Custom PC purchase advice

dazsweeney

Hey

I'm buying a new PC could anyone have a look at these specs and advise me if all the components look OK and are compatible and what would you expect to pay for this. Its coming in at about €1600 does this seem expensive?

Case
InWIN BLACK DRAGON RIDER GAMING CASE

Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5 Quad Core Processor i5-3570K (3.4GHz) 6MB Cache

Motherboard
ASUS® P8Z77-V: PCI-E 3.0 READY, WIFI, SLI, CROSSFIREX

Memory (RAM)
16GB KINGSTON HYPERX GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 2133MHz X.M.P(4 x 4GB KIT)

Graphics Card
3GB AMD RADEON™ HD7950 - DVI,HDMI,2 mDP - DX® 11, Eyefinity 4 Capable

Memory - 1st Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)

2nd Hard Disk
240GB KINGSTON HYPERX 3K SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 555MB/sR | 510MB/sW)

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

Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX650 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE

Processor Cooling
TITAN FENRIR EVO EXTREME HEATPIPE CPU COOLER [/I][/I][/I]

Thanks

Sarz91

dazsweeney wrote: »

Hey

I'm buying a new PC could anyone have a look at these specs and advise me if all the components look OK and are compatible and what would you expect to pay for this. Its coming in at about €1600 does this seem expensive?

Case
InWIN BLACK DRAGON RIDER GAMING CASE

Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5 Quad Core Processor i5-3570K (3.4GHz) 6MB Cache

Motherboard
ASUS® P8Z77-V: PCI-E 3.0 READY, WIFI, SLI, CROSSFIREX

Memory (RAM)
16GB KINGSTON HYPERX GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 2133MHz X.M.P(4 x 4GB KIT)

Graphics Card
3GB AMD RADEON™ HD7950 - DVI,HDMI,2 mDP - DX® 11, Eyefinity 4 Capable

Memory - 1st Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)

2nd Hard Disk
240GB KINGSTON HYPERX 3K SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 555MB/sR | 510MB/sW)

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

Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX650 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE

Processor Cooling
TITAN FENRIR EVO EXTREME HEATPIPE CPU COOLER [/I][/I][/I]

Thanks

I'd personally get a 670 instead of the 7950. Also, save some money and get two lots of this if you really need 16 gigs.


Item|Price
8GB-Kit G.Skill PC3-10667U CL9|€36.44
Intel Core i5-3570K Box, LGA1155|€215.78
ASUS P8Z77-V LE, Sockel 1155, ATX, DDR3|€146.87
Samsung SSD 830 256GB SATA III Paper Box|€204.45
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 OC, 2GB GDDR5, 2x DVI, HDMI, DisplayPort|€388.98
LG BH10LS38 Blu-Ray Brenner Retail|€71.81
Thermalright HR-02 Macho|€33.89
IN WIN Maelstrom Big Tower - black Window ohne Netzteil|€98.90
Super-Flower Amazon 80Plus 650W|€68.07
WD Caviar Black 1TB SATA 3 8,9cm(3,5")|€97.60
Shipping|€18.99
Total|€1381.78


Where were you going to buy from? Seems kind of expensive.

Eboggles

Seems very expensive...

dazsweeney

Thanks

its from pcspecialist.co.uk

It also includes windows 7 and wireless adaptor


its probably €150-200 more than the one you suggested but it is built and includes 3 year warranty (1 year parts / 3 years labour)

You wouldn't get it for cheaper in Ireland. Anyone know of better value from UK or Ireland?

areyawell

yes hardware versand. Look up previous threads. Cheapest site to build a custom pc. Many posters will build the pc for you according to your budget

dazsweeney

as stated I'm only interested in buying from UK or Ireland.

I have been reading many of the posts about buying from hardware versand and it is obviously the cheapest option which is great but I have decided I won't be buying from there.

I personally prefer a 3 year warranty and a pre built pc that I can return without too much hassle if something goes wrong.

Does anyone have experience with pcspecialist, dinopc, overclockers, chillblast or scan?, from what I have seen on these sites they are cheaper than Dell or any other retailer in Ireland.

N64

dabs.ie is also pretty good imo. Again, compared to hardwareversand they are expensive on certain components.

Unless you buy prebuilt you won't be able to get a warranty on the whole rig however most manufacturers will give you a decent warranty on the individual components.

Procrastastudy

Almost no one when dealing with PC components avails of their consumer rights with the seller. Almost everyone deals with the manufacturer under guarantee. This is because;

a) they are normally faster
b) they offer very long cover
c) 90% of faults aren't faults they are down to the user
d) manufacturer in some instances cover the user breaking it where as the retailer does not

Makes almost no difference where you buy the components. Personally I find Scan and Komplett very good.

Speaking from some experience of both sides of the fence (seller and buyer) returning any prebuilt machine is a bloody farce. It's not so bad if you are resident in mainland UK but in Ireland your looking at some major headaches.

If you insist on going with a prebuild - try chillblast in the UK.