Need a new PC...

ianhind · Post by **ianhind** » 25 Apr 2007, 13:57

And I've just remembered that CB used to recommend the bundles from Overclockers:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productli ... &catid=339

If he is still around, he might comment on these?

TobyV · Post by **TobyV** » 29 Apr 2007, 11:20

Well eventually I went down the route I used to take and bought parts from ebuyer, which arrived yesterday. Probably the main mistake I did make was to attempt to think "forward" and get Vista rather than XP.

It looks very nice but it wont let you do anything! I cant get my BB modem working with it (even with alleged Vista drivers), so I have set up my old PC, which is on its last legs, so I can access the wider world

TobyV · Post by **TobyV** » 29 Apr 2007, 21:59

Well got it fixed and here I am, coming to you live from Windows Vista... it certainly looks a lot nicer than the Fisher Price OS (WinXP)

Post by **TSR2** » 29 Apr 2007, 22:37

Glad you got it all sorted. It takes a bit of getting used to but its not bad

Paul K · Post by **Paul K** » 29 Apr 2007, 22:42

Toby, any chance you could list the components you bought ? I'm due for an upgrade myself later in the year.

airboatr · Post by **airboatr** » 29 Apr 2007, 23:54

Don't forget to reset your screen capture proggy to 800 wide......
don't won't anyone to get russelled

:gigle:

Whuuuuuut?

TobyV · Post by **TobyV** » 30 Apr 2007, 22:26

Paul K wrote:Toby, any chance you could list the components you bought ? I'm due for an upgrade myself later in the year.

Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 CPU
2x DDR2-4200 512MB DIMM
Asus P5L motherboard
Western Digital 250MB HDD
Asus EN7300GS Graphics card (NVidia GeForce 7300GS GPU)
Logitech cordless desktop (VERY nice and VERY cheap!)
Philips 190CW 19" widescreen TFT
Black and Silver ATX tower case with 400W PSU
NEC DVD+-RW 16X (pinched from my old PC!)

Now got Vista (and my modem) working happoly together, all going well so far but no flightsim on this PC yet!