[DannyboyUk]

Hello all,

I have just joined these forums today, And i was hoping someone could help me and give me advice and possibly a spec for a new computer **Gaming** tower.

I currently have speakers,keyboard,mouse and a monitor.I will need an Operating System though.

What im looking for is a really good solid build that will play games REALLY smooth and be futureproof for a year or two and can play the games that have just come out: COD4,Gears Of War,Crysis,UT3 and the games that are coming ou shortly...

Im looking to spend around £1000-£1200 on this tower.

Thanks in advance for any advice and builds given.

x)

[serverguy]

Are you building this PC yourself or are you asking for someone to build a computer for you?

For 1200 you can get a really nice gaming machine together!

[pete21]

the fun i could have with 1200 :) hehe

will you be runing windows xp or vista? id say vista for future proof som people say bad things about vista but i havent had eney problems playing games with it not even the old games

can get some great motherboard bundles on ebay :) try and go for dual core prosessor motherboard and at least 4 gig memory most new motherboards now can have a max of 8gig memory as for graphics card id go for one of the g-force cards they even do them at 1gig memory on them now but for a ferr bit tho

[DannyboyUk]

Hey guys thanks for the good responses.

Firstly i think i will be building it myself.Ive never done a build before so will be first time, but believe i have the knowledge too do it.

Ill be deffinatly going for vista i think as ive heard good things about it ( and bad ofc ;p)

What im trying to achieve with this build, is a really smmoth gameplay on all/most games i play.Id love the GFX too always be on high just to give that extra umph into the game.


Thanks for any future help you can give me and advice on parts x)

[ComputerGuy]

I would say go for the CPU = Intel Q6600

If your running vista then you could put 4GB of RAM but im sure 2GB would be ok.

[pete21]

i did here eneything over 2gigs wont make eney diffrence..dont no if this is true tho

[ComputerGuy]

Only on XP as it can only use 2.5 RAM. But vista uses 3.5 i think so it can have 4GB of RAM.

[serverguy]

Yeah, I think that 4GB of RAM would be good for a £1200 system. It is true that XP can only see 2.5GB.