Need all you techy experts help...

My laptop's getting old, is starting to break (graphics card fails now and then, games that should play don't, usb ports are almost broken, touchpad not working, battery buggered, speakers buggered etc) and just doesn't do what I want any more.

Now the main reasons I want to switch to a PC are:
1) My laptop is pretty much a PC these days. It never leaves my desk, is hooked up to a mouse, keyboard and monitor and rarely turns off

2) I can upgrade a PC, I can't do that to a laptop as far as I'm aware (not without a large sum of money I assume)

I'm thinking of a budget that I used for this laptop, which was between £6-700. It's to play games (I would say the biggest game I have is Just Cause 2, which requires 3GB RAM and will just about run on this laptop if I have nothing else (including explorer.exe) running alongside it

I'm also looking to get MW3 if I buy the PC before it comes out (otherwise I've got it on xbox), TOR and ME3 will obviously be for PC and so I'd like to run them on it as well.

Any advice on what might be good for me with this sort of a background? Anything I should avoid when buying like a certain brand? (Currys/PC World I know to avoid lol) I have my personal tech guy (sisters husband) on the search but would like some other opinions.

I can recommend this case if you want something thats quiet and cooling effective. It costs a bit extra compared to budget cases but it gots lots of space to grow in and is silent and comes with 2 fans. Its well worth the extra cash imo. I started using NZXT several years ago and I never use any other nowdays. They look good and are wellmade.

www.nzxt.com/new/products/crafted_series/phantom

EDIT: Use AMD processor as you will get more juice for your money. For Graphic card I would recommend nVIDIA as most games support them or they support more games

What sort of prices we looking at for those? nVIDIA I have on my laptop, looking to get a bit of an older one as well so I can sometimes switch back and play good old games like KOTOR or the epic Dungeon Keeper 2

I also saw the nzxt that you linked had only 1 usb port, would be hopefully looking at more than that, 2-3 as a minimum (tho I'm sure more can be added somehow)

P.S. Enough fans? lol

Go Here: www.powerc.com/uk/gp/pc%20delivery%20to%...g/about.eu-custom-pc
You can build a PC.

I made this, but can't afford it

iBUILD™ Intel i7 2nd Gen Extreme Gaming Custom PC

£1,419.60 inc VAT

CoolerMaster Elite 430 Case
ASUS P8Z68-V PRO: 4x Rear USB3.0/2.0: 6x USB2.0: Bluetooth
Intel® Core™ i7 2600K Quad Core 4x 3.4GHz 8MB Cache (8 Threads)
CoolerMaster 700W Silent Pro M700 Modular PSU
Corsair H60 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler - *OVERCLOCK PC*
Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600MHz
1TB 7200RPM SATA 3
1TB 7200RPM SATA 3
500GB 7200RPM SATA 3
Internal Blu-ray Re-Writer Disc/DVD/CD Combo Drive
nVidia GeForce GTX 550Ti 1GB
Microsoft Windows® 7 Ultimate 64-bit
22" Widescreen TFT 1920x1080 5m/s Monitor
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio
802.11N WiFi PCIe adapter
Internal Card Reader 26 in 1
2 Year Parts & Labour Return to Base Warranty Includes 2 Year Free Collect & Return

Hunter wrote:


Looks very nice and all, but as Che is getting an all gaming pc, i would go for AMD instead

Lol mine was similar so I downgraded a tad:
£689.90 inc VAT

CoolerMaster Elite 430 Case
Corsair 500Watt PSU
ASUS M5A88-V EVO: 4x Rear USB2.0: 2x Rear USB 3.0/2.0: Firewire
AMD Phenom™ II X4 965 Quad-Core 3.4GHz 8MB Cache
Standard CPU Cooling Fan
Samsung 8GB (4x2GB) DDR3 1333MHz
1TB 7200RPM SATA 3
22x DVD RW Black SATA
nVidia GeForce GTX 550Ti 1GB
Microsoft Windows® 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Built-in audio
2 Year Parts & Labour Return to Base Warranty Includes 2 Year Free Collect & Return
Free Microsoft Office 2010 Starter (Limited functionality Word & Excel)

Note the AMD Den

Che ken wrote:


Good boy, lol :p

It's cus I chose the AMD gaming performance pc whereas he probably chose something silly like Home/Office Computers

It's also in my price range (just) so I might actually consider it! Will go over it with the step brother (it is step brother isn't it?)

Che ken wrote:


Yes, it got one EXTRA USB at the top for easy access, for your phone or mp3 player, the rest are usualy in the back on the motherboard. I have six in the back on mine, 2 for mouse and keyboard and 4 extra.

I ordered mine seperatly and then toke it to a store wich allow you to pick your parts and installs it. Just the case cost me about 120€ but it comes with 3 fans. 1 on top(wich is awsome as hot air goes up so it doesnt get stuck inside.), 1 on the side and 1 at the back.

Where to buy:
www.nzxt.com/new/buy.php?wtb_country=Europe

im actually gonna buy a new pc aswell in about a week and a half time.

ill be getting a

intel i7 2600 3,40 ghz
8 GB ddr3 ram
ATI Radeon HD6570 - 1GB
1,5 TB harddrive

and ill instantly include the razer stealth and a razer headset not sure wich one im gonna get yet
already got the razer naga molten edition and Razer sphex mousemat (altough its one of them sticky mousemats so ima swap it out for the razer goliathus) so good on those parts

however ill be getting the Cooler Master HAF 922 with it as the standard case is just ugly as hell and well coolermaster is just a good case imo

price for the pc would be around 612 quid and as for the case i got no clue lol