ideas for custom built pc's ?

[Moriath]

CBA to put it together myself like to open the box these days and get going

Anyone know good reasonably prices places that you can get decentg aming rigs from ?

 

[Zenith.UK]

How about this baby?
20Ghz 6 Core Desktop PC Computer Windows 7 BluRay HDMI on eBay (end time 31-Dec-10 18:48:19 GMT)

20Ghz 6 Core Desktop PC Computer, Windows 7, BluRay, HDMI, 720p, 1080p, 3GB Graphics, 8GB RAM, 1000GB Hard Drive
£640

 

[Moriath]

nice pc buy a bit worried about ebay and would prefer a dx 11 gfx

 

[Influenza]

I wouldnt touch anything that lists a multi core CPU as 19.8 ghz.

 

[Moriath]

aye seemed a bit wierd and with 1000 mb for the hdd and stuff

 

[Chilly]

scan have some good gaming rigs. dell might even do something you'd find acceptable.

 

[Moriath]

yeah was wondering if there was some new place i didnt know about ...

just the usual scan mesh dell etc

 

[Mabs]

PCSPECIALIST.CO.UK - Custom PCs, Custom Computers, Custom PC, Desktop PC, Custom Built Computers, Gaming PC

: : : CyberPower PC UK : : :


im looking aswell, and was wondering if anyone had any suggestions :/

 

[kirennia]

I wouldnt touch anything that lists a multi core CPU as 19.8 ghz.

Christ, it gets worse as you read down:

All our Graphics Cards are sold based on their Onboard Memory AND Turbocache / Hypermemory Configurations, which represent the Total Effective Graphics Memory that a graphics card can supply in a Windows 7 or Windows Vista based PC.

So the gfx card is crap. They've avoided tagging the model anywhere at all and then they say that.

Apsolutly Fantastic computer, Fast delivery everything perfect, "i'll be back"

Wtf does that even mean?!

Pre-Installed Only - No Windows Disc Included - The winning buyer should own / buy their own personal copy of Windows 7 Ultimate incase a reinstall is required in the future

Is that even legal?

Basically, PLAGUE, PLAGUE, PLAGUE!!!

 

[Ormorof]

PCSPECIALIST.CO.UK - Custom PCs, Custom Computers, Custom PC, Desktop PC, Custom Built Computers, Gaming PC

: : : CyberPower PC UK : : :


im looking aswell, and was wondering if anyone had any suggestions :/

i used PCspecialist for my last PC and its brilliant, really liked that i could tinker and choose as i liked

delivery took approx 1 month, as they were out of stock of a part i had picked.

 

[Dudley52]

i used PCspecialist for my last PC and its brilliant, really liked that i could tinker and choose as i liked

delivery took approx 1 month, as they were out of stock of a part i had picked.

Yeah I'm going to be ordering a new PC from there soon too. Heard nothing but praise for the company.

Can get a phenom x4 955 or x6 1055T, GTX 460, 4gb ram, 640gb hd, 650w corsair PSU, decent gaming case for about £600 inc VAT.

 

[Access Denied]

Oh man I want but there's no way I can afford itm lol.

Case
COOLERMASTER HAF 932 FULL TOWER GAMING CASE

Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Processor Extreme Edition i7-980X (3.33GHz) 6.4GTs/12MB Cache

Motherboard
ASUS® RAMPAGE III EXTREME: 3-Way SLI & CrossFireX, SATA 6.0GB/s, USB 3.0

Memory (RAM)
4GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 2GB)

Graphics Card
2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX460 - 2 DVI,HDMI,VGA - DirectX® 11, 3D Vision Ready

2nd Graphics Card
2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX460 - 2 DVI,HDMI,VGA - DirectX® 11, 3D Vision Ready

Memory - 1st Hard Disk
2TB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 32MB CACHE (7,200rpm)

1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM

Power Supply
CORSAIR 1200W PRO SERIES GOLD (AX1200) 80+ MODULAR PSU (£204)

Processor Cooling
COOLIT ECO C240 A.L.C (ADVANCED LIQUID COOLER) (£102)

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

Network Facilities
ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs

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

Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Ultimate 32 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£143)

Monitor
IIYAMA E2472HD 24" LED WIDESCREEN, HDMI/DVI-D HD 1920x1080 (£169)


£2059.57 ex VAT.


£2420 inc VAT and Delivery.

 

[Moriath]

surely if your going uber you get a solid state hdd for the main boot one and a 2tb for data etc ..

also at least 8gb memory

will up it a bit more

oh and a blu ray writer rather than just reader

 

[Access Denied]

8 Gb of Memory would only be useful if I was going for a 64bit OS. Seeing as I would be getting a 32bit OS the extra 4Gb wouldn't be doing anything.

 

[Moriath]

but you would lke the solid state drive then

 

[Mabs]

Intels new SPANGLEY!(tm) processors are due out in a week or two as far as i recall , so best wait, for better top end or a price drop tbh

sure someone with an ear to the tech-vines can give you more info

 

[Embattle]

http://www.chillblast.com/ - Always seem to do well in the reviews I've read.

 

[phlash]

Another vote for PC Specialist here: got my last machine from them, with just the bits I wanted and guaranteed working on arrival

 

[rynnor]

A mate at work had a horror story about pcspecialist - he chose the bits and ordered. They immediatly contacted him to say the case he'd chosen was out of stock and suggested an alternative that he chose.

He had texts etc from them during the build and it turned up when they said.

However - it had a clear perspex side on the case and he could see things werent right - a HD had slipped out of the HD enclosure and was sitting at the bottom of the case.

On closer inspection the HD enclosure section of the case was bent out of shape - it was clear that the case was duff but whatever drone in china/india assembled it was clearly not capable of rejecting it so had just tried to fit it in the warped case which obviously they couldnt screw it in as nothing lined up.

Very sad to destroy your reputation when everything else was so good - horrors of outsourcing...

Edit: Oh and for information this was last month.

 

[Moriath]

could prob find stories like that for every manufacturer tbh so i take bad and good reviews with a pinch of salt as long as theres not a massive bad lobby

 

[Moriath]

Just found these guys

Cougar Extreme Index

they seem to have a good rep cheap too

 

[rynnor]

could prob find stories like that for every manufacturer tbh so i take bad and good reviews with a pinch of salt as long as theres not a massive bad lobby

My mate has had his replacement from PCspecialist - all the parts look good now but it now complains about having an invalid windows key - hes not having a lot of luck...

 

[Moriath]

I went to cougar in the end

Expecting delivery soon

Peter