Hey guys, im in need of your advice, following my last computer (2 years old) being a complete write off now im in need of a new computer. Ive had a few different quotes from a couple of places and one i did on a website so im in need of your opinions to which one i should go with. This one is from a local store so if anything goes from i can take it there very easily and speak to some one face to face, also i can trade in my current computer. £1480.05 incl. VAT Intel Q6700 overclocked 8GB 1066Mhz 300GB Raptor 1TB + 160 GB Hard drive XFX 750i MOBO Antec 1200 X-Fi Titanium 2x GTX 260 DVD RW DVD ROM Vapochill Fan (although i might reduce by having justa 150gb raptor and maybe 1x gtx 260 or 1x gtx 295) This one is from a freind who builds computers, and hes saying that, thats all i need at the moment and by the time i need to upgrade it would work out cheaper. Only downside is that my freind lives a good distance so if anything goes wrong it will have to be sent to him. £1085 + Del. Intel E8400 8GB 1066Mhz Samsung F2 1TB Biostar T-Power I45 Antec 1200 X-Fi Extreme Gamer 896MB XFX GTX275 Be Quiet 650w Dark Power LG 22x DVD RW Dual Layer Titan Fenrir This one is from PC Specialist, again if anything goes wrong it'll need sending back. £1350 incl. VAT and Del Intel® Core™i7 Processor i7-920 (3.06GHz) 4.8GTs/8MB Cache 6GB CORSAIR XMS3 1600MHz - LIFETIME WARRANTY! (3x2GB) ASUS® P6T DELUXE V2: DDR3, 2-Way SLI & CrossFireX on Demand Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Premium 64-bit + Windows 7 Upgrade Voucher (£86) 8 x USB 2.0 PORTS (6 REAR + 2 FRONT) AS STANDARD 150GB WD VelociRaptor® SATA 16MB CACHE (10,000rpm) 1TB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 16MB CACHE (7,200rpm) 22x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM 896MB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX260 PCI EXPRESS Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ Xtreme Gamer (£65) ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT ANTEC 1200 BLACK GAMING CASE 800W Quiet Quad Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£89) (Special Offer) ASUS TRITON 81 PURE COPPER BASE ULTRA COOLER (£49) 1 x IEEE 1394a FIREWIRE PORT ONBOARD 1 Year RTB Warranty with free collection and delievery (might upgrade the cpu to the 950 which will be just over 1500 or upgrade the vga to the gtx295 for just over 1500) Your advice and opinions are very much appericated. Im just getting quite alot of advice and im getting confused Cheers Phil
Building it yourself is not an option? If not then take a look at Scan 3XS - http://3xs.scan.co.uk/, or novatech - http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/pc/
I wouldnt want to risk doing it myself, im far from knowledgeable when it comes to pc builds. I was warned off companys like Novatech do to them using non-branded parts to make the the pc cheaper.
if i was you i would buy a computer off yoyotech they give you the best deals and don't skimp on any of the components
Then go scan 3xs, if the pc you pick is over £1000 novatech can't use budget parts, speaking of which, there is a new computer maker who came on our forums not long ago, maybe you wanna check him out... there is a discount code I will disclose if you are interested, let me find that link
The third of the 3 was the better machine, How about: Intel CoreT i7-920 Processor 6GB of Corsair XMS3 Memory(3x 2GB, 1600MHz) Radeon HD 4870 X2 2Gb Graphics 300GB VelociRaptor & 1TB Hard Drive Blu-Ray & DVDRW Drive Vista Home Premium (64bit) Antec 902 £1570 inc Vat + Delivery http://www.cclonline.com/product-info.asp?product=BUNGAME11C
