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Thanks for all the help guys! We looked through it all together last night and to be honest, the difference in price between his shopping list and the kit recomended here is not a million miles away. He will steer away from the AMD cpu after looking at the preformance benchmarks for wow and...

Thanks Davefran..........no comparison realy is there!

Thanks for the quick replies and info guys. All the spec was what he looked at last night and I suspect that it is what he can afford at the moment, so if he can wait and save a bit more, or clean the cars and mow the lawn, then the slightly higher priced set up should be do-able. Good point re...

Hi guys n gals......regular reader but not-so-poster here! My lad want's to build his first pc and has put together this shopping list. He will mainly use it for on-line gaming with the likes of WOW and other similar platforms. I have very little experience in home builds from scratch, just...

Cheers........I will take a look at both when I get home from work and let you know how I get on.

Thanks wonko.....I will probably go down the 1st option route and use a 3rd party tool and try and partition to its full size. is the bootit software downloadable onto a cd or is it done via thier site?? Is it a simple tool to use??

Hi guys......had a shift change in work so unable to get at my sons pc until sunday (not sure how he survived so long without WOW!). Anyways...... I was talking to a mate of mine and he said to try a cd he had. It was called "killdisc @ active" (or something like that....but defo killdisc). I...

I think I see where you are coming from but i getting confused a bit now!...like i said,not at all p.c compared to you guys... I tried the cd on another machine and it looked ok to go on installing but obviously I stopped it. I will try the downloaded software gparted and try to srub the hdd...

Thanks wonko. if I disconnect the hdd power lead and try booting from the cd what or how far can I expect to get?? I am guessing i will get to the part where the xp disk will want to "look" at the hdd drive and check its ok to continue?? if thats the case then that will be a step or two further...

is there any software worth buying??

The cd IS working from another machine as I have tried that. I will try the different key board option,although the current one appears to be ok as i can navigate through the bios pages fine,and as I mentioned earlier,it recognises when I "press any key to boot from the cd". What should i be...

Yes i am pressing a key.....the cd starts to spin up and the green indicator light on the dvd unit flashes. Realy appreiciate all the help guys by the way.

rpstewart.....yes i am getting the "press any key to boot from cd" message.The cd then spins up for about a second,then windows starts up from the machine....not the cd. wonko...yes a genuine cd with key code ect. The bios set up DOES list the make/model ect of both the dvd drive and the...

I am trying to install from the cd. I read that if I start to install from the disk,the disk will give me the option to format the HD so as to start again. the problem is,as soon as the disk starts to spin up,the machine goes straight to the already installed Windows on the machine. Its as if...

Ok thanks guys..... rpstewart...the pc will see the xp disc in the d drive and read it. It will let me open everything on the disk except the green install button. I can browse and explore the contents of the disk as if there were no problem,but as soon as i click on "install",the cursor just...

Not sure where to put this,but here goes.... my sons p.c has picked up a nasty,its one of the "you have a virus,click here and buy me" types. He only has games and the like on there,so has no worries of re-formatting the hard disk and re-building. The problem is,we have scanned with spy-bot...

Thanks once again guys.........too much pondering and not enough spending!! Off to order my "Greeny" now :cool:

Thanks for all the help guys. The "greeny" looking fave at the mo.......some good reviews and a blinding price too. Is it just peoples personal preference,or is there a difference between Radeon cards and Nvidia cards?? Or.......is it safe to say,that on a tight budget for a not as keen as...

Thanks baked188..........from your comment,is there a chance the PSU may not be up to the job??.......not a real problem I guess,just another upgrade I did'nt plan on.

Hi guys n gals.......first time poster(regular shopper!)here so please be gentle. I am wishing to up-grade the old Dellboy here,I know I know,but it was a deal from work.....and am looking for some advice on a graphics card. I am completely confused with what to get. I like the sound/reviews of...