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  1. TheKieranC's Avatar
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    Need a PC
    My budget is £400 and under (I know its pretty crap) and I'm not too bothered about specs as long as it has windows 7, has 4GB ram and can play the occasional game like Minecraft, nothing too hardcore. If you can recommend anything it'd be appreciated <3
    Cheers
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    Re: Need a PC
    (Original post by TheKieranC)
    My budget is £400 and under (I know its pretty crap) and I'm not too bothered about specs as long as it has windows 7, has 4GB ram and can play the occasional game like Minecraft, nothing too hardcore. If you can recommend anything it'd be appreciated <3
    Cheers
    Would you be willing to build it yourself or do you want something pre-built?
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    Re: Need a PC
    (Original post by hassi94)
    Would you be willing to build it yourself or do you want something pre-built?
    pre built, dont have a clue on how to build a PC
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    Re: Need a PC
    (Original post by TheKieranC)
    pre built, dont have a clue on how to build a PC
    It's extremely easy (just read/watch tutorials online and do what they say. It's usually just a matter of putting each piece in the right place.) but if you really don't want to then I'll have to warn that you will not get anything particularly good with £400. Minecraft can be a lot harder to run than you think, I can run games like Batman Arkham City and Crysis 2 better than I can run Minecraft (with mods, anyway).

    £500 would be a lot more comfortable but I'll try look for something for you at £400 now.
  5. TheKieranC's Avatar
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    Re: Need a PC
    Thanks lol, i dont really plan on using a lot of mods, more texture packs really
  6. Intriguing Alias's Avatar
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    Re: Need a PC
    Sorry but this is the best I could find:

    http://www.dinopc.com/shop/pc/config...idproduct=1369

    £489

    You could bring that down by removing windows 7 (makes it £60 cheaper) if you already have a copy...
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    Re: Need a PC
    I donno if it would make it any cheaper but you could buy the parts and get a local 'IT' guy to put it together for you. Although the prices for this could vary wildly and therefore end up being more expensive.
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    Re: Need a PC
    That Dino PC one was good, but I'm going to try and post you some pre-builts that are within your budget.
    Even though pre-builts are always ridiculously overpriced.

    £363.67 inc VAT
    http://3xs.scan.co.uk/ShowSystem.asp?SystemID=1268

    £395.54 inc VAT
    http://3xs.scan.co.uk/ShowSystem.asp?SystemID=1270

    £403.00 inc VAT
    - Change RAM to 4GB
    - Change GPU to GTS450
    - Change Memory to 500GB
    http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/comput...o-home-office/

    It's hard to really judge but any of these PCs should be fine if all u wanna do is play simplistic games and minecraft... dont expect to be able to play anything too epic though at a decent framerate!
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