New Build for £1200

[DennisColes]

I want to build a new PC.

My budget is £1200 and that should include a full HD monitor and a good keyboard and mouse.

I want at least 8GB RAM and an SSD to boot Windows 7. I have my own copy of Windows.

I am going to be gaming..stuff like battlefield 3.

I want to buy components from places like ****** and amazon. Not from OCUK because of the huge amount of bad reviews there are on the internet regarding their poor customer service.

Any help is appreciated..thank you.

 

[95thrifles]

I want to buy components from places like ****** and amazon. Not from OCUK because of the huge amount of bad reviews there are on the internet regarding their poor customer service.

Any help is appreciated..thank you.

You taking the Michael?

 

[Hyburnate]

**** off. Go elsewhere.

OCUK is great, never had a problem

 

[scrlk]

No anti-OcUK posts
OcUK will never allow these forums to be used by those who would seek to tarnish our name, no matter how justified they feel their circumstances are. Posts of an offending nature slagging off OcUK, demoralising or demeaning the company name, complaints about bad service, etc. will not be tolerated.

OcUK are good, they used to have a questionable reputation but this has improved massively in recent years.

 

[DennisColes]

I'm just going off on what i've read. I've never built my own. So obviously i'm going to be cautious.

 

[Howling]

I want to buy components from places like ****** and amazon. Not from OCUK because of the huge amount of bad reviews there are on the internet regarding their poor customer service.

Any help is appreciated..thank you.

So you come to the OcUK forums for help..... and **** them off? lol. And I can tell you, their customer service is great, never had a problem with them. RMA'd a few items in the past, always been quick and efficient - same with ordering stuff. I order something before 4pm I'm pretty much guaranteed to recieve it lunchtime the next day.

 

[Reaper 392]

OcUK has amazing customer service, and better prices than most places.

something like this will be great:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £184.99
2 x Asus GeForce GTX 560Ti DirectCU II 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **Supplied with FREE Batman: Arkham City PC game** £173.99 (£347.98)
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £148.99
1 x MSI Z68A-G45-G3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £114.98
1 x Dell ST2220M 21.5" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £99.98
1 x Antec TruePower New Modular 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £69.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £69.98
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £49.99
1 x G.Skill RipJawsX 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL ) £37.99
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.98
Total : £1,188.97 (includes shipping : £20.10).

 

[scrlk]

**** off. Go elsewhere.

OCUK is great, never had a problem

Jesus, calm down.

I'm just going off on what i've read. I've never built my own. So obviously i'm going to be cautious.

Fair point, online reviews should be taken with a pinch of salt as the complainers always write reviews.

Let's move on and spec this guy!

 

[DennisColes]

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[Reaper 392]

Wow, that looks amazing..was looking for a bigger screen though...about 23 inches...Resolution: 1080p

Also...What about cables and things like that? Or are they supplied with the components? What about thermal paste...

you should get all the cables and thermal paste you need. not sure about a cable from the PC to the monitor or PC to the speaker though

as for the bigger monitor, if you drop it down to a 500GB HDD then you could squeeze a 24" into the budget (the 24" ones are cheaper than the 23" ones)

 

[Sycho]

I've ordered about £7000 worth of stuff from here, only had ONE issue which was a dead on arrival motherboard though that wasn't Ocuk's fault and they resolved it really fast.

In my view this is one of the best companies around and i've dealt with an awful lot in my life.

Nice spec above too though i personally would go for a 64GB M4 and get a real nice case like a FT02B/Raven RV02 or RV03 or a Corsair 650D.

 

[Stoner81]

Here is my attempt for you which comes in a little over budget (£50 ish);

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 560Ti OC Twin FrozR II 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **Supplied with FREE Batman: Arkham City PC game** £179.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £173.99
1 x BenQ EW2420 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £167.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £148.99
1 x Cooler Master HAF 932 Advanced Full Tower Case with USB3.0 - Black £114.98
1 x Gigabyte Z68MA-D2H Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £104.98
1 x Antec TruePower New Modular 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £85.99
1 x Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (0F10383) £69.98
1 x Logitech Illuminated Keyboard (920-001165) £54.98
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £49.99
1 x Logitech G500 Gaming Mouse and FREE Boogie Bug AimB.Pad XL Gaming Mouse Surface £43.99
1 x Arctic Cooling Freezer 13 High Performance CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/1155/1156/1366/939/AM2/AM2+) £17.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.98
Total : £1,251.95 (includes shipping : £20.10).

The PSU is currently not in stock but that can be changed easy enough, the other stuff you wanted (mouse, keyboard, SSD etc) are all there too.

Stoner81.

