Last time i was looking for a computer was in 2005, never did buy one for whatever reason. So i've tried to get up to date with stuff, but i'm unsure on whether i'm going overkill and spending too much beyond my needs.
I've played games back in the day (around the year 2000 lol) using 640x480, all options on low and it stuttering and my gunshots not showing on screen till 5 seconds later. The graphics i wasn't bothered about, but the slowdown annoyed me. So anyway, i'd like to join the modern age and enjoy smooth crisp gaming.
I've got a couple of old comps that are bricks now, but i could perhaps salvage things like dvd drives and one has a card reader. Ive got 3 hdd's, all with windows xp on them. I'd like to keep what's on those (mainly my files, not bothered about the programs i had on their), is there a way of doing that?
I was thinking of building this myself, there seems to be plenty of vids and stuff online to help me out. I was gonna hook it up to my hdtv, would that be ok?
AMD Phenom II X6 Six Core 1075T 3.00GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail AMD
(£106.66) £127.99
MSI GeForce GTX 460 Cyclone 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
(£99.99) £119.99
Asus Crosshair IV Formula AMD 890FX (Socket AM3/AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard
(£99.99) £119.99
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050)
(£66.66) £79.99
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX)
(£41.66) £49.99
Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black
(£37.49) £44.99
Corsair A50 High-Performance CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366)
(£19.99) £23.99
TP-Link 300Mbps High-Gain Wireless-N USB Adapter (TL-WN822N)
(£13.32) £15.98
Sub Total : £485.76
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.75
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £99.50
Total : £597.01
I've played games back in the day (around the year 2000 lol) using 640x480, all options on low and it stuttering and my gunshots not showing on screen till 5 seconds later. The graphics i wasn't bothered about, but the slowdown annoyed me. So anyway, i'd like to join the modern age and enjoy smooth crisp gaming.
I've got a couple of old comps that are bricks now, but i could perhaps salvage things like dvd drives and one has a card reader. Ive got 3 hdd's, all with windows xp on them. I'd like to keep what's on those (mainly my files, not bothered about the programs i had on their), is there a way of doing that?
I was thinking of building this myself, there seems to be plenty of vids and stuff online to help me out. I was gonna hook it up to my hdtv, would that be ok?
AMD Phenom II X6 Six Core 1075T 3.00GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail AMD
(£106.66) £127.99
MSI GeForce GTX 460 Cyclone 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
(£99.99) £119.99
Asus Crosshair IV Formula AMD 890FX (Socket AM3/AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard
(£99.99) £119.99
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050)
(£66.66) £79.99
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX)
(£41.66) £49.99
Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black
(£37.49) £44.99
Corsair A50 High-Performance CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366)
(£19.99) £23.99
TP-Link 300Mbps High-Gain Wireless-N USB Adapter (TL-WN822N)
(£13.32) £15.98
Sub Total : £485.76
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.75
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £99.50
Total : £597.01