comparison of new build to a pre built system

Mr. Wednesday

Mr. Wednesday

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so people. finally getting around to building a new pc for myself in this country and after doing a cursory examination it seems i may be better off getting this

components

CPU: Intel Core i5 4690K
CPU Overclocking: 4.3Ghz - Extreme Overclock
CPU Cooler: NEW! Corsair H55 Water Cooler
Operating System: Windows 8.1 (64-bit)
Motherboard: NEW! Gigabyte Z97X-SLI
RAM: 8GB Corsair 2133mhz Vengeance (2x4GB)
M.2 Super-fast SSD: NEW! Crucial 120GB M500 M.2
Hard Drive: 2TB S-ATAIII 6.0Gb/s
Optical Drive: 22x DVD±RW DL S-ATA
Graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 4GB
Sound card: Onboard 7.1 Audio
Internet: Wireless 802.11N 300Mbps MIMO PCI card
Case: NEW! Corsair Carbide Spec-01
PSU: NEW! 650W Corsair CS Modular
Keyboard and mouse: Gigabyte Force M7 Mouse and Force K3 Keyboard
Warranty: 3 Year

i already have a screen so that knocks 100 off making it 1010.50 with the extra hard drive and wifi i need.

ill be using it for gaming and autocad based 3d modelling.

so my question is, is there a cheaper set of components with same or better specs? when i added each one to overclockers uk individually it came out to a couple of hundred pounds more.

cheers for all the help

Tom
 
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buying parts separately on ocuk is about 130 more than the pre built system. via the partpicker link it came out to about 100 more. for once it seems a pre built has a good deal compared to self built.
 
You sure you made use of all the bundles and deals?


YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI - Devils Canyon Core i5 4690K Bundle **£14 Saving** £264.58
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 280X TurboDUO 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £199.99
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £82.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD38G2133HC11ADC01) £65.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £54.98
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £46.99
1 x Corsair Carbide Series SPEC-01 Mid Tower Gaming Case (CC-9011050-WW) £37.99
1 x CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle - USB Keyboard & Mouse £29.99
1 x Raijintek Themis Black Heatpipe CPU Cooler PWM - 120mm £17.99
1 x TP-Link 300Mbps Wireless N PCI Adapter (TL-WN851ND) £14.99
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £13.49
Total : £919.96 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
huh, apparently i did not :) all this is sure to be compatible? just want to be sure :)

also i figure in the future i might need to add in an extra graphics card. would i need a more powerful psu? not a dealbreaker just wondering
 
Yes it is all compatible.

You will need a a better PSU for a second card, so here is a nice modular one,

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-043-SS&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=2383

And of course you can put a Nvidia card in instead if you want.

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Or here's a £1100 i7 + 16GB RAM setup,


YOUR BASKET
0 x EPIC BUNDLE: Intel 4790K, Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 7, Kingston 16GB 2400MHz Kit, Superflower 750W PSU & FREE STUFF!! **£50 SAVING** £569.96
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 280X TurboDUO 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £199.99
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £82.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £54.98
1 x Raijintek Agos Midi Tower - Black £39.95
1 x CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle - USB Keyboard & Mouse £29.99
1 x Raijintek Themis Black Heatpipe CPU Cooler PWM - 120mm £17.99
1 x TP-Link 300Mbps Wireless N PCI Adapter (TL-WN851ND) £14.99
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £13.49
Total : £1,108.92 (includes shipping : £8.00).




Or,


YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 7 - Devils Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£43 Saving** £361.98
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 280X TurboDUO 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £199.99
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £82.99
1 x Seasonic M12II EVO Edition 850W '80 Plus Bronze' Fully Modular Power Supply £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD38G2133HC11ADC01) £65.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £54.98
1 x Raijintek Agos Midi Tower - Black £39.95
1 x CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle - USB Keyboard & Mouse £29.99
1 x Raijintek Themis Black Heatpipe CPU Cooler PWM - 120mm £17.99
1 x TP-Link 300Mbps Wireless N PCI Adapter (TL-WN851ND) £14.99
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £13.49
Total : £1,053.82 (includes shipping : £13.75).

 
its done, finally ill be able to game again. my little freebie mac really just cant cut it.

two thumbs up and a hearty handshake to stulid, saved me 100 quid. essential as a student.
 
so i built my system today, upon installing windows it crashes after the first reset with CLOCK_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT. since it cant be a driver issue as its a complete new build and fresh install it seems the common problem is a faulty core on the processor. any suggestions? i've contacted ocuk as well but i'm not sure about response times
 
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