some advice on this computer please.

[Deleted]

So im going to buy a new desktop and after much research I have found this pre-built custom pc- http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...-210-OK&tool=5 but im getting the gtx 460 oc. i'm on a budget of approx. £600 and i really dont want to build my own pc, so what i want to ask is:
1. Is this a decent setup for the price?
2. Is this a reliable company to buy from?

all replies are welcome

edit: i do need an os aswell so that is an extra £70.

[Aminozuur]

Well the problem is the CPU here you can get a i3 2100 with a strong GPU + os For that price and the 2100 will run circles around the amd. But thats if your building it yourself (its not hard).

The company is reliable.
The price is imo still in a 'good' margain but you could get a beast CPU compared to that if you build it yourself

[Thevanin]

£600 = 968.58 USD

For that price, you can get a much more powerful computer. The new Inter core series (i3-2100, i5-2500, ect) are the best processors out there for the money. You also didn't mention if you have an OS or not (the link you provided didn't have an OS selected). If you don't have one, that's another $100 USD.

2 links from your previous site - can't post hyperlinks yet
£479.98
showproduct.php?prodid= FS-178-OE&groupid=43&catid=2038&subcat= + Win7 Home Premium
£107.99
showproduct.php?prodid=GX-266-SP&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=

Found the graphics card from the link below from tomshardware
/reviews/best-graphics-card,2964-3.html

I think those 2 things combined would be a much better computer than your initial one.

[taekvideo]

£600 = 968.58 USD

For that price, you can get a much more powerful computer. The new Inter core series (i3-2100, i5-2500, ect) are the best processors out there for the money. You also didn't mention if you have an OS or not (the link you provided didn't have an OS selected). If you don't have one, that's another $100 USD.

2 links from your previous site - can't post hyperlinks yet
£479.98
showproduct.php?prodid= FS-178-OE&groupid=43&catid=2038&subcat= + Win7 Home Premium
£107.99
showproduct.php?prodid=GX-266-SP&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=

Found the graphics card from the link below from tomshardware
/reviews/best-graphics-card,2964-3.html

I think those 2 things combined would be a much better computer than your initial one.

Prices aren't really comparable to USD... base prices tend to be higher in other countries than the US, and they have that stupid VAT tax too.

[Deleted]

Well the problem is the CPU here you can get a i3 2100 with a strong GPU + os For that price and the 2100 will run circles around the amd. But thats if your building it yourself (its not hard).

The company is reliable.
The price is imo still in a 'good' margain but you could get a beast CPU compared to that if you build it yourself

thanks for the reply, however isnt the amd processor better since it is 3.3 GHz quad core vs the i3 which is a dual core 3.1 GHz processor. I know that building one myself would be cheaper and better but i dont want to mess something up and fry the gpu or something and end up having to buy a new one.

[Deleted]

Reccomend you go with an Intel CPU. It'll cost a little more but you'll see nearly twice the performance in WoW.

[Thevanin]

I'm not familiar with purchasing computers overseas, but, I believe, the setup I partially linked (not enough posts for links yet) is more powerful for the same price. The pound --> USD conversion was mostly to give me an approximate reference point.

[Deleted]

I'm not familiar with purchasing computers overseas, but, I believe, the setup I partially linked (not enough posts for links yet) is more powerful for the same price. The pound --> USD conversion was mostly to give me an approximate reference point.

yes i looked that up but the gpu upgrade looks very poor, is it easy to buy that computer with just the integrated graphics card and buy a seperate gpu and install it myself?

[Thevanin]

If you look below the computer option I linked a graphics card as well. It was rated by tomshardware as one of the best cards in a price range that seems to fit your build. Installing an aftermarket graphics card is remarkably easy as long as you have the power supply to support it; that's something I didn't check in that computer build. If a new power supply is needed, those are also very easy to replace.

[Deleted]

If you look below the computer option I linked a graphics card as well. It was rated by tomshardware as one of the best cards in a price range that seems to fit your build. Installing an aftermarket graphics card is remarkably easy as long as you have the power supply to support it; that's something I didn't check in that computer build. If a new power supply is needed, those are also very easy to replace.

the psu is 600w would that be enough?
and thanks a lot for all the help.

[Thevanin]

600W should be more than enough for any mid range (sub $250) card.

You're welcome.

[taekvideo]

Thevanin's solution is probably the best you'll get in your price range so I say go for it.

[Deleted]

Thevanin's solution is probably the best you'll get in your price range so I say go for it.

yes i'm probably going to go for it, im just going to ask the company if that gpu will work on that mobo first.

[taekvideo]

yes i'm probably going to go for it, im just going to ask the company if that gpu will work on that mobo first.

It'll work. This is the motherboard http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/p...xdh61crb3.html
It has a pci-e x16 slot which is all a mobo needs to use that gpu.

[Deleted]

It'll work. This is the motherboard http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/p...xdh61crb3.html
It has a pci-e x16 slot which is all a mobo needs to use that gpu.

ok thanks for all the help everyone!

[Uggorthaholy]

thanks for the reply, however isnt the amd processor better since it is 3.3 GHz quad core vs the i3 which is a dual core 3.1 GHz processor. I know that building one myself would be cheaper and better but i dont want to mess something up and fry the gpu or something and end up having to buy a new one.

There is a chart floating around that I CBA to find, as I'm at work, but the i3 outperforms every single AMD in WoW.

It's about performance per core, and the AMD chips can't hang with intel atm.

[Deleted]

so i got a reply from overclockers and they said that the amd 6790 card is not compatible with the motherboard. So im thinking of just getting the novatech iconquer pc - http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/p.../iconquer.html. Are overclockers correct in saying that the gpu wont work with that motherboard (Intel H61 Socket 1155 MicroATX DDR3 Motherboard B3 REVISION) and is the novatech pc a good alternative?

[Deleted]

so i got a reply from overclockers and they said that the amd 6790 card is not compatible with the motherboard. So im thinking of just getting the novatech iconquer pc - http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/p.../iconquer.html. Are overclockers correct in saying that the gpu wont work with that motherboard (Intel H61 Socket 1155 MicroATX DDR3 Motherboard B3 REVISION) and is the novatech pc a good alternative?

quite frankly, it looks like a rip off to me, but then again, i'm all into building a system, not getting premades. the one in my sig for example was only around £600 (WITH a monitor) and is literally miles better than the iconquer but only £30 more. you can buy the iconquer but don't expect to be able to run with max graphics like you could be able to if you built your own.

[taekvideo]

so i got a reply from overclockers and they said that the amd 6790 card is not compatible with the motherboard. So im thinking of just getting the novatech iconquer pc - http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/p.../iconquer.html. Are overclockers correct in saying that the gpu wont work with that motherboard (Intel H61 Socket 1155 MicroATX DDR3 Motherboard B3 REVISION) and is the novatech pc a good alternative?

Did they say WHY it's not? Because there's no reason it wouldn't be...
and that novatech pc would work fine for wow if that's what you intend to use it for, but the gpu might struggle with more graphics-intensive games.

[Deleted]

Did they say WHY it's not? Because there's no reason it wouldn't be...
and that novatech pc would work fine for wow if that's what you intend to use it for, but the gpu might struggle with more graphics-intensive games.

well i asked on tomshardware and they said it would be fine and that i could even get the hd 6850 running on it, do you think that would be better. I guess overclockers might have thought that i was talking about them changing the graphics card themselves.