Help! Gaming PC:Where To Start

Newegg or TigerDirect would be my recommendation. But im not sure if TigerDirect will ship to you either ;-/


An AMD build will be the best bet Cost-Performance.
Intels builds will yield better performance, but at a much higher price tag.

However, with gaming as the primary purpose:
I would go with a AMD build, 4GB RAM, and invest more $$$ into the GPU, as this will be the biggest factor for gaming.
lot more bang for buck this way.

Arianet or Ebuyer have some great bargains for PC components. Or from Powerc

iBUILD™ AMD Gaming PC All Rounder
£429.95 inc VAT

• Gigabyte GZ-X5 Black ATX MIDI Tower Case
• 650 Watt Power Supply Unit
• Gigabyte GA-MA770-UD3
• AMD Athlon II X2 250 Dual Core 3.0GHz 2MB L2 Cache
• Standard CPU Cooling Fan
• Samsung 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 800MHz
• 500GB 7200RPM SATA II
• 22x DVD RW Black SATA
• nVidia GeForce GT 240 1GB
• Built-in audio
• 2 Year Return to Base Warranty with Free Collect & Return

NCIX.com is my recommendation if they ship to you.

hybridfan said:

Arianet or Ebuyer have some great bargains for PC components. Or from Powerc

iBUILD™ AMD Gaming PC All Rounder
£429.95 inc VAT

• Gigabyte GZ-X5 Black ATX MIDI Tower Case
• 650 Watt Power Supply Unit
• Gigabyte GA-MA770-UD3
• AMD Athlon II X2 250 Dual Core 3.0GHz 2MB L2 Cache
• Standard CPU Cooling Fan
• Samsung 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 800MHz
• 500GB 7200RPM SATA II
• 22x DVD RW Black SATA
• nVidia GeForce GT 240 1GB
• Built-in audio
• 2 Year Return to Base Warranty with Free Collect & Return

That looks like a stonking price for the specification. I have used PCSpecialist in the past - they have a really nice configurator tool on their website - but after a quick look I don't think they could match that price.

clunkfish said:

hybridfan said:

Arianet or Ebuyer have some great bargains for PC components. Or from Powerc

iBUILD™ AMD Gaming PC All Rounder
£429.95 inc VAT

• Gigabyte GZ-X5 Black ATX MIDI Tower Case
• 650 Watt Power Supply Unit
• Gigabyte GA-MA770-UD3
• AMD Athlon II X2 250 Dual Core 3.0GHz 2MB L2 Cache
• Standard CPU Cooling Fan
• Samsung 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 800MHz
• 500GB 7200RPM SATA II
• 22x DVD RW Black SATA
• nVidia GeForce GT 240 1GB
• Built-in audio
• 2 Year Return to Base Warranty with Free Collect & Return

That looks like a stonking price for the specification. I have used PCSpecialist in the past - they have a really nice configurator tool on their website - but after a quick look I don't think they could match that price.

I bought my PC from PowerC and if you read the testimonials on the site there are a lot of pleased customers.

Just quickly thrown together at overclockers.co.uk,

stormy13 said:

Just quickly thrown together at overclockers.co.uk,

But where is the processor?