Question about bundles.

thiefofalways · 19 Jul 2013 at 21:17

Hi, I was curious about buying a gaming bundle such as:

Krypton Z77 Overdrive" Intel Core i7 2700K @ 4.20GHz DDR3 Overclocked Gaming PC Bundle

If I wanted to use this bundle what additional things would I need? Graphics card? Additional memory? PSU? OS?

I am currently running a PC which I bought from Overclockers a few years back and it's now a bit dated. Don't really need a new case, monitor, keyboard etc so was hoping to use a bundle and kind of put a system together myself. I mainly use the PC for gaming, mostly MMOs but run all sorts.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Dean

mickyflinn · 19 Jul 2013 at 21:27

List your system and we will see what can be reused ?

thiefofalways · 19 Jul 2013 at 21:48

AMD athlon 64 X2 Duel Core Processor 5600+ 2.90 GHz

6GB RAM

GeForce 8800 GT

asus m2n-sli deluxe

What other information would be helpful?

mickyflinn · 20 Jul 2013 at 12:22

Ok lets spec you something including that bundle, i guess you will be running a monitor at 1080p.

YOUR BASKET
1 x "Krypton 640i" Intel Core i7 2700K @ 4.2GHz Overclocked Gaming PC Bundle £379.99
1 x Standard Build Systems - Approximately 5-7 working days £0
1 x HIS HD 7850 IceQ 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H785Q2G2M) £169.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020059-UK) £54.98
Total : £702.96 (includes shipping : £15.00).

The graphics card qualifies for £150 of free games.

I take it you will reuse your hard drive and dvd .

another bundle to consider is haswll based cpu which the latest from intel.

YOUR BASKET
1 x "Klondike Gold Rush" Intel i5 4670K @ 4.4GHz Overclocked Haswell Gaming PC Bundle ***THE FIRST 25 OF THESE NEW BUNDLES SOLD GET FREE ASUS XONAR SOUND CARD*** £419.99
1 x No Memory Upgrade £0
1 x Standard Build Systems - Approximately 5-7 working days £0
1 x HIS HD 7850 IceQ 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H785Q2G2M) £169.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020059-UK) £54.98
Total : £737.56 (includes shipping : £10.50).

Or ivybridge bundle.

YOUR BASKET
1 x "Dragon Army Z77" Intel Core i5 3570K @ 4.4GHz Quad Core Overclocked Bundle £379.99
1 x Standard Build Systems - Approximately 5-7 working days £0
1 x HIS HD 7850 IceQ 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H785Q2G2M) £169.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020059-UK) £54.98
Total : £696.96 (includes shipping : £10.00).

thiefofalways · 20 Jul 2013 at 18:59

Thanks mate, I will look into this. Are these bundles generally a good way to go then? Or would it be better putting together the components myself to create everything I need?

Also, it will probably be a couple of months til I can fork out for this stuff but that means 2 months with no gaming because my current computer's cpu is constantly overheating when playing a game like GW2. Would it be worth buying the new heatsink now to get my computer through til then? I have already replaced the thermal paste but that didn't help this time (it did help about a year ago when I had a similar problem).

Thanks again for your help

Dean