OcUK Custom Builds Help

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zenjie

zenjie

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Basically I want a custom built pc, as I dont have any experience - I know it may cost slightly more

Anyway, Im looking to play css well but also minor word processing. Looking at the gamer range the pc's around £500 only have amd processors and Sli motherboards. I know sli is good for futureproof, but Im only really looking for keeping this pc for 2 years max before I go uni and would rather have a normal motherboard and use the extra money to get one better graphics card and processor.

Anyone know any other ways of building a good pc without SLI, with intel processor, any other custom build websites? or anyone master a custom built spec for me for around £500 which is good for css.

thanks for help
 
Check spec below, not sure if a monitor is needed.
Case can be changed to own personal preferance, not sure on the RAM.

ocuk1ss8.jpg


Not sure if the link below may be of any use:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/syscon_category.php?groupid=43&catid=1077
 
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so sorry should have been more specific in my wording. Im looking for a pre-built system, basically one which ocUK or any other company can build for me and deliver.
 
zenjie said:
so sorry should have been more specific in my wording. Im looking for a pre-built system, basically one which ocUK or any other company can build for me and deliver.
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Done a edit on the post above, Overclockers do custom builds link in above post, not sure if this is any use.

Anything else I would suspect will be classed as a competitor. :)
 
Hi,

Take a look at the Gamer Vantage

Downgrade the CPU to E7200 and the Case to Gamer 300 ....

Should get you around the mid 500's but you'll need to add an OS is you don't have one so realistically you'll be spending £600+

Not a bad price considering someone else has the trouble of putting it together and you get a 12month warranty

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Clown said:
I remember when custom building a PC meant it was cheaper than a pre-built one.
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Still does in many places but the OCUK ones are parts you'd buy yourself.. assembled and tested rather than built down to the last 1p like the big OEM's.

I think the configurator needs some work though... there could be a lot more options for the budget gamer.

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Product Name Qty Price Line Total
MSI P31 Neo2-FR Intel P31 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £37.99
(£44.64) £37.99
(£44.64)
Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 2.53GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £71.99
(£84.59) £71.99
(£84.59)
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) £22.99
(£27.01) £22.99
(£27.01)
Hitachi Deskstar T7K500 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (0A33437) £35.99
(£42.29) £35.99
(£42.29)
Powercolor ATI Radeon HD 4850 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £99.99
(£117.49) £99.99
(£117.49)
Antec NSK 4480 Mini Tower Case (Silver) - 380W Earth Watts PSU £44.99
(£52.86) £44.99
(£52.86)
Sub Total : £313.94
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £56.86
Total : £381.75

Would be a nice spec ... throw in a OS and call it £499 ...
 
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Yes I know buying parts separately and making yourself will be better^

I want a pre built system from ocuk or any other recommended company. with roughly those specs? how would I go about doing that because ocuk have only got gaming pc's with additional extras which bump up the cost.
 
zenjie said:
Yes I know buying parts separately and making yourself will be better^

I want a pre built system from ocuk or any other recommended company. with roughly those specs? how would I go about doing that because ocuk have only got gaming pc's with additional extras which bump up the cost.
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The spec wasn't aimed at you.... more for one of the mods who'll be clicking through as the configurator could use a budget gaming PC...

I'm not sure what you mean by all the extras, the vantage gamer system I mentioned a few posts above comes in at a little over £600 but includes a better PSU, larger case, better maninboard and a couple of other bits and bobs. In some ways it makes sense... the pc will be upgradable for a while at least and will handle beefy GPU's and Quad core if and when you want it to. If they scrimp on the spec too much then your upgrade potential gets hammered.

Unless you have a PC literate mate who can build one for you then that's the price of it. If you pay less you get less.

The configured PC's use standard parts and you get to choose what goes into it. Most pre configured PC's come with poor graphics cards... the shout about the CPU and the memory but then either use onboard graphics or bundle a bottom end card.

A guy I work with paid £1200 for a branded pc a couple of years back and got a Nvidia 6200 128 ... when the 7800 series was a far better card for not that much extra.

You're other option is to look at one of the value pc with an intel chip. Don't specify a GPU ... use the onboard and then buy and install the new card yourself.

The only limit might be on what card can be installed but you can always send a web note.

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What decto said about the vaue things isnt a bad idea. If you go to value, sort by price and look at the bottom two. Both come with Intel chips, either E8400 or Q6600 and no gfx. For the Q6600 one i specced it with vista home premium 500GB HDD and left the GFX section blank and added the OCuk 8800GT. With VAT and P&P it came to £515. That might be worth a look.

As for CSS, its not very demanding, I play it on the spec in my sig at almost full settings at 1280x1024, so any new machine should eat it up.

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I dont know if you rang up OCuk if they would stick that 8800GT in for you.

EDIT: And i take it that case will take the 8800GT, please say if it doesn't.
 
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