Buying a new tower-which one?

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Buying a new tower-which one?

Hello

Today I got told that my computer is a bit old and cannot run Left 4 Dead-which sucks.
The problem was my graphics card :
GeForce FX 5200.

Now I thought about getting a new motherboard to harbour a PCI-E graphics card,, but then thought it would be too difficult.

I'm looking for a new tower, with a good CPU, around 2GB of RAM but 1GB will be ok and a good, up to date graphics card that will run Left 4 Dead without any problems. Also, my price range is aorund 200-300 pounds.

Can anyone recommend me one?

Thanks

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2 - 300 is a little low for a high spec machine, you may want to save some more money and get a higher spec PC that will last a good few years rather than one or two and need to be upgraded.

For example a nice simple gfx card is above 100

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/148491

Just a thought not a 'go'.
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To save money on the GFX card consider getting two cheaper cards you can then SLi - thats what I'm doing. USe Ebuyer they're good and Dabs too. Rarely buy anything from Ebay for my PC maybe I should start?
I just need a few more things before I build my new rig. I'm more of an Intel and nVidia fan to be honest but its up to you. Get as much RAM as you can afford and for your budget keep everything simple so I suppose the SLi thing maybe out of the question actually. Check out Ebuyer like I said they do some complete systems for not much dollers - good luck
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Get any Core2 Intel PC, 2GB of RAM and a PCIe slot (I think Aldi are doing a fairly cheap PC with those sort of specs)
Throw in one of THESE
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PROFIT!!!

I get >100FPS full settings except AA which is on 4x I think...

Edit - Few clicks found me THIS

Might be worth a look...
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McClane, that's a very helpfull website thanks alot. (second link I was talking about) I'm considering buying it but just gotta persuade the...parents :?
JohnMcClane

No probs mate, and I can't recomend that Graphics card highly enough :)
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If you could save abit more id of said this http://www.cclonline.com/product-info.a ... _id=0&tid= cheap budget gaming rig which is rather nice its quad but by amd i know intel is quicker as i personally have an intel but its still cheap!
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i could get u a loan :wink:
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lol. how would I pay that off?
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get a job u damn hippy/student/freeloader/government employee*


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hippys find money just always goes on canabis lol :P
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lol. you can go find me a job. i tried all the shops on Croydon :P
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go outside croyden- anywheres better than croyden :wink:
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