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Hi guys. I'm looking into buying a new computer in the £700-900 price region. My current setup is adequate but isn't really a gaming rig. I'd like my new one to be decent for gaming/storing music and whatever else. I've seen the Titan Goliath which looks pretty good, but I'm not sure whether or not there's something better out there. If I were to get it, which would be the best options to take? Eg. Case, gpu...

Or..should I wait a while? Is anything new on the horizon that is worth waiting for in my price range? I realise there's new stuff out all the time, but is something special coming in the next 6 months or so?

Also, if someone could explain the major differences between the i5 & i7, and which one is better I'd be really greatful. :)
 
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Thanks for the suggestion TheDon. :) I noticed the cpu is Oem, is it much cheaper to buy that instead of a standard chip and is there much of a difference in heat production/life expectancy? You went for an i5 rather than i7, any particular reason?

Not too bothered about the cases looks, aslong as it looks ok; So would I be able to buy something a little cheaper? Or is it needed for cooling?
 
OEM chips don't come with the stock cpu cooler (which isn't good anyway, and the don has included a good aftermarket one in there for you), and I'm not sure but I think there's a slight difference in warranty. That's the only difference really. Big shiny box with rubbish cooler or not. As for the case, yeah you could go cheaper, but I think in the long run you'd be happier looking down at that case (as well as the cooling benefits/ease of installationg/space for future upgrades). i5 mainly for your budget, as you're looking at a minimum £100 jump in price to an i7, but you could easily swap out the board and cpu if you wanted to spend the extra dosh
 
@OP just out of interest what is our current setup? You should be able to salvage some stuff from it unless it is really dated; you of course may want to keep it as is.

The case is mostly down to preference as there are plenty of good cheaper cases out there; one with eth PSU at the bottom and at least 3 120mm should be fine.. the 900 is a very good case though.

OEM just means it comes without a heatsink (the same CPU though).

I would use something more beefy than a freezer 7 if you are looking to overclock.
 
Difference used to be 1 yr for OEM and 3 yr for Retail... could be worth the extra few quid.
 
Fred said:
Difference used to be 1 yr for OEM and 3 yr for Retail... could be worth the extra few quid.
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If a cpu last you a year its going to last a long time. 95% off doggy chips die with in a year so you dont need 3 year

Devrij said:
OEM chips don't come with the stock cpu cooler (which isn't good anyway, and the don has included a good aftermarket one in there for you), and I'm not sure but I think there's a slight difference in warranty. That's the only difference really. Big shiny box with rubbish cooler or not. As for the case, yeah you could go cheaper, but I think in the long run you'd be happier looking down at that case (as well as the cooling benefits/ease of installationg/space for future upgrades). i5 mainly for your budget, as you're looking at a minimum £100 jump in price to an i7, but you could easily swap out the board and cpu if you wanted to spend the extra dosh
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Devrij is spot on


AT Orchard said:
You went for an i5 rather than i7, any particular reason?
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the answer is
Big.Wayne said:
the difference between an Intel® Core™ i5 and a Intel® Core™ i7 is the difference between a Double-Whooper and a Double-Whooper with cheese! . . i.e you would have to be the most analy retentive geek on earth to be passionate about the difference,
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Cheers for the replies. I currently have a Dell 5150 (No hating :D) with:

Windows Xp 32 bit
Pentium D 2.8GHz
5GB of DDR2 Ram (Not all of it can be used but 2x2GB was cheap)
HD 4670 512mb
160GB Hard Drive

It does ok for what i want it to do now but I'm guessing not a lot of that would come in use for my next computer. It's a Dell aswell so the mobo and case won't be much good either? How much of a performance increase could I expect if I went for TheDon's suggestions?

i5 mainly for your budget, as you're looking at a minimum £100 jump in price to an i7
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Why is there such a jump in price if there's no big differences? :eek:
 
Why is there such a jump in price if there's no big differences
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for gaming you wont see any real difference between a i5 and a i7, but in other things like movie rendering you would but even then not a huge amount ..tho if you can afford it I would go the i7 route its the better of the 2 and there fore will last longer
 
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