Insurance Replacement Help!!!!!!

BAD_Brapp

BAD_Brapp

BAD_Brapp

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Hi Peeps,
Its been 2 1/2 years since you helped me out with my first ever build. It was a great system until I poured a pint of coke in it last week:o.
Anyway my insurance company are recommending this : https://www.overclockers.co.uk/ocuk-tech-labs-skylake-z170-pro-gaming-pc-configurator-fs-004-tl.html#t=c1d+


The one I built was this :

Inno3D GeForce GTX 780 iChill HerculeZ X3 Ultra 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (C78V-1SDN-L5HSX)
GX-014-IN £379.99

Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail
CP-471-IN
£239.99

Corsair Professional Series AX 860W '80 Plus Platinum' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020044-UK)
CA-107-CS
£179.99


Gigabyte Z87X-UD4H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard with *FREE COOLERMASTER SEIDON 120V COOLER
MB-446-GI
£157.99


Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gbs Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW)
HD-168-SA
£143.99

Samsung SE-506BBTSBD External BluRay-RW DVD-RW Drive - Black (Retail)
CD-151-SA
£79.99

BitFenix Ronin Tower Case - Black
CA-129-BX
£69.95

TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-21300C11 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD38G2666HC11CDC01)
MY-030-TG
£69.95

Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gbs 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD
HD-257-SE
£41.99

BitFenix Alchemy Premium Modding LED Strip - Connect White 60cm
CM-061-BX
£25.99

Corsair Fan, SP120 PWM Low Noise High Pressure Fan 4 pin, Single Pack (CO-9050011-WW)
FG-014-CS
£14.99

Corsair AF140 Quiet Series Low Noise High Airflow - Single Pack (CO-9050009-WW)
FG-006-CS
2
£29.98

NVIDIA: FREE Assassins Creed IV PC Game (Emailed)
XX-009-NV
FOR FREE!

Coolermaster Seidon 120 Watercooler - Gigabyte UD4H Promo
XX-001-GI
FOR FREE!

Do these 2 systems match up or would I be better off building again? Going to be around £1550 spend. Don't need monitor.

Thanks for help
Pete
 
1200 quid build...and a GTX950. Tell them to do one. GPU far worse than the 780 you had.

Actually a poor show in that you get a duff GPU for £1200 build too. Would have expected a minimum of 390 or 970 for that build cost.
 
They are actually sending me a cheque for £1550 because they don't deal with Overclockers, so the choice is mine. So may need help specing a whole new build, if anyone can help?
 
BAD_Brapp said:
The insurance company took it so wont be getting nothing back. I dont need monitor or keyboard so all on the tower.
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I hope they plan on disposing of your HDD\SSDs securely with data still on them!

if they are sending you the money I would just build a new PC :D
 
How did you pour a pint of coke inside your rig? :D

If you're getting a cheque then you may as well buy all the parts and put it together yourself.
 
I put the drives in a card reader attached to a lap top and erased what i Could. I moved the coke right above the pc to get something from my desk and turned round and knocked it right through the top of the tower, flooded everything, the air was very blue.
I'm ok with the build, I'm just not very knowledgeable with all the parts and compatibility of it all, so I need a complete list of EVERYTHING I need. If anyone can assist?
 
I can assist you, I'm sure others can too then you can decide roughly what you want.

So budget wise, we just looking at the cheque amount or are you wanting to put some towards also? What's the build for, mainly gaming or do you have other uses?
 
Thanks. £1550 is the budget, no more than this. Monitor, keyboard or mouse NOT needed. My original build was for gaming but haven't played much recently but will probably get back into it, so would need to play the latest games. Other uses just general Streaming videos, films and sport really, nothing to taxing.
 
I mean you could get a 1070 build and have plenty left over or you could have a 1080 build and pretty much use it all. Link your preference of case and I'll play around with the rest of the budget.
 
Id rather go 1080 and use all money as I need to prove money gone on PC. Am I right in saying that the 1070 is better than I had in the first place so either or doesn't really matter.
 
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1080 is possible but means dropping the case down a tad, and maybe dropping the extra SSD.

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £1,492.89
(includes shipping: £0.00)



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480GB SSD for games, 250GB SSD for OS and applications, 2TB for data storage.
980ti is at an amazing price, what resolution do you run your games at?
16GB of RAM, very good motherboard and a 6700k under a H100i.
 
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My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £1,584.87
(includes shipping: £0.00)
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I'd go with the more expensive PSU, that's keeping the whole thing going. I wouldn't pay £600+ for a gfx card unless your main interest is in impressing other people, that's crazy money for something that will be outdated in a year.
 
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