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Bacon?

Bacon?

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Hey guys now I have some money in the pocket its time I went ahead with the new PC.
I currently only have £450 which I know is enough for an i3 system but was looking at an i5. Would people recommend using Overclockers "buy now pay later system".

i3 wise I was going to buy one of the premade systems since the difference is negotiable price wise and I have my mum breathing down my neck :D

i5 I was looking at the "Titan 8700i Pulse" system but its just so frickin expensive! Although you do get good parts.

This is my alternative spec:


YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £189.95
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £53.99
1 x OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £44.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £43.99
1 x Asus HD 6450 SILENT EDITION 1024MB GDDR3 Low Profile PCI-Express Graphics Card £31.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £524.88 (includes shipping : £12.50).




I want to keep it as cheap as possible, no going over the cost of the Titan!

What I need: Tower only. I have everything else.

EDIT:

I will be using it for college work which will include photos, CAD and word. I will also be gaming the but the games are not graphics intense much more VRAM and CPU intense.
I am only looking at prebuilts because my mum does not believe that manufactures and Overclockers will replace broken parts... :confused: So if you guys could give me an excuse for custom built...
 
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I already told her they come with a long warranty but I think she has it out for the PC industry...

I will be playing Supreme Commander and EVE Online at whatever resolution my 18" TV will play it at, will be replacing that ASAP for a 22".
 
To be honest I think the 6850 would play EVE at max settings fairly easily and at £80 it was more than I was hoping to spend since I dont have enough money for the i5 system anyway.
And the monitor will prolly be bought around christmas so I might be able to upgrade to a 7850 around then as well.

EDIT: Kawngo, Yeh I don't understand her reasoning since the components indivual warranties are longer than the pre-built ones :?
 
With the recent weekly deals what do you guys think of this as a build for £700?


YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £181.99
1 x MSI Z77A-GD65 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard ** With FREE GeIL Black Dragon 8GB Kit ** £142.99
1 x BenQ G2222HDL 21.5" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £119.99
1 x MSI HD 6850 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £89.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £57.98
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £49.99
1 x OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £46.98
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-5280S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £729.02 (includes shipping : £20.10).




If i do get this it will be on the finance option. Anyone had any experience with this.
 
Cheers for that hono but I really won't need that graphics card as nice as it is.
Also I went with the more expensive mobo for crossfire support and the RAM.
 
I still stand by the 7850 would have been the good choice because he asked for a gaming pc lol. But I did notice you managed to get him go from £500 to £700 :D

EDIT: Yes CUDA is supported, by how does drawing lots of lines mean I need a better graphics card? :P

I would prolly upgrade the PSU at some point, very tempting to put it in right now but not sure about the already high cost. I was originally thinking of cross-firing the 6850 but I forgot about the VRAM. How much difference does that stuff make?

Trust me I would only need 500GB, my current 250GB laptop has still got 150GB roughly remaining :D

EDIT 2: Monitor wise is the BenQ better than the OcUK?
 
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Dont get me wrong I know that VRAM does make a big impact at high resolution, but I was unsure if it was something to do with the physical elements on screen?

Im not too worried about the monitor warranty really since I have never had faults with them, but then again ive always had Dell ones. And the only reason I chose the BenQ was because it seemed to be better?

Yeh I can understand the changes, personally I dont think CUDA would make any difference to my work because its really base level stuff and I doubt I will even be rendering :D

Its quite tempting to stick with the 6850, 500GB HDD and UDH3 mobo and put in a SSD. What do you think?
 
Also I dont mind paying for a decent mobo <£150 if it has good overclocking abilities and has decent sound/extras.
 
More waiting... :(

It would be nice if all the parts I wanted went on offer :P
I would definetley need to buy some form of GPU, even if was only a 6450.
I never quite understood the P&P cost, since if you spending a lot of money then covering the delivery costs is easy from the retailers point of view.

Also dont think im not taking in what you say but for what I would use the PC for anything above a 6850 for now would be a bit overkill for me as I have never ever played in anything above low so just medium would be nice :D
Ohh and case wise does the Z9 have good cable management and is it roomy?
 
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Doyll I know I can pay it back since I have a small part time job currently and have to pay no fees since I am under 18 and do not own my own house. Worst comes to worst I will pay it back christmas latest, its about £250 I would need.
 
If I loose my job I look for another one, the profession I am into right now is quite busy where I live.

If my house burns down then we have insurance to cover everything.
If my mum had a heart attack then I have my dad and the rest of my family.
How would dying in a car accident end up with me having more bills?
 
I bet my sis steals the haribo lol. Good point on ordering from here with the P&P though, defintley worth looking into, could order something dirt cheap just to see if I can get the haribos :D

I will definetley log the build for myself as future reference as much to post it here. I just hope my cat doesnt do what its done to my hi-fi, xbox and laptop... Chew through the power cables... :(
 
Quick question, embarrassingly its my mother who wants the answer.
Will overclocking massively increase performance and make the pc last longer?
 
Ok cheers for that, so it won't increase the time before i have to upgrade if i bought an un overclockable version.
 
 
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