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Geek Culture / One of the cheapest gaming machines?

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SikaSina Games
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Posted: 31st Aug 2008 22:41 Edited at: 31st Aug 2008 22:42
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Honestly, I know I'm only the square root of 196 and shouldn't know so much about computers (I'm actually a computer nerd ), but while reading through an issue of PCZONE, I noticed an ad for top-spec gaming computers. THis computer is classified as a "Home system" and is ranged at £788. Link:

http://www.computerplanet.co.uk/home_&_office/intelp35home/step6.html

Upgrade the graphics to a 1GB 9600 and you've got yourself a motherloving Crysis machine which can play it a mid spec at a smooth framerate! And support for the ultimate 2920x1600 HDMI!

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ionstream
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Posted: 31st Aug 2008 23:08
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I bet most of the price comes from that CPU:

Quote: "Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 (4 x 2.66 GHZ) 1333FSB - 12 MB"


Holy shimbo!

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Seppuku Arts
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Posted: 1st Sep 2008 02:35 Edited at: 1st Sep 2008 02:36
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That's an awesome CPU, the computer is about £90 more than may laptop, it's really that CPU that puts may laptop out of the league. Though some of the other components are better

Though I run Crysis and mid-range pretty well anyway.

You probably could upgrade the graphics card, so you'd end up with an affordable beast (well under £1k is affordable with a part-time job - though saying that somebody I stayed in halls last year with paid £4k for his gaming rig - fast bugger though)

You sir have the moral ambivalence of a mutated shrimp!
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Posted: 1st Sep 2008 03:17 Edited at: 1st Sep 2008 03:19
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You should try and get the Intel QX9650, which is the one I am currently using.
Its a beast of a processor.

But if you are going for budget, that's a pretty good system for that price.

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Posted: 1st Sep 2008 09:52
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i dont buy prebuilt comps anymore i say you should build it yourself....you learn much it is fun and it may be cheaper.


Come see the WIP!

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bitJericho
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Posted: 1st Sep 2008 10:01
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Aye, you can get a lot leaner of a machine. Build one for what you'll use it for and it'll suit you much better.


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Posted: 1st Sep 2008 10:29
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It only has Windows and a free Office package - so most of the cash is invested in hardware. Other systems priced around the same will include a heap of software you will never use.

This is the way all systems should be priced, IMHO. Additional software should come as a bundle you can add on if you wish.

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El Goorf
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Posted: 1st Sep 2008 12:06
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screw the CPU, if you're gonna splash out on anything, get some high-speed RAM and a descent GPU, thats all games require these days. im still gaming on an Athlon X2 3800+ thanks to my Radeon HD3850 and DDR2 PC8500 RAM.

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Mr Makealotofsmoke
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Posted: 1st Sep 2008 16:38
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eh q9450 is discontinued, q9550 ftw


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Posted: 1st Sep 2008 21:21 Edited at: 1st Sep 2008 21:23
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Quote: "screw the CPU, if you're gonna splash out on anything, get some high-speed RAM and a descent GPU, thats all games require these days. im still gaming on an Athlon X2 3800+ thanks to my Radeon HD3850 and DDR2 PC8500 RAM."


I'd remove that very first word if I were you. Never will I buy an ATI Radeon card. Never again. Not after what it did to my old computer.

Quote: "i dont buy prebuilt comps anymore i say you should build it yourself....you learn much it is fun and it may be cheaper."


My dad keeps saying that I don't know so much about building a computer -.- I got a level 7 in year 9 ITC. 93% I got from the exam. Besides, I know how to:

-Overclock a 8400 GS (Only mine though, my one was a dedicated system built-in clock system )

-Upgrade RAM drives

-Edit ANY text file (Like fpsc-50.ini)

-Benchmark ANY program (Even if it does not have its own benchmark software)

-And more

And my age is only the square root of 196 another brainy technique to hide your age.

Quote: "fast bugger though"

OMG, it's an offensive language heaven!

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Posted: 1st Sep 2008 22:40 Edited at: 1st Sep 2008 22:43
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Quote: "Quote: "fast bugger though"
OMG, it's an offensive language heaven!"


Haha, good think I didn't say $*%£ ot *%£$ then? The worst word you're allowed to get away with on here is 'crap'. 'Screw it' or 'bugger' are hardly offensive. (especially in the contexts used here) 'Bugger' is probably the word I use the most, old ladies aren't offended by it and they're usually the first to complain about bad language. (my nan uses it, but then she's Irish) so really it isn't that bad.

You sir have the moral ambivalence of a mutated shrimp!
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SikaSina Games
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Posted: 2nd Sep 2008 16:30
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Ok then, I can say crap as much as I want! Not like a whole 6 lines of it though

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Alucard94
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Posted: 2nd Sep 2008 17:49
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Ah crap, I said crap in this crappy row of crappy words, crap!

Hopefully I won't get slapped or anything for that.

But yeah, that's a nice computer for the price.


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SikaSina Games
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Posted: 2nd Sep 2008 18:23 Edited at: 2nd Sep 2008 18:42
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I'm gonna start saving up for it now, seen the same specs on CyberPower System, and it's around £1,500 =/

EDIT: Oh yeah, look at the review from PCZONE:

http://www.computerplanet.co.uk/about-us/latest_news.html

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Posted: 2nd Sep 2008 18:32
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Quote: "-Edit ANY text file (Like fpsc-50.ini)"


Yes, look up notepad, it's quite good at that


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SikaSina Games
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Posted: 2nd Sep 2008 18:42
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Well, yeah but at most clock speeds I can edit and some advanced settings

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