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Is £460 alot of money for a computer? ($740)

Forum General UK & Ireland Discussions : Is £460 alot of money for a computer? ($740)

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Is this alot of money for a general computer that im spending here?

Here are the specifications
Phenom 955 x4
4gb of ram
5770 1gb graphics card
250gb hybrid ssd/hdd (basically inbetween an ssd and a hdd)
450 watt psu
very good upgradable am3+ mobo (even has crossfire and sata 6gb and usb 3.0)

But, i feel like im just wasting money here. Is 460 quid for this, or even for normal pc a waste?

Im not even sure if im going to be gaming ALOT. And i got that mobo because i want to upgrade to am4 cpu's in the future :)

Reply to pkhamidar2com
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are you making it yourself?

Reply to jamieb123

yesi am, and btw i had to replace the ssd hybrid drive with a normal hdd, and its down to around 444 pounds or so.

Reply to pkhamidar2com
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Where are you buying your parts from ?

Reply to uther39

different websites around the net... not just one, several

Reply to pkhamidar2com
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you will save on postage if you use just one, and do you need windows? Are you UK if so i will see if i can better your price, please give exact make and model of the mobo you want.

Reply to uther39

no i have a copy already.

BY THE WAY, I FORGOT TO SAY, THATS INCLUDING MONITOR WHICH IS 86 POUNDS :p.

so its actually 360 pounds or so, something like that, without monitor.

im buying the msi am3+ g54.

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Here are the specifications
Phenom 955 x4
4gb of ram
5770 1gb graphics card
250gb hybrid ssd/hdd (basically inbetween an ssd and a hdd)
450 watt psu

Well if you can do the above for £360 with postage then get it, cos i cant. But beware of cheap PSU never scrimp on its cost its the most important piece of hardware.

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4GB (2x2GB) Corsair DDR3 XMS3, PC3-12800 (1600), Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 9-9-9-24, XMP, 1.65V £24.16 £28.99

LN34240
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black, Deneb Core, S AM3, 3.2GHz, 8MB Cache, HT 3600MHz, 125W, Retail £73.95 £88.74

LN34292
MSI 870A-G54 AMD 870, AM3, PCI-E 2.0 (x16), DDR3 1800/2000(OC), SATA III 6Gb/s, SATA RAID, ATX £53.32 £63.98

LN35597
1GB XFX HD 5770, PCI-E 2.1 (x16), 4800MHz GDDR5, GPU 850MHz, 800 Cores, 2x DVI/ mini DP, Single Slot £62.35 £74.82

LN37420
2TB Hitachi 0F12115 Deskstar 7K3000, SATA 6Gb/s, 7200rpm, 64MB Cache, 8ms, NCQ £62.39 £74.87

LN38740
600W Corsair Gaming Series GS600, 80 Plus, 80% Eff', SLi, EPS 12V, 140mm Fan, Blue LED, 48A +12V £44.95 £53.94

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VAT
£321.12
£7.99
£65.82
Total£394.93

Reply to uther39

I also have a computer. It's very niiiice.

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Reply to Vokofpolisiekar

hey i calculated it, is 375 quid alot for a computer, im not gonna buy a monitor, i already have a nice 19 inch 900p one and its better than 720p :)

so what do you think? its got all fo the above specs and 2 free games :)

Reply to pkhamidar2com

i heard you've built the system now pkhamidar2com, how is it?

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"Well, there may be a reason why they call them 'Mac' trucks! Windows machines will not be trucks."-MS CEO S. Ballmer
My Rig
Reply to ps3hacker12

-_- dude you came around to my house to help me build it, and you came with the acoholic cloths to help clean the cpu and reapply thermal paste :P

Reply to pkhamidar2com

well for the rest of us, how is it?

Reply to 13thmonkey

Sounds like they had a lovely boys lovin :P

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GA-870A-UD3 + AMD PH-II X6 1100T BE + Hyper212+ + 8GB DDR3-1600 + GTX460 + Win 7 Pro SP1 x64
GA-870A-UD3 + AMD PH-II X4 840 + 4GB DDