TopBanana

All his friends are into WoW and it runs like a dog on his Dell 1100. No graphics slot to upgrade unfortunately. I think I'll shift this one wifey's study, and buy something a bit better for him.

Which companies should I be thinking of? Don't want to spend more than 400 or so.

lightning101

I would think something like the following might do for £400

Dual core 4600 athlon - £65
PCI-E M/board AM2 - £35
ATI radeon X1950 Pro - £99
Case and PSU - £80
1GB Ram - £65
320gb HDD - £42
18x DVD-RW £16

KiwiGTI

I was running WoW perfectly OK on my old machine P4 3.GHhz, 1GB RAM and I probably couldn't sell it for £50 these days.

Might be worth buying an old machine off a gamer that's upgraded.

NickAdams

iTrader: (5)

Couple of Dells for you (Although you'll probably have to upgrade the graphics cards but obviously not through Dell - Dimension E520's & E521's have PCI Express slots on board so easily upgraded)

The Dell Online Store: Build Your System

AMD® Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual Core processor 3600+
Genuine Windows Vista™ Business - English
Collect & Return, 1 Year Service only
Dell™ 17" Value Flat Panel (SE177FP) - UK/Irish
1024MB Dual Channel DDR2 533MHz [2x512] Memory
250GB (7200rpm) Serial ATA Hard Drive with 8MB DataBurst™ cache
Integrated nVidia® GeForce® 6150 LE graphics
16 X DVD +/- RW Drive

£352.57 delivered

This link will give you the same spec/priced machine but with XP Pro instead of Vista


OR


The Dell Online Store: Build Your System

Intel® Viiv™ Pentium® D 915 Dual Core Processor (2.80GHz, 800MHz, 2x2MB)
Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Premium - English
Collect & Return, 1 Year Service only
Dell™ 19" Value Flat Panel (SE197FP) - UK/Irish
1024MB Dual Channel DDR2 533MHz [2x512] Memory
250GB (7200rpm) Serial ATA Hard Drive with 8MB DataBurst™ cache
Integrated Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 3000
16X DVD+/-RW Drive

£419 delivered


Remember to adjust the warranty (Where necessary) to "1 year collect and return warranty" to get the prices I quote


Good luck

Nick

TopBanana

Thanks chaps. I think I'll go down the self build route again. Was hoping to avoid it but it seems worthwhile. Wish I'd bought him one with an AGP/PCI-express slot in the first place!