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**leejames04** · 09-20-2007, 09:50 AM

Ok even though it is 3 months away from Christmas my folks already want to know what i want for christmas and well I don't want anything major and i want to replace my Desktop but build it myself so i feel proud and know what i can upgrade. I have 2 other brothers and money is tight this year with my parents getting a loan for a warm christmas. My parents have about £100- £150 to spend and i got about £300 last year from my tips as a paperboy but i have to pay for myself to go on our German Exchange I am looking for another Job but i was wondering what components I should get for an ideal Gaming Computer to last a few years and easy to upgrade. I already have a monitor even if it is 15" but i can slowly replace it.

I would like a:

Dual Core
1-2 GB of RAM
500GB Hardrive
Direct X 10 compatible Graphics card
and a good tower

at the best price possible.

Thanks in advance

leejames04

**El Xando** · 09-20-2007, 10:10 AM

You don't really need a hard drive that big do you? If you're going to install Vista I would definitely recommend getting 2GB of ram, if not (XP or something else) probably just 1GB. I can't really give advice on the rest of it except that Dual Core is good.

**Jatt101** · 09-20-2007, 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by leejames04

Ok even though it is 3 months away from Christmas my folks already want to know what i want for christmas and well I don't want anything major and i want to replace my Desktop but build it myself so i feel proud and know what i can upgrade. I have 2 other brothers and money is tight this year with my parents getting a loan for a warm christmas. My parents have about £100- £150 to spend and i got about £300 last year from my tips as a paperboy but i have to pay for myself to go on our German Exchange I am looking for another Job but i was wondering what components I should get for an ideal Gaming Computer to last a few years and easy to upgrade. I already have a monitor even if it is 15" but i can slowly replace it.

I would like a:

Dual Core
1-2 GB of RAM
500GB Hardrive
Direct X 10 compatible Graphics card
and a good tower

at the best price possible.

Thanks in advance

leejames04

On hardrives...get 2x250 hardrives rather than 1 500gb. Do what I did, I have three hardrives, one for application/windows, one for media/movies/music, and the last one for games only (got all my steam stuff on it).

Oh yeah incase your drive f's up...you will lose over 500gb worth of data. I highly recommend you have 3 drives in your computer...

**leejames04** · 09-20-2007, 10:46 AM

Well I plan to start with XP then Upgrade a while after SP1 has been released and a few bugs have been ironed out and i like the idea of the 3 hardrives so i might do that saves having to reinstall XP

**El Xando** · 09-20-2007, 11:47 AM

I have 3 hard drives: a 60GB for my operating system and programs, one for downloads, movies, music etc and one that I'm trying (and miserably failing) to install Windows 98 on.

**tave** · 09-20-2007, 10:00 PM

if i were you...id save my money..

**leejames04** · 09-20-2007, 11:29 PM

Does anybody have any good places to find cheap but good quality parts?

**El Xando** · 09-21-2007, 10:15 AM

http://ebuyer.com
http://dealextreme.com
http://dabs.com
http://amazon.co.uk
All UK. (except dealextreme but free shipping to UK)

09-20-2007, 09:50 AM	#1
leejames04 Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 330 Trader Feedback: 0	What Components Should I get Ok even though it is 3 months away from Christmas my folks already want to know what i want for christmas and well I don't want anything major and i want to replace my Desktop but build it myself so i feel proud and know what i can upgrade. I have 2 other brothers and money is tight this year with my parents getting a loan for a warm christmas. My parents have about £100- £150 to spend and i got about £300 last year from my tips as a paperboy but i have to pay for myself to go on our German Exchange I am looking for another Job but i was wondering what components I should get for an ideal Gaming Computer to last a few years and easy to upgrade. I already have a monitor even if it is 15" but i can slowly replace it. I would like a: Dual Core 1-2 GB of RAM 500GB Hardrive Direct X 10 compatible Graphics card and a good tower at the best price possible. Thanks in advance leejames04

09-20-2007, 10:10 AM	#2
El Xando QJ Gamer Silver El Xando Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Reading, England Posts: 3,403 Trader Feedback: 0	You don't really need a hard drive that big do you? If you're going to install Vista I would definitely recommend getting 2GB of ram, if not (XP or something else) probably just 1GB. I can't really give advice on the rest of it except that Dual Core is good. __________________ [CENTER][URL=http://www.bungie.net/stats/halo3/default.aspx?player=El Xando][IMG]http://www.bungie.net/card/halo3/El Xando.ashx[/IMG][/URL][/CENTER]

09-20-2007, 10:46 AM	#4
leejames04 Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 330 Trader Feedback: 0	Well I plan to start with XP then Upgrade a while after SP1 has been released and a few bugs have been ironed out and i like the idea of the 3 hardrives so i might do that saves having to reinstall XP

09-20-2007, 11:47 AM	#5
El Xando QJ Gamer Silver El Xando Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Reading, England Posts: 3,403 Trader Feedback: 0	I have 3 hard drives: a 60GB for my operating system and programs, one for downloads, movies, music etc and one that I'm trying (and miserably failing) to install Windows 98 on.

09-20-2007, 10:00 PM	#6
tave QJ Gamer Silver Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Next Door Posts: 1,401 Trader Feedback: 0	if i were you...id save my money..

09-20-2007, 11:29 PM	#7
leejames04 Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 330 Trader Feedback: 0	Does anybody have any good places to find cheap but good quality parts?

09-21-2007, 10:15 AM	#8
El Xando QJ Gamer Silver El Xando Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Reading, England Posts: 3,403 Trader Feedback: 0	http://ebuyer.com http://dealextreme.com http://dabs.com http://amazon.co.uk All UK. (except dealextreme but free shipping to UK)

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