Custom PC choice

[Springy14]

Hey, have made two pcs can you tell your opinions on best for gaming, have no experience what so ever off AMD. Have heard better things on itel I5 but AMD has better graphics card etc

Itel Custom £620

Case : Galaxy 3 Black
Power Supply: Standard 500W
Processor : Intel Core i5 2500, Quad Core (1155, 3.30GHz, 6MB Cache)
Mother Board: Asus P8H61-M, 2xDIMM, Max. 16GB, M-ATX
Memory : 8GB (2 x 4GB) Kingston HyperX PC10600 1333MHz DDR3
Graphics Card : nVidia GT 520 1GB

AMD Custom £665

Case : Galaxy 3 Black
Power Supply : Xilence 580W 2 x PCI-E 120mm Fan
Processor : AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition, Quad Core (AM3, 3.20GHz, 8MB Cache)
Mother Board :Asus M5A78L/USB3, 4xDIMM, Max. 16GB, ATX ( USB 3.0
Memory : 8GB (2 x 4GB) Kingston HyperX PC10600 1333MHz DDR3
Graphics Card : ATI HD5850 1GB

Both will have a 21.5inch monitor

 

[stulid]

Neither, can you build a PC yourself? is the budget to include a moniotr, harddrive and optical drive?

 

[mp260767]

of those 2 i'd go with the AMD/ati 5850 one.

but stulid's questions could lead to specing something better.

by saying both will have a 21.5" monitor is that as part of the price listed or are you buying that on top of the price ?

edit:

similar spec'd items to those listed the AMD one comes in at around £610 (that price includes a benq 21.5" monitor).

 

[Springy14]

Both included in the price are standard drives, OS and monitors if this helps as well as Tb harddrives

 

[stulid]

• 22" Philips screen with DVI+VGA input
• Motherboard has SATA3.0 and USB3.0
• Better case+PSU
• GTX460 card.

i5 2300 vs Phenom 975be (which is faster than the 955be!!!) - http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/core-i5-2500-2400-2300_7.html#sect0


GTX460 vs 5850 - http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/180?vs=164

 

[Springy14]

So you believe what you have posted will be a better rig?

 

[Ryan-3]

I'm going for Stulids build there. His reasons really show big advantages, even for that price range.

 

[stulid]

So you believe what you have posted will be a better rig?

Of course, its much more rounded, added some links above and converted it to a picture.

 

[Springy14]

So comparing your rig to the itel one on the first post the different in your rig is better graphics card and mother board? But the my one has a better processor and Ram

 

[stulid]

Yes.

A GTX460 makes a 520 look crap. Because it is.

The case and psu are better to, never skimp on the psu.

 

[Springy14]

Ahh i see found a fixed tower how does this one look found on the website a little out my price range but http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-193-OE&groupid=43&catid=2040&subcat=

 

[ThomBassmonkey]

Remember that doesn't include windows, if you buy a prebuilt PC you're paying extra for the parts to cover the labour costs too.

If you're confident building yourself, you should do that and you'll get better parts for your cash.

 

[stulid]

Apart from no monitor, operating system and the graphics card that comes as standard, it's ok.

 

[Springy14]

Brilliant thanks a++ to you sir. Can build myself with some help from a friend looking at this rig which combines the best off what you said about graphics and processor speed on bench mark http://www.overclockers.co.uk/viewcart.php will see if it's cheaper to buy items individually when I get off work

 

[stulid]

You need to copy and paste the text in the cart in to the forum post, linking to the cart only brings up my cart and it's contents.

 

[Springy14]

Options applied to the above product:
- Networking Not Selected
- Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050)
- OCZ ZS Series 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply
- No Hard Drive Upgrade
- OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM
- No Hard Drive Upgrade
- Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX)
- OcUK GeForce GT 430 1024MB GDDR3 Low Profile PCI-Express Graphics Card
- Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX)
- Asus P8P67 LE Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard ** B3 REVISION **
- No Upgrade - Intel Stock Cooler (None overclocked systems)
- No Overclocking Options (Zero Cost)
- Intel Core i5-2500 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail
- Antec 902 Nine Hundred Two (V3) Ultimate Gaming Case (with USB3.0 Support) - Black
Was looking to spend no more than 750£ but if I can build it for £100 that would be great

 

[stulid]

That's using a system configurator? So it will be built for you, and the case is £100 on it's own, so that's why the graphics card sucks.

 

[Springy14]

Yes used the one on here maybe upgrade graphics and downgrade on tower

 

[Davefran]

Options applied to the above product:
- Networking Not Selected
- Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050)
- OCZ ZS Series 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply
- No Hard Drive Upgrade
- OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM
- No Hard Drive Upgrade
- Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX)
- OcUK GeForce GT 430 1024MB GDDR3 Low Profile PCI-Express Graphics Card
- Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX)
- Asus P8P67 LE Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard ** B3 REVISION **
- No Upgrade - Intel Stock Cooler (None overclocked systems)
- No Overclocking Options (Zero Cost)
- Intel Core i5-2500 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail
- Antec 902 Nine Hundred Two (V3) Ultimate Gaming Case (with USB3.0 Support) - Black
Was looking to spend no more than 750£ but if I can build it for £100 that would be great

I take it you don't want to play games on it then, that card is very poor.
You'd be much better off listening to Stulid you'll not get any better advice, than from him.

 

[Springy14]

The problem I have is that I don't know what products are compatable .. Which is a pain