Best pre-built OCUK system

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Whats the best pre-built OCUK system for about a grand? I'm out of the loop on processors and video cards so not sure which one to go for. Any advice to kick things off? Wont be overclocking!
 
General day to day tasks but i want to be able to play the latest games on my 24" LCD. I really cant go above £1k, an extra £70 maybe but £1k is really pushing it. Dont need other peripherals, just the tower and the quieter the better.
 
The systems i linked are both on the safer side of the budget leaving you some cash for other things.Entirely up to you th.Good luck with what you choose :)
 
95thrifles said:
if buying this week then this, Id get 1 gig card upgrade, antec 300 case and vista premium 64bit, brings it in at £1070
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Thats good, but you could get no OS and download Windows7 for free, should work til August if I remember correctly, then just get another OS when the time comes and you may have saved up a bit more money :) that gets rid of quite a chunk of the price, and you still have an i7 system with 1gig 4870 :)
 
Thanks chaps. I'll definitely be using Windows 7 until its released officially. I was of the opinion that intel was the brand to go with for processors as opposed to AMD, is this still true? And has anything cleared up with regards to dual Vs quad core processors for gaming? Also, whos top dog when it comes to video cards, ATI or Nvidia?

I've got a few more questions left if anyones willing to answer :)
 
intel edge it, as i7 is best atm, but barring i7, AMD have systems just as good as intels older 775 socket. ATI and NVidia are really on a par, pretty neck a neck atm.
As I say if you buy before tues get the one I linked, thats an i7 system and for the money it cant be beaten, without O/S youre coming in sub £1K, as b4 get the better case and gfx card options
 
Intel did seem to be dominating quite a bit, but the latest Phenom II processors seem to be pretty good. Think the Intels are still far better overclockers but you said you wont be doing that :p

Graphics wise, theres not much in it, different games work better for different cards. I think if your going for a budget card (less than £80 or so) then go for ATI, but other than that theres not much in it.
 
I7 is pretty good for a bit of futureproofing(as much as you can do with computers)Amd tricore are good bang for buck cpu's.Dual core is still good for gaming.Not many games can make use of Quad yet.We all know these money making juggernauts wont switch everything to quad until they think they have milked us for every penny at single/dual/tri core :)
 
I would say for usual tasks and games I would go the AMD route (X3 720), because i7 isn't much faster (if at all) in games but you spend a bit more. I would do AMD and squeeze the best GPU out of the budget.
 
i would recommend amd all day... save money you would on i7 and either put towards a graphics card or put in bank for 12 months and get a new amd processor then. +)
 
If i went for an i7 system should i go for the 4870 1024mb or the Nvidia GTX 260 "216" 896MB graphics card?

Also, if going down the AMD route what pre-built system should I be going for?
 
if you can (its not that hard and you can get LOADS of support here) build it yourself! its fun (well lots of people including me think so but it may not be your thing) youll get more for your money and you will get more satisfaction out of it!
 
those 2 gfx cards are on a par, depends if you prefer ATI or NVidia, or if youre thinking of adding a 2nd card later then depends on what the motherboard supports, more boards seem to support crossfire than SLI, though a lot of the X58 boards will do both.
Re AMD Id look at this, its basically the 2 that kieves linked to
Edit: having looked at both the boards included Id recomend the 4870 for the crossfire option
As stated before if youre going to take the plunge today you'd be hard pressed to beat the i7 offering which is on this week only (runs out tomorrow) even by building yourself, its a steal at that price
 
chuck990 said:
if you can (its not that hard and you can get LOADS of support here) build it yourself! its fun (well lots of people including me think so but it may not be your thing) youll get more for your money and you will get more satisfaction out of it!
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I built my current pc 6 years ago and its still going strong (P4 2.8, RADEON 9800 Pro!) although it was going for a couple of years without any thermal paste between the processor and the heatsink (whoops). Id be confident enough to put a new rig together but Im not up on the cooling and overclocking side of things so think its probably best left to the experts.

95thrifles said:
those 2 gfx cards are on a par, depends if you prefer ATI or NVidia, or if youre thinking of adding a 2nd card later then depends on what the motherboard supports, more boards seem to support crossfire than SLI, though a lot of the X58 boards will do both.
Re AMD Id look at this, its basically the 2 that kieves linked to
Edit: having looked at both the boards included Id recomend the 4870 for the crossfire option
As stated before if youre going to take the plunge today you'd be hard pressed to beat the i7 offering which is on this week only (runs out tomorrow) even by building yourself, its a steal at that price
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Thanks, I wont be tasting crossfire or SLI though so just want whatever handles a 24" LCD best.
 
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