Trying to spec up a PC for my 7 year old son who has up to now been managing with my old laptop.
It will need to play games, but only the older ones like Unreal 2004, Quake 3 etc at a comfortable frame rate and perhaps have the tech features to play current ones at reduced detail levels. A 17" TFT is about the right size for his desk, although 19" would be nice. Silence is golden so perhaps a Zalman would hit the mark. Everything will run at stock and I'd like at least 18 months before an upgrade becomes necessary(!).
Price is key here and I need to be on the comfortable side of £450, preferably closer £400 in fact if such a thing is possible.
I have a 160gb Samsung Spinpoint SATA HD I will donate to him which should help the price....
It's been a long time since I did a PC upgrade and the choice of boards and processors has become bewildering so any help is much appreciated. I am on Nvidia with my main PC but I don't really have a preference if ATI can offer a better bang for the buck.
It will need to play games, but only the older ones like Unreal 2004, Quake 3 etc at a comfortable frame rate and perhaps have the tech features to play current ones at reduced detail levels. A 17" TFT is about the right size for his desk, although 19" would be nice. Silence is golden so perhaps a Zalman would hit the mark. Everything will run at stock and I'd like at least 18 months before an upgrade becomes necessary(!).
Price is key here and I need to be on the comfortable side of £450, preferably closer £400 in fact if such a thing is possible.
I have a 160gb Samsung Spinpoint SATA HD I will donate to him which should help the price....
It's been a long time since I did a PC upgrade and the choice of boards and processors has become bewildering so any help is much appreciated. I am on Nvidia with my main PC but I don't really have a preference if ATI can offer a better bang for the buck.
