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Looking at getting a laptop soon for when I go uni so want a few games to play on. Only thing is they can't require amazingly good spec as laptops generally don't play games well unless you spend loads.
Was thinking FM05 or wait for the new one which I would assume would come out to tie in with new season.
Can't think of any others that would play half decent?
Laptop will probably have 512ram or more, 128 nvidea or radeon graphics and 60gb hardrive. possibly an amd 64 processor too.
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Carr
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roller coaster tycoon, quake 3 are two games i've played the most on pc 
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--Dave--
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there are loads mate
any game should run on that spec. You might not be able to have the details all maxed out but they'll still be playable.
Was playing Half Life yesterday again  what a game.
Call of Duty is a fantastic single player experience.
Depends what games you're into really.
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Carr
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Yeah don't expect them all to run at high spec but I just need something to do when bored. Know I'm not gonna get the quality of a desktop for the money but need the mobility to move it around easily.
Think I've found the best one so far for my budget. First one I've managed to find with 128mb graphics card but apparently comes with the x700 not the x600 as stated so presume this is better. Here
Not sure what the processor speed is though in ghz? Not a 64 bit one though
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Carr
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Think I might get some money together over the next year and do myself a self-build desktop.
Anyone ever done one? How hard are they as most I've done before is install a PCI firewire card
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yeah the x700 is better. Not by much but it is faster.
The laptop you linked to uses the AMD 3000+ chip running at 1.8Ghz
I would try for something over 2Ghz to be honest.
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Carr
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something over 2ghz would be 3200 and up
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building you're own pc is easy. Just a case of buying good quality components and not skimping on cheapo things like the Power Supply and Ram as these are extremely important.
Off the top of my head, good makes of the following are:
Chip - I would go for AMD anyday.
Motherboard - Asus/Epox/Abit and LanParty make very stable and fast motherboards
Memory - Corsair and Mushkin
Graphics - Sapphire, Powercolour, Hercules
Heatsink for CPU - Thermalright all the way 
Hard Disk - Western Digital/Maxtor
Putting it all together is easy peasy as long as you take you're time and don't rush.
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--Dave--
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yeah around that.
I think they make a few different types of the Sempton 3000+. I've seen a 1.8ghz and 2ghz versions
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quote:
Originally posted by --Dave--
building you're own pc is easy. Just a case of buying good quality components and not skimping on cheapo things like the Power Supply and Ram as these are extremely important.
Off the top of my head, good makes of the following are:
Chip - I would go for AMD anyday.
Motherboard - Asus/Epox/Abit and LanParty make very stable and fast motherboards
Memory - Corsair and Mushkin
Graphics - Sapphire, Powercolour, Hercules
Heatsink for CPU - Thermalright all the way
Hard Disk - Western Digital/Maxtor
Putting it all together is easy peasy as long as you take you're time and don't rush.
oh and Power supply - go with Antec
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Carr
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Take it all the stuff in a self build comes with instructions anyway
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--Dave--
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never bought a self-build kit before mate.... didn't know they sold em.
I would get all the bits together yourself and build your own.
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Carr
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yeah i ment do the indivdiual bits you buy come with instructions>?
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--Dave--
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no they won't. Not on how to put it all together anyway.
I can guide you through stuff if you want but it really is very straight forward.
Chip goes into motherboard, make sure you get the right socket motherboard and chip
Cooler and fan goes on top of chip and is usually screwed down if the motherboard has the necessary holes.
Memory into memory slots  2x 512mb is good
Hard drives and CD/DVD drives connected to IDE1/2 slots.
Graphics card into motherboard and clipped down, this will need it's own power source as well
Power supply connected to motherboard and then to each component (cpu fan, cd drive, dvd drive, hard disk, graphics...)
Monitor into rear of graphics card.
Case switch pins onto motherboard using schematics diagram in motherboard manual. Power switch, reset etc...
Turn on and away you go
Very brief and like i said i can go through stuff with you but it should come together when you start building it.
Let us know how you get on
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Carr
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It's a way off yet but I will let you know.
Might start looking into it now to maybe do this time next year depending on funds.
It normally works out cheaper than buying a ready made pc don't it apart from buying the OS etc.
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I can help you out with the OS if you want so don't worry about that 
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Must admit liking the llok of these zboard keyboard things I've found with the interchangable keysets.
Looking good for Battlefield 2 if/when I start building my own pc.
Will an external keyboard work with a laptop? I presume so but not 100%
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quote:
Originally posted by --Dave--
quote:
Originally posted by --Dave--
building you're own pc is easy. Just a case of buying good quality components and not skimping on cheapo things like the Power Supply and Ram as these are extremely important.
Off the top of my head, good makes of the following are:
Chip - I would go for AMD anyday.
Motherboard - Asus/Epox/Abit and LanParty make very stable and fast motherboards
Memory - Corsair and Mushkin
Graphics - Sapphire, Powercolour, Hercules
Heatsink for CPU - Thermalright all the way
Hard Disk - Western Digital/Maxtor
Putting it all together is easy peasy as long as you take you're time and don't rush.
oh and Power supply - go with Antec
Lan Party isnt a brand, its the name of a DFi board.
Crucial RAM is cheaper than the both of them and has lifetime warranty and is superb.
powercolour high end cards are good, but anything below 9800XT is crap.
Thermalright heatsinks are ok, cooler master are better though.
and Western Digital drives are shit apart from the 10k rom ones, Seagate baracuda all the way please.
antec and thermaltake psu are good though
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--Dave--
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My bad about Lan Party, got confused
Crucial Ram is shoot budget memory for budget end users.
Thermalright make THE best heatsinks you can get, end of. Take a look over in the various computer forums, overclockers, amdmb, kustompcs, you'll soon learn
Seagate HDDs are loud as fcuk and prone to going wrong. WD are solid as is Maxtor. I have owned various WD Raptors and they are all superb.
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Grand Theft Auto, Grand Theft Auto London, GTA2, Army Men, Toca2, Driver... all on my laptop.
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