As you should all know by now (especially goose ) i'm no techy.

I'm assuming the processor has fried as it boots up for 5 seconds then shuts down. It was only an athlon 2400 anyhoo, so am prolly gonna take the opportunity to spend a bit of dosh.

Monitor, keyboard etc are all fine so i can save a few bob there.

I was only running a 2400xp, 1 gig ram and 9800 pro; so would hopefully be looking for a pretty decent upgrade without spending too much dosh. Nothing too fancy

I dunno how much time i'll have with the new job, so don't really wanna go over board.

Are there any sites that you guys recommend, or is it pretty much cheapest to build your own?

As always, any advice appreciated

Just found this site

http://www.arbico.co.uk/product.php?pro ... 330&page=1

Looks quite reasonable imo ?

I'd just buy a black one tbh, they look teh sexeh!

shame u bought an AMD .. a proper cpu like an Intel would of taken the abuse and let you buy a new fan

ish

You need to spend money bringing that up to gaming spec tho. If you go with 1gb ram and an Nvdidia 7600GS you're looking at £370 including vat. That's a solid choice imo. I'd probably bump the processor up to a 3500 too and pay £450 including vat.

M

Aye, as it stands you won't really see much of a performance gain from the new system. I personally wouldn't touch a processor that wasn't atleast dual core now tbh.

Dual core = overrated. Progs still don't know how to use the full capacity of the proc.

AMD 64 - 3800+
1gb RAM
7600GS

And for the HDD get a SATA drive as this'll be more futureproof then the IDE version

Basically what Goose says

Alltho u gave up on ur old rig quite easily, it was due for an upgrade anyways

Yee but a processor usually lasts a couple of years and considering quad cores are on the way I'd expect developers to start using the extra power available. Plus some of the dual cores are cheap as chips now.

You don't need a 7600 to run WoW tho, in fact you barely need a 2GHz machine!

My PC is an absoloute heap of shit. The sad thing is Fish's knackered PC is better than mine It's even made me consider getting a new graphics card though really not sure it's worth it. My machine isn't even 2GHz

You can run it on an 800mhz box yanno.

I wonder if I could get it to run on the Xbox...

you do if you don't want it to look like some fucking retarded old school nintendo clone.

Get a 7600 fishy - trust me you won't regret it when you play a couple of rounds of counterstrike as it's SUPPOSED to look

M

OK i went for this, thanks for the advice folks!

System Configuration:
PC Case: Micro-P Black & Silver 400W Case - Included in price
Power Supply: Standard as supplied with PC Case
Processor: AMD Athlon 64Bit 3500
DDR Memory: 1GB (1024MB) 400Mhz PC3200 DDR
PCI-E Graphics: nVidia GeForce 7600GS 256MB TV Out / DVI
Sound Card: Integrated 5.1 Channel Sound Card - Included in price
Primary Hard Drive: 160GB S-ATA2 7200RPM 8MB BUFFER
Secondary Hard Drive: None
Main Optical Drive: 16x Dual Layer DVD Rewriter - included in price
Secondary Optical Drive: None
Floppy Drive: None
Memory Card Reader: None
Dial-Up Modem: None
Network Adapter: Integrated 10/100 Network Card - included in price
TV Tuner: None
Firewire: None
TFT Monitor: None
Keyboard & Mice: None
Speakers: None
Printer: None
VOIP Hardware: None
Operating System: None
Antivirus Software: None
Multimedia Software: None
Office Software: None
Warranty: Classic: 1 Year RTB Wty + 30 Day Free Collect & Return

Total £467 delivered

You need a 360 for teh win !

w00t