Hi guys I have fantastic news
I now own a gaming PC (well, end of January) I recieved Xmas money from my family early as I'm not seeing them this year and have obviously been looking on eBay so decided to have a look at any gaming rigs going in my area. I found one that I felt had solid components and tried my arm at bidding (all the while asking him loads of questions lol). I won it for £450 and here's what it's got inside it -
Q6600 GO 2.4Ghz quad-core processor which he runs @3.6 but says it has more in it
Gigabyte GA-P35-DS4 motherboard
Inno3D GTX 260(216) OC 896 MB Nvidia graphics card
4GB (2x2GB) OCZ Titanium DDR2 (PC2-6400) 800MHz memory
500GB Seagate 7200.10 SATA2 Hard Drive
Creative Extreme Gamer X-fi soundcard
Scythe Ninja Plus CPU Cooler
Antec P182 black metal case
Corsair HX620W 620W Modular Power Supply
Samsung DVD-RW
Multi-card reader
5xAkasa 120mm fans (very quiet)
9 USB + 1 Firewire port
Now don't get me wrong I know it's somewhat dated by TPU standards but you have to understand that I have a massive backlot of games that I want to get through dating back from basically 2002 to now so I'm thinking 1920x1200 gaming for all the older titles and then dropping that somewhat for more modern titles. I think for £450 I'm going to get more than my money's worth
And the components give a solid base for a swapout of the motherboard and processor when I want to upgrade at which point I'll go for a full on DX 11 setup. He's agreed I can pay £300 this month and the remaining £150 next month at which point I should be able to also purchase a 1920x1200 monitor and a keyboard to complete it
I also have a job
and it starts beginning of January so I can't keep the smile off my face.
Just want to say thankyou so much to people for their kind words and generosity. You are all stars and I'll be sure to let you know how it performs when I get it.
Cheers
Big shout out to Dr.Pepper who had offered me his spare Antec P180 case for £30. Top Man