & ANTI-VIRUS SECURITY (full 1 year subscription)

DVD & CD COPYING SOFTWARE

DVD & CD CREATING SOFTWARE

VIDEO CONVERTING SOFTWARE

HISTORY ERASER

DVD PLAYER

EXTRACTIION SOFTWARE

PDF READER



and for £700



Antec Nine Hundred Wireless ULTIMATE GAMING PC


INTEL E7200 2.53GHz CORE 2 DUO x2 PROCESSOR (5.06GHz) with 1066MHz FSB & 3MB L2

4GB DDR2 DUAL CHANNEL PC6400 BLACK DRAGON RAM

750GB SERIAL ATA S.A.T.A HARD DRIVE

DUAL LAYER 20x MULTIFORMAT DVD REWRITER + RAM & LIGHTSCRIBE

CD REWRITER

PCI-EXPRESS 16x Ge-FORCE 9800GT 512MB DEDICATED GRAPHICS

2 X PCI EXPRESS SLOTS

HDMI

VGA

DVI PORT

S-VIDEO OUT

10/100 BROADBAND LAN PORT

7 USB PORTS

MEMORY CARD READER

PARALLEL PORT

SERIAL PORT

SPEAKER CONNECTION

MIC CONNECTION

WINDOWS VISTA WITH GENUINE ORIGINAL DISK & LIFETIME LICENCE WITH ANYTIME UPGRADE

COMPLETE RECOVERY PROTECTION

ANTICRASH PROTECTION

FULL OFFICE SOFTWARE

PROFESSIONAL SPYWARE PROTECTION

KASPERSKY INTERNET & ANTIVIRUS SECURITY (1 year subscription)

DVD & CD COPYING SOFTWARE

DVD & CD CREATING SOFTWARE

VIDEO CONVERTING SOFTWARE

HISTORY ERASER

DVD PLAYER

EXTRACTIION SOFTWARE

PDF READER






What do people think?

Also, as they both have HDMI out, can I just connect it to my 40" Sammy to play Hi-Def movies/TV Shows etc?

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Both seem ok but it appears you are paying for stuff you could source elsewhere (Kaspersky etc.) at the expense of hardware.

This thread: http://forum.vcdq.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=82606 is a barometer.

If you lose the software you can up to a GeForce 9800GTX and an Intel Quad 9660.

Also, do you know what brand of ram you are getting with either system?

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Both seem ok but it appears you are paying for stuff you could source elsewhere (Kaspersky etc.) at the expense of hardware.

This thread: http://forum.vcdq.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=82606 is a barometer.

If you lose the software you can up to a GeForce 9800GTX and an Intel Quad 9660.

Also, do you know what brand of ram you are getting with either system?

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Also, do you know what brand of ram you are getting with either system?

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If its Black Dragon, it will be GeIL branded...have 4gb of it in mine

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If you lose the software you can up to a GeForce 9800GTX and an Intel Quad 9660.

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Probably means the 9650 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...N82E16819115130

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Ok, how about this?

Intel Core 2 Quad Core Q6700 2.66GHz 1066FSB 8MB cache

Asus P5NE-SLI Quad / Core 2 Extreme / Core 2 Duo Motherboard

500GB SATA2 16MB lead free Cache

4GB DDR II 800Mhz Kingston Ram

Nvidia GF 9800GT SLI 1GB PCI-E, 2x DVI, HDTV Out


ALC662 High Definition Audio 8-channel CODEC

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Build it yourself and you'll save money on the software.

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Buy a NDS a Wii, xbox 360 and ps3

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Throw in a couple of grams of coke a bottle of morgans spiced rum and 24 stella.


use pc for porn and emails and talking shite on here .

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Probably a bit late now but I'd go for the 2nd option, simply because my crush on Intel is only paralleled in size with my loathing for AMD.

Watching a core2Duo boot up is like witnessing The Arch Angel Gabriel, dressed in Versace, riding a Unicorn over a Rainbow while snorting Cocaine from Megan Foxes fadge crack...


Ok, so probably not THAT good, but for fucks sake, NOTHING is THAT good...ever!

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I have 2 XBOX 360's/ A Wii/A PS3/ A DS

Yes, building is the best option. But, I don't know what the best parts are nowadays. I've only ever used my PC to surf for porn and download porn.

So, I guess what I want is someone to list out the best parts so i can go to the boffins and tell them this is what I want.

It does need to play games, and also have the ability to be connected to my TV so i can watch the high-def stuff i download

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Apart from a brief affair with WOW i've never bothered with PC games.

They are for nerds and Germans.

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The Phenom quad core machine will run circles around even the quad extreme pentium.

Just remember, no SLI in new AMD machines (with very few exceptions) because they support the ATI native Crossfire.

That is truly the downside for most hard core game boxes running AMD. I don't see the real world performance out of Cross fire that you get from SLI.

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