 

[Reaper 392]

Here is my attempt for you which comes in a little over budget (£50 ish);

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 560Ti OC Twin FrozR II 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **Supplied with FREE Batman: Arkham City PC game** £179.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £173.99
1 x BenQ EW2420 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £167.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £148.99
1 x Cooler Master HAF 932 Advanced Full Tower Case with USB3.0 - Black £114.98
1 x Gigabyte Z68MA-D2H Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £104.98
1 x Antec TruePower New Modular 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £85.99
1 x Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (0F10383) £69.98
1 x Logitech Illuminated Keyboard (920-001165) £54.98
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £49.99
1 x Logitech G500 Gaming Mouse and FREE Boogie Bug AimB.Pad XL Gaming Mouse Surface £43.99
1 x Arctic Cooling Freezer 13 High Performance CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/1155/1156/1366/939/AM2/AM2+) £17.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.98
Total : £1,251.95 (includes shipping : £20.10).

The PSU is currently not in stock but that can be changed easy enough, the other stuff you wanted (mouse, keyboard, SSD etc) are all there too.

Stoner81.

motherboard is mATX, which means that if the OP added another graphics card, or any other expansion card, then the GPU would get starved of air because of its blocked fans

also, i really wouldnt want a hitachi deathstar in my PC

one thing your build has pointed out.... i completely forgot about the keyboard + mouse. new build from me:

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 570 OC Twin FrozR III Power Edition 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **Supplied with FREE Batman: Arkham City PC game** £269.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £184.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £148.99
1 x Iiyama ProLite E2409HDS 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black £137.99
1 x MSI Z68A-G45-G3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £114.98
1 x Lepa B-Series 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £74.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £69.98
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £49.99
1 x Logitech G500 Gaming Mouse and FREE Boogie Bug AimB.Pad XL Gaming Mouse Surface £43.99
1 x G.Skill RipJawsX 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL ) £37.99
1 x Microsoft SideWinder X4 Gaming Keyboard - Retail (JQD-00006) £34.98
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.98
Total : £1,232.95 (includes shipping : £20.10).

feel free to change the monitor, i know very little about them.

 

[Stoner81]

Never had a problem with the one in my machine so hey ho...

My build above stays the same except for mobo which is http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-364-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1990

Stoner81.

 

[DennisColes]

Hey guys...ended up ordering the Titan Supersaurus with the GTX 580 ...i really should have bought the parts myself and built it on my own...but i don't really have the time.

Anyway i ordered it yesterday about 13:00..and received it this morning. I also bought a dell st2320 23 inch, full hd 1080 monitor from amazon.

It works great. The only issue I have is that the box the GPU came in, wasn't sealed, and the plastic wrapping that the graphics card was in was already open and unsealed...makes me think it's a refurbished model. Or one that someone bought and sent back.

Apart from that, i really like it. The Crucial M4 SSD boots up Windows 7 in no time.

Should be receiving battlefield 3 tomorrow...can't wait!!

 

[FatFishMonster]

I agree overclockers has got to by fav company. I don't mind paying a tiny bit more to get it from here as there delivery and customer service is a true credit to them.


Also not having a go here OP but be careful when mentioning other company's as it is a breach of forum rules, next time just say "purchased from eleswhere" or something along those lines

 

[LEUVEN]

Hey guys...ended up ordering the Titan Supersaurus with the GTX 580

It works great. The only issue I have is that the box the GPU came in, wasn't sealed, and the plastic wrapping that the graphics card was in was already open and unsealed...makes me think it's a refurbished model. Or one that someone bought and sent back.

Thought it'd be obvious that they'd need to unseal the packet to take the card out for testing and setting up the overclock.

 

[Big T]

In light of the OCUK reviews let me add my own experience that i have had with them a week ago.

Had a big order roughly about £1200 ordered Tuesday everything was delivered Thursday. On inspection i found my case was damage this was late Thursdays night,all other gear appears fine just the case has been dropped.

Sent 3 web notes late Thursday night got a reply asking for photos at 0900 in the morning, i replied to that at around 1000 in the morning got a RMA number at 1030.
Case was sent back on Monday arrived Tuesday new case has been sent to me today (Thursday) and should arrive tomorrow.

Bad reviews about customer service my arse they have been nothing but polite and helpful and i wont hesitate to use them again

 

[Gtiracer]

I want to buy components from places like ****** and amazon. Not from OCUK because of the huge amount of bad reviews there are on the internet regarding their poor customer service.

Even if thats true, asking for advice on the very forum it is probably not the best idea in stating that - you're just asking for it.

 

[DennisColes]

Thought it'd be obvious that they'd need to unseal the packet to take the card out for testing and setting up the overclock.

argh....had no idea the GPU was overclocked too!

Sorry guys. I've been pleasantly surprised with the service from overclockers. Delivered less than 24 hours after ordering it.