Hi guys,
First post here...was looking at buying a PC from PC world but felt like having a go myself. All seemed good, until I saw the following from Tesco:
http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.207-6320.aspx
for £380 delivered..with a monitor!
I've specced up the following, comes to around £325 inc shipping. Will be adding a case and PSU as well. Will probably bring this to £375 delivered without a monitor.
I'm wondering if the system I've specced below is worthwhile? Oh..and I was also wondering if it's all compatible?
I will be using it for internet, pictures, watching films, burning dvds...not gaming though. What do you think?
I actually fancy building a computer from scratch...but I'm doubting whether it's worthwhile? Will there be much difference between the self build & the compaq from tesco?
Thanks for all your help
The difference is that with Tesco's build you get:
Chinese PSU that won't allow you to install better GPU in the future due to not having enough power or amps on PCI-E rails. PSU that might blow up and take everything with it or just be unstable and die easily.
Crap unbranded memory that can cause instability issues and which performance is terrible.
Fail cheapo 20pound matx board that has locked BIOS with no options to upgrade whatsoever.
Probably cheap slow HDD as well and fail case that won't fit anything other than the stuff it came with.
*+Pros:
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+ It's cheap
+ It's cheaper
+ It's cheapest ... and comes with monitor and OS
+ It's plenty enough for web surfing, odd movie watching, office work and playing 4yr old+ games.
+ You get enough clubcard points to buy a beer or two for free
*-Cons:
- It's useless for gaming other than 4yr old titles.
- Allows no upgrade or OC options whatsoever
- It's got terrible performance compared to high quality branded parts
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My spec:
Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Patriot Sector 5 Viper II 4GB (2x2GB) PC3-12800 1600MHz Dual Channel + 3D Mark Vantage (PVV34G1600LLKB) Patriot Sector 5 Viper II 4GB (2x2GB) PC3-12800 1600MHz Dual Channel + 3D Mark Vantage (PVV34G1600LLKB) £82.76
(£70.43) £82.76
(£70.43)
AMD Phenom II X2 Dual Core 550 3.10GHz Black Edition (Socket AM3) - Retail AMD Phenom II X2 Dual Core 550 3.10GHz Black Edition (Socket AM3) - Retail £71.99
(£61.27) £71.99
(£61.27)
Asus M4A785TD-M Evo AMD 785G (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard Asus M4A785TD-M Evo AMD 785G (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £69.99
(£59.57) £69.99
(£59.57)
Corsair VX 450W ATX Power Supply (CMPSU-450VXUK) Corsair VX 450W ATX Power Supply (CMPSU-450VXUK) £55.99
(£47.65) £55.99
(£47.65)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ) Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ) £39.99
(£34.03) £39.99
(£34.03)
Coolermaster Elite 335 Case - Black Coolermaster Elite 335 Case - Black £31.67
(£26.95) £31.67
(£26.95)
Sub Total : £299.90
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 : £54.54
Total : £366.19
Slightly more expensive due to lack of monitor and OS (100quid worth stuff?).
Decent board with good OC options and upgrade possibility to better CPUs now or in the future.
550BE - I don't have to say anything else, amazing performance for value and if you get lucky you might unlock 2extra cores getting a high end quad for half price.
1600MHZ DDR3 memory with tight c7 timings ( i wonder if the tesco ones were better than c10 ) with headroom for OC and decent heatspreaders to keep it nice and cool.
Case - I'm not a fan of all mid tower cases but it's best you can get for this price range and is definitely a lot better than the tesco's , should allow you to fit bigger GPUs as well and/or more hdds.
HDD - pretty much best sata hdd you can get now, definitely better than what tesco offers. And yes, HDD speed does make a lot of difference.
Better onboard GPU which even tho is not the newest or most powerfull out there, is good enough to play most games on low res still.
*+Pros:
+It's a lot better
+It's a lot better
+It's a lot better
+It's a lot better
+It's a lot better
+It's a lot better
+It's a lot better
+It's a lot better
+It's a lot better
*-Cons:
- The price comes out around 100GBP more expensive.
- You don't get clubcard points so not only you're broke but you won't get your free beer either.
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PS. remove competitors link, it's not allowed if you read the forum rules.
...even though the deal I posted seems very difficult to beat!
