Build-a-rig

2009-01-18 13:11:05

#1

Finray: Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro; +2,629|6053|Catherine Black

Budget: £500 Max

Usage: Photoshop, big files, lightroom, low spec occasional gaming. (Like CoD2/BF1942)

Needs: High amount of HDD space, preferably 4GB RAM.

Include: EVERYTHING. (Monitor, mouse, keyboard, whole box with case, psu etc)

Dad's prebuilt came with no CDs or anything, no OS cd, so he's taking it back (which is the right choice tbfh).

And...go.

EDIT: Could also be a laptop. _{but don't recommend a laptop because they're gay}

Cammy (schloppy) comes into my room, "Did Dad buy a box of fail?" I couldn't have put it better myself.

Last edited by Finray (2009-01-18 13:26:27)

2009-01-18 13:43:49

#2

Sydney: 2λчиэλ; +783|7108|Reykjavík, Iceland.

*tries*

https://img18.picoodle.com/img/img18/3/1/18/f_finnypicm_8858a96.jpg

2009-01-18 13:49:34

#3

TheDonkey: Eat my bearrrrrrrrrrr, Tonighttt; +163|5982|Vancouver, BC, Canada

Sydney wrote:
*tries*
http://img18.picoodle.com/img/img18/3/1 … 858a96.jpg

There's no OS there.

http://cristgaming.com/pirate.swf
(Epilepsy warning)

2009-01-18 13:55:00

#4

Finray: Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro; +2,629|6053|Catherine Black

TheDonkey wrote:
Sydney wrote:
*tries*
http://img18.picoodle.com/img/img18/3/1 … 858a96.jpg
There's no OS there.

http://cristgaming.com/pirate.swf
(Epilepsy warning)

W7

2009-01-18 14:04:14

#5

JoshP: Banned; +176|5954|Notts, UK

Finray wrote:
TheDonkey wrote:
Sydney wrote:
*tries*
http://img18.picoodle.com/img/img18/3/1 … 858a96.jpg
There's no OS there.

http://cristgaming.com/pirate.swf
(Epilepsy warning)
W7

If you're dad's technically minded, fine, go for it

If he's not, i'd stay stick with xp/vista (depending on your personal preference). I hear http://cristgaming.com/pirate.swf is giving out free downloads of windows too

2009-01-18 14:05:03

#6

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6832|NYC / Hamburg

Sydney wrote:
*tries*
http://img18.picoodle.com/img/img18/3/1 … 858a96.jpg

looks good

_{once upon a midnight dreary, while i pron surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of ' hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, " give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404.}

2009-01-18 14:36:28

#7

JoshP: Banned; +176|5954|Notts, UK

Sydney wrote:
*tries*
http://img18.picoodle.com/img/img18/3/1 … 858a96.jpg

wat @ monitor, it says 1680 x 1050 (16:10) and then says 16:9 in the product description in your screenshot

/irrelavent

2009-01-18 14:50:54

#8

Finray: Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro; +2,629|6053|Catherine Black

What does the ! inside the circle mean on that screeny anyone?

2009-01-18 17:07:31

#9

GR34: Member; +215|6810|ALBERTA> CANADA

Its an exclamation point

2009-01-18 17:10:19

#10

Sydney: 2λчиэλ; +783|7108|Reykjavík, Iceland.

GR34 wrote:
Its an exclamation point

/facepalm

2009-01-18 17:17:18

#11

Scorpion0x17: can detect anyone's visible post count...; +691|7031|Cambridge (UK)

Your Dad actually did the right thing first time round - you can get better specs, if you're willing to shop around (and make sure you're gonna get original media), in the sub-£500 price bracket, from a pre-build than you can with a self-build.

BUT, for every £100 you add to the budget, you'll get a better price/performance return from self-build than from pre-build (until you start going over the £1500-£2000 (approx) range, then, either way, the price/performance ratio drops away sharply).

2009-01-18 21:11:46

#12

Little BaBy JESUS: m8; +394|6413|'straya

My attempt. alittle over budget. not a great computer. but meh lol

https://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z43/howdoulikemen0w/Buildingforbf2s.jpg

EDIT: crap forgot it was meant to have monitor, OS etc

oh well lol

Last edited by Little BaBy JESUS (2009-01-18 21:12:32)

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