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Rebuild/refurb time is just around the corner again and after my abortive attempt earlier in the year was looking at a couple of options. First question relates to "bundles". Can anyone either a customer or a tech from OCUK confirm how pre-assembled these are? The description on the catalogue pages is somewhat vague on the issue and some reviews are referring to attaching the fan or messing about with backplates. The attraction (to me) of the bundle is that the mobo, CPU, RAM and fan are already assembled, if the upgrade is truly plug and play. Also why no option to have the bundle but at stock speeds? The reviews are scattered wth reports of the o/c not working or causing problems on arrival anyway.
Systems - why is there not a wider range of graphics cards for the gaming systems? I would be quite content with a Nvidia 560 card which combined with an I5/2500 and 8Gb of RAM is still going to knock the spots off my current set up. However the cheapest Nvidia card is the 660, over £200 i.e. nearly £100 more than the 560. That would make all the difference between an affordable £750 and putting the price over the £800 mark. In actual fact it's not just OCUK who do this, checking a couple of other custom build suppliers they do the same but it seems to me there ought to be a middle ground between the £400 dirt cheap office machines and the £800 and upwards gaming rigs.
Systems - why is there not a wider range of graphics cards for the gaming systems? I would be quite content with a Nvidia 560 card which combined with an I5/2500 and 8Gb of RAM is still going to knock the spots off my current set up. However the cheapest Nvidia card is the 660, over £200 i.e. nearly £100 more than the 560. That would make all the difference between an affordable £750 and putting the price over the £800 mark. In actual fact it's not just OCUK who do this, checking a couple of other custom build suppliers they do the same but it seems to me there ought to be a middle ground between the £400 dirt cheap office machines and the £800 and upwards gaming rigs.
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