ohhkkk so the thing is am abut to switch from lame n lazy laptops to the old styled desktops

so just need suggestions regarding the processor, motherboard, RAM n VGA card (dun think rest ov things wud matter)

am not a @@@@ gamer but i do play games alot... so please suggest me wat will be the best bargain in reasonable price... the most I can manage is 300 pounds for the CPU or 3500 pakistani rupees

3500 PKR u gotta be kidding u can only find semprons and p4s in that range

smarty pants u know i made a mistake just convert 100 british pounds

ok correction it was


Rs 35000

ab sharafat say answer karo

Ok sorry bad joke, I know pound's value is more than dollar now tell me is it all u will spend on the PC I mean monitor+cpu+motherboard+keyboard+mouse+ups+speakers or its just for cpu alone?

chill pill yaar

nah just the CPU... plus if it can be less then 35000 it wud be appreciated u dun need to hit da mark

I have a slight problem I love AMD too damn much

i hav been using intel since i can remember

hey i dun mind AMD but phanswa na dena bhai :D

cuz i know the difference between an intel core duo and a celeron... but AMD.... dun hav any idea

Nahi bhai infact at present I suggest Intel

dats strange coming from someone who is powered by AMD

and slackware as well


why wud u suggest intel???

Coz Intel has the upper hand at the moment but soon AMD will strike & btw Slackware rulez!!!

u rule


alrite then let the processor be intel... but which one

Ok here are the best processors that are well in your budget and are @@@@ overclockers:
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 Yorkfield 2.5GHz LGA 775 95W Quad-Core Processor

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor

AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ Windsor 3.0GHz Socket AM2 125W Dual-Core Processor

AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ Brisbane 2.6GHz Socket AM2 65W Dual-Core Black Edition Processor

AMD Phenom 9850 BLACK EDITION 2.5GHz Socket AM2+ 125W



What about Motherboard btw?

i dun mind ASUS INTEL... anything wud do ASUS is cheaper no???

Asus is not cheap but certainly better than Intel, I would say anything is better than Intel when it comes to Mobos but I suggest MSI coz it never gave me hard time

hellooooooooooooooooo

see the first processor the quad one is around 22000 and core duo is 17000 (approx) thats almost half the price... can we reduce a lil

for approximate prices see
http://galaxy.com.pk/price.htm

I thought u were buying from UK

yaar see... i wud sell ma laptop in pakistan its gonna earn me atleast 2000 and if i bring that here those will be reduced to hardly 150 pounds or sumthing... plus i think in pakistan things are cheaper

MSI is intel... no???

No MSI is Microstar International

Well if ur buying from Pakistan then I think Kashif bhai can help and so can IM but am pretty sure prices will be less than what I jus saw coz its damn too much

nahi i know ma way around the market.. so i can find the best deals but just wanted to final a configuration before is go out on a hunt

Well my last suggestion if ur buying an AMD cpu better buy an AMd chipset based Mobo and if ur buying an Intel cpu go for Nvidia chipset based mobo

well i was using geforce n it worked fine...

so u arent gonna help me with the config.???

I think I already gave u enough to start with

yeah... alrite but wat abt the VGA card which Nvidia wud be better... n cheaper

Well in that I support ATI

ATI?? ma laptop has radeon (dun mind da spellings) and poor thing gives its best

The Radeon HD2000 & HD3000 series is very good and is well within your budget

well one more thing wat does gaming most rely on??? the RAM, processor or the VGA card like which one among em is worth spending money on??

2GB RAM with a 512MB Hd2600 graphics card is good enough to run any game in the market at present

alrite!!!! kewl

Today I was shocked to see 1GB graphics card Radeon HD3650 for 100$ but even 512Mb version is good and cheaper too

just chkd the shop at AMD's website n it says you can get it for 84 dollars

ok so here is the deal

2 Gb Ram
NVidia GeForce 8800GT 512MB 8800 GT Graphics
OR
NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT 512 MB

Intel core duo E8300

m yet to decide which model for the motherboard

Stick with 8800GT and processor is good however I would still recommend Radeon HD3650 coz its cheaper and performs better

didnt u say that radeon works better with AMD

well two things

first

if its a radeon 3650 with 1 GB is it better

or a radeon 3850 with 512 mb???

2ndly should the company that manufactures it, matter? as we see many companies like asus, powercolor, visiontek, sapphire, diamond etc

Offcourse 3850 but 3650 is cheaper and btw that was chipset I was talkin about not graphics card. Radeon is on top at the moment and cheaper too that why am recommending it. The companies that manufacture radeon based graphics cards are :Sapphire, MSI, HIS,XFX and the companies manufacturing nvidia cards are XFX,MSI,HIS,BFG,Gigabyte but if u want better value for your money go for MSI

nowo u got me all confused.... ok m gonna buy intel procecssor now temme which "graphics card" to go fer

In simple words ATI Radeon HD3850 512MB manufactured by either MSI or Sapphire

dats better

and duo core processor is fine??? cuz quad one is too expensive

Yes its fine

and now the motherboard

How about MSI P35D3 Platinum LGA 775 Intel P35

aint it a bit too expensive.... it will cost me almost the same as the graphics card

Asus will cost even more so will Intel

i thot Asus were the good guys btw doest motherboard makes that much of a difference on the performance???

Asus is good but the costliest too and btw Mobo & RAM both make a huge difference

lil me n all these problems chalo ji lemme see thanks buddz

nhi ye problems or aap