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Ohh back with a pc question :P

Post by Rage <3 » February 20th, 2010, 10:06 am

lol i'm back guys. and my step dad has agreed to go halves with me on a pc :D!! So i think i'm getting this one

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/store/ ... oid=-37526

But i think this one is better but it doesn't have wireless :/ Is a wireless thingy cheap?

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/store/ ... egory_oid=

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Re: Ohh back with a pc question :P

Post by BatterY » February 20th, 2010, 11:00 am

Wireless means WLAN antenna, so if you don't have a WLAN modem, it's useless.
But if you do, I would take http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/store/ ... oid=-37526 with the 19" LG monitor, because I personally hate vista :roll:

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Re: Ohh back with a pc question :P

Post by Rage <3 » February 20th, 2010, 12:20 pm

Well i found a cheap wireless adapter, Which i think does the trick.

I've also got windows 7 on a disc anyways so OS doesn't really matter to me.

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Re: Ohh back with a pc question :P

Post by Lancast » February 20th, 2010, 2:32 pm

Both of those PC's are crap to be honest, they don't even have a graphics card and for that price, it's a rip off. You'll be better off building your own PC but in your case it might be impossible as you don't have the knowledge so maybe ask a friend of yours that does.

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Post by Soviet » February 20th, 2010, 5:12 pm

I agree completely, you do not want to get a computer with integrated graphics. You might be able to find a decent pre-built one for that price however. Unfortunately I have no idea where to look for someone who lives in the UK.

My suggestion though, if you can find a site that sells the CyberpowerPC Gamer Ultra 7215 that would be a good choice, although you would have to buy a monitor separately I think you could still reach the price you're paying for that other computer.

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Re: Ohh back with a pc question :P

Post by Rage <3 » February 21st, 2010, 2:23 pm

pedsdude told me they'd handle cod4 fine.

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Post by Pedsdude » February 21st, 2010, 3:49 pm

I'm not a hardware expert by any means (in fact, my knowledge is rather limited), but I stand by my statement that the 2nd link will run CoD4 fine (you only linked me to the 2nd link when you asked me).

The main issue pointed out by others is the price, but unless you're gonna build a PC yourself (which I'm guessing you're not considering your posting asking what will run CoD4) then it won't make that much of a difference I would imagine.

Soviet: where on the 2nd link does it say that graphics are integrated, or are you talking about the first link?
Lancast wrote:Both of those PC's are crap to be honest, they don't even have a graphics card
The 2nd one has a graphics card.
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Re: Ohh back with a pc question :P

Post by Soviet » February 21st, 2010, 7:05 pm

Oh right, I take that back. The second link would run CoD4 fine.

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Re: Ohh back with a pc question :P

Post by Drofder2004 » February 21st, 2010, 9:36 pm

The second link uses a GT220... Poor card.
Try somewhere other than PC World...
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Re: Ohh back with a pc question :P

Post by Lancast » February 22nd, 2010, 1:01 am

Well to run COD4 both of those PC's would do the job, but, I doubt that u'll get any good fps with the integrated graphics card, I'd say with both of those PC's with full bright on custom maps u might get 250fps, the processor is not bad. But for the price, that's a total rip off, you could get at least 2 times better machine for that price. My suggestion is, as drofer said, look somewhere else than PC world, if you cant build the PC urself, look in some small private shops or something,they always have everything cheaper. Also, look for a AMD processor and ATI graphics card. If you had a choice, between Intel and AMD, at the same price you would buy a more powerful AMD processor, same goes with Nvidia and ATI.

I myself build my PC about half of year ago(or maybe a year ago cant remember), I bought the parts on ebay, everything together and I haven't payed more than the PC's you suggested and my PC is much more powerful than those 2.

Also, when you're buying a PC, they always note stuff like the processor, graphics card, ram etc, but not often other parts. Watch out when you're buying a PC what kind of PSU it has. Most of the PC's they sell in shops these days got some cheap crappy chinese PSU's which arent able to take full power of graphics card and other hardware. Make sure that the PSU has at least 500W(would be better if more) and that it also has 12v1 and at least one more, 12v2 with at least 18a on each. Don't worry if you dont know what I'm talking about, just make sure that it doesn't have only 12v1 and no others, most modern graphics cards require more amps and a single rail won't do the job well.

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