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:??: hey I am wondering which one of the three computers to buy an dour they worth-it (I want the one with the best graphics etc) i mostly use computers for gaming and browsing and other common stuff but my computer is really old and crap its imedia X2416.

here are the computers :
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/advent-centurion-ci-5431-06200210-pdt.html
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/acer-predator-g5900-1-desktop-pc-07677438-pdt.html
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/acer-aspire-m5300-05176390-pdt.html

Thanks -Owen
 

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None of those are good for future upgrades in cpu department.
But
I would personally go for the Advent Centurion Ci
It's got one great quad core cpu, and a radeon 5750 1gig

The acer predator is not as good.
Dual core I5 is alright but I would still go for the 750 by far.
Mobo is porentially cheaper
Videocard is weaker then the 5750

The same goes for the aspire. I like amd but I would go for the 750.
Slow harddrive
meh videocard.


On the Advent, you can play every game up to date... some with reduced graphics detail due to videocard limitation.
If I take battlefield bad company 2 for example
The advant will run it very well
The predator will run it alright
the last crappy acer with the ati 5450 will run it on low.


Whatever you do get.
Uninstall that trial antivirus and download avast by googling the following
avast cnet

Your old Imedia has a Q8300 wich was alright, it can run games if you added a decent videocard for example
When I say games I say something that looks like this
http://xbox360media.ign.com/xbox360/image/article/101/1014975/battlefield-bad-company-2-20090818095350778_640w.jpg

Note: First number is generation, second number is low end, mid range, high end for most videocards.

Nvidia
8600GT
8800GT
9800GT
GTS250

ATI
Radeon 4670
Radeon 4850 or 4870
Radeon 5570

Those models are a bit older, the would match what your old pc may run (if powersupply supports it)
Read up on tomshardware articles related to cpus and videocards.
 

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ADVENT Centurion Ci 5431 is the better PC... http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/advent-centurion-ci-5431-06200210-pdt.html

It has the better gaming CPU and Graphics Card. It will play most games at medium settings at below 1920x1080 settings and on the higher end games (Crysis for example) will be on medium to low settings at below 1920x1080. The HD 5750 is the best of gaming cards but will get the job done with lower "eye-candy".
 

Aquagh0st

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thanks for all the info summarized :p and my graphics card is geforce 7100 il probably follow your advice thanks i will get the centourian (the first one)

thanks
Owen