Am i missing something?

Looks pretty good. You will need to add a CPU cooler though as the OEM i5 doesn't come with one.

Or you could get the retail one for now and save for a better cooler for when (if) you want to overclock, it will still be enough at the stock speed for the moment.

So do you need a monitor/keyboard/speakers etc in your £800 budget? Do you def want a BluRay drive in there as well as that is limiting you to a worse PSU?

It really all is a bit dependant what size screen you will be gaming on as well as you may not need a rig that expensive at all.
 
dont want to keep repeating myself but i would seriously consider not rushing it if you are on a budget and get the best mobo/psu/cpu you can and then build up from there or consider going second hand.
 
im happy with a 19inch, 22 inch monitor.

And i had no clue that i needed a cooler :(

But do u get what i mean, that entire basket has come too £776.71 and thats just for basics! nothing too fancy in there, one of the cheapest cases i could find, not a massive psu. Cheapest hard drive available.

Feels like this entire "Building it yourself is tones cheaper" rule is a myth lol

And OCUK is the best price's for parts iv seen no joke, iv checked competitors, so its not OCUK jacking the price up. Its just the parts themselves!

To Paradisiac;

sorry if i keep making you repeat yourself :) But i sincerely believe £800 isnt a "budget", £800 to me is an average price of an entire computer, including monitor. £1200 is the price i consider for a more powerful computer with monitor, £1500+ for a gaming rig with all perephials. So i thought £800 just purely for the base unit would be more than enough for an awesome computer
 
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if your going to use a 19" monitor you could get a 4770 instead of the 5770 and save £50 as that would handle most games at 1680 x 1050 resolution.
it will be a few years before pc games are released on blu ray instead of dvd as not many gamers have blu ray drives so you could save another £50 there and just go for a dvd rom.
with that £100 saved you can buy a 19" monitor and a keyboad and mouse.
 
scott1102 said:
im happy with a 19inch, 22 inch monitor.

And i had no clue that i needed a cooler :(

But do u get what i mean, that entire basket has come too £776.71 and thats just for basics! nothing too fancy in there, one of the cheapest cases i could find, not a massive psu. Cheapest hard drive available.

Feels like this entire "Building it yourself is tones cheaper" rule is a myth lol

And OCUK is the best price's for parts iv seen no joke, iv checked competitors, so its not OCUK jacking the price up. Its just the parts themselves!
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at the moment components are not at their cheapest. new chipset are coming out, gfx card prices are all over the place, so to some extent now probably isnt the best time for building.

this is what i came up with, probs missed something though.

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forgot psu oops. add another £50-£80 for that.
 
Like the others said, it's not only about saving it's about the quality of what your getting for the same price.
 
sorry to keep referring to buying a pre-built system. i dont want a pre-built if possible. But again, i refer back to the Q9550 iv seen for £949.00 with a 22inch monitor,keyboard and mouse.

I know its not top end parts but does it seriously reduce the power it should be spitting out with lower branded parts?

And before you say it :P i know the Q9550 is old and a dead socket :D lol But still, if you look at that processor from an average joe's perspective its a hugely powerful processor capable of running all current and future games.

(im not sayin i want the q9550 by the way. just saying, i still cant believe im "squeezing" a decent spec'd computer out of 800 pounds when i could get similar spec with cheaper branded parts and a monitor for £149 extra)

sorry for ranting, i know you guys have patiently replied to my questions and have helped me a large amount. I just think maybe we have added expensive parts to the basket? or parts more expensive than i need maybe?
 
have you tried costing out a Q9550 build with a really cheap flimsy case, the cheapest psu and mobo you can imagine, and a keyboard and mouse that will frustrate you more than you can imagine?
i imagine you could do this and get a monitor within the £949 budget and still have change.
but without a full spec list i cant really price it up.
 
well im that nooby when it comes to computer parts, the way i know i have a good computer is by the Windows Experience test thingy lol

You know? the program you open up in control panel what rates your processor out of 10 and your graphics etc etc... I mean i once had a quad core 8200 i think it is? and i think that rated at 6.5 or something but i sent it back wanting a better processor.

