Still trying to spec out a new PC

tweetiepooh · 27-08-2009, 13:28

When one is looking to spend over Â£1000 one needs to take time.

The current cheapest quote is from PC Specialist at a shade over Â£1200.

Core i7-920 DO step CPU
6GB Corsair XMS3 1600MHz
Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD3R mother board
700W Quite Quad Rail PSU
CoolerMaster HAF 922 Case

2x1TB SATA 3 Gb/s hard disks
22x Dual layer DVD Writer
Internal Card Read

896MB nVidia GTX260
22" LGW2261V monitor
Logitech 1500 keyboard and mouse

Vista Home Premium 64bit and Win 7 upgd

1 Year Collect and Return

Computer Planet are Â£60 more changing

Asus P6T SE mother board
Asus LightScribe DVD (SATA)
ATX Case
Asus 22" (VK222s) monitor (webcam)

SCAN and Overclockers are much more expensive and Zing is not local.

Our local shop quoted Â£1250 but only 1 HD, no DVD, no card reader. But one of their techies really wants to build a machine like that.

Anyone had experience of either these or heard anything to avoid. I am willing to go with more expense if it's really worth it. All offer lifetime support, manuals, etc.

Any gotchas, questions needed etc most welcome.

27-08-2009, 16:27

I think the first ones a bargain tbh . If you were building it yourself and buying from OCUK it would cost you Â£1150 ish

DocDutch · 27-08-2009, 19:26

that pc is a good bargain Tweet...monitor as well and OS with update to Win7. or if you wait a month it'll be with Win7 already

tweetiepooh · 08-09-2009, 16:35

PC Specialist, SCAN and Overclockers have all got very negative reviews often linked to support and delivery. This is a real issue with remote buying but I guess that like here few people sign up to report good service so these things need a touch of sodium chloride in the mix.

One review site has recommended Easy-PC who sell via ebay and the feedback there is extremely good. Anyone here heard of or used them. The review indicated very knowledgeable engineers and responsive support.

I am also still trying to get recommendations for a sound card that will work in Linux and have Midi I/O ports like my old Audigy card (via daughter back plate joystick port). The XFi card look good buy bad Linux support.

DocDutch · 08-09-2009, 18:46

tweet, as you probably know yourself its far easier to get bad publicity then possitive

and yes OC'UK is a bit of a pain lately.

that pc from PC Spec is probably still the best specced and priced around so its work going for that if you dont want to build your own and even then its going to be tight to beat that price.

08-09-2009, 19:08

I would not touch OCUK with a 500 foot barge pole they are liars and cheats

damien c · 09-09-2009, 11:43

i'm hopefully going for this in a few weeks link.

or i can build it myself for a few quid extra with a asus mobo and non corsair ram go for ocz intead, and with a waterblock for my water loop

adzii_nufc · 15-09-2009, 17:53

theres a few Acer Aspire x3200 Customs going on ebay for like Â£1300

Bought one myself

Windows Vista Home Premium inc Windows 7 Upgrade
8gb DDR3
1x 1tb HDD + 500gbSlave
AMD Phenom x4
Nvidia GTX 295
Label Flash SuperMulti +- Dvd Drive

All together it was a really good buy

has a 5.1 Sound Output but No speakers came with it lol

Had it for about 3-5 weeks and so far not many problems to report.

Pretty small casing Glossy front case finish

Also Includes Infared Keyboard for extra 50-100 quid Didnt buy it myself as I've had one and failed at it

What are you Looking for in terms of using it, Office use, General or gaming

15-09-2009, 18:12

did it come with a screen? thats a lot of moola for a Phenom ( I assume its AM3 or it wouldnt support DDRIII and therefore a Phenom II) still seems expensive

adzii_nufc · 15-09-2009, 18:17

19.5'' Tft screen (widescreen) is the only downside i see with it

And Spot on

Phenom II 965 AM3 dont like going into too much detial with this mumbo jumo lol

Laptop Style Keyboard is a downside too

15-09-2009, 18:23

now I like to go into detail lol what Ram is it?

adzii_nufc · 15-09-2009, 18:28

Not 100% But I think its Corsair 8gb DDR3 Believe its the XM series Like the one above.. Which is A striking Comparison These Computers are Nearly Identical In power Whereas That Leads in terms Of Proccessor And HDD.. I take over In graphics and Ram

While Your Here lol you had any Experience using Labelflash and Where i could buy the Disks from?

Did i mention The Internal Card Reader too xD

15-09-2009, 18:35

I wouldnt bother they will be to expensive. Buy a Canon or Epson printer with cd tray if you intend to burn and print a fair few and you will save money in the long run

adzii_nufc · 15-09-2009, 18:36

I got two with the machine and Was eager to see the results.. Was fairly Dissapointed in seeing it basically just looks like a crappy Hologram on a Lookalike Blu Ray disk

15-09-2009, 18:39

There you go then buy full face printable

I use an old Epson R300 ink only costs 4 quid a set . When it dies im gonna buy a Canon