........Help?

Sirgerbil · 22 Nov 2011 at 17:30

Hello all, to cut a long story short about 3 years ago I made my own rig which today is a little dated and I'm looking for a new rig.

I have about £1000 to spend, but I am wondering if it's better to build my own or buy pre-built here on overclockers (I.e are there any good deals for the 1k mark or am I getting a better rig for money by building myself?)

Any help is really appreciated!

Sirgerbil · 23 Nov 2011 at 09:25

It will be pretty much purely for Gaming, my previous rig will be used for all the other crap I do! No OS Required, I didn't really have any intention to SLi, But I suppose I wouldn't mind the option left open to me.

Forgive my naiveness, but I see all these prebuilt rigs boasting they hold an i7, yet people are suggesting an i5....What's the real difference?

Thanks for your help so far. Really appreciated!

Sirgerbil · 23 Nov 2011 at 12:35

Doomedspeed said:
'Hyper Threding' is basically it. For gaming the i5 2500k and i7 2600k are on par. The i7 2600k is better at heavy video encoding and processes such as that.

The i5 2500k will be fine for your needs. The i7 2600k isn't really worth the extra £'s.

Right I see!

So considering its been determined that I am purely using this for gaming...I'm ready to buy tonight! Anyone got a solid final build?

Sirgerbil · 24 Nov 2011 at 10:12

fowler002 said:
Sirgerbil still alive?

psu wise if you're not bothered about modular than the xfx pro 850w core edition is on a this week only @£87 £27 cheaper than the corsair suggested.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-005-XF&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=

I am indeed!

I was under the impression a modular power supply was better for gaming rigs?

Also with these new black Friday deals, should I be making any changes to the non sli rig to incorporate any bargains?

Sirgerbil · 24 Nov 2011 at 11:55

fowler002 said:
well that's my suggestions made obsolete, sir stulid to the rescue

It's a better build to your's?

Sirgerbil · 24 Nov 2011 at 12:09

fowler002 said:
over the past couple of months have learnt never to argue to stulids suggestions

but could edit a couple of things, there's a retail samasung dvdrw for ~£1 more than the ocuk oem

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CD-102-SA&groupid=701&catid=10&subcat=951

if you buy tonight then the 1tb version of the hdd stulid suggested is £10 more(1 per person, 25 remaining).

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-248-SE

At least your honest!

I shall process the sale now!