Told to bump closer to home date - i will be back in the Uk in 2 days and ill probably buy it on the 19th/20th
Hey guys so my name is jamie, new to the forum but not new to overclockers(Bought 2 previous systems from you guys and ive been more than happy with the results ) im currently living in Shanghai china teaching but im heading back to scotland and i really want to get a good system with some cash ill be bringing back
I'll be abel to save £2000 by the time i get back in january but £600 of it will be spent on a touring bike for cycling around scotland and probably france/spain and i ideally want to keep £600 for other needs so i dont have to go straight back to work. So that gives me a budget of about £600-900 but that includes tower/keyboard/mouse. i've got a 37" tv that i loaned to my brother i can steal back that i used for my old pc so im sorted with that
Uses for the PC will mainly be used for gaming (BF3 in the forefront of the list) but photoshop,flash will be used now and again.
i was looking at http://www.build-gaming-computers.com/gaming-desktop-computer.html which recommended builds for certain budgets but when i put it all together with a few changes it came out more than i expected and some of the prebuilt systems seemed to do better for less! i have no idea where i was going wrong lol
This is the list of stuff i looked at on the overclockers shop...
Original list
EVGA GeForce GTX 560Ti 2048MB (£215.99)
Intel Core i5-2400 3.10GHz (£151.99)
Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3P Intel Z68 (£129.98)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB ( £89.99)
Corsair Builder Series CX 600W ( £59.99)
Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case ( £46.98)
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 8GB (2x4GB) ( £44.99)
LiteOn IHAS124-19 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWrite ( £19.99)
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy SE 7.1 ( £18.98)
Laser Wired Gaming Mouse - Black/Red ( £22.99)
Saitek Cyborg V5 Illuminated Gaming Keyboard ( £35.99)
TOTAL (£837.86)
Updated list (updated in bold)
EVGA GeForce GTX 560Ti 2048MB (£215.99)
Intel Core i5-2400 3.10GHz (£151.99)
Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) ( £84.98)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB ( £89.99)
Corsair Builder Series CX 600W ( £59.99)
Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case ( £46.98)
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 8GB (2x4GB) ( £44.99)
LiteOn IHAS124-19 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWrite ( £19.99)
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy SE 7.1 ( £18.98)
Laser Wired Gaming Mouse - Black/Red ( £22.99)
Saitek Cyborg V5 Illuminated Gaming Keyboard ( £35.99)
i'm not too bothered about overclocking the pc so i dont need the K version
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But then i would still need to get a copy of windows 7, keyboard and mouse so more like £900
I then looked at the system http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-190-OE&groupid=43&catid=2040&subcat= and it looked very similar to my build so why custom make my own when i can buy one premade with less hassle for a tiny bit more money.
What are your guys opinions on this?
Hey guys so my name is jamie, new to the forum but not new to overclockers(Bought 2 previous systems from you guys and ive been more than happy with the results ) im currently living in Shanghai china teaching but im heading back to scotland and i really want to get a good system with some cash ill be bringing back
I'll be abel to save £2000 by the time i get back in january but £600 of it will be spent on a touring bike for cycling around scotland and probably france/spain and i ideally want to keep £600 for other needs so i dont have to go straight back to work. So that gives me a budget of about £600-900 but that includes tower/keyboard/mouse. i've got a 37" tv that i loaned to my brother i can steal back that i used for my old pc so im sorted with that
Uses for the PC will mainly be used for gaming (BF3 in the forefront of the list) but photoshop,flash will be used now and again.
i was looking at http://www.build-gaming-computers.com/gaming-desktop-computer.html which recommended builds for certain budgets but when i put it all together with a few changes it came out more than i expected and some of the prebuilt systems seemed to do better for less! i have no idea where i was going wrong lol
This is the list of stuff i looked at on the overclockers shop...
Original list
EVGA GeForce GTX 560Ti 2048MB (£215.99)
Intel Core i5-2400 3.10GHz (£151.99)
Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3P Intel Z68 (£129.98)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB ( £89.99)
Corsair Builder Series CX 600W ( £59.99)
Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case ( £46.98)
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 8GB (2x4GB) ( £44.99)
LiteOn IHAS124-19 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWrite ( £19.99)
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy SE 7.1 ( £18.98)
Laser Wired Gaming Mouse - Black/Red ( £22.99)
Saitek Cyborg V5 Illuminated Gaming Keyboard ( £35.99)
TOTAL (£837.86)
Updated list (updated in bold)
EVGA GeForce GTX 560Ti 2048MB (£215.99)
Intel Core i5-2400 3.10GHz (£151.99)
Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) ( £84.98)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB ( £89.99)
Corsair Builder Series CX 600W ( £59.99)
Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case ( £46.98)
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 8GB (2x4GB) ( £44.99)
LiteOn IHAS124-19 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWrite ( £19.99)
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy SE 7.1 ( £18.98)
Laser Wired Gaming Mouse - Black/Red ( £22.99)
Saitek Cyborg V5 Illuminated Gaming Keyboard ( £35.99)
i'm not too bothered about overclocking the pc so i dont need the K version
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But then i would still need to get a copy of windows 7, keyboard and mouse so more like £900
I then looked at the system http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-190-OE&groupid=43&catid=2040&subcat= and it looked very similar to my build so why custom make my own when i can buy one premade with less hassle for a tiny bit more money.
What are your guys opinions on this?
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