Spec Please

dakaiez · 9 Aug 2009 at 18:03

Hi,

I am looking to buy a new pc in the next week or so as i am currently using my laptop to game which is not as good and is bad on the eyes with the small screen.

I have a budget of around £1600-1700 but if i can spend less then it would obviously be better of course. I just need the PC and a Monitor, got a sound card, speaker system, mouse, keyboard and operating system already.

What i have so far looks like what is below, but i am welcome to any suggestions.

I will mainly be gaming on this system and hope to run most games at max resolution and max details.

dakaiez · 9 Aug 2009 at 18:33

Thanks for the suggestions, any are welcome when wanting to spend a fair bit of money.

I did have a look at the Corsair H50 but wasn't to sure, i'll have a look out and read up on it a bit.

Yeah i love the Dell, got a smaller version at work and love it to bits. I'll have a look at the others, mainly the HP as i don't like the colour of the Phillips but i'll probably end up with the Dell.

I decided on the 850w as i normally upgrade parts every now and again and prefer not to buy PSU's which are quite exspensive for a few years. What exactly is the difference between TX and HX?

The Hard Drive looks to be a lot better.

The Optical Drive, looks to be better in some ways but i'll have a read up about them both.

dakaiez · 9 Aug 2009 at 19:43

Thanks for the questions you answered. I'll be looking into some of the parts mentioned and hopefully be buying this sometime during the week or week after depending on when i have time to actually make it.

dakaiez · 14 Aug 2009 at 00:32

I am thinking of switching the case to a Antec 1200 or maybe a HAF 932 but unsure about the size.

Also looking at maybe switching the Noctua for a Corsair H50 from the package when its back in stock.

Still unsure over the Dell / HP as i've heard both have their flaws.

The hard drive will be a WD Black Caviar and the Sony DVD drive instead.