Have a budget of £950, what should i get

[Deleted]

I am looking to buy a new computer to run SC2 and WoW on ultra at 1920x1080 res, i am in the UK so shipping must be available to UK (much prefer seller to be in UK)

£950 = ~$1500 USD

Thanks

[hotandholy]

just under 1100 euros, im sure wow (and maybe sc) arent 'that' intense, but on that resolution I'm not sure if that budget will get you there, certainly not with other games.

[Vlob]

Step 1: Order Parts from UK suppliers
Step 2: Assemble
Step 3: ????????
Step 4: PROFIT!

Less Trolly version: You can get parts from local sellers pretty cheap and assemble a awesome computer yourself.

People post on their blogs all the time on new parts that are affordable and awesome, i suggest looking for some of those.

[ICEBERG]

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GL

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[Zone]

£950 is closer to $1000 when buying rather than directly exchanging and most places (newegg, tigerdirect) don't ship to the UK for that exact reason, they'll eventually expand and sell products for more than they're worth because quite simply put, they can.

[Deleted]

Where in the UK, because if you are in the Basingstoke area I'll build you one if you pay me in beer ^^

If you just want to buy it: http://www.yoyotech.co.uk/item-detai...cts_id=4371234

PC CASE - SURVIVOR ATX CASE
POWER SUPPLY - 550W PSU
MOTHERBOARD - INTEL P67 CHIPSET MOTHERBOARD
PROCESSOR - CORE i5-2500K - QUAD CORE - SANDYBRIDGE
OVERCLOCKED - YES - 4.6Ghz
CPU COOLER - CONTAC 29 CPU COOLER
MEMORY ONE - 4GB DDR3 - 1600Mhz MEMORY
MEMORY TWO - 4GB DDR3 - 1600Mhz MEMORY
SOLID STATE DRIVE - NONE
HARD DRIVE - 1TB SATAII
OPTICAL DRIVER - DVD REWRITER
GRAPHICS CARD ONE - RADEON 6950 - 1GB GRAPHICS
GRAPHICS MODE - SINGLE CARD
SOUND - 5.1 CHANNEL
OPERATING SYSTEM - NONE - CAN BE ADDED AS AN UPGRADE OPTION


Or for £50 more: http://www.yoyotech.co.uk/item-detai...cts_id=4372090

PC CASE - SURVIVOR ATX CASE
POWER SUPPLY - 550W PSU
MOTHERBOARD - INTEL P67 CHIPSET MOTHERBOARD
PROCESSOR - CORE i5-2500K - QUAD CORE - SANDYBRIDGE
OVERCLOCKED - YES - 4.6Ghz
CPU COOLER - FREEZER 13 CPU COOLER
MEMORY ONE - 8GB DDR3 - 1600Mhz MEMORY (4 x 2Gb STICKS)
SOLID STATE DRIVE - NONE
HARD DRIVE - 1TB SATAII
OPTICAL DRIVER - DVD REWRITER
GRAPHICS CARD ONE - RADEON 6950 - 2GB GRAPHICS
GRAPHICS MODE - SINGLE CARD
SOUND - 5.1 CHANNEL
OPERATING SYSTEM - GENUINE WINDOWS 7 HOME PREMIUM PRE-INSTALLED
KEYBOARD & MOUSE - WIRELESS KEYBOARD & MOUSE
MONITOR - 22 Inch TFT MONITOR

[BicycleMafioso]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...d=1444&subcat=


- Case: Antec 300 Gaming Case
- Power Supply: OCZ 600w StealthXStream II
- CPU: Intel Core i5 760 2.80GHz overclocked to 3.80GHz
- Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-P55-USB3 Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard
- Cooler: Corsair H50 CPU Cooler
- RAM: Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit
- Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6GB/s + 60 GB SSD Hard Drive
- Graphics Card: ATI Radeon 6970 2048 mb ram GDDR5
- Sound: High Definition 7.1 Onboard Sound Card
- Optical Drive: 22x DVD+RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter


£926.98 inc VAT + Delivery (I changed the grfx card and added a solid state hard drive for you)


Will eat every game there is on ultra settings and give you enough change for a few mcdonalds

Way overkill on the GPU, and that CPU is a waste for CPU-intensive games like WoW and SC2, when you can get a i5-2500K-system for ~same.

[Zone]

Because he won't be getting the best performance for his money with that much spent on GPU whilst having other areas that need upgrading, budget-management you could say.

[BicycleMafioso]

I don't see the problem of overkill for a massive performance increase when i kept him £24 under budget.

He had £950 to spend, and i put in probably the most powerful system you can get for that price and have the advantage of lasting him the next five years before he needs to think about upgrading again.

Win win if you ask me.

How can something kept in budget ever be an overkill of performance?

Because the GPU-increase doesn't matter for WoW.
You skimped on the CPU and went all-out on the GPU. Exactly the opposite of what you should do.

"Massive performance increase" my behind.

[Deleted]

He had £950 to spend, and i put in probably the most powerful system you can get for that price and have the advantage of lasting him the next five years before he needs to think about upgrading again.

'most powerful system' but without a Sandy Bridge chip bwahaha! Was that sarcasm?

[ukxenon]

the cpu will be the bottle neck for the gpu

[Deleted]

What site is that Synthaxx?

[BicycleMafioso]

So your saying the i5 processor clocked at 3.8 ghz would bottle neck the GPU?

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For his budget.

Wrong on both accounts. That CPU would bottleneck a HD5770 or a GTX460, even.
The CPU is "always" the bottleneck in wow.

And for his budget, going, say GTX460 and an i5-2500K would be a lot better. And probably cheaper.

[Deleted]

I wish I'd have money left over to buy one these shiny mechanical keyboards which are supercool :<

[Deleted]

So your saying the i5 processor clocked at 3.8 ghz would bottle neck the GPU?

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For his budget.

You obviously didn't see the one I posted then. Exactly on the budget. No OS but he can just put his old HDD in.

[BicycleMafioso]

The GPU will work "slower" than if an i7 processor was installed. Sure.

But it is still "faster" than adding a slower grfx card. No?


Someone want to show me a better system for £924?

No?

Didn't think so

Synthaxx did, and for >£100 less.
Changing it into an i5-2500K wouldn't increase the price by much, and you'd have a clear winner.

[Deleted]

The GPU will work "slower" than if an i7 processor was installed. Sure.

But it is still "faster" than adding a slower grfx card. No?


Someone want to show me a better system for £924?

No?

Didn't think so

http://www.yoyotech.co.uk/item-detai...cts_id=4372448

£870

[Juffowup]

http://www.overclock3d.net/reviews/s...ystem_review/1

its slightly more than your 950 pound budget but its an awesome buiild with what looks like excellent installation. If i was in england i would have bought it instead of building my own.

[BicycleMafioso]

Disagree.

A 6970 with 2048 mb ram running on an i5 @ 3.8 ghz is alot faster than a gtx460 running on an i5-2500.

Alot faster.

For what game? Wow? Never.

[Zone]

What site is that Synthaxx?

overclockers.co.uk (pretty sure)