Help with buying a computer [+rep]

[Pazza]

Hey,

I need to get my orders in for christmas, and i want a desktop pc.

I'll be honest, I don't have a clue what parts to buy, so if anybody could put together the best gaming computer you could on ebuyer (including case and monitor) for £500 (or less :D) then i'll rep you.

Thanks alot :D

[Pazza]

Anybody lol ?

[Teabags]

Do you want a custom built gaming PC? Or prebuilt?

Just wondering if you want to assemble it yourself.

[Kevin]

take this to forums.ebuyer.com is your best bet, they will come up with the best one for you.

[Teabags]

This slightly tops your buget. But I like it for a gaming PC. I am guessing you want games like CS?
http://www.cube247.co.uk/?customise=9

It should have next day delivery.

[N!ck]

take this to forums.ebuyer.com is your best bet, they will come up with the best one for you.

There are many people on here just as competent at recommending parts as those on the Ebuyer forums. Plus on here parts may be from a selection of different stores meaning slightly cheaper overall cost and possibly parts that Ebuyer don't stock, whereas the guys on Ebuyer forum are likely to recommend only parts from there.

[Kevin]

There are many people on here just as competent at recommending parts as those on the Ebuyer forums. Plus on here parts may be from a selection of different stores meaning slightly cheaper overall cost and possibly parts that Ebuyer don't stock, whereas the guys on Ebuyer forum are likely to recommend only parts from there.


Ebuyer has such a wide variety of parts, it's likely that you can source the parts (if cheaper) elsewhere.

I'm not saying that people on here arnt capable, but it's just that over at ebuyer that's all they do and nothing else, they specialise in it.

[Pazza]

Do you want a custom built gaming PC? Or prebuilt?

Just wondering if you want to assemble it yourself.
Whichever is best for the price, my dads friend will build it for them.


take this to forums.ebuyer.com is your best bet, they will come up with the best one for you.
Okay thanks.


This slightly tops your buget. But I like it for a gaming PC. I am guessing you want games like CS?
http://www.cube247.co.uk/?customise=9


It should have next day delivery.
Thanks alot, i'll just have to look for alternatives aswell obviously :P

[Oleh]

go to arbico.co.uk and look at performance pc's you can customise what you would like and you can get a mouse/keyboard combo and a monitor ;)

[9y]

Stick to Nvidia Graphics cards, SLI up if you can afford it. Sick ass monitor is a must. Mines "34 which is sexy for gaming (and watching americas next top model which im doing now) Decent peripherals can be hitting £200 alone

my setup:

Logitech g15 (£90)
Razer Lacheis (£55)
Razer eXactMat (£20)
34" Samsung monitor (£300)
Microsoft Lifechat Headset (£40)

Case (£80)
Dual SLI Nvidia Geforce 9200 (£100 each)
Storm 700wt PSU (£90)
Basic motherboard, Idk what it was.
6gb kingston ram (£40 per 2gig)
A couple of fans. (about £5 each)

Obviosuly this is up to scratch, way too much than needed but im preparing for the future while i can afford it. Good stuff. :)

Ebuyer/Overclockers.co.uk is good too :)
Play.com for peripherals
Crucial.com(maybe .co.uk) for RAM

But if you have a asian run type computer store near you, thats usually cheaper.

Hope i helped.

[UrbanRyan]

Get a dell Matt.

[9y]

Get a dell Matt.

ew ew ew ew ew ew avoid dell's unless your getting an xps

[N!ck]

This comes to about £412 delivered. Not including a monitor, keyboard and mouse.

http://www.uploadpicz.com/images/36Picture_1.png
http://www.uploadpicz.com/images/63Picture_2.png

Could be made a little cheaper with a smaller HDD https://www.aria.co.uk/SuperSpecials/Other+products/Samsung+F3+500GB+16MB+Sata+II+HD502HJ+?productId=3 7759 and/or slower CPU https://www.aria.co.uk/SuperSpecials/Other+products/Intel+Core+2+Duo+E7400+2.80GHz+%28Retail+775%29+?p roductId=34748

[Pazza]

This comes to about £412 delivered. Not including a monitor, keyboard and mouse.

http://www.uploadpicz.com/images/36Picture_1.png
http://www.uploadpicz.com/images/63Picture_2.png

Could be made a little cheaper with a smaller HDD https://www.aria.co.uk/SuperSpecials/Other+products/Samsung+F3+500GB+16MB+Sata+II+HD502HJ+?productId=3 7759 and/or slower CPU https://www.aria.co.uk/SuperSpecials/Other+products/Intel+Core+2+Duo+E7400+2.80GHz+%28Retail+775%29+?p roductId=34748

Ooh,

have you got a link to all that ? (sorry :P)


+rep anywhoo

[9y]

This comes to about £412 delivered. Not including a monitor, keyboard and mouse.

http://www.uploadpicz.com/images/36Picture_1.png
http://www.uploadpicz.com/images/63Picture_2.png

Could be made a little cheaper with a smaller HDD https://www.aria.co.uk/SuperSpecials/Other+products/Samsung+F3+500GB+16MB+Sata+II+HD502HJ+?productId=3 7759 and/or slower CPU https://www.aria.co.uk/SuperSpecials/Other+products/Intel+Core+2+Duo+E7400+2.80GHz+%28Retail+775%29+?p roductId=34748

Rack up the PSU and the Ram and it would be better, better off paying a little more for a better psu

[N!ck]

Rack up the PSU and the Ram and it would be better, better off paying a little more for a better psu

4GB RAM is more than enough and especially for the price of the system, more RAM will add too much to the price.

The PSU is pushing it a bit, but it should be fine as it's a decent brand.

Links:

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/135101
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/143844
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/149313
http://www.aria.co.uk/SuperSpecials/Other+products/Intel+Core+2+Quad+Q8200+2.33GHz+1333FSB+%28Retail+ 775%29+?productId=33807
http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Motherboards/Socket+775+%28Intel%29/Asus+P5QL%2FEPU%2C+Intel+P43+Chipset%2C+DDR2%2C+LG A775+?productId=36990
http://www.aria.co.uk/SuperSpecials/Other+products/1TB+Samsung+Spinpoint+F3+SATA2+7200RPM+32MB+cache+ ?productId=37726
http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics+Cards/PCI-E/nVIDIA+GTS+250+Series+PCI-E/PALIT+NVIDIA+GTS250+512MB+%2Fw+HDMI+?productId=372 48

[Suspective]

Good Luck finding one.