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So I had ordered a pre-built PC from another site and long story short,
The R7 250 card supplied died after 10 min so I shipped the lot back for a refund.
That PC was 500 quid and that (was) my budget.
I felt all I wanted was a system to do the basics on regarding media (storing and editing family snaps and videos) working with MS Office and of course gaming - in Mid settings for most games.
They actually did me a favor because 5 min after booting it up I regretted not pushing the boat out and getting a better GPU because there is nothing NOTHING worse than getting a brand new system and still have to click on 'Mid/low' in the settings to play a game. Not only is it frustrating it's actually a waste of money because no doubt I'd be shelling out for a better card after a few months and then maybe even a new CPU... Hell, I'd probably just give that one to the kids and go buy a proper one like I should have.
Well,
I've decided that the budget needs to be brought up to 1100. That's my max without not having diesel to get to work in January.
I've spent a bit of time picking out the parts.
I used to put PC's together 20 years ago for a well known multi national so I'd be OK with building it but still if OCUK offered the service I'd probably get them to do it (if anyone knows do they?)
So.. here's the spec..
Opinions are very much welcome!
Asus GeForce GTX 770 DirectCU OC 2048MB GDDR5
Intel Core i5-3470 3.20GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor
Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic
Seasonic 660w '80 Plus Platinum' Modular Power Supply
Asus P8H77-M Pro Intel H77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 MicroATX Motherboard
Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM
Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache
Antec 302 Three Hundred Two Ultimate Gaming Case
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler
OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter
£1,087.87
The R7 250 card supplied died after 10 min so I shipped the lot back for a refund.
That PC was 500 quid and that (was) my budget.
I felt all I wanted was a system to do the basics on regarding media (storing and editing family snaps and videos) working with MS Office and of course gaming - in Mid settings for most games.
They actually did me a favor because 5 min after booting it up I regretted not pushing the boat out and getting a better GPU because there is nothing NOTHING worse than getting a brand new system and still have to click on 'Mid/low' in the settings to play a game. Not only is it frustrating it's actually a waste of money because no doubt I'd be shelling out for a better card after a few months and then maybe even a new CPU... Hell, I'd probably just give that one to the kids and go buy a proper one like I should have.
Well,
I've decided that the budget needs to be brought up to 1100. That's my max without not having diesel to get to work in January.
I've spent a bit of time picking out the parts.
I used to put PC's together 20 years ago for a well known multi national so I'd be OK with building it but still if OCUK offered the service I'd probably get them to do it (if anyone knows do they?)
So.. here's the spec..
Opinions are very much welcome!
Asus GeForce GTX 770 DirectCU OC 2048MB GDDR5
Intel Core i5-3470 3.20GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor
Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic
Seasonic 660w '80 Plus Platinum' Modular Power Supply
Asus P8H77-M Pro Intel H77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 MicroATX Motherboard
Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM
Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache
Antec 302 Three Hundred Two Ultimate Gaming Case
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler
OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter
£1,087.87
I'll have a go (and do a bad job probably. 
You will notice the 'k' processor and a bigger Seasonic power supply just in case you decide to add a 2nd graphics card.
