Best PC for games

[Ian_182]

Im just wondering,whats the best computer to go for if i was into gaming in a big way.Are there any out there or is it better to self build one and get cheaper parts.
My mate has a good system(dont know which)but his computer is really fast and he plays this star wars game that comes from the states and it looks really impressive..
Cheers

ian

 

[Clart]

oh dear.....

cue PC geeks to bore you to death with pc specs

 

[Mells]

oh dear.....

cue PC geeks to bore you to death with pc specs

lol, simply, not one from PC World. If you want a mean machine, get a local shop to build you one (if you dont to it yourself) as you can spec all the components.

 

[Lee]

Get a beast from here Ian: http://www.xworksinteractive.com/ They might do you a nice deal if you mention me.

Clart loves geek talk, that's why he was first to post in this thread. Want me to post some nice benchmarks for you?

 

[Clart]

that would give me a dewy tip

 

[Tom]

Commodore.

 

[Ex-User (19928)]

Hey nice car, can I have your 3D Mark ??

 

[Timmay]

try alienware if money is no object

 

[Lee]

try alienware if money is no object

God nooooo.

I bought 34 Alienware PCs and every single one of them had a problem. That was over £120ks worth of hardware. I'd never buy Alienware ever again.

Even the free stuff they gave me didn't make up for the extra work they have caused me.

 

[Timmay]

reall? f**k it i wont buy one then now

 

[Lee]

According to Alienware they put all components through rigorous testing.

Out of 34 all 34 had the chipset fan fail. Now that's an Asus part, but they can't have tested them for long if the fail rate is 100%. We also had various hard drive/RAID problems, failing DVD Rom drives and the odd stick of dodgy RAM.

For what you pay you get decent components though not quite the best, and a stupid case with a plastic cover. The wiring is nice and neat but too neat and tight to make working on it easy.

Personally I'd never spend my own or companies money on one ever again. I'm not buying the office ones from the link I posted above. They'll custom build using whatever I like.

 

[G_F]

http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?PC-1019VU

 

[Rasclart]

Lee

Was that the A8N-Sli Deluxe

Noisy little screamer, like 10K RPM. They were dire

 

[Lee]

Lee

Was that the A8N-Sli Deluxe

Noisy little screamer, like 10K RPM. They were dire

That's the one. The replacement fans were much better, but it meant I had to fit the dam things.

 

[Gareth]

http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?PC-1019VU

that's a LOT of money considering you don't even get 1066MHz memory, 800GB SATA 300 can be got for £140 as well, wonder how much they are charging for that.

 

[BatFastard]

if you dont know how to ubild yourself take a look at www.pcspecialist.co.uk - or www.meshcomputers.com - make sure you go for a core 2 duo cause at the minute AMD are behind in the processor war

 

[dick]

oh dear.....

cue PC geeks to bore you to death with pc specs

lol, simply, not one from PC World. If you want a mean machine, get a local shop to build you one (if you dont to it yourself) as you can spec all the components.

pcs from pc world do play games.

even my laptop plays games

 

[G_F]

lol, simply, not one from PC World. If you want a mean machine, get a local shop to build you one (if you dont to it yourself) as you can spec all the components.

pcs from pc world do play games.

even my laptop plays games

Yeah but they don't play them very well for the price you paid for it, i.e. you got robbed.

 

[zack40]

http://www.cclonline.com/product-categories.asp?category_id=79........ if you dont want to build it ur self , just tell them the spec they'll do it for you

 

[fastwunz]

lol, simply, not one from PC World. If you want a mean machine, get a local shop to build you one (if you dont to it yourself) as you can spec all the components.

pcs from pc world do play games.

even my laptop plays games

oh my - buying a PC from PC World or Dell for that matter in order to play games is the silliest thing you can possible do - companies like this feed of peoples lack of knowledge on the subject.

So it - build your own or get a shop to - twice the kit for half the money. Sorted.