So basically the branded name on the parts i buy dont really matter to me, aslong as the part i buy doesnt bottleneck the power i should be getting
 
scott1102 said:
well im that nooby when it comes to computer parts, the way i know i have a good computer is by the Windows Experience test thingy lol

You know? the program you open up in control panel what rates your processor out of 10 and your graphics etc etc... I mean i once had a quad core 8200 i think it is? and i think that rated at 6.5 or something but i sent it back wanting a better processor.

So basically the branded name on the parts i buy dont really matter to me, aslong as the part i buy doesnt bottleneck the power i should be getting
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it rates them out of 7.9 so thats pretty high.
do you have any more info on the Q9550 high street pc so we can see how much it would cost to build and go from there?
 
well its from a home catalogue website, which means it doesnt mention any brand names. ill copy and paste EXACTLY what it says....

This blisteringly fast desktop PC is powered by the Intel Quad Core Q9550 processor.
includes all of the Windows Media Center capabilities to use your PC as an all-in-one home entertainment centre

store movies and music on mammoth 1TB hard drive.
watch movies and look at picture slide shows on 19in widescreen monitor.
52-in-1 memory card reader is compatible with practically every type of flash media on the market Useful info:

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium
Powerful NVidia Inno3D GeForce 9800GT card – great for gaming
20x DVD-RW drive
SATA hard drive
4GB memory

i know which company build it for the catalogue but not allowed to say names am i.

(and sorry its 19inch not 22)
 
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well its from a home catalogue website, which means it doesnt mention any brand names. ill copy and paste EXACTLY what it says....

This blisteringly fast desktop PC is powered by the Intel Quad Core Q9550 processor.
includes all of the Windows Media Center capabilities to use your PC as an all-in-one home entertainment centre

store movies and music on mammoth 1TB hard drive.
watch movies and look at picture slide shows on 19in widescreen monitor.
52-in-1 memory card reader is compatible with practically every type of flash media on the market Useful info:

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium
Powerful NVidia Inno3D GeForce 9800GT card – great for gaming
20x DVD-RW drive
SATA hard drive
4GB memory

i know which company build it for the catalogue but not allowed to say names am i.

(and sorry its 19inch not 22)
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dont thinnk i missed anything this time :

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Dude your a legend seriously! the only thing now i have to ask is, those parts i see are budget parts? will that bottleneck/reduce my power? or is it simply bragging rights? like having nike trainers and hi-tec trainers?lol both do the exact same its just the name

and i seriously cant thank you enough, uv got the system i want for cheaper than advertised!
 
scott1102 said:
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Dude your a legend seriously! the only thing now i have to ask is, those parts i see are budget parts? will that bottleneck/reduce my power? or is it simply bragging rights? like having nike trainers and hi-tec trainers?lol both do the exact same its just the name

and i seriously cant thank you enough, uv got the system i want for cheaper than advertised!
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tbh i just build you the cheapest pc that met that spec. would i suggest it for gaming, probably not. would i suggest it over than one from the catalogue, yes indeed as they will be very similar in spec but way different in price. but my point was, within your budget, if you believe the Q9550 is good enough for you, then you can get a lot more for the £949 than you would in a pre built one, as you could upgrade it to a better psu and mobo, which in turn will give you a more stable and reliable system.
 
paradisiacs build above plus one of the new benq 24" monitors that ocuk have just got in and still leaves you £200 for keyboard and mouse.

Ive been in your situation and bought a cheapy pc looking to save a few quid, im currently typing this from my mrs laptop due to said pc dying a premature death :D lesson learnt... buy cheap, buy twice!!
 
ok i understand. which part of that setup would you say limits its gaming potential? because i know its not the q9550! lol Only reason i say that is because when i bought my 8200 or whatever it was i went onto the american version of this website who were obsessed with the q9550. and that was only roughly 6-7months ago.

They were constantly telling people to upgrade to it and overclocking it.

edit: i dont want to buy cheap honestly. but i dont want to buy expensive either. I dont want bottom of the bottom bargin bin stuff.

The only way i can describe this is by saying.

If there is 5 icecream cones... 1. the cheap single 2.single with a flake 3.double scoop 4.double scoop with flake 5.triple scoop!

Im happy with number 3. Average :D

(awesome comparison)
 
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