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Darth Sidius

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Hi

I have a budget of £600 for a gaming machine, I went to ccl and they quoted me £622 forthe folowing spec:

  • 3.9ghz i3-7100
  • 8gb ram
  • 128ssd
  • 1tb hdd
  • 2gb geforce gtx1050
  • wifi
  • 3 yr guarantee

My question is can i get something better than what was quoted to me above. I am open to suggestions and could prob go to 650 or around if need be. Thanks.
 
are they including a copy of windows with it?
also, will you want to overclock for more performance?
 
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a proposed spec if you need windows and aren't averse to overclocking:

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £658.67 (includes shipping: £12.30)
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of course, if you don't need windows then you can get a much better spec (as windows itself is ~15% of the total budget :rolleyes:)
also, you may notice that i've only specced in a 250gb ssd - i think this would be preferable to a 128gb+1tb ssd/hdd combo.
firstly windows will eat up 30-ish gb already, and secondly, for ssds, you would need to keep a proportion of it free else it would hurt performance - that wouldn't leave a lot of space else (for games/progs) in a 128gb ssd.
thirdly, you can always add in a 1tb hdd later on, if you require
 
Blag free delivery

Will smash Ryzen 1200/1400 at 1080p and 1060 6GB :)

My basket at Overclockers UK:
  • 1 x OcUK Gaming Vision VR Gaming PC - Intel 8th Generation 3.6GHz Quad Core = £699.00
    • Processor:*Build Promo* Intel Core i3-8100 3.6GHz (Coffee Lake) Quad Core Processor
    • Memory:*Build Promo* Team Group Vulcan T-Force 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit
    • Graphics Card:Zotac GeForce GTX 1060 Mini 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
    • Solid State Drive:Unwanted
    • CPU Cooler:Unwanted
    • Case:Phanteks Eclipse P400 Midi Tower Case - Black Window
    • WIFI:Unwanted
Total: £713.10 (includes shipping: £14.10)​
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intel chip is a preference. performance wise is it better? the core- board, cpu, graphics, memory as good as possible for the budget. With windows 10. As CCL included that with the spec.
 
in my spec, the ryzen 1200 is better than the i3 7100, and the 1200 when overclocked, the lead is only going to get bigger, and the 1050ti is better than the 1050.
if you could stretch a bit more (the good old price creep) then orbitalwalsh's suggestion is a pretty good call, although you lose the ssd and wifi card - you could call ocuk and ask if they'd do that spec with a ssd instead of the hdd and add a wifi card, and at what cost - although i'd be guessing that would be push the price up to £760-775.

TBH, if you don't need the build right this moment, going the 2nd hand route would net you a much better gaming system, although you may lose the warranty
 
sorry, been neglecting this thread. this is the best i could come up with, a bit out of budget, but i think it would be well worth it.
compared to your original spec, for an extra £70 (inc shipping), you get: (1) better processor, (2) better gpu, (3) more ssd space (and probably a better ssd)

you could drop down to a 1050 and save yourself £30, but i don't think i could recommend that.

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £693.70 (includes shipping: £12.30)
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orbitalwalsh said:
^^ nice spec, just a shame 2400hz cripples Ryzen performance

The vision VR rig I listed above is still the best built you can get , Intel 8100 and 1060 6 GB !!!!
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Yeah, don't like the 2400 ram, but had to, for the budget :(

The vision vr is nice, but to add what op wants would push the price to £800.
 
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