WilDDog Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 I'm looking for advice on buying a new desktop. My old desktop is probably about 7 or 8 years old and was a good spec gaming pc, (win xp) it's well past its sell buy date now though. I tried to load a copy of CAD 2011 on it and got a message that my processor doesn't support it, It ran 2008 no problem. My laptop "acer aspire 5740G (win 7) runs it no problem. Any advice on a new desktop will be greatly appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 I'm looking for advice on buying a new desktop. My old desktop is probably about 7 or 8 years old and was a good spec gaming pc, (win xp) it's well past its sell buy date now though. I tried to load a copy of CAD 2011 on it and got a message that my processor doesn't support it, It ran 2008 no problem. My laptop "acer aspire 5740G (win 7) runs it no problem. Any advice on a new desktop will be greatly appreciated Depends on your budget. As a minimum, I would got for a quad core, 4GB DDR3 memory, 750GB HD and a dedicated 3d card and windows 7 64 bit. You could clobber that lot together pretty cheaply if you go self build and shop around for the components. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramseyboy356 Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 alien ware computers ar made especally for high spec gaming, hp computers are also very good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Peters Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 Spec one up online at Dell - delivery is only a few days to your door. Just did that with a non-PC friend who got a great system with a dobbing 24" flatscreen for £600-ish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pragmatopian Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 I'd generally go for the highest end components your budget will stretch to and build it yourself. I went on that principle almost five years ago and aside from the failure of one of its four hard drives late last year it's still going strong, with performance still good enough for anything I throw at it. Barring any unforeseen issues I don't plan on replacing it for another few years yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbx Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 Buy the PC currently in the classifieds section, that has a semi decent spec Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manxman27 Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 For my last PC I used http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/ choose your budget then the parts you want and they build it for you. Worked out about the same price as buying the parts seperately but easier as they only offer you the components that are compatable with each other and they build it. It was £19 delivery to IOM then but I've been really happy with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GD4ELI Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 Spec one up online at Dell - delivery is only a few days to your door. Just did that with a non-PC friend who got a great system with a dobbing 24" flatscreen for £600-ish. I agree with Stu - you do not make a mistake buying a Dell. You can do better, you can always do 'better' but buying, installing and using a Dell is painless. I still have a Dell in use which I bought in 1997 (?) - a dual Pentium Pro 200Mhz. You could also consider a laptop and external monitor / keyboard. If on the Island why not go for a look at Waltons next to McDonald's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cambon Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 I hate software that "Pretends" it cannot run on older hardware. If your lap top will run it, why bother with a new desktop? Plug in your screen, mouse and keyboard, network it with your existing desktop pc, which you can use as storage, problem solved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GD4ELI Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 I hate software that "Pretends" it cannot run on older hardware. If your lap top will run it, why bother with a new desktop? Plug in your screen, mouse and keyboard, network it with your existing desktop pc, which you can use as storage, problem solved. Some really can't if it uses instructions added with newer CPU's, for example the SSE2 and SSE3 instruction sets. Now this could be overcome with programming effort but... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilDDog Posted March 9, 2011 Author Share Posted March 9, 2011 Thanks for the replies, I'll sort something out.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 If on the Island why not go for a look at Waltons next to McDonald's? Why not? Possibly because Walton's after care is so appalling as to be totally non-existent. I bought a TV & DVD from them which were faulty from day one. Eventually, after about eight trips back to the shop I finally managed to get them to let me in to the workshop because they "couldn't see a fault". I showed them, they grumbled, set the DVD on another TV and used another disk (theirs), viewed the fault again and very reluctantly replaced the DVD. They couldn't replicate the intermittent TV fault so refused to do anything about it. I still don't use the second DVD player/recorder because of the fault on the TV. Dreadful company. If you want to buy on Island, Coleburns are okay but expensive. Don't know if they are any good but you could try Banana Computers in Ramsey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarbunny Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 Just a note on all the recent Autocad versions, all versions with the "ribbon" UI, they have a memory leak which will cause them to crash often if you use them heavily, especially if you will be hatching a lot. You can help avoid crashes by getting 4+gb of RAM, but be aware you will need 64bit versions of Windows and CAD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilDDog Posted April 4, 2011 Author Share Posted April 4, 2011 Just a note on all the recent Autocad versions, all versions with the "ribbon" UI, they have a memory leak which will cause them to crash often if you use them heavily, especially if you will be hatching a lot. You can help avoid crashes by getting 4+gb of RAM, but be aware you will need 64bit versions of Windows and CAD <br><br>Thanks for that, I'm sorted on all those bits. I just gotta learn the program now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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