Titan or Insanity

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Hey all, I'm looking to get my first gaming PC which is cheap-ish (£1000 seems reasonable for a solid machine right?) and I'm trying to decide between these two with these specs;

Titan 8100i

- Case: Cooler Master HAF 912 Gaming Case - Black (default choice, options available)
- Power Supply: Corsair TX 650w PSU
- CPU: Intel Core i5 2500K 3.30GHz Sandybridge overclocked to 4.40GHz
- Motherboard: Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard
- Cooler: Zero Infinity Phantom CPU Cooler
- RAM: 16GB DDR3 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit
- Hard Drive: 1TB HDD
- Graphics Card: ATI Radeon HD 7850 2048MB
- Sound: Realtek 7.1 Channel Sound (On-Board)
- Optical Drive: OcUK 24x DVD±RW Drive - OEM
- Windows 8 pro
- Samsung 120GB SSD

Total: £1027.98 inc VAT

Insanity Gamer Pro

- Case: BitFenix Shinobi USB3.0 Windowed Case
- Power Supply: Corsair TX 750W PSU
- CPU: Intel Core i5 3570K 3.50GHz CPU
- Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-V LX2 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard
- Cooler: Zero Infinity Phantom CPU Cooler
- RAM: 16GB DDR3 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit
- Hard Drive: 1TB HDD
- Graphics Card: ATI Radeon HD 7950 3072MB
- Sound: Onboard 7.1 Sound
- Optical Drive: OcUK DVD±RW Drive - OEM
- Windows 8 pro
- Samsung 120GB SSD

Total: £1029.96 inc VAT

I don't really have the best idea about hardware so I'm not really sure which one is the better machine? I would be wanting to play games like Farcry 3 on ultra (which Insanity comes with) can anyone help on this?

I'll be looking to lear more about hardware after I get this PC so i can upgrade it in the future. Thanks for the help
 
Firstly why are you buying a prebuilt one, are you just nervous of building it yourself or is there another reason behind it. But if you really want to go with one of them I would go for the Insanity purely because of the 7950.
 
Out of the two I would take the Insanity.

It has a better GPU and CPU (But if you want to OC you will need to do that your self, but it is very easy with those CPUs)

Would be be will to self build as you should be able to get something better for the same cost?
 
Thanks guys yeah I was going to look into building one but with Uni and the fact that I have no idea how to build a PC or where to start I don't feel ready to do that just yet. it would be better to save money though
 
look at the price of that system.

then add all the parts listed in said system individually to your basket on ocuk, or elsewhere.

work out the difference.

profit??
 
Alternative self build.

Similar price but with better components.

YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7950 IceQ BOOST 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H795QC3G2M) with FREE FARCRY3, Hitman Absolution, Sleeping Dogs & 20% off MOH Warfighter PC Games £229.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £112.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £89.99
1 x XFX Pro 750W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £82.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £59.99
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £53.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black £49.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £35.99
1 x Samsung SH-224BB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £1,007.39 (includes shipping : £11.25).

 
Fire_fly said:
Alternative self build.

Similar price but with better components.

YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7950 IceQ BOOST 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H795QC3G2M) with FREE FARCRY3, Hitman Absolution, Sleeping Dogs & 20% off MOH Warfighter PC Games £229.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £112.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £89.99
1 x XFX Pro 750W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £82.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £59.99
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £53.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black £49.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £35.99
1 x Samsung SH-224BB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £1,007.39 (includes shipping : £11.25).

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Thanks! I think I'll try building this, should be getting my student loan next week :D
 
I generally reckon on it costing 1/4 to 1/3 less to build yourself, but it varies depening on how much you're spending. Chances are you'll end up either paying less, or paying the same but getting a better system out of it, because you can hand pick each component to get exactly the right compromise of money/gaming performance/quality/looks/video editing etc performance to suit what you do. A pre-built is always going to
a) Have to make the company building it a profit
b) Pay the staff to build it
c) Be built to someone else's idea of what the priorities should be.
Choose and build yourself and you can get exactly what you want, and match it to your budget, plus you'll have a better idea of what to do when you come to upgrade time - it's easy to replace a part when you put it in in the first place.

Don't worry about uni and it taking time, or having no idea what to do - I built my first PC in my uni room in a few hours with just the advice from this site and a few guides. Grab a couple of copies of Custom PC or similar magazine and away you go.
 
Ok, if you are going to wait a few weeks before ordering then it would be best if you check back here before ordering.

The offers change weekly so we should be able to tweak the build a little to possibly get you better stuff or save you a little bit extra.
 
Fire_fly said:
Ok, if you are going to wait a few weeks before ordering then it would be best if you check back here before ordering.

The offers change weekly so we should be able to tweak the build a little to possibly get you better stuff or save you a little bit extra.
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Thanks for the reply, I'll save that build for when I get my loan and bring it back up then to see if it can be improved, It will either be next week or the week after (I'm hoping next). I'll probably go for 16gb ram also ;)
 
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Audigex said:
I generally reckon on it costing 1/4 to 1/3 less to build yourself, but it varies depening on how much you're spending. Chances are you'll end up either paying less, or paying the same but getting a better system out of it, because you can hand pick each component to get exactly the right compromise of money/gaming performance/quality/looks/video editing etc performance to suit what you do. A pre-built is always going to
a) Have to make the company building it a profit
b) Pay the staff to build it
c) Be built to someone else's idea of what the priorities should be.
Choose and build yourself and you can get exactly what you want, and match it to your budget, plus you'll have a better idea of what to do when you come to upgrade time - it's easy to replace a part when you put it in in the first place.

Don't worry about uni and it taking time, or having no idea what to do - I built my first PC in my uni room in a few hours with just the advice from this site and a few guides. Grab a couple of copies of Custom PC or similar magazine and away you go.
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Yeah I think I'm just going to go for building it myself, If i can get a better system for cheaper or around the same price its a win for me
 
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