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Buy this or build own?

smellofneglect · 2013-04-25 20:15:42

PROCESSOR3rd gen Intel® Core™ i7-3770 Processor (3.40GHz, 8MB) OPERATING SYSTEMWindows 8 64bit, Englishe SERVICES AND SUPPORT1 yr Next Day In-Home Service with Premium Phone Supported KEYBOARDDell KB213 USB Multimedia Keyboard - UK/IrisheditMOUSEDell Laser Mouse USB (6 buttons scroll) Blackedit WIRELESS SOLUTIONDell…

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PROCESSOR3rd gen Intel® Core™ i7-3770 Processor (3.40GHz, 8MB)

OPERATING SYSTEMWindows 8 64bit, Englishe

SERVICES AND SUPPORT1 yr Next Day In-Home Service with Premium Phone Supported

KEYBOARDDell KB213 USB Multimedia Keyboard - UK/IrisheditMOUSEDell Laser Mouse USB (6 buttons scroll) Blackedit

WIRELESS SOLUTIONDell Wireless 1703 802.11b/g/n, Bluetooth v4.0+LE

SOUND SOFTWAREIntegrated 7.1 with WAVE MAXXAudio 4

MEMORY8192MB (2x4GB) 1600MHz DDR3 Dual Channel Memory

GRAPHICS CARDNVIDIA® GeForce GTX 660 1.5GB DDR5 Graphics Card

+ 32GB mSATA SSD (Intel SRT) HARD DRIVE2TB (7,200rpm) SATA Hard Drive

OPTICAL DRIVE8x Blu-Ray ROM Combo (Blu-ray read only, DVD, CD read & write)

DriverDell 1703 Wireless Label

Cables2 Meter Power Cord - UK

Price is 1,049 euro. 660 seems to get fairly decent reviews and I like the one year warranty

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#2 25-04-2013 8:36pm

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Just to point something out:

Item|Price
Intel Core i7-3770 Box, LGA1155|€267.41
Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit (SB-Version)|€82.08
ASRock H61M-DG3/USB3, Sockel 1155, mATX|€47.24
8GB-Kit ADATA Premier Series (2x4GB) DDR3-1600 CL11|€56.64
MSI N660-2GD/OC, GeForce GTX 660, 2048MB DDR5|€174.10
WD Caviar Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s|€83.99
SanDisk ReadyCache SSD 32GB 6,4cm (2,5")|€37.17
LiteOn iHOS104-06 Bulk|€39.07
Super-Flower Amazon 80Plus 450W|€46.53
Zalman T1 Mini Tower - schwarz, ohne Netzteil|€18.69
Shipping|€18.99
Total|€871.91

It's not a good deal. Fill this out and we'll get you a better machine.

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#3 25-04-2013 8:43pm

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1. What is your budget? [€1200]

2. What will be the main purpose of the computer? [General usage. Not too big into games but do play them from time to time so would like them to be able to play okay at medium/high settings but don't want the graphics card breaking the bank. Might play games once every two weeks or so to relax

3. Do you need a copy of Windows? No

4. Can you use any parts from an old computer? No

5. Do you need a monitor? No, have a 26 inch full HD 1080P LG TV

6. Do you need any of these peripherals? No will source them myself

7. Are you willing to try overclocking? Yes

9. When are you purchasing? [In 4 days]

Large SSD would be nice

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#4 25-04-2013 8:44pm

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The important thing is that you asked before you bought it.:P

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#5 25-04-2013 8:45pm

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Could you get by with, say, a 250GB SSD, or would you need some secondary storage (eg. 1TB hard drive)?

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#6 25-04-2013 8:47pm

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Serephucus wrote: »

Could you get by with, say, a 250GB SSD, or would you need some secondary storage (eg. 1TB hard drive)?

I'm not sure, could you store much stuff on a 250 gb ssd? Don't hard drives usually come at like 5000gb?

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#7 25-04-2013 8:54pm

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Hard drives do, solid state drives don't. You're looking around €290 for a 500GB SSD.

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#8 25-04-2013 9:03pm

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Serephucus wrote: »

Hard drives do, solid state drives don't. You're looking around €290 for a 500GB SSD.

Sorry I'm getting mixed up:( Was only learning about SSD's there today and slightly confused but will read up more on them. I know they make the PC faster ?

Whatever ye recommend to me should be fine. I don't think I'll be storing that much really

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#9 25-04-2013 9:12pm

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Happy days. Got a 512GB SSD in, as well as an overclockable CPU, with a good cooler, a nice efficient PSU, and a quiet case to put it all in.

Item|Price
Intel Core i5-3570K Box, LGA1155|€207.02
ASRock Z77 Pro3, Sockel 1155, ATX|€82.94
Super-Flower SF450P14XE Golden Green Pro 80plus gold|€67.65
8GB G.Skill RipJaws-X PC3-10667U CL9|€49.23
Nanoxia Deep Silence One Silver, ATX, ohne Netzteil|€93.59
LiteOn iHOS104-06 Bulk|€39.07
Samsung SSD 840 500GB SATA 6Gb/s|€286.29
Gigabyte Radeon HD 7950, 3GB GDDR5, PCI-Express|€278.88
Noctua NH-U12P SE2, Sockel AM2/AM2+/AM3/775/1366/1156|€58.99
Shipping|€18.99
Total|€1182.65

*In layman's terms, yes, SSDs make pretty much everything you do with your PC a lot faster. That said, if you're only going to be putting videos and things on it, you don't really need a big one. You notice the speed most with applications and things (unless you want to put all your games on it as well or something, then you'll probably need the size).

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#10 25-04-2013 9:38pm

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Thanks for that. Looks very good. I don't think I'll be overclocking until I get better at this PC craic, only use a laptop for browsing and word ha which is on its last legs

Any opinions on this case? I really want a white one from looking through them on the site!

http://www.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?adp=0&aid=71002&agid=631&apop=0

I guess I'll be addicted to PC gaming now from playing on the PS3 lol

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#11 25-04-2013 9:43pm

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Meh, to be honest. The Nanoxia I specced you also comes in white though.

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#12 26-04-2013 1:30pm

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An alternative cheaper build with most of the quality and performance of the other one. You said you only play games maybe once every 2 weeks. Even this graphics card is overkill for casual play. I dropped the ssd down to 256gb as well. If you aren't storing large media files on the pc it should be enough. If you are a hdd is more suited to those. I didn't include the blu ray drive either. If you need it throw it back in. Dvd drives are pretty obsolete. You can install windows from a usb stick.

Item|Price
Cooltek Antiphon White, ohne Netzteil|€68.00
be quiet! SYSTEM POWER 7 450W|€50.76
Intel Core i5-3570K Box, LGA1155|€207.02
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO - Intel/AMD|€29.83
ASRock Z77 Pro3, Sockel 1155, ATX|€82.94
8GB G.Skill RipJaws-X PC3-10667U CL9|€49.23
Sapphire Radeon HD 7870 XT Boost, 2GB GDDR5, DVI, HDMI, 2x Mini DisplayPort, lite retail|€225.36
Samsung SSD 840 250GB SATA 6Gb/s|€143.85
Shipping|€18.99
Total|€875.98

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