Help On Buying New Computer!!

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Ok i need a new computer for half life 2 but i hav a few problems :(

I cant bulid a pc because im only 14 and my dad wants to put it on his credit card :(

SO i was wondering if u know where i can get a good deal on a pc for £1200 MAX i live in the uk so it needs to be a british website sorry :(

Things i would like are:
AMD Athlon XP2800+ or higher
1024MB DDR RAM PC3200
120GB hard drive or higher
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro if possible
19 CRT Flat screen,black
CD RW
DVD RW
not bothered about sound card
and speakers

think thats about it :D

ive been looking everywhere but cant find any good deals so coukld u guys please help me :D :D

Thanks :D :D
 
1200 pounds is a pretty large budget, you should be able to get everything you listed. Dont know a site though, since I'm not british.

Anyway, you forgot the most important piece of them all: The motherboard. The parts are just plastic shite without it :)
Be sure to get a good one... Nforce 2 based of course. Do you have a good soundcard already (if you arent bothered with it)? Otherwise, be sure to get a Nforce 2 with SoundStorm audio. Its not much more expensive than a regular mobo anyway.
 
edit - whoopsie only just read that you arent building it
 
hey dude you can use a credit card to buy the individual pieces..
 
Originally posted by J@mmie
Ok i need a new computer for half life 2 but i hav a few problems :(

I cant bulid a pc because im only 14 and my dad wants to put it on his credit card :(

SO i was wondering if u know where i can get a good deal on a pc for £1200 MAX i live in the uk so it needs to be a british website sorry :(

Things i would like are:
AMD Athlon XP2800+ or higher
1024MB DDR RAM PC3200
120GB hard drive or higher
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro if possible
19 CRT Flat screen,black
CD RW
DVD RW
not bothered about sound card
and speakers

think thats about it :D

ive been looking everywhere but cant find any good deals so coukld u guys please help me :D :D

Thanks :D :D
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here is a link for a UK based company on th south coast (i use them regularly, and recommend them to friends and family)

http://www.novatech.co.uk

they have a thing called blueprint custom pcs... you can make the exact same pc you specify there...

the only thing is they dont have the 9800 pro on there in the blueprint but imnsure you can call them and ask them to put it in on ur blueprint pc...

i got a grand total of 1,129

i had to put a 5900 in its place to find out a price for you (remeber all that will be different is ur gfx card...) because they dont show the 9800pro on the blueprint but u can buy it from them i believe...

THeRook

:bounce:
 
Processor
AMD Athlon XP Barton 2800 (2.08GHz)

Case
ATX 300W Black Midi Tower (AMD/P4)

Motherboard
Asus A7N8X Nforce2 Serial ATA

RAM
1GB 400MHz DDR RAM

Hard Drive 1
Maxtor 120GB DiamondMax Plus9

CDRom 1
CD Writer 52x/24x/52x - Black

CDRom 2
ND1300A DVD+/- DVD Burner - Black

Floppy Drive
1.44MB Floppy Disk Drive - Black

Graphic Card
128MB DDR GeForce4 Ti4800 AGP

Keyboard
Microsoft Multimedia Keyboard

Mouse
Microsoft Optical Mouse Explorer

Monitor
NEC 19 Monitor Pro 930SB/19 DTR-NF.25 110kHz TCO99 black

Price :
£980.47 ex VAT
£1,152.05 inc VAT

This is from novatech :D :D

Do u think this is good?
 
Sounds nice, except I would reconsider on that graphics card... You had a £1200 budget, that is 1150, I'm sure you can squeeze in a 9800 Pro there. Trust me, you'll be gratefull buying that when HL2 comes instead of the G4 :)
 
dont forget your OS, unless you all ready have one. thats one major (and expensive) part of you comp.
 
Dont pay for the OS, suh a rip off, borrow it from a friend.
Why cant you put the individual peices on a Credit Card?
Dont go with a GeForce4 with that budget, get a DX 9 card, you could afford a 9800Pro if you downgraded some other stuff, it will be worth it.
Maybe take the DVD burner off?
 
OK OK!! I KNOW I WANT AN ATI CARD BUT THE WEBSITE DOESNT HAVE ANY SO I JUST PUT THAT IN INSTEAD!! AND I CAN GET A OS FROM A FRIEND,ALSO I CANT BUY PIECES SEPRET BECAUSE I DONT KNOW HOW TO BULID A PC AND I DONT KNOW ANY ONE WHO CAN!!
 
Its pretty easy

The CPU connects to the...mobo
The mobo connects to the case-o


and so forth and so on.
 
building a comp is easy, it's basically knowing where to plug things in and turning it on

it would be much cheaper to buy all the stuff and put it all on the credit card, www.newegg.com is probably the best site around to order your stuff from

if you have any trouble building it, you can just post here and we'd be happy to help you :cheers:
 
Or we'll just screw you over and laugh at you as you struggle to uncover the definition of BIOS.


AHAHHAHHA
 
but if you dont know what you are doing when building one, there is of course the possibillity that it may break...but it's WAY cheeaper to build it yourself from seperate parts...
 
Your gonna need more then a 300W PSU for all that. I reccommend 400 or higher.
 
I dion't think you'll be able to get that 19" flatscreen. At least not if you intent to play games. Just check out http://www.pricewatch.co.uk/. Look for the cheapest store and get all your stuff there.
 
I'll need an new computer for halflife 2 too, bu im danish, and im wondering, is it safe enough for me, to buy from other nations ? for example http://www.novatech.co.uk/ ? Be cause, it's pretty cheap there ;)
 
Originally posted by Sebede
I'll need an new computer for halflife 2 too, bu im danish, and im wondering, is it safe enough for me, to buy from other nations ? for example http://www.novatech.co.uk/ ? Be cause, it's pretty cheap there ;)
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If you like to pay approx. €250 for S&H, why not :dozey:
 
you cen get everything you asked for in your post from Aria.co.uk for £1263.99 including system labour charge delivery and all that including mouse, keyboard, os, speakers ect.
 
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