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mm89
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_ 		30. October 2005 @ 03:35 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
My PC is pretty old, crappy and slow, and I have been told that as a gift, I can get it upgraded, with a budget of like 300-400 british pounds. So far my PC is like:

997 Mhz
Memory 128 MB RAM
Intel pentium 3 processor

I wanna use it mainly for burning PS2 backups, but mainly for playing PC games, smoothly, and being able to play all day without it slowing down.

Also I do not have a DVD Burner, so could someone recommend one.

So basically what I am asking is, what should I get, and what company, for each of those things, so that my computer becomes superfast in running games. Keeping in mind the 300-400 budget

Thanks in advance
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Sir-Age
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_ 		30. October 2005 @ 04:02 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
My advice:

Sell the P3 (you'll get like 40 pounds).

400 pounds budget, the PC in my sig was built by me in June this year for 400 pounds exactly and I play the latest games like AOE 3 at Highest quality and they play suprisingly well!

Now its nearly november, either buy or built a pc and you will get higher specs than me for the same price. I recomend and so will other AMD for gaming, socket 939 etc - overclocked to extarct performance out!

You're going to spend the same money upgrading your PC as you would to build another to much better specs!

AP
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Asus A8N-E
Amd Athlon 64 3000+ (O/C from 1.8gz to 2.05gz)
1GB Crucial
128mbmb ATI Radeon X700
280GB Seagate HD
Windows XP Pro SP2
NEC 3540A 16x DVD±RW
mm89
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_ 		30. October 2005 @ 04:05 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
So if I get a new PC built, what parts would I need to buy, and which company? I could get someone to build it for me for free, but I just need to give him a list of all the parts, so if someone could give me a list, with prices, then that would be great
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jonni3
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_ 		30. October 2005 @ 05:00 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Thats a tight budget,

Motherboard http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=291356 £46.40
CPU http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=217038 £108.48
Memory http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=237278 £69.33
Graphics card http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=268845 £99.86
PSU http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=271184 £52.75
DVD RW hhttp://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=273869 £27.01

Total £403.83 just a little over budget :)

It's not a smokin system but given the budget it's still pretty good
Your gonna have to use your old harddrive and case plus cd & floppy drive ...your gonna have to add p&p to the final price
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