Build a gaming PC for $500
Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2005 5:43 pm
Spotted this little article some people might like to take a look at. I wish I'd seen something like this before I got mine but what the hey?? When I start my new job and get settled I can start upgrading.
2gig of RAM and possibly a 7800GTX if nothing better is out at the time. NExt on my list is an LCD monitor but even that is a way off for a while.
Anyhoo....
http://www.tomshardware.com/howto/20051014/index.html
The site mentions Alienware so I thought I'd check their site out and I laughed my arse off!! Who the hell do they think they are?!?!? Only a serious mug would buy a PC off them.
They also reckon, from looking at the photos, that this puny thing:
Processor
Intel® Celreon® D
Processor 325
Operating System
Microsoft® Windows®
XP Home Edition
Memory
512MB Dual Channel DDR
PC-3200 SDRAM 400MHz
Hard Drive
160GB 7200 RPM
SATA w/8MB Cache
Graphics Processor
Integrated Intel® Graphics
Media Accelerator 900
Sound Card
Integrated 6-Channel Audio
w/ SPDIF and Composite Out
Will run Half Life 2!!! Hahahaha Integrated gfx eh? Sweet
and a bargain from £906!! Fuck that I'll take 2!!!
2gig of RAM and possibly a 7800GTX if nothing better is out at the time. NExt on my list is an LCD monitor but even that is a way off for a while.
Anyhoo....
http://www.tomshardware.com/howto/20051014/index.html
The site mentions Alienware so I thought I'd check their site out and I laughed my arse off!! Who the hell do they think they are?!?!? Only a serious mug would buy a PC off them.
They also reckon, from looking at the photos, that this puny thing:
Processor
Intel® Celreon® D
Processor 325
Operating System
Microsoft® Windows®
XP Home Edition
Memory
512MB Dual Channel DDR
PC-3200 SDRAM 400MHz
Hard Drive
160GB 7200 RPM
SATA w/8MB Cache
Graphics Processor
Integrated Intel® Graphics
Media Accelerator 900
Sound Card
Integrated 6-Channel Audio
w/ SPDIF and Composite Out
Will run Half Life 2!!! Hahahaha Integrated gfx eh? Sweet
and a bargain from £906!! Fuck that I'll take 2!!!