What one of these are better for gaming ?

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/acer-predator-g5900-1-refurbished-desktop-pc-08623500-pdt.html

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/medion-erazor-x70-08764454-pdt.html

The predator.

If you plan on getting one you should upgrade the ram though; and if you get the predator, plan on getting a bigger HDD.

If I was you, I would just buy parts and build the PC myself, or go to your local pc guys and ask them to build you one.

1. It's cheaper

2. You know what's in your PC.

3. You don't break any warranties by opening it.

Edited June 8, 201114 yr by Break

The ACER Predator G5900-1 would be the best of those two, but for gaming £700+ will offer decent performance, my new build will cost ~£1000 and offer mid-high level performance.

Edit: Break beat me, if you do consider building it yourself you could ask here for advice.

See i kinda know nothing about pc's so i would need a lot of help and advice on buying a built pc and building my own if i choose to do that. I know i guy that does custom pc's so i could ask him, he's really good.

Edited June 8, 201114 yr by JordanH

Try http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/

they also have a great guide http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18046396

See if you find a small local shop.

Go in there and talk with the guy. You should bring time and describe what you need.

Like:

I need a pc for games like Battlefield Bad Company 2, GTA IV, Battlefield 3 and such. I also do video rendering.

Then he will recommend you things.

A price between 900€-1200€ is usually good. And if the guy builds it, it shouldn't cost more than 15-30€ extra.

Pro tips:

Intel is cool, but overpiced. AMD does the job as well as Intel and is cheaper.

I'd go with nVidia, they have better drivers in my opinion. Never liked the AMD/ATI graphics drivers.

Motherboards I can only recommend ASUS, I have one and it's great.

Screens is a thing of taste, take something big about 21-27" should do the job, depending on how much space you have in your room.

Nothing under 6 GB of RAM and of course DDR3.

Nothing under 1TB of HDD size.

2 DVD burners are a nice thing to have, but not necessary.

Never forget to get a good CPU cooler, the ones that come with a CPU by default are usually crap.

Don't go nuts on casings, they look cool, but are mostly expensive. Something between 20-60€ should be fine. I can recommend you AeroCool, they make fantastic cases.

Acer is a good idea!

Yes, there are big differents between 4GB and 8GB, so if you buy the Predator, then buy extra 4GB more RAM! :yes:

Edited June 8, 201114 yr by xDodox

Thanks for the help guys, will hopefully get my new pc during the summer holidays. Planning on getting all the parts and going to my local shop and asking them to build it for me.