OC UK Pre-build

Turbanation · 18 Feb 2006 at 14:14

My m8s was thinking of getting the Ultima SLi (AMD Athlon 64 4000 Dual DDR System), do you reckon if I was polite they would change the CPU into the AMD 4400 and make the hard drive bigger?

Full Systems

BigDom · 18 Feb 2006 at 14:19

No harm in asking, a Don may see this and reply but a quicker reply would be to use the Support link on the main page. There is a pre-sales enquiry option.

Phil99 · 18 Feb 2006 at 14:37

http://contact.overclockers.co.uk

I can't see why they wouldn't change it as I'd imagine they're all custom built. Doesn't hurt to ask anyway.

Explicit · 18 Feb 2006 at 14:39

Since they're built on demand, I don't see why you can't customise them slightly

Turbanation · 18 Feb 2006 at 14:43

Alright then I send them a message. What do you guys then of it, good value for money or outdated?

I'm talking about the black one BTW.

BigDom · 18 Feb 2006 at 14:49

Not bad but can definatly get better for the money.

SLI imo it disapointing and getting a ATI 1900XT system is a much better Value option.

GAMEfreak · 18 Feb 2006 at 14:51

agreed. it has more to offers as the benefits of SLi and crossfire dont seem lage enough as of yet. when we see 2 cards working at 100% of their capacity, it will become truly useful, but until then single cards are the way to go.

Turbanation · 18 Feb 2006 at 15:06

Is the GeIL 2GB DDR PC3200 CAS2.5 memory any good?

BigDom · 18 Feb 2006 at 19:43

Turbanation said:
Is the GeIL 2GB DDR PC3200 CAS2.5 memory any good?

yes very good, mines running faster than specced at the moment.

BigDom · 18 Feb 2006 at 19:44

GAMEfreak said:
agreed. it has more to offers as the benefits of SLi and crossfire dont seem lage enough as of yet. when we see 2 cards working at 100% of their capacity, it will become truly useful, but until then single cards are the way to go.

Crossfire appears to work very well and as such is a viable option. SLI doesn't work with all software and is OS dependant ( doesn't work under 2K for instance ).

Richdog · 18 Feb 2006 at 19:53

Turbanation said:
Alright then I send them a message. What do you guys then of it, good value for money or outdated?.

You could get much better specs for the money if you build it yourself. SLI is pretty inefficient and wasteful imo, there is no reason whatsoever not to be spending £345 on an ATI X1900 now as they are widely available and stupidly powerful.

It's a nice rig, but I personally wouldn't compromise spec just for the convenience of having someone build it for me.

kinggost · 18 Feb 2006 at 23:56

Richdog said:
You could get much better specs for the money if you build it yourself. SLI is pretty inefficient and wasteful imo, there is no reason whatsoever not to be spending £345 on an ATI X1900 now as they are widely available and stupidly powerful.

It's a nice rig, but I personally wouldn't compromise spec just for the convenience of having someone build it for me.

Just what i was thinking the spec in my sig my second build ( bout bricked myself doing it) But just took my time and ive done it no problems at all

As quoted you wil get a lot better spec for the money

BigDom · 19 Feb 2006 at 00:43

Just by way of comparision. Taken the spec of the OcUK pre-built, changed Mobo, CPU and Graphics.. end result better performing system for the SAME price

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Putting a PC together isn't that hard and worth it when you look at the effective savings.

CP-127-AM AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4400+ (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA4400CDBOX) (CP-127-AM)
£289.95 £289.95
MB-129-AS Asus A8R-MVP Crossfire (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-129-AS)
£69.95 £69.95
MY-046-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS3 (GE2GB3200BDC) (MY-046-GL)
£109.95 £109.95
GX-060-PC PowerColor ATI Radeon X1900 XT 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-060-PC)
£304.95 £304.95
CD-024-NE NEC ND4550 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-024-NE)
£25.50 £25.50
CA-007-SV Silverstone Temjin TJ05 - Black (No PSU) (CA-007-SV)
£69.95 £69.95
CA-007-TG Tagan TG430-U15 430W ATX2.01 Easycon SLi Compliant Modular Silent PSU (CA-007-TG)
£46.95 £46.95
HD-046-WD Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB 2500KS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-046-WD)
£64.25 £64.25
Subtotal £981.45
Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £14.95
VAT £174.37
Total £1,170.77

Explicit · 19 Feb 2006 at 00:49

^ Much better IMO, and more fun too!

ACESHIGH · 19 Feb 2006 at 01:41

BigDom said:
Just by way of comparision. Taken the spec of the OcUK pre-built, changed Mobo, CPU and Graphics.. end result better performing system for the SAME price .

Putting a PC together isn't that hard and worth it when you look at the effective savings.

CP-127-AM AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4400+ (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA4400CDBOX) (CP-127-AM)
£289.95 £289.95
MB-129-AS Asus A8R-MVP Crossfire (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-129-AS)
£69.95 £69.95
MY-046-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS3 (GE2GB3200BDC) (MY-046-GL)
£109.95 £109.95
GX-060-PC PowerColor ATI Radeon X1900 XT 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-060-PC)
£304.95 £304.95
CD-024-NE NEC ND4550 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-024-NE)
£25.50 £25.50
CA-007-SV Silverstone Temjin TJ05 - Black (No PSU) (CA-007-SV)
£69.95 £69.95
CA-007-TG Tagan TG430-U15 430W ATX2.01 Easycon SLi Compliant Modular Silent PSU (CA-007-TG)
£46.95 £46.95
HD-046-WD Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB 2500KS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-046-WD)
£64.25 £64.25
Subtotal £981.45
Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £14.95
VAT £174.37
Total £1,170.77

This is the way to go imo.