What pc should i get for under 500 pounds

[Not4sale]

hiya my pc is screwwed and im looking for a new one so could anyone suggest a pc to buy

[Tarmac]

That's a pretty heavy PC.

[Krusty]

Well I'm not sure what the market is like in the UK, nor what is available, but just going by a rough conversion rate of 2x you can get a decent number of parts to put a good PC together. Whether you want a pre-made one is another matter. If that is the case I'd browse some of the local onlines stores and compare what they offer for that price range.

If you can put the parts together yourself, I'd suggest... hrm.. with some safety margin for my conversion rate (1.8 is closer) and taking in the fact that I don't know how much these parts cost "over there", I'd say you can get away with:

ASUS mobo
P4 3.2GHZ with HT
1GB DDR
Power supply (400W minimum)
and a good 3D card in the $200(US) (say 120 UK) area.

And you should have some left over if you want a new case.

[Not4sale]

thanks i will look into that but ive also seen a computer on dell.co.uk and its looks ok its the dell dimension 5150
so im gona wait untill december-january time as there may be good deals and sales

[Clifra Jones]

Originally posted by Not4sale
thanks i will look into that but ive also seen a computer on dell.co.uk and its looks ok its the dell dimension 5150
so im gona wait untill december-january time as there may be good deals and sales

Do not go DELL if this is for gaming. Their BOIS is not tweekable and your not getting what I would call gaming quality components. Dell is fine for general home/office use but not for gaming. If your not into building it yourself you would be better off looking at one of the dedicated gaming PC builders out there.

I.E. from TigerDirect (US Pricing)
Vision Gamer:
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ - 128MB nVidia GeForce FX5200! Lots More!
Vision's new lineup of AMD Athlon64 bone-crushing Gaming PCs have landed—and they are loaded to the hilt with a mountain of high-end features. The Vision A64-3000V Gamer includes AMD's newest Athlon 64-Bit 3000+ Processor, a full 512MB of ultra-fast DDR memory, a huge 80GB Serial ATA150 hard drive with an 8MB cache Buffer, mind-boggling 128MB DDR nVidia GeForce FX5200 8x AGP video, MSI's K8N Neo-FSR Motherboard, 16x Dual Format DVD Burner Drive & secondary DVD-ROM Drive, fax/modem, 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet, FireWire, Dolby Digital 5.1 audio, keyboard & mouse, Windows XP Home, Vision’s new V-Alien Gamer Tower, 500-Watt power supply, an overclocking fan control center, cool neon lights, extra cooling fans and plenty of external ports to make your head spin.

$839.00

Just an example of what's out there for < $1000.00 US.