SirMike1983
Nieuporter and OFF Donor
I've had to continually put off buying a new computer due to time and finances in the past. I also figured I'd wait until Phase 3 got a little bit closer than in past months. I'd ideally like to avoid doing an extensive build since this is more of a gift machine than anything. I've got some relatives who've said basically "pick out a machine you like" for Christmas. I don't have any hard and fast price limits, but nothing that's massively expensive.
Anyway, does anyone have any suggestions for buying a new desktop PC that can handle moderate gaming and basic work tasks?
I'm looking for something that does everything well, and it doesn't need to be a spectacular rig. It just needs to be up-to-date and well-balanced at doing both work and games.
I'd ideally like to keep running XP if possible, especially XP Professional. I'd like to avoid Vista if I can, though I guess I can manually rework things if it comes to it. It's just a pain to have Vista on the machine (I've worked with both Vista and XP and I find XP to be more stable). I'll ideally have OFF Phase 3 as well as a couple shooter games on there based on the Half-Life 2 and Orange Box engines, for starters.
Any suggestions?
Anyway, does anyone have any suggestions for buying a new desktop PC that can handle moderate gaming and basic work tasks?
I'm looking for something that does everything well, and it doesn't need to be a spectacular rig. It just needs to be up-to-date and well-balanced at doing both work and games.
I'd ideally like to keep running XP if possible, especially XP Professional. I'd like to avoid Vista if I can, though I guess I can manually rework things if it comes to it. It's just a pain to have Vista on the machine (I've worked with both Vista and XP and I find XP to be more stable). I'll ideally have OFF Phase 3 as well as a couple shooter games on there based on the Half-Life 2 and Orange Box engines, for starters.
Any suggestions?
