Hi all! Im looking to buy a new computer so who best to ask then people who clearly have one!!
Went to load the Sims 3 into mine and was told that my graphics card didnt support it (something to do with pixels?!!). Having thought about it mine is nearly 10yrs old so about time for a replacement.
So any suggestions?
I need one that is good for games (so good graphics, I like Sims type games and have a world of warcraft addiction) also pottering on t'web.
Also preferably can be bought on-line in UK, and be very reasonably priced.
So we are looking for top of the range that costs 10p and a packet of Smarties but Im willing to compromise.

If you go on the PC World website they have special 'gaming' computers that have better graphic cards and enough memory for games. We bought my son a Packard Bell one for his 18th in January this year because he plays a lot of games on his and his graphics card was struggling in his other computer even though he had replaced it.

hi i know a good place to get a bare bones one if you can put one together you will save a lot of money and also have a much better computer but what ever you do dont go to PC WORLD there computers are costly and you cant upgrade much on them after

Just checked out that help site. Wow! I only understood one word in every 15!!!
Anyone know of a good deal for someone who likes to play games and can just about manage to use an on/off switch??
Its amazing the total lack of technical knowledge I possess..LOL

Hope this helps........i bought a new one less than a year ago, went to pc world and bought the second cheapest as i wanted one that i could play games on with no bother and get internet, the cheapest one had a less powerful hard drive so i got the next one up it cost around £330 and it has a flat LCD screen and you can play games on it no problem. they pretty good in my local store , oh and if you thinking of getting a laptop you will have to pay way over the odds for one that can do the same as a normal computer. oh and also on mine i have the ports to put SD cards in and other slots i dont need lol so look out for one of those if you need that. i have a compaq brand that works great, very happy with it infact, good luck!

ps mine did not come with speakers so you have to get those seperatly if you dont have any suitable as you may find as i did that the speakers i had on my old computer were not compatable with new computer ( the connections were totally different!) and you may as well get the whole package ie keyboard, cpu, screen , mouse altogether as its just as cheap as a new cpu anyway and good to have new up to date peripharals, thats bits and bobs lol.

i upgraded my last one ......

I know quite a few people say don't ever go to PC World but we've had around five desk tops and a laptop from them now and not had any real problems, think a fan went on my daughters pc when it was around 3 years old but it was fixed pretty cheaply. The pc I'm on now is around five years old and is used every day for around 15 hours a day and not had a problem with it. Think all our Pc's are Packard Bell too except the laptop which is a Toshiba.