Any changes to this prebuilt?

[HEIS3NB3RG]

The R9 290x will be a R9 290 bringing the build to £1280.

Comes with 2 x 4 Ruby Vouchers and BF4 with China Rising.

Opinions?

 

[SiDeards73]

I would say for that money, buy the parts yourself, people here will give you a decent spec,and if your not comfortable building it yourself, ask for a member who lives closeby would be willing to come help you set it up and show you how it goes together etc.

Its a good PC but i just feel for that budget you can squeeze a lot better.

 

[Doomedspeed]

I don't know to what extent you can change pre-built rigs but ill tell you what i'd do (if it wasn't a pre-built)

Only get 8GB of RAM, 16GB is too much for Gaming, 8GB will be fine.

Get the 8320 instead of the 8350, cheaper and basically the same chip.

Get a different cooler, either the H80i or Tundra (240mm version, while its £85)

A 750w/850W PSU for Xfire later on.

Switch the case for something with better airflow, maybe a Ronin (if they ever re-appear)

 

[SiDeards73]

Doomed do him a £1300 build if poss? im at work atm and to and from my desk a lot im sure theres a member closeby who can come build it for him if he gives them cake!

 

[HEIS3NB3RG]

I don't know to what extent you can change pre-built rigs but ill tell you what i'd do (if it wasn't a pre-built)

Only get 8GB of RAM, 16GB is too much for Gaming, 8GB will be fine.

Get the 8320 instead of the 8350, cheaper and basically the same chip.

Get a different cooler, either the H80i or Tundra (240mm version, while its £85)

A 750w/850W PSU for Xfire later on.

Switch the case for something with better airflow, maybe a Ronin (if they ever re-appear)

Could you do me a build on the OC system builder mate? I unfortunately wouldn't feel confident building it myself nor expect someone to come and build it for me, I have no problem paying the extra money to OC and getting a 2 year warranty!

 

[SiDeards73]

ok let me knock something up on OC builder. Whats the maximum budget?

 

[HEIS3NB3RG]

ok let me knock something up on OC builder. Whats the maximum budget?

Somewhere very close to £1300! Think the 4770k always comes to around £1300+ with a decent GPU

 

[DaleTheWhale]

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 290 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £379.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £169.99
1 x Gigabyte G1.Sniper Z87 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £119.99
1 x Be Quiet Power Zone 850W '80 Plus Bronze' Fully Modular Power Supply £99.95
1 x Avexir Venom Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17200C9 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U21330904G-2CIG) - Green Light £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £71.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HDTS212EZSTA 9.5mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £65.99
1 x BitFenix Shinobi USB3.0 Gaming Windowed Case - Black/Green £59.99
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler £49.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £43.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
2 x Corsair Air Series AF120 1500RPM LED White Quiet Edition - Dual Pack (CO-9050016-WLED) £16.99 (£33.98)
Total : £1,208.83 (includes shipping : £12.50).



4770k -

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 290 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £379.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £239.99
1 x Gigabyte G1.Sniper Z87 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £119.99
1 x Be Quiet Power Zone 850W '80 Plus Bronze' Fully Modular Power Supply £99.95
1 x Avexir Venom Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17200C9 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U21330904G-2CIG) - Green Light £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £71.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HDTS212EZSTA 9.5mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £65.99
1 x BitFenix Shinobi USB3.0 Gaming Windowed Case - Black/Green £59.99
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler £49.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £43.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
2 x Corsair Air Series AF120 1500RPM LED White Quiet Edition - Dual Pack (CO-9050016-WLED) £16.99 (£33.98)
Total : £1,278.83 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 

[HEIS3NB3RG]

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 290 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £379.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £169.99
1 x Gigabyte G1.Sniper Z87 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £119.99
1 x Be Quiet Power Zone 850W '80 Plus Bronze' Fully Modular Power Supply £99.95
1 x Avexir Venom Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17200C9 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U21330904G-2CIG) - Green Light £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £71.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HDTS212EZSTA 9.5mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £65.99
1 x BitFenix Shinobi USB3.0 Gaming Windowed Case - Black/Green £59.99
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler £49.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £43.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
2 x Corsair Air Series AF120 1500RPM LED White Quiet Edition - Dual Pack (CO-9050016-WLED) £16.99 (£33.98)
Total : £1,208.83 (includes shipping : £12.50).



4770k -

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 290 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £379.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £239.99
1 x Gigabyte G1.Sniper Z87 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £119.99
1 x Be Quiet Power Zone 850W '80 Plus Bronze' Fully Modular Power Supply £99.95
1 x Avexir Venom Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17200C9 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U21330904G-2CIG) - Green Light £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £71.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HDTS212EZSTA 9.5mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £65.99
1 x BitFenix Shinobi USB3.0 Gaming Windowed Case - Black/Green £59.99
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler £49.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £43.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
2 x Corsair Air Series AF120 1500RPM LED White Quiet Edition - Dual Pack (CO-9050016-WLED) £16.99 (£33.98)
Total : £1,278.83 (includes shipping : £12.50).

Thanks, would still need to be built though So would be £1400+ I'd imagine!

