Gaming PC(update & final advice please)

Paradigm

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-005-NC

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-008-CS

C'mon, you know it makes sense

joe_pesci

Paradigm wrote: »

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-005-NC

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-008-CS

C'mon, you know it makes sense

That would mean me fitting it:eek: If i was going to do that, i would build it all myself and save about £200. Only problem is, i see no videos online on how to build it..

timbim_2

What, how to fit a CPU cooler? Look here. Also, the tuniq tower is a good CPU cooler at half the price.

joe_pesci

Ok thanks timbim.

DatabaseError

if the silverpower is the tagan silverpower that should be ok.

whoa....hold the horses.....

" i would build it all myself and save about £200" !!!!!! they're charging £200 to assemble a PC? I've not done the pricing...I'd assumed around £50 build charge which seems fair. £200 for an hours work with something which is almost as easy to assemble as lego is taking the....

There are dozens of sites showing how to build a PC...there's even a haynes manual !!!!!!...buy that for £15 and save £185!
...or you must know a 15yr old boy who can do it for you?
...if you live near halifax I'll do it for a cup of coffee (+2 sugars)! I've never built an i7 machine...but everything from 486 to modern quads (well over 100 machines) ...so I have an idea what to do

joe_pesci

DatabaseError wrote: »

if the silverpower is the tagan silverpower that should be ok.

whoa....hold the horses.....

" i would build it all myself and save about £200" !!!!!! they're charging £200 to assemble a PC? I've not done the pricing...I'd assumed around £50 build charge which seems fair. £200 for an hours work with something which is almost as easy to assemble as lego is taking the....

There are dozens of sites showing how to build a PC...there's even a haynes manual !!!!!!...buy that for £15 and save £185!
...or you must know a 15yr old boy who can do it for you?
...if you live near halifax I'll do it for a cup of coffee (+2 sugars)! I've never built an i7 machine...but everything from 486 to modern quads (well over 100 machines) ...so I have an idea what to do

Im not sure about the costs, but if it is only about £50 saving building it myself, then no point in me buildng it. I was told buying the parts is alot cheaper, so would have thought at least £100 cheaper buying the parts and putting it together myself. Could be wrong.

Im just watching videos on youtube, seems easy to build. Im tempted to give it ago:o

On the cpu, does not say if a Tagan, just says Silverpower.

-TangleFoot-

joe_pesci wrote: »

On the cpu, does not say if a Tagan, just says Silverpower.

Surely you mean PSU?

Take a look at these for pointers:

• 500 - 700W Power Supply Group Test
• 800 - 1000W Power Supply Group Test

Then, check out the prices of these babies!

joe_pesci

Ive managed to up my budget to just over 1k:eek: So with that improved what was needed. Tell me this is ok:o

CAS:APEVIA X-Cruiser Mid-Tower Metal Case w/ Side Window (Blue Color)
CASUPGRADE:12" COLD CATHODE NEON LIGHT (RED COLOR)
CS_FAN:Default Case Fan
POWERSUPPLY:625 Watts Power Supplies (Enermax Pro 82+ 625Watt Power Supply (84 - 88% Efficiency))
CPU:(Quad-Core)Intel® CoreT i7 920 @ 2.66GHz 8 MB cache LGA1366
FAN:THERMALTAKE V1 CPU COOLER
MOTHERBOARD:Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD3R X58 2 Way Crossfire/SLI DDR3
MEMORY:6GB (3x2GB) PC10666 DDR3/1333mhz Triple Channel Memory (G.SKILL Value Select or Major Brand)
VIDEO:ATI Radeon HD 4890 PCI-E x16 1GB DDR5 Video Card [+118]
HDD:Single Hard Drive (1TB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 16M Cache 7200RPM Hard Drive
CD:(Special Price) LG 22X DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW DRIVE DUAL LAYER (Black Color)
SOUND:HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO
WNC:PCI Wireless 802.11g 54Mbps Network Interface Card


PSU has very good reviews online and people seem to love Enermax, this was a little more expensive than the Silverpower 600w PSU, but the silverpower had very average reviews, so went for that one. CPU cooler had a 10/10 on one review and had loads of rewards, so seemed like a good choice. That all comes to around £1012 ish. £100 over my orig budget:eek: But i took peoples advice in not skimping on PSU & cooler fan.

Can i now finally get thumbs up from you lot....pretty please:o

jaydeeuk1

Looks good to me. Still think you should save yourself a few hundred and build it yourself though!

joe_pesci

jaydeeuk1 wrote: »

Looks good to me. Still think you should save yourself a few hundred and build it yourself though!

I will drop dead of the thought of me blowing the motherboard That is real bargain to be honest, elsewhere it would come to well over 1200. So im happy to let experts build it. Then in future add a 2nd graphics card and other bits as i watched a few videos and seems easy enough.