PC for Christmas.

[Ethan62]

So my brother has been moaning about his PC for some time now. Now I gave him a choice a new PC or a PS4.

As of this moment he is still undecided but I wanted to get some options but know very little about AMD CPU's these days.

The two machines I've been looking at are:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-344-OE&groupid=43&catid=2475&subcat=2485

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-210-OK&groupid=43&catid=2475&subcat=2485

Could someone kindly explain the difference for me and what there thoughts of the machines are.

I've got a spare SSD and O/S for the machine.

Any comments or help would be much appreciated.

 

[ScottiB]

There isn't any major differences between the two, the X4 RAID has a smaller PSU and a cheaper case, it's designed to be the absolutely best value gaming PC that we can offer. If you are buying an entry level PC, sub-£550 this would the one to go for. It's our best selling, and thanks to our refusal to use cheap, unbranded components, our most reliable PC.

The Krpyt has a more expensive case, the latest version of the AMD 3.8GHz Quad Core CPU (Bulldozer rather than Piledriver), WIFI and 600W PSU to enable it to support higher spec graphics cards. If you choose the same options for this system as you do for the RAID you'll get the same performance, this base unit just allows the customer the option to go higher spec.

 

[kefan77]

what's the purpose of the PC?

if gaming, first thing you need to do is swap R7 250 for something better.

 

[Ethan62]

It is for gaming/general home use. At the moment he plays on a dual core machine with i think a AMD/ATI 6570 (£60/70 at the time i believe,haven't looked at the machine recently).

Only plays at 1280x1024 but currently when he plays WOW(world of warcraft) he hits 2 fps in some of the busier areas.

 

[kefan77]

what's your budget? £400 ex. SSD and OS?

are you/him ok to build yourself?

 

[Ethan62]

I'm an IT Engineer so building it isn't a problem I just don't know much about AMDs commercial range.

If you think you can get something more substantial for around £500. The machine doesn't need an O/S, primary HDD (does need a data HDD 320GB is fine).

 

[Tohrazer]

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R7 260X OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (11222-06-20G) £99.95
1 x Asus M5A97 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £73.99
1 x AMD Bulldozer FX-4 Quad Core 4130 Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £69.95
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD38G1600HC9DC01) £59.99
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L8 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply - With 120mm Silent Wing Fan Built in £53.99
1 x Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) HDD £36.95
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £19.99
Total : £479.80 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 

[Lunastraza]

YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS Radeon R7 260X iPower IceQ X2 Turbo 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £119.99
1 x AMD A10-6800K Black Edition 4.10GHz (Socket FM2) APU Richland Quad Core Processor (AD680KWOHLBOX) £109.99
1 x Zalman Z11 Plus Midi Tower Gaming Case - Black £59.99
1 x EVGA 600W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply (100-B1-0600-KR) £49.99
1 x MSI A55M-E33 AMD A55 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £40.99
1 x Zalman CNPS9900-MAX Blue LED CPU Cooler £39.98
2 x Patriot Viper 3 "Venom Red" 4GB DDR3 PC3-14900C9 1866MHz Single Module (P34G189UR) £34.99 (£69.98)
Total : £505.92 (includes shipping : £12.50).



Should be plenty for most modern games and easily wow, i didn't put a disk drive as there is almost no use for them these day's, Brilliant cooler and the apu crossfire with the gpu should be sweet.

*edit* if your not bothered about noise then replace the cooler with a storage drive.

 

[lee32uk]

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 270 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £143.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £89.99
1 x Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan GOLD 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLYD38G2400HC11CDC01) £65.99
1 x NZXT Source 210 Elite Midi Tower Case - White £39.95
1 x EVGA 500W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply (100-B1-0500-KR) £39.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) HDD £36.95
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler £26.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £537.78 (includes shipping : FREE).