Hi everyone,
My younger brothers birthday is coming up, and my mum has asked if I could help build a new PC for him as a surprise. Now I have built PC's before but I have never bought all the parts - usually i've been upgrading old PC's or building from parts they already have - so I need some help/advice as to what to get. Im also abit 'out-of-the-loop' as to whats best currently.
My brothers current PC is from around 2002/3 and has:-
-Asus A7V8X-X Motherboard
-512MB RAM
-Think its a 1ghz CPU
-Sapphire Radeon 9600 Graphics Card
-80GB Western Digital Hard Drive
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I would like the new PC to be at least twice as fast, which im guessing shouldnt be too difficult. The budget though is an absolute maximum of £300, with £250 being preferred - bear in mind this is just for the PC - no other accessories are needed.
Some things I definitely would like for him are:-
-160GB/250GB Western Digital hard drive (Possibly two if possible, as I would like for him to have another one he can 'easily' back up to, as he can never be bothered to turn on his external hard drive
)
-Graphics card at least as good as what he currently has if not a little better, with a VGA or DVI-I port as will be connecting to a VGA monitor. He only plays 'older' PC games so his current Radeon 9600 is more than adequate.
-At least 1GB RAM, or possibly 2GB if theres enough funds
-Multi-tasking is key so perhaps a dual core processor would be best?
My main problem is I just dont know what Barebone (Or Case/Motherboard) and CPU to get, I have read that ASUS would be a good brand, but what model? and of course whatever case I choose dictates the CPU (or vice-versa) Plus however much it costs will effect what other parts I can buy.
So whats you thoughts/opinions? and any all help is welcome (A full list of suggested parts would be great
)
Thanks for reading
My younger brothers birthday is coming up, and my mum has asked if I could help build a new PC for him as a surprise. Now I have built PC's before but I have never bought all the parts - usually i've been upgrading old PC's or building from parts they already have - so I need some help/advice as to what to get. Im also abit 'out-of-the-loop' as to whats best currently.
My brothers current PC is from around 2002/3 and has:-
-Asus A7V8X-X Motherboard
-512MB RAM
-Think its a 1ghz CPU
-Sapphire Radeon 9600 Graphics Card
-80GB Western Digital Hard Drive
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
I would like the new PC to be at least twice as fast, which im guessing shouldnt be too difficult. The budget though is an absolute maximum of £300, with £250 being preferred - bear in mind this is just for the PC - no other accessories are needed.
Some things I definitely would like for him are:-
-160GB/250GB Western Digital hard drive (Possibly two if possible, as I would like for him to have another one he can 'easily' back up to, as he can never be bothered to turn on his external hard drive
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-Graphics card at least as good as what he currently has if not a little better, with a VGA or DVI-I port as will be connecting to a VGA monitor. He only plays 'older' PC games so his current Radeon 9600 is more than adequate.
-At least 1GB RAM, or possibly 2GB if theres enough funds
-Multi-tasking is key so perhaps a dual core processor would be best?
My main problem is I just dont know what Barebone (Or Case/Motherboard) and CPU to get, I have read that ASUS would be a good brand, but what model? and of course whatever case I choose dictates the CPU (or vice-versa) Plus however much it costs will effect what other parts I can buy.
So whats you thoughts/opinions? and any all help is welcome (A full list of suggested parts would be great
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Thanks for reading
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