Thread: Help Please - In the Market for a New PC...

Mog has had enough of the laptop and wants a new PC. Here is one we saw advertised. Can we please get some feedback as to whether it would be sufficient for our needs, being L2 mainly as well as the usual other things people use PCs for. What minimum specs would you recommend?




Also looking for a monitor - LCD 19". Is 8ms the best for gaming, how about the contrast ratio?

Thanks
dudes

Looks like a decent deal to me.

I believe 8ms is the best atm for LCD's

5ms is .. but still $$$$$

Marks got a 3ms moniter :o it looks sexy!!!! i wanted to **** it

hehe how does the rest of the machine specs look guys?

Damn you Mog and Red, if you purchase that pc it'll be better than mine:eek: (says he who still has a geforce4:-( :-( )

Nah system specs look absolutely fine, price not too bad either. X800GT will be plenty sufficient for L2's graphic requirements, although personally i'd spend the $49 to upgrade the vid card to the uncut X800.

1Gb ram is enough, dare i say minimum as xp will leech most your memory:p :p

Anyway that deal looks fine to me, the pc will be plenty powerful enough.
Seems priced ok, havent looked at pricing for a few months now so can't say if it's an awesome deal or just a normal one sorry.

Personally I wouldn't go Pentium 4. I'd go AMD Athlon 64. They're cheaper, run cooler and are better for most things, especially games.

As for LCDs, there are a number of issues to consider, the foremost of which is budget. To get a top of the line 19" will set you back $700ish atm.

Take a good look at this:
http://configure.us.dell.com/dellsto...PS600SAP&s=dhs

Current deal till wed. gives free shipping, and for only +$380 you can get a 24" widescreen and dell is the best for computers and screens. If that link doesnt work just go to dell.com and look under their gaming section.

I have a dell 20" widescreen and it is the best ever, got it for about $500 and that was + S&H.

-Khoris

Remember $US > $AUD, so we'd be paying more once conversion is factored in.

OH! Didn't know about the usd -vs- aud...

...still you might want to check it out, the add on for the 24" lcd might make up the difference.

-Khoris