Decent pre-built systems

[neilm]

This is for a someone I know, which company builds the best PCs? He is wantin to run Doom3 on it, and is quite the FPS gaming user, so graphics and speed is pretty important.

Also, would there be any links (UK ONLY) for this company selling their PCs, so he can look at pic, specs etc?

Thanks.

 

[GullyFoyle]

All the best stuff, but be prepared to pay for it.

Alienware UK

 

[stevennoland]

Does Alienware sell in the UK? I'd start there. May be Falcon? Stay away from Dell, Compac, Micron, and Gateway. MOST of their pre-built stuff is CRAP!

 

[neilm]

Just checked Alienware out and seems way expensive, anything recommended for cheaper ;-)

 

[DrMindbender]

I don't know exchange rates, but I was doing a little comparison shopping with hp and alienware for a Athlon 64 2800+ system and found out that they are about the same price without a monitor. Of course, you get a lot more with the alienware including the bigger power supply. Good stuff. I wouldn't knock companies like dell etc. They are good basic family/ office computers. If you do any professional work or gaming, then they suck.

 

[DrMindbender]

Hmm, maybe I got a lower price because of the back to school sales here in the US.

 

[neilm]

Just out of interest, what would be the ideal motherboard / processor combination these days be? I've always opted for Intel in the past (remember for gaming machine).

 

[SneakyStuff]

AMD Athlon 64, with an nforce 3 chipset. The nforce 4 is looking very interesting though

 

[cirthix]

build it yourself, prebuilts are all $hit. they use the chepaest parts, and charge top dollar!!

 

[neilm]

How is this?

Motherboard: Asus K8V Athlon64 Socket 754 Motherboard
Processer: AMD Athlon64 3200 64bit 754Pin CPU Retail Boxed
PSU: OCZ PowerStream 420W ATX

Not sure about the RAM, but have this down:
Memory: Kingmax PC3200 SuperRAM 400Mhz 512MB DRR (x2)

 

[neilm]

Bump.