Re: Question to people good with computer parts
BRooNiE, Thu Oct 25 2012, 08:23PM

Good luck.

Re: Question to people good with computer parts
droid225, Thu Oct 25 2012, 08:56PM

Gaming PC's are not just your average computer. They are relatively expensive becuase games and 3D graphics are the most demanding applications you can run. You need lots of memory and processing power whcih dont come under your budget of 300. Your on the hunt for some really generous person if you not willing to pay more.

Re: Question to people good with computer parts
lewboy, Thu Oct 25 2012, 08:59PM

It's not that I'm not willing to pay more droid, it's that i'm substituting anything I get for christmas for money for parts and t was estimated around 300 I would get

Re: Question to people good with computer parts
droid225, Thu Oct 25 2012, 09:02PM

Still better get saving

Re: Question to people good with computer parts
BRooNiE, Thu Oct 25 2012, 09:26PM

Is it a P.C. or a laptop you have just now?

Upgrade a part a time if you have a P.C.,

300 would get your a half decent AMD processor, a mobo, and a graphics card for starters.

Re: Question to people good with computer parts
lewboy, Fri Oct 26 2012, 12:53AM

I might do that

Re: Question to people good with computer parts
Ryona4, Fri Oct 26 2012, 01:03AM

I would start with the parts that upgrade slowly, such as the monitor, case, and power supply and work your way from there...

Re: Question to people good with computer parts
Discharge, Fri Oct 26 2012, 07:31AM

If you love in the UK, I would recommend cclonline.com for all your computer hardware needs. Extremely cheap.

Re: Question to people good with computer parts
Soul_UK, Fri Oct 26 2012, 06:33PM

Don't forget the motherboard guys - a cheap one will limit your ability to expand the system as well as reduce its performance overall.

I'm looking to build my own system and am looking at half-decent motherboards with built-in graphics to give me time to save for a decent graphics card.

I was going to buy a laptop, but then decided a desktop would be better as like Broonie said - at least with a desktop you can upgrade it bit by bit.

Re: Question to people good with computer parts
BRooNiE, Fri Oct 26 2012, 07:12PM

Don't forget the motherboard guys - a cheap one will limit your ability to expand the system as well as reduce its performance overall.

I'm looking to build my own system and am looking at half-decent motherboards with built-in graphics to give me time to save for a decent graphics card.

I was going to buy a laptop, but then decided a desktop would be better as like Broonie said - at least with a desktop you can upgrade it bit by bit.

Soul_UK

Your best to skip on integrated graphics, most of them pre-share your system RAM which is nowhere near as fast as dedicated GPU RAM would be.

I've got a cheap motherboard, but thats because I've got a separate sound card, GPU, along with everything else to do the work.