 

[SiDeards73]

Quickly knocked this up

YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK Pro Gamer X65i Intel Z87 Full-Tower - Gaming PC Configurator £1338.71
- No Security Software
- No Office Software
- Game Controller Not Selected
- No Headset Option (Zero Cost)
- Speakers Not Selected
- Monitor Not Selected
- System Build Fan - Noiseblocker BlackSilent Pro Fan PLPS - 120mm PWM (EXNO-001)
- Mouse Not Selected
- Keyboard Not Selected
- Case Mods Not Selected
- Networking Not Selected
- Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614)
- Be Quiet Power Zone 850W '80 Plus Bronze' Fully Modular Power Supply
- No Sound Card Upgrade
- OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM
- Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD
- Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW)
- No Graphics Card Upgrade
- Sapphire Radeon R9 280X Dual-X OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card with Battlefield 4 PC Game
- TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD38G2133HC11ADC01)
- MSI Z87-G45 Gaming Series Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard
- Prolimatech Red Megahalems CPU Cooler
- Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail
- Stage 1 Intel: Overclock of CPU - 4.2GHz Overclock - Haswell K Edition Processors Only
- Antec P280 Super Midi Tower Case - Gun Metal Black
- Standard Build Systems - Dispatched within 7 working days
Total : £1,358.21 (includes shipping : £16.25).

 

[HEIS3NB3RG]

Quickly knocked this up

YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK Pro Gamer X65i Intel Z87 Full-Tower - Gaming PC Configurator £1338.71
- No Security Software
- No Office Software
- Game Controller Not Selected
- No Headset Option (Zero Cost)
- Speakers Not Selected
- Monitor Not Selected
- System Build Fan - Noiseblocker BlackSilent Pro Fan PLPS - 120mm PWM (EXNO-001)
- Mouse Not Selected
- Keyboard Not Selected
- Case Mods Not Selected
- Networking Not Selected
- Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614)
- Be Quiet Power Zone 850W '80 Plus Bronze' Fully Modular Power Supply
- No Sound Card Upgrade
- OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM
- Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD
- Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW)
- No Graphics Card Upgrade
- Sapphire Radeon R9 280X Dual-X OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card with Battlefield 4 PC Game
- TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD38G2133HC11ADC01)
- MSI Z87-G45 Gaming Series Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard
- Prolimatech Red Megahalems CPU Cooler
- Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail
- Stage 1 Intel: Overclock of CPU - 4.2GHz Overclock - Haswell K Edition Processors Only
- Antec P280 Super Midi Tower Case - Gun Metal Black
- Standard Build Systems - Dispatched within 7 working days
Total : £1,358.21 (includes shipping : £16.25).

Spending £1300 and getting a 280x seems a bit ludicrous to me, surely sacrificing a custom cooled 290 for a 280x is where the AMD build is miles ahead.

 

[SiDeards73]

Those 280x are beasts of a card, the 290 in the prebuilt i used was only listing the reference version and unless your going to mod it yourself or are happy with the noise is going to create then i would steer clear. It was an additional £55 for the Sapphire 290.

Besides you can drop a 2nd 280x into that build later and have better than single 290 performance.

 

[SiDeards73]

This incidentally highlights the point i made about building it yourself, the components are covered under warranties anyhow and RMA regulations etc.

Plenty of videos and guides on youtube explaining how PC's are put together, and its actually quite fun and addictive building it yourself, also a good sense of achievement when its all up and working.

 

[DaleTheWhale]

Thanks, would still need to be built though So would be £1400+ I'd imagine!

Why not build it yourself, lots of enjoyment doing it yourself, plus you learn and know the ins and outs of your machine.

 

[HEIS3NB3RG]

Why not build it yourself, lots of enjoyment doing it yourself, plus you learn and know the ins and outs of your machine.

Currently trying to find out what charge OC actually have when building a system.

 

[DaleTheWhale]

I remember not so long ago somebody asked this and posted back in a thread, kinder sure it was around the £80 mark, but that's a guess.

 

[Doomedspeed]

I remember not so long ago somebody asked this and posted back in a thread, kinder sure it was around the £80 mark, but that's a guess.

Im pretty sure it was £100+

They do stress test the pre-builts too..

What the mods have suggested in the past is giving them a ring and directing them to this thread and a certain spec..

Then thewy can talk you through the cost of it.

 

[HEIS3NB3RG]

They replied saying it depends on the cost of components.

So could someone please spec me a system for £1200 and I will send it to them and get it priced up!

Thanks

 

[random_matt]

OcUK Pro Gamer F55a AMD AM3 Full-Tower - Gaming PC Configurator-£1300.67

Options applied to the above product:
- Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Black (CC-9011030-WW)
- AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail
- Zalman LQ315 Ultimate Liquid CPU Cooler
- Asus Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 AMD 990FX (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard
- TeamGroup Vulcan GOLD 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLYD38G2133HC11ADC01)
- Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
- No Graphics Card Upgrade
- Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW)
- Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD
- OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM
- No Sound Card Upgrade
- Be Quiet Power Zone 850W '80 Plus Bronze' Fully Modular Power Supply
- Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02733)
- Networking Not Selected
- Case Mods Not Selected
- Keyboard Not Selected
- Mouse Not Selected
- System Build Fan - Noiseblocker BlackSilent Pro Fan PLPS - 120mm PWM [EXNO-001]
- Monitor Not Selected
- Speakers Not Selected
- No Headset Option (Zero Cost)
- Game Controller Not Selected
- No Office Software
- No Security Software
- Standard Build Systems - Dispatched within 7 working days

You were happy with AMD, this is fairly good.

Just checked your first post, seems good for the price.

 

[Martini1991]

AMD don't belong in 1,300 pound rigs, and especially with Windows 7 lol.