What replacement can I expect.

evohicks · 21 Mar 2010 at 15:41

Audigex said:
And also, OcUK could talk to the insurance company and tell them what the nearest like-for-like replacement would be? It's worth a go, anyway.

Any ideas on what would be like for like?
I know most of my components are pretty old and not worth much but I insured it to the value of what I paid originally. The PC back then was pretty top notch with a few coins left out of a grand and that was building it myself.

evohicks · 21 Mar 2010 at 15:42

joe pineapples said:
Hey Evo, out of interest, is your Gigabyte case the silver or black one?

Black one m8, very good case too, I just put 2 extra 120mm fans in the side window to help it along.

joe pineapples · 21 Mar 2010 at 15:47

evohicks said:
Black one m8, very good case too, I just put 2 extra 120mm fans in the side window to help it along.

Yeah, very good case - i have the silver one, but might fancy a change. If you have that case spare, after all this is over, could you bear me in mind

(if they gave it you back), and you decided what you wanted for it.

thanks
joe

evohicks · 21 Mar 2010 at 15:58

joe pineapples said:
Yeah, very good case - i have the silver one, but might fancy a change. If you have that case spare, after all this is over, could you bear me in mind (if they gave it you back), and you decided what you wanted for it.

thanks
joe

Chances are I would not get anything back if they decided to replace, but if I did get it back I am sure I would re-use it, never had any problems with it and it is/was a very good ventilated case.

joe pineapples · 21 Mar 2010 at 16:13

evohicks said:
it is/was a very good ventilated case.

Same here - stuck an antec big boy fan on the side of mine

. Good luck with the claim anyway.

evohicks · 22 Mar 2010 at 18:21

Ok insurance have been in touch, they are going to replace new for old on a like for like basis. So tomorrow they will be phoning me to let me know what I think of what they are offering 1st.
Can't remember what the company are called but the replacement won't be from the likes of PC world/Comet etc as it was custom built in the 1st place, so then I found the perfect opportunity to bring OCUK in, I said all the original parts were from OCUK, have you dealt with them before, and she said yes

So depending on what they are offering I will see if I can go down that route.
Also I called the engineers that tested my old PC to ask about my hard drive as I don't want any of my emails etc ending up on some dodgy guys PC, they will put it in to a 'caddy' and I can use it in my new pc via usb as a storage also, cool.
Will update when I got more info

evohicks · 24 Mar 2010 at 16:52

They have offered me this guys, what do you think......

Processor (CPU) - AMD ATHLON II X2 245 SOCKET AM3 (2.90GHz/2MB CACHE)
Memory (RAM) - 2GB CORSAIR XMS2 DUAL-DDR2 800MHz - LIFETIME WARRANTY
Motherboard - ASUS® M4N72-E: DUAL DDR2, S-ATA II, 2 x PCI-Ex, 2 x PCI
Operating System - Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
USB Options - 6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Hard Disk - 250GB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (7,200rpm)
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive - 22x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Graphics Card - 1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTS250 PCI EXPRESS
2nd Graphics Card - 1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTS250 PCI EXPRESS
Sound Card - Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ Xtreme Gamer (£68)
Network Facilities - ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
Memory Card Reader - INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (READS XD, MS, CF, SD, etc)
Case - ANTEC 900 BLACK GAMING CASE (£79)
Power Supply & Case Cooling - 600W Quiet Quad Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£59)
Processor Cooling - STANDARD AMD CPU COOLER
However this model only has the Option for 2 Dual channel RAM slots

I think they will send me a cheque so I could get the stuff from OCUK so basically what could I get for £755inc delivery.

mrfun1981 · 24 Mar 2010 at 17:24

If they send you the money you need to decided do you need all the things they offered you, like blu-ray drive, sound card. Do you want SLI again or do you want a more powerful single card? Cos may you can get better parts but without a couple they offered you like a quad core CPU etc

BIGBC · 24 Mar 2010 at 17:27

Seems a nice little upgrade really. I would find out what PSU it is first though, dont want them whacking some budget brand liability in there.

Stupot_ · 24 Mar 2010 at 17:33

I think you can do a lot better for 755. No need for the GTS250 sli... Get a cheque

I'd rather have the £700 build in the sticky

evohicks · 24 Mar 2010 at 17:48

Well I have accepted, and it looks like they will send the cheque in the next few days

Bit better than what I had for sure.

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evohicks · 24 Mar 2010 at 18:09

Would it be worth getting the Phenom 965 over the 955?
Unfortunately the insurance company went with a spec quote from a rival online PC company to get close to my previous spec, but adjusting the components I came out with this...
AMD PHENOM II X4 965 SOCKET AM3 (3.40GHz/8MB CACHE) - BLACK EDITION

4GB CORSAIR DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz - LIFETIME WARRANTY!

ASUS® M4A79XTD EVO: DUAL DDR3, S-ATA II, 2 x PCIe x16, 2 x PCIe x1, 2 x PCI

Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)

6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD

250GB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (7,200rpm)

22x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM

1GB ATI RADEON™ HD 5770 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11

ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)

ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT

COOLERMASTER HAF 922 MID TOWER GAMING CASE (£80)**SPECIAL**

600W Quiet Quad Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£59)

STANDARD AMD CPU COOLER

1 Year Return-to-Base incl 1st Month Free Collect & Return

STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)

Price for this PC System:

£659.57 ex VAT.

£775 inc VAT and Delivery.

Can this be achieved on OCUK even cheaper?

Stupot_ · 24 Mar 2010 at 23:43

evohicks said:
Can this be achieved on OCUK even cheaper?

you could just add up the components and find out...

...but no need. I've done it for you.

Better hard drive and probably better PSU. And the fact that you're ordering from ocuk which should give you a warm fuzzy feeling.

Fair bit cheaper too.

bru · 24 Mar 2010 at 23:57

a single ati 5770 will be slower than your previous Nv 8800gt sli.

evohicks · 25 Mar 2010 at 00:03

bru said:
a single ati 5770 will be slower than your previous Nv 8800gt sli.

Would a single 5850 cover the 8800GT sli's?

PS thanks for your help guys, much appreciated

Redmint · 25 Mar 2010 at 00:08

Yes it would, also nice upgrade, wonder how many others will be tempted to throw coffee on their computers now.

littlescrimbler · 25 Mar 2010 at 01:01

I claimed on my insurance a few years ago for computer (i'd fried the mobo doing experiments). I told the insurers i'd dropped it down the stairs when moving it. They said they needed to get their chosen company to take it away and do repairs. i was fully expecting a new mobo, but was pleasantly suprised to find a brand new gfx processor mem sound card case. The cheeky gits must be making a small fortune off of exagerting damage!

Ch3m1c4L · 25 Mar 2010 at 10:03

i claimed for 2 gtx 280's. which I had bought for 450-500 and damaged during watercooling them, luckily i had anticipated this and got accidental spillage coverage. Since when i claimed tehy ahd been replaced by the 285's and the 295s were out, I asked If i could have a check for £800 as then I could buy two cards of equal/better performance, and its less than the original claim was for, which they were more than happy to give me. Then after I got the check i went, hang on, why didnt i get the full amount anyway, and then buy the 295's for £400 each, then itd covered the waterblocks as well....stupid brain getting excited.

They did take teh cards away for testing, but I had obv tested a lot before, and as such they were dead