New Desktop PC Around £500 - Chillblast? Help!

Cisco001

Maddy25 wrote: »

Thanks To Cisco001: All those items look good but if AMD is slower then can't I get a similar tower with intel?

And thanks SailorSam, might just get a tower with that monitor.

Medion Akoya E2081 D Desktop PC (Intel Core i5 2320 3.0Ghz, 6GB RAM, 1TB HDD, DVD/CD-RW, LAN, Intel HD 2000 Graphics, Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B007PEI588/ref=noref?ie=UTF8&psc=1&s=computers

Maddy25

Thanks a lot Jayme1 and Cisco001. But the build recommended by Jayme1 is not really cheaper.

The Medion one looks good, and buying some speakers and a good monitor will come under £500. But it's not really a top brand, so am a little worried on quality. Even though I have bought some Medion technology about 5/6 years ago and their still working fab but they were under £30.

I got these 2 specs put together, one from Chillblast and one from DinoPC. Both similar but DinoPC are cheaper. Is DinoPC good?

I've emailed chillblast to lower the price and they said they'll see what they can do. So fingers crossed.


Chillblast Fusion Obsidian Spec

Case:
CIT Shade Micro ATX Basic Case

Processor:
Intel Core i5 3570K Processor 3.40 GHz (No Overclocking)

CPU Cooler:
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler

Thermal Paste:
Generic thermal paste

Motherboard:
Asus P8B75-M LX Basic Micro ATX Motherboard

Memory:
8GB PC3-10666 1333MHz DDR3 Memory (2 x 4GB sticks)

Graphics Card:
Integrated Intel Graphics

1st Hard Drive:
1000GB 7200RPM Hard Disk - 6Gbps

1st Optical Drive:
Sony 24x DVD-RW Drive

Power Supply:
Xigmatek Premium Grade 500W PSU

Sound Card:
Onboard High Definition Audio

Operating System:
Windows 7 Professional 64 bit

Cable Management:
Standard Chillblast Cable Management

Primary Monitor:
22" Asus VE228T Widescreen TFT Monitor (LED)

Keyboard and Mouse:
Logitech Cordless Keyboard and Mouse

Speakers:
Logitech S-220 2.1 Speakers

Total products cost:
£624.00 inc VAT



Fabro i5 3450 Package (fabro3450p)
£525.00

Customizations:

CPU:! NEW! Intel Core i5 3450

Operating System:! Microsoft® Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

Motherboard:! NEW! Asus P8H61-MX USB3

RAM:! 8GB DDR3 1333mhz (2x 4GB)

Hard Drive:! 1TB S-ATAIII 6.0Gb/s

Optical Drive:! 22x DVD±RW DL S-ATA

Graphics card:! NEW! NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 1GB

Sound card:! Onboard 7.1 Audio

Keyboard and Mouse:! Keyboard, mouse and speakers

Speakers:! Logitech S220

Monitor:! 21.5" Widescreen LCD

Case:! NEW! EZCool Mesh ATX

PSU:! 500W Xigmatek

Warranty:! 3 Year SureCare Warranty

Product Subtotal: £581.29


Im getting a little frustrated :mad:with all this as the custom-built ones are starting to get expensive. Shall I just buy a OEM one. E.g. Dell, HP, Packard Bell etc.

Please any good reviewed recommendations.

Cisco001

Are you going to overclock the machine? If yes, get first. If not, second.

Regarding your question about custom build/ OEM machine, I would say it depends on if you are going to upgrade the machine in future yourself. Proper Custom build/ self build would be easier to make any changes.

Maddy25

I wasn't planning to overclock. But the only main difference between the first and second is the graphics. Which graphics are better? And why did you say the first one for overclocking?

Maddy25

Sorry one more thing is Dino PC any good? And is that spec good or shall I alter it?

Maddy25

Hi

One more thing, which Motherboard is better;

1) 4154 - NEW! Asus P8B75-M LX
2) 4153x - NEW! Asus P8H61-MX USB3

Jamie_Cortez

Maddy25 wrote: »

Im getting a little frustrated :mad:with all this as the custom-built ones are starting to get expensive. Shall I just buy a OEM one. E.g. Dell, HP, Packard Bell etc.

Please any good reviewed recommendations.

They are getting expensive because your picking specs are that are OTT for what you have said you need it for, you don't need an expensive intel ivybridge processor for day to day tasks...unless ofc you want to waste money.
If your not gaming, you don't need a dedicated GPU on board will be fine.

Dino PC has Stego 4100 Home/office PC that's cheaper and with simple changes HDD too 1TB 8gb DDR Ram its questionable you need 8, 4 will prob do for your usage.

Maddy25

Yeah I thought I might be going OTT! I don't really know that much about computers but I want something that will work at the same speed for at least 5 years!
The Stego is AMD so I don't want that one but what about this one

My main worry being: is the i3 fast enough. How fast or slow might it be comparing it to the iPad 2? As I need something as fast. I do a lot of video editing.

NEW! Seismo i3 2120 Package

£405.00 inc. VAT

Intel's latest Core i3 is the perfect entry point for a fast, responsive PC experience.

Specification:
CPU: Intel Core i3 2120
Operating System: MS Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Motherboard: Asus P8H61-MX USB3
Memory: 4GB DDR3 1333mhz
Hard Drives: 500GB S-ATAIII 6.0Gb/s
Optical Drive: 22x DVD±RW DL S-ATA
Graphics card: Onboard Intel GMA
Sound card: Onboard 7.1 Audio
Case: EZCool Mesh ATX
Monitor: 22" Widescreen LCD
Also Included: Keyboard, Mouse and Speakers
Warranty: 3 Year SureCare Warranty

Maddy25

Or a customised version of the Seismo


NEW! Seismo i3 2120 Package (seismo2120p)

Customizations:
CPU: 2083 - NEW! Intel Core i5 3450. +£60
Operating System: 11001 - No Operating System - I will install my own
Motherboard: 4154 - NEW! Asus P8B75-M LX +£8
RAM: 5039 - 8GB DDR3 1333mhz (2x 4GB)
Hard Drive: 6028 - 1TB S-ATAIII 6.0Gb/s
Optical Drive: 7003x - 22x DVD±RW DL S-ATA
Graphics card: 8048x - Onboard Intel GMA4500
Sound card: 10001x - Onboard 7.1 Audio
Internet: 13006 - Wireless 802.11N 300Mbps MIMO PCI card
Keyboard and Mouse: 14001x - Keyboard, mouse and speakers
Speakers: 2006 - Logitech S220
Monitor: 15002x - 21.5" Widescreen LCD
Case: 17045x - NEW! EZCool Mesh ATX
PSU: 18033 - 500W Xigmatek +£30
Warranty: sc-1 - 3 Year SureCare Warranty
£504.99


Also, do I need a CPU Cooler?

transient

I would get this and keep the lappy

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/hp-proliant-n40l-microserver-203-02-ccl-computers-103-02-with-100-hp-cashback-offer-1295452