Intel Or AMD!!! Again!!!

wilfy79

wilfy79

wilfy79

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I really like the look of this system i have been offered, i really don't think for £500 any intel pc can touch it, what do you guys think???

•AMD A8 processor
•5500 APU with AMD Radeon HD 7560D Graphics
•8Gb RAM
•2Tb Hard Drive
•DVD writer SATA
•802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi
•1 external optical drive
•3 internal HDD
•2 USB 3.0 and 4 USB 2.0 ports
•Beats Audio™ Console
•Microsoft Windows 8 (64 bit)
•HP Games Console
•HP Connected Remote
 
 
Yes but this has a warranty and is a HP Pavillion, i don't trust someone just knocking things up with parts, it never feels right..
 
wilfy79 said:
Yes but this has a warranty and is a HP Pavillion, i don't trust someone just knocking things up with parts, it never feels right..
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Build it yourself :)

Most if the parts will have a 3 year warranty and the memory has lifetime warranty majority of time.
 
wilfy79 said:
Yes but this has a warranty and is a HP Pavillion, i don't trust someone just knocking things up with parts, it never feels right..
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Well why did you ask then? That HP will be full of generic parts. By all means buy it, but I assume you know this is a forums full of self-builders who would never recommend that set-up.
 
wilfy79 said:
I really like the look of this system i have been offered, i really don't think for £500 any intel pc can touch it, what do you guys think???

•AMD A8 processor
•5500 APU with AMD Radeon HD 7560D Graphics
•8Gb RAM
•2Tb Hard Drive
•DVD writer SATA
•802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi
•1 external optical drive
•3 internal HDD
•2 USB 3.0 and 4 USB 2.0 ports
•Beats Audio™ Console
•Microsoft Windows 8 (64 bit)
•HP Games Console
•HP Connected Remote
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You are always better building you're own
 
You get to choose quality long lasting parts. Even Dell warranty expects you to install hard drives by yourself. That isn't much different to putting the whole lot together. Can usually get superior system for the same price.

I came up with this:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i3-2120 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £99.95
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 650 OC Power Edition 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £95.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £81.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £43.99
1 x Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £39.98
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020046) £32.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £29.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £538.85 (includes shipping : £12.50).



Slightly more but you get what you pay for. I chose the Antec 300 case because it's so easy to install a build into it. You could opt for a cheaper case, cheaper ram, cheaper gpu, maybe even get a students copy of windows.
 
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I would rather trust a PC I built myself, most of the prebuilt ones like Dell, HP, etc seems to die early for me... maybe it's actually a way for them to make you buy more PCs from them...

And let's not forget all that bloatware they install :p.
 
wilfy79 said:
I really like the look of this system i have been offered, i really don't think for £500 any intel pc can touch it, what do you guys think???

•AMD A8 processor
•5500 APU with AMD Radeon HD 7560D Graphics
•8Gb RAM
•2Tb Hard Drive
•DVD writer SATA
•802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi
•1 external optical drive
•3 internal HDD
•2 USB 3.0 and 4 USB 2.0 ports
•Beats Audio™ Console
•Microsoft Windows 8 (64 bit)
•HP Games Console
•HP Connected Remote
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Basically thts £500 for the cpu cheapest mobo you can find, random memory, cheap wifi card and cheap HDD. Basically this

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A8-5500 3.20GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD5500OKHJBOX) £77.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) £71.99
1 x MSI A55M-E33 AMD A55 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £40.99
1 x GeIL Black Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1333C9DC) £25.99
1 x OcUK Flamingo FM-12A Midi Tower Case - Black/Blue £21.98
1 x OcUK Swift 500W V2 Silent Power Supply £18.98
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £272.92 (includes shipping : FREE).




Go with an i3 setup above or custom build a amd either will be better.

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD580KWOHJBOX) £95.99
1 x Intel 330 Series 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £83.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) £71.99
1 x Gigabyte F2A55M-DS2 AMD A55 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £49.99
1 x OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Aerocool Qs-202 Midi Tower Case - Black £39.98
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £29.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £436.91 (includes shipping : FREE).

 
wilfy79 said:
Yes but this has a warranty and is a HP Pavillion, i don't trust someone just knocking things up with parts, it never feels right..
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That's what HP do... lol -They pick the cheapest nastiest components and then wack it together into a cheap case, add £200+ to the value and sell it.

Or you could take advice from PC Enthusiasts here at Overclockers and end up with a £500 system that will last you years, come with all the warranties, and the main part.... will perform infinitely better!

EDIT: Here you go... slightly over £500 but certainly better than the HP Pavilion... and you get a fairly modern game too... Farcry 3!

YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7770 GHz IceQ X 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H777QN1G2M) w/ FARCRY3 & 20% MOH WarFighter PC Games £107.99
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £86.39
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) £71.99
1 x ASRock H77 Pro4-M Intel H77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £67.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020047-UK) £43.98
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £29.99
1 x Zalman T1 Mini Tower Case - Black ** OcUK Exclusive ** £24.98
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £532.28 (includes shipping : FREE).

 
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