Am i missing something?

scott1102

scott1102

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Sorry for the new thread, but it's a complete different question and i also think my old thread was locked?

Anyhoo.....

I was just wondering, Am i missing something regarding computer prices?

I have a budget of £800 which is fine and will get me a decent computer if i build it myself but its close to the 800 limit each time, no matter what i pick lol

I thought it was supposed to be tones cheaper building one yourself rather than buying one? I'v looked at computers in shops in the highstreet etc... Also even looked at a home catalogue (which we all know have ridiculous high prices and apr rates)

But even the computers in the catalogue are similar price to what im spending. There is a Q9550 quad core pc with 1TB hard drive and a 9800GT graphics card and 4GB of ram, WITH a monitor/keyboard/mouse for only £949.00

I'm spending roughly £760 on just the base unit with only a 500GB hard drive.


Sorry i dont get it? am i picking the wrong/too expensive parts?
 
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Just a quick heads up, you aren't allowed to mention competitors by name on here. Better remove them before a mod locks your thread...
 
big companies are buying in bulk so bundles work out cheaper with monitors and all, but remember, a lot of the parts inside are unbranded and cheap, whereas build it yourself and you know whats in it and that its a quality.
 
I know what you mean though. Most of the time they use motherboards at the cheap end of the range, VERY cheap PSU's, cheaper case than you would buy for your precious new rig, slower RAM from a "random" (not really the right word) manufacturer and a very cheap / the stock heat sink. Plus the OEM stuff you buy has a markup, which they don't have to pay it is passed on to you when you buy. It all adds up....

Still much BETTER to build it yourself though!
 
i despritly wanna build it myself honestly. The thought of getting all my parts in the post is gettin me all on edge with excitement seriously lol

It's just i feel rather silly blowing an entire £800 budget purely on the tower itself, then having to wait a month or so to buy a monitor and keyboard.

Maybe i didnt explain myself correctly in previous thread, I am a gamer but not extreme, i dont need a system what will play every single game on the planet on maximum settings. Just a run of the mill average to good pc built with gaming in mind
 
I just thought if the processor was a good one, i5 750. graphics card was good, ati 5770, ram of 4gb ddr3. The motherboard wudnt be so important aslong as it was compatible, psu wasnt important and so on
 
should easily be able to build a decent gaming tower for under the £800. what kind of games do you play? do you currently have a pc or any parts you could use to get costs down?
 
scott1102 said:
I just thought if the processor was a good one, i5 750. graphics card was good, ati 5770, ram of 4gb ddr3. The motherboard wudnt be so important aslong as it was compatible, psu wasnt important and so on
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the 2 MOST IMPORTANT things in a pc are motherboard and psu. DO NOT skimp on these.
 
Fill up a basket on OCUK and post a screen shot? Then we can give you some advice and tweak it to get best value for money....

ps £800 is a LOT for just the base unit so I also want to see what you are sticking in there!
 
well at the moment i play pretty poor graphical games due to using a laptop. Samsung R20.

But i want to play games such as Command & Conquer 4, Call of duty Modern Warfare 2, Guild Wars 2. I do want to play all the mainstream popular games. But i dont mind if i have to lower a couple of settings on HUGELY demanding games such as Crysis and Crysis 2 when it comes out.

By all means i dont want a poor crappy computer, i want a good one which people like you fine folk will say "not a bad rig" But at the same time i dont need one which will make me breakfast and keep me warm at night with its 10million volt psu.

And sorry, dont have another computer for parts :(

Maybe im asking all this on the wrong website lol As i know you guys know your stuff with computers and are very addicted to high end machines and overclocking.

(i dont mean that as an insult by the way, more as a compliment)

Edit: Give me 5 mins to shop and ill post screenie :D
 
scott1102 said:
Maybe im asking all this on the wrong website lol As i know you guys know your stuff with computers and are very addicted to high end machines and overclocking.

(i dont mean that as an insult by the way, more as a compliment)
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there are also a lot of people in your situation that are ona budget and want to make sure they get the right things for the right money.
i too was in that situation and have managed to get myself an i7 setup today for my £470 budget, but that was reusing some older parts, but even so, you should easily be able to get an i3/i3/amd setup for well under the £800 that will be more than capable of playing games. also consider possibly doing it in stages. like you say, you are used to playing on a laptop, so maybe spend the money on a decent mobo/cpu/ram/case/psu and a make do gfx (or consider second hand) and then save for when the ati HD5XXX range drop in the price. think i covered everything.
 
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Sorry to post it like this but I'm on a netbook so screenie is out of the question!

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5 750 2.66Ghz (Lynnfield) (Socket LGA1156) - OEM £139.99
(£119.14) £139.99
(£119.14)
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5770 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £122.99
(£104.67) £122.99
(£104.67)
Asus P7P55D Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard £118.99
(£101.27) £118.99
(£101.27)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £85.99
(£73.18) £85.99
(£73.18)
Antec Signature Premium 650W Power Supply £81.73
(£69.56) £81.73
(£69.56)
Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £42.99
(£36.59) £42.99
(£36.59)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ) £39.99
(£34.03) £39.99
(£34.03)
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
(£15.31) £17.99
(£15.31)
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler (Socket 939 / AM2 / AM3 / 775 / 1156 / 1366) £16.99
(£14.46) £16.99
(£14.46)
Sub Total : £568.21
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.75
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £101.49
Total : £681.45
 
scott1102 said:
well at the moment i play pretty poor graphical games due to using a laptop. Samsung R20.

But i want to play games such as Command & Conquer 4, Call of duty Modern Warfare 2, Guild Wars 2. I do want to play all the mainstream popular games. But i dont mind if i have to lower a couple of settings on HUGELY demanding games such as Crysis and Crysis 2 when it comes out.

By all means i dont want a poor crappy computer, i want a good one which people like you fine folk will say "not a bad rig" But at the same time i dont need one which will make me breakfast and keep me warm at night with its 10million volt psu.

And sorry, dont have another computer for parts :(

Maybe im asking all this on the wrong website lol As i know you guys know your stuff with computers and are very addicted to high end machines and overclocking.

(i dont mean that as an insult by the way, more as a compliment)

Edit: Give me 5 mins to shop and ill post screenie :D
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It's a good research tool and the guys will give you practical advice wether it's high end or lower down.

As a general rule, prices have been creeping up across the board on all component parts over the past few months. There are good deals out on the high street at the mo, but when you look a bit closer you'll see that some are not quite as good as they first appear.
 
eddie86 said:
Not with a 5770 though....£660 with that in there.
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but thats an oc'd model, so in theory would be cheaper bought in parts. does he need that to start with though if he is on a budget. also no OS which will be a little bit more but still, i would seriously consider spending less on certain aspects like the gfx card or get second hand rather than skrimping on the major parts like mobo/psu and then look at future upgrades when gfx card prices settle down again. but thats just my opinion.
 
im so sorry its taken me so long to get screenie, there has to be a quicker way. had to go into photoshop and cut and crop 2 screenies cos wen i hit print screen it didnt get it all. anyways...

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I chose the blue ray drive trying to future proof myself because surely its not long until most, if not all games start coming out on blue ray.
 
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