Spec for £855?

Nate Silvers · 29 Nov 2009 at 17:08

My canadian friend has finally decided to come away from the consoles back into the PC domain. He's willing to drop £855.

(17:02) Love Jam:
how much you dropping on a pc
(17:03) Donald:
i would say prob $1500
i was gonna try and go lower but i figure why do that and have to upgrade again really soon

Should he wait until christmas sales and the new Nvidia cards?

vertica · 29 Nov 2009 at 17:15

Well there usually aren't post-christmas/january sales from the etailers in this market - OCUK and others just carry on with their 'this-week-only' or similar promotions. So there is no point in waiting for them.

If he wants to wait for the high-end fermi cards (which may or may not appear at the end of jan, and these will only be the top card/s), then the current ATI cards will be in better supply and at better prices, and there will be realworld information as to which (58xx or Fermi based) is the better card to go for.

JonJ678 · 29 Nov 2009 at 18:07

We can't spec him for this price for the obvious reason that he won't be buying from here and cost of components vary considerably with what country you're in.

I'm also unaware of Christmas sales outside of the high street shops.

offtopic/ Hammer=screwdriver is an excellent philosophy, and your sig makes me sad that I've been away from folding for over a week

.walls · 29 Nov 2009 at 19:37

JonJ678 said:
offtopic/ Hammer=screwdriver is an excellent philosophy, and your sig makes me sad that I've been away from folding for over a week

Slacker! You're going to get stomped if you're not careful!

EDIT: @ OP... you'll also need to give more detail: is it a full setup, including monitor, keyboard, etc?

Nate Silvers · 30 Nov 2009 at 03:16

He is buying from here and he needs the base components/case.

gonna go i5 route and don't need a soundcard.

JonJ678 · 30 Nov 2009 at 03:42

Whats import tax like on buying electronics from the UK if you live in Canada? It may be an appreciable part of the budget.

Nate Silvers · 6 Dec 2009 at 22:59

He lives in the UK he's just canadian.

Frozennova · 7 Dec 2009 at 09:07

You would be looking at something like the following

Comes in at £657.90 inc delivery etc, comes in under budget giving you room to add a second graphics card for crossfire, SSD drive etc

Ast3r · 7 Dec 2009 at 09:19

But why not buy the second card at the same time if he has the money?And I think that he should pay 3 pounds more and get the Asus HD5770 as it has 3 year warranty.

Frozennova · 7 Dec 2009 at 09:23

You could have two of the Asus cards ast3r mentioned and have £60 left over

Asus ATI Radeon HD 5770 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card + Colin McRae Dirt 2 Full Game + Ruby Doll