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Hi guy's. Again, lol. After resent posts and help from member's . thanks jboy . I have decided to buy a second hand pc . well the hard drive anyway, and keep my monitor,keyboard and mouse . The monitor is an Acer Aspire brand . I wanted to buy a hard drive that would be able to support the latest games for pc.i was worried about ram as well. and also for online games,browsing,and playing cd's . If anyone want's to could they leave me a reply so i can ask the employee a few question's on what i need . what's needed to apply to these reccomendations. thank you ...
Current games require a reasonably fast/current cpu? RAM requirements (specs. and amount installed) are frequently significiant?
A CD burner will work with almost any system that can handle '98 onwards - even if you have to run a current (generally quite fast) burner at slow burn rates (which I prefer anyway - fewer coasters...)
As long as the motherboard can suuport a current (large) drive (i.e. the bios is up to date for it) almost any hard drive should do?
So what OS involved etc.?
Unless I'm out in left field re' games etc... the critical items are CPU specs/speed, the OS involved and - not the least the - vga drivers, and perhaps assorted MoBo drivers.
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ohhh . it's not actually what i meant . i was actually meaning i was going to buy the whole system . And just attach it to my monitor. Keyboard and mouse . I don't trust myself with installing a drive . let alone i swear i think my pc has just had it anyway . So certain types and brands . asking for ram ect . is what i wanted to know .Just making sure it's compatable with a Acer aspire monitor . Maybe you have some ideas trv.
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ok . that is good to hear . when i did an everest report on my computer now . it's just that it told me to do alot of things like this :
Less than 4 MB video memory found. Upgrade your video card for better performance.
Modern operating systems require at least 128 MB system memory for optimum performance.
AGP aperture size is more than half of the system memory size. This may cause performance penalty.
Hardware Transform & Lighting is not supported. Modern 3D games may require it.I have alot of the latest games . So i just wanted to be sure to know what to ask for . or to be sure of when buying a new computer so i wouldn't be tricked into buying something that wouldn't run my games properly .like maybe a few questions for them on what i need .
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Depending on where you are - which country/city/town etc. - depends on just which PCs are available and which you might be OK with. There are the usual international buys - Dell, HP/Commpaq (not top of my list), Acer, Fujitsu, IBM; and then there are the "local" makes/buys... The UK has a range of local makes/buys (kit assembled locally, or brought in assembled and badged locally), likewise Canada, USA, Europe etc.
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I am from Australia. The make or buy isnt that important . I dont really care what type of pc it is . so long as it can support my games . i dont really need a cd burner actually . Just when i did an everest scan these problems and suggestions came up
Less than 4 MB video memory found. Upgrade your video card for better performance
SSE is not supported. Upgrade your CPU to speed up applications optimized for SSE
Modern operating systems require at least 128 MB system memory for optimum performance.AGP aperture size is more than half of the system memory size. This may cause performance penalty.
Hardware Transform & Lighting is not supported. Modern 3D games may require it.
so im not sure which brand of pc is important . then i was thinking isn't it important to just make sure whats inside like video cards and memory size . isnt that the important thing . thank you ?
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Not being a gamer I'm not that up what the various games like these days. With that in mind I suggest you check the specs. etc. demanded by the games you want to play etc; determine what's common to all of the games.
Then look at what's available locally in terms of PCs and decide which one you like and can afford? Perhaps have a chat too with other gamers and one or two local stores. I know in some US/Canadian cities/towns - and even in the UK... - there are often local stores that more or less specialise in games and the kit they need. Presumably they exist too in Australia?
A mid-range cpu will probably cover all but the most recent or demanding games; although a top of the range (or close to it) cpu will probably cover most (new or soon to be released) games for a decent while?
Likewise all games benefit from large RAM installation; it's cheapest way to improve performance of a given PC.
Graphic cards seem to be an area that can cause problems with some games; a card that works with one or more games at present, may not be OK for a new release of a given game? From wht I've read here and elsewhere it's wise to check that a given card/game combination will be OK; that any new game(s) can/will be supported - even if it means a patch from the card vendor?
Sorry I can't offer any more concrete ideas; you do seem to be "a little" more aware of games requirements than I already; and I may be simply re-inforcing what you already know?
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LOL . I know nearly absolutely nothing about pc's lol . And trv u have been very helpful indeed . I am only learning what i have learnt in the past few months or so from reading other posts ect . Although i have used a pc for many years my knowledge has grown a little just resently because i do want to learn . One more question and maybe your thoughts on the matter. what about a higher GB hard disk drive . or does that not matter ?
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The larger the drive the better if you want install space-demanding/hungry games; and I think a lot of current games do like a lot drive space...?
Also a SATA drive is probably a good choice too; as I understand them, they're usually much faster than "conventional" drives? Some MoBo offer support for both EIDE and SATA. Some systems come configured/installed with SATA; some with EIDE and leave you go the SATA route as need-be down the road. If you go SATA I'd be inclined to go that route from the start. Some folks do find them a pain to get up and running from scratch. I have no personal experience with them - yet.
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i will take all what u told me into valuble consideration trv . in other words i will most certainly be using the things u said . So i wanted to say thanks very much mate ... bye ...
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Assuming these are legal copies of games - look at the requirements on the box or case, or go to the manufacturer's web site. get something stouter than what is recommended. Remember:
1) AMD usually games better than Intel for less
2) SATA is not necessarily better (or faster yet) than IDE and has problems of it's own, if you are nopt computer savvy
3) 512 RAM is enough
4) 80 gigs hold a lot of stuff. Over that and you start getting into the heat factor.
5) 128 meg RAM on a video card is enough for most things.If you were an all out gamer you would argue with this, but then you wouldn't be asking these questions.
Good luck
Mark
You can avoid many of these Windows problems with Linux. Linspire eases the transition for new users
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