Pc buying advice?

[Lyricaus]

I was wondering, where is the best place to buy an already built pc? I really want it for gaming, as the one I built is outdated and running faults. I just want to buy a new one, without having to add to or change it for a while. So any advice will be great, thanks.

[Stig]

www.ebuyer.com.

[Steak]

Or http://www.alienware.co.uk/ if you happen upon a large suitcase full of cash

[Monkey]

http://pcspecialist.co.uk/ let you build a PC from a selection of parts, for relatively cheap.

[Erskien_Parkour]

Ive learned not to buy from PCWORLD

They give you the worst parts possible.
I was looking to upgrade my graphics card from aPC I bought from them. You need about 500 or 600 W powersupply but in my computer I had 200W

:/ It was a £700 pc and they give you a crappy PS.

Oh and my mates pc he got from Pcworld went on fire because they put in crappy fans.

[Stig]

I think Fudgehog is looking for a computer that’s already built.

[GorillaBearBear]

All the sites here send you the PC ready built, just unlike pcworld they don't shaft you on the little things. Or one supposes.

[Midget]

i can't believe you seriously linked pcworld

[piemastermike]

www.evesham.com is good, i've had 3 computers from there and they've all been great.

[Kanden]

Rather than creating another topic, is This (http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/inspnnb_1721?c=uk&l=en&s=dhs&cs=ukdhs1)

any good for browsing/streaming videos, programming and creating things in 3ds max? It's good for the other things I think, but the graphics card could mess things up in 3ds Max.

[The Grim Reaper]

Ive found custom built ones are always the cheapest. If you want it pre built, customize it and get them to build it.

[Lyricaus]

May I ask what peoples opinions are on this build?
Processor (CPU)


AMD ATHLON™ 64 X2 6400+ (3.2GHz) 2 x 1MB L2 Cache (Socket AM2)

Memory (RAM)


4GB CORSAIR DDR2 667MHz - LIFETIME WARRANTY! (4x1GB)

Motherboard


ASUS® M2N-SLI DELUXE: DUAL DDR2, S-ATA II, 2 x PCI-Ex, 3 x PCI

Operating System


64 BIT WINDOWS® VISTA Home Premium (inc CD & License) (£69)

USB Options


6 x USB 2.0 PORTS (4 REAR + 2 FRONT) AS STANDARD

Memory - 1st Hard Disk


320GB SERIAL ATA II HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (7200rpm)

2nd Hard Disk


NONE

RAID (HDD 1 & 2)


NONE

1st CD/DVD Drive


20x Dual Layer LightScribe DVD Writer ±R/±RW/RAM

2nd CD/DVD Drive


NONE

Graphics Card


768MB GEFORCE 8800 ULTRA PCI Express + DVI + TV-OUT

2nd Graphics Card


768MB GEFORCE 8800 ULTRA PCI Express + DVI + TV-OUT

Sound Card


Sound Blaster® Audigy® SE with 7.1 Surround Sound: £15

Modem


NONE, I WILL BE USING BROADBAND

Network Facilities


2 x 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORTS (1 PORT ON M2N-E SLI)

Floppy Disk Drive


NONE

Memory Card Reader


NONE

Case


Stylish Silver/Black Trident case + 2 front USB

Power Supply & Case Cooling


1010W Quiet Quad Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£139)

Processor Cooling


ASUS SILENT KNIGHT II PURE COPPER ULTRA COOLER (£36)

Firewire & Video Editing


2 x IEEE 1394a FIREWIRE PORTS (1 onboard, 1 at back panel)

TV Card


NONE

Monitor


WIDE 22 INCH TFT Silver/Black 1680 x1050 5MS D-Sub, DVI (£159)
Price £ 1735
Now it is rather steep, but probably due to the dual core graphics cards. Do you think I'l need them at all, or will just the one suffice?