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    Hello people, i am buying a new computer and i am looking for some advice on what i should buy. I have a laptop computer at the moment and the battery is coming to its usable life and its been 2 years so i think i should buy a new computer. This time around i want a desktop computer as i am looking to play games along with an organised college portfolio kept in order

    I am looking to spend around £600 on the computer, leaving whatever i want to spend on the monitor and mouse and everything.

    In the future the only game i am planning on buying and playing is Star wars the old republic, but for the current i will only be playing mount and blade. Although Mount and blade doesn't seem too graphically intense in comparison to the games of today, it eats a lot of memory. I want a computer that can run both of these to a good quality (maybe highest or high graphic settings) with minimum lag.

    I don't want an alienware computer as it is just paying for the look and brand in my opinion. Also i am hoping to revert to XP as it will save a lot of RAM and CPU.

    A good amount of RAM and CPU space is also a plus just incase.

    Any advice or recommendations would be great and i appreciate any help that can be given. I will be looking at the moment for a computer, but i would appreciate recommendations for computers, or advice on what is good in a computer for my price range.

    Thanks in anticipation!

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    Isnt this why we have a tech support?

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    Don't get Vista. That's the only advice I will give you. :3

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    Yeah, don't get vista... I hear Windows 7 might be pretty good.

    You should really build your own computer... It's very easy and it'll be 50x better then one off the shelf. Off the shelf PCs are a major waste of money.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Justsin View Post
    Yeah, don't get vista... I hear Windows 7 might be pretty good.

    You should really build your own computer... It's very easy and it'll be 50x better then one off the shelf. Off the shelf PCs are a major waste of money.
    Yep and you wont get assholes lying to you just to sell stuff for commission.

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    I was only planning on reverting to XP from vista because nowadays you cant buy a computer without vista already installed. I am thinking of a HP or maybe a MESH.

    I was planning on buying online

    Previously my father built me my second computer, maybe i could ask him to do it again if i ordered the components, or even better ask him to teach me how to build my own

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    Quote Originally Posted by camel01 View Post
    I was only planning on reverting to XP from vista because nowadays you cant buy a computer without vista already installed. I am thinking of a HP or maybe a MESH.

    Previously my father built me my second computer, maybe i could ask him to do it again if i ordered the components, or even better ask him to teach me how to build my own
    Google How To Build A Computer....the internet has lots of great info and plus some sites do comparisons of components, mother boards etcetera.

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    How much more do you think it would cost me if i bought online, than if i used the same components that i would have got in my machine, but built it myself?

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    You can build a killer one for 800USD/£501 - 1k USD/£626.

    http://www.newegg.com/

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    I'd download the Windows 7 RC and install that when you get the computer.

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    Don't plan on playing games that have PunkBuster on them with Windows 7. Not until october or early next year anyway.

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    when will windows 7 be out, and will it stop consuming RAM and CPU like vista and be like XP instead?

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    Ive built a couple of PCs in my time and I will tell you it will cost a good pretty penny for PC that runs the games of today and that's what you want basically because if you don't your only biting yourself in the *** when you computer cant run anything in a few years thus spending more cash for a new one.

    you can make your own for around 800$ Check newegg.com

    or you can go for alienware. Why? because of the wiring they do. They literally hand wire it themselves improving the performance all together which is what there famous for.

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    newegg is and american site and so i dont think i should use it as i am english.

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