Premade Bundle vs Making my own?

Ollie1132

Ollie1132

Ollie1132

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So Im going to be building a new rig soon and I was wondering if getting a bundle like this:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-081-OE&groupid=43&catid=2053&subcat=2063
would be better price and performance wise than building my own from this:
Processor
http://overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-360-IN
Motherboard:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-054-AK&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1990
Ram(I already have 8GB of this vengeance):
http://overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-295-CS
Cooler:
http://overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-001-CS

any help would be appreciated!
 
Ivybridge should be out this month Ollie, makes sense to wait. Then we can suggest the Z77 mobos and IB CPUs or possibly the stuff in your basket now will be cheaper then. It's gutting to see something you've just bought be reduced in price :(

As to wether you buy prebuilt or diy the build....i favour the later. You get a 1 year warranty with the prebuilt but if you look at the warranty for the parts individually when you diy, they can be 2, 3 or even 5 years.

The real question is how confident you are doing the build yourself. Most of us would agree building yourself is better as you get a better selection of components. Should you encounter any problems, we will always be here to help you through.
 
definately wait for the minute then decide on IB or see if the bits you want go down in price.

I went for the pre-build for a couple of reasons:

1) warrany
2) piece of mind

I got what I wanted for the price I was happy with but had the hassle and stress of putting it together taken away. The return to base warranty was also a selling point - unfortunately i've had to use the RTB but again this was hassle free.

Of course this is because I am not confident in my ability to put together a system, so pre-built was the right choice for me and I was happy to pay a small premium for piece of mind. I can totally see the attraction of self build but it wasnt for me this time around.
 
honosuseri said:
Ivybridge should be out this month Ollie, makes sense to wait. Then we can suggest the Z77 mobos and IB CPUs or possibly the stuff in your basket now will be cheaper then. It's gutting to see something you've just bought be reduced in price :(

As to wether you buy prebuilt or diy the build....i favour the later. You get a 1 year warranty with the prebuilt but if you look at the warranty for the parts individually when you diy, they can be 2, 3 or even 5 years.

The real question is how confident you are doing the build yourself. Most of us would agree building yourself is better as you get a better selection of components. Should you encounter any problems, we will always be here to help you through.
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Hey Hono :)

I agree in that I prefer DIY too, but it does depend on your confidence to do so. There are plenty of guides around and we are always here to help as Hono says. You tend to save some money when building yourself aswell, and it can be quite satisfying :) Not only that, but these Sandybridge [and the next gen should be similar] not only overclock well, but are straight forward to overclock yourself!
 
Yeah I was planning to wait for IB. The reason Im just looking at sandybridge though is price. My current rigs graphics card is dead basically and Im not even on Sandybridge so pretty sure a major upgrade will be needed. I can build myself quite confidently I built what Im using now and I would prefer to build myself :). If IB isn't going to be way overpriced on release Ill consider IB parts. Or like you said Ill just wait for sandybridge to go cheaper :P.
 
You also want to make sure that cooler you chose will clear that ram.
Also the bundle contains an i7 2700k cpu, you chosen an i5 2500k.
What will be the main uses for this new rig? You could use the next couple of weeks reading up on PC assembly and researching your parts, sandybridge, ivybridge or what ever you decide.
 
Ive already read up and researched pretty much everything. I game a lot, and I will be creating games pretty soon as well. I know the bundle has an i7 and I chose an i5 thats because an i7 ouutside of the bundle costs £90~ more than the i5 I chose.
 
 
I used to build my own systems but I must be getting lazy as I tend to buy pre-built systems these days, albeit with a few modifications to the standard - you get a warranty of course and therefore RTB should anything go wrong.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-2700K 3.50GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £265.99
1 x Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £144.98
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £33.59
1 x Corsair A50 High-Performance CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £21.98
Total : £477.95 (includes shipping : £9.50).



YOUR BASKET
1 x Krypton Z68 620i Intel Core i7 2700K 3.50Ghz @ 4.40GHz Overclocked Bundle £349.99
- 1 x Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard REV 1 £84.98
- 1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/4GX) £19.99
Total : £467.57 (includes shipping : £10.50).

 
 
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