Buying a Prebuilt Gaming PC

Nivforever

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I'm looking to purchase a prebuilt gaming computer online. My budget is about £1500. I dont need a mouse/keyboard or monitor.

I've been looking at the OC ones and they seem very nice for the money. But there isnt a great deal of choice.

I'm trying to stay away from Alienware/etc because i've heard they are a rip-off.

Could you guys suggest any other sites which sell prebuilt gaming computers?

Thanks.
 
if i was you i would stick with ocuk they may not have much choice but you know you will get a good product . or for the cash you have to spend you could build one just a thought
 
What do you want that OcUK aren't doing already?

The line up from OcUK is pretty good, it skips all the No swearing! you normally see when you try to buy a PC.

Pick your pricepoint and they pretty much have the pc you would want.
 
Something along this lines of the Ultima OC 8800GTX seems pretty good for you, and around your budget

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-032-OK&groupid=43&catid=781&subcat=


- Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 2.40GHz Dual Core CPU Overclocked too a minimum of 2.93GHz and beyond. (9 x 333MHz - 1333MHz FSB)
- Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Intel approved cooler
- Arctic Silver 5 Heatsink compound professionally hand installed by our technicians
- Intel 975X (Socket LGA775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
- Award winning Cellshock 2GB Ultra PC2-6400 CAS4 (2x1GB) Dual Channel Kit (Overclocked at 900MHz+)
- 500GB Western Digital 16MB Cache SATA-2 Hard Drive
- NVIDIA 8800 GTX 768MB GDDR3 VIVO HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) DirectX 10 Graphics Card
- NEC 7173 18x DVD±RW Dual Layer LabelFlash ReWriter (Black)
- Black Sony Floppy Drive
- Antec NINE HUNDRED Gamers ATX Case
- BFG 1000W Next Generation Power Supply
- Microsoft Vista Premium 32-Bit pre-installed with License and CD supplied (64-Bit version available upon request when ordering)
- Corsair 1GB Flash Voyager USB2.0 Flash Drive with all latest drivers stored on it should you ever need to do a re-installation.
- Saitek Eclipse Illuminated Keyboard with dimmer and selection of Blue at click of a button.
- The legendary Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer 3.0 revised edition with new improved optical tracking engine.
- Microsoft LifeCam VX-1000 Webcam. Have audio/video conversations with anybody anywhere in the world.
 
What spammeh suggested would be perfect. I don't know much about OCuKs systems, but i imagine they are built well but may not be the most aesthetically pleasing on the inside compared to gaming PCs offered elsewhere as they typically have watercooling. But a lot of the aesthetics you are paying for could be done yourself.

Plus you know OCuK will offer good customer support :D
 
Thanks for the suggestions guys, ive decided to go with the one Spammeh posted.

I've also decided to buy a new monitor to go with it...any ideas? £400-500 budget
 
Not a big expert on monitors but I like the look of this one!
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-054-SA

24" very similar to the Dell one, except 5ms response instead of the 6ms on the Dell 24".

Personally, I would skip 24" for gaming and go for a22" screen or even a 20" one, you get 2ms response times from both of those. I think more than 22" is too big for gaming, personal choice though.
 
Just wondering, kinda thinking of an OC system myself, anyone know if they can be flexible on the components, e.g. will they add a sound card or additional hard drive at time of build?
 
marl said:
Just wondering, kinda thinking of an OC system myself, anyone know if they can be flexible on the components, e.g. will they add a sound card or additional hard drive at time of build?
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No they dont.

And that just made me think, why dont OCuK offer custom built pc's where you select what you want and they build and deliver it for you, suppose would take up a lot of time and work.
 
truebluecfc said:
No they dont.

And that just made me think, why dont OCuK offer custom built pc's where you select what you want and they build and deliver it for you, suppose would take up a lot of time and work.
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Surely a phonecall with lots of "What? Are you serious. Put your boss on!" and "You're honestly telling me your staff are not competent enough to install an xxxx graphics card instead of an xxxx?". I'd try it anyway :P

All that aside, the total cost of the components may be higher than buying a PC from Dell or the like, but I found looking at Dell you buy a hell of lot of stuff that you don't want and can't remove from the spec.
 
The Halk said:
Surely a phonecall with lots of "What? Are you serious. Put your boss on!" and "You're honestly telling me your staff are not competent enough to install an xxxx graphics card instead of an xxxx?". I'd try it anyway :P

All that aside, the total cost of the components may be higher than buying a PC from Dell or the like, but I found looking at Dell you buy a hell of lot of stuff that you don't want and can't remove from the spec.
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Was what i was thinking but my freind bought one of the pre-built OC systems and it didnt come with a sound card but he wanted one and he made a web form thingy asking about the same thing and they said they couldnt put it in for him ...
 
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