which setup is better guys ? :)

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1) CPU: Intel® Core™ i5 2500K Quad Core 3.3GHz 6MB cache LGA1155 + HD Graphics ***Overclockable XXX***
HDD: 1TB SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 7200RPM Hard Drive (Single Hard Drive) (Single Hard Drive)
MEMORY: 8GB (4x2GB) PC12800 DDR3/1600mhz Dual Channel Memory [+20] (Kingston Hyper X Blu Series w/Heat Spreader ***Overclockable XXX*** [+16])
MOTHERBOARD: GigaByte GA-Z68P-DS3-B3 Intel Z68 Chipset DDR3 ATX Mainboard w/ Intel Smart Response Technology & 7.1 Dolby Home Theater Audio, GbLAN, USB3.0, 2x SATA-III RAID, 2 Gen2 PCIe, 3 PCIe X1 & 2 PCI ***Overclockable Safe & Stable***
SOUND: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO
VIDEO: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti 1GB 16X PCIe Video Card [+84] (Major Brand Powered by NVIDIA)
CPU COOLER: ThermalTake FRIO Gaming CPU Cooler


2) The same specs but
with the Motherboeard as: ASUS® P8Z68-V LX: USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs, ATI®CrossFireX
+ the Processor Cooling: COOLIT ECO II A.L.C ADVANCED LIQUID COOLER
 
i'd go for the gigabyte one personally.

by the looks of things your going for a prebuild PC, so i'm going to ask a few questions

first, the OcUK favourite, are you happy to build yourself, or do you really want a prebuild PC

second, whats the budget for the PC (there might be a better offer lurking around somewhere)

third, whats the PC going to be used for? (gaming, video editing/encoding, CAD/CAM work, etc)
 
Well I could buy the parts and build it, but I could just do without the hassle tbh, prefer to buy a pre-built.

Budget is up to about £800 or £900

And gaming :)
 
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Is gaming the main use

Do you have a monitor keyboard and mouse?
Post the spec of anything you have?
Do you need an OS?
Definitely a pre-built?
Would you consider building your own?
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI ATI Radeon HD 6970 2048MB Twin Frozr III GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **Supplied with Dirt 3 & Deus Ex PC Games** £269.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £179.99
1 x XFX Pro 750W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £84.98
1 x Corsair Hydro H80 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/LGA2011/AM2/AM3) £84.98
1 x Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £69.98
1 x Cooler Master CM-690 II Lite Dominator Case - Black £63.98
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £29.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £898.37 (includes shipping : £13.75).



Great graphics card, with 2 games that together come to around £30. You could put the Gelid in there and it would be cheaper. I'll stay up all night and give you advice because companies like the one your going to buy from are just thieving gits. They take and take.
 
Hyburnate said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI ATI Radeon HD 6970 2048MB Twin Frozr III GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **Supplied with Dirt 3 & Deus Ex PC Games** £269.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £179.99
1 x XFX Pro 750W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £84.98
1 x Corsair Hydro H80 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/LGA2011/AM2/AM3) £84.98
1 x Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £69.98
1 x Cooler Master CM-690 II Lite Dominator Case - Black £63.98
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £29.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £898.37 (includes shipping : £13.75).



Great graphics card, with 2 games that together come to around £30. You could put the Gelid in there and it would be cheaper. I'll stay up all night and give you advice because companies like the one your going to buy from are just thieving gits. They take and take.
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Agree with this, it's not much hassle these days to build your own and you do get a much better machine.

I would personally hope that you have a Sata Hard Drive somewhere but if not, given the ludicrously high prices of them, I would lower the CPU cooler and get rid of the HDD and get a 120GB SSD myself.

Like this one as it's closest to budget without tweaking other parts:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-021-CS&groupid=701&catid=2104&subcat=1427

if you do save on other parts or have a bit more money then this is the most popular SSD atm -

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-009-CR

hence the price imo. Not too sure if it's worth the extra £30 over the Corsair Force 3 or not...
 
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I don't recommend buying from those people. The system I bought from them was a (pre designed) massive rip off. I wasn't particularly knowledgeable about hardware back then. They make sending things back under warranty a nightmare, too.

If you REALLY need to buy a pre-built system, how about something like this?
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-179-OE&groupid=43&catid=2040&subcat=1444

Honestly though, if you can build yourself, do it that way. It doesn't take long and you'll be saving yourself a lot of money.
 
how about exactly the same prebuilt system for £675 delivered:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Arkham Destructor Intel Core i5 2500K 3.30GHz @ 4.40GHz DDR3 Limited Edition Quad Core System £654.98
1 x No Operating System £0.00
1 x System 12 Months Standard Warranty £0.00
1 x No Hard Drive Upgrade £0.00
Total : £673.58 (includes shipping : £15.50).

however, i would recommend the prebuilt rig above mine with the 2GB 560Ti. then i would ask in the customer service section if they could change the case to a zalman Z9, the SSD to a crucial M4 120GB, and, most importantly, clarify what motherboard is in there and if it can do SLI at x8/x8 speeds (any lower and it will bottleneck the cards if you upgraded to SLI)
 
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Reaper 392 said:
how about exactly the same prebuilt system for £675 delivered:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Arkham Destructor Intel Core i5 2500K 3.30GHz @ 4.40GHz DDR3 Limited Edition Quad Core System £654.98
1 x No Operating System £0.00
1 x System 12 Months Standard Warranty £0.00
1 x No Hard Drive Upgrade £0.00
Total : £673.58 (includes shipping : £15.50).

however, i would recommend the prebuilt rig above mine with the 2GB 560Ti. then i would ask in the customer service section if they could change the case to a zalman Z9, the SSD to a crucial M4 120GB, and, most importantly, clarify what motherboard is in there and if it can do SLI at x8/x8 speeds (any lower and it will bottleneck the cards if you upgraded to SLI)
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+1 if you go prebuilt route.
 
Lol you should have seen my first spec, it has the same as the top one in OPs post, but with SLI 560Ti's -facepalm-

Trust me take a look at these vids, we will all help you if you encounter any problems.

 
That's a cool spec that is already posted by the way.

Fellas what do you make of this, the idea is to populate it with HDD when they return to a sane price:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 570 OC WINDFORCE 3X 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £281.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £179.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT064M4SSD2) £86.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.98
1 x XFX 650W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £71.99
1 x BitFenix Shinobi Gaming Case - Black £48.98
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £29.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222AB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
Total : £893.88 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
jpod said:
That's a cool spec that is already posted by the way.

Fellas what do you make of this, the idea is to populate it with HDD when they return to a sane price:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 570 OC WINDFORCE 3X 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £281.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £179.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT064M4SSD2) £86.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.98
1 x XFX 650W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £71.99
1 x BitFenix Shinobi Gaming Case - Black £48.98
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £29.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222AB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
Total : £893.88 (includes shipping : £12.50).

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HDD won't return to the 'sane' price for another year yet (predicted). It won't be soon anyway.

You should get a CPU cooler if you are Overclocking.

I'd drop to the GTX 560ti and add a HDD into the mix, you'll need it.
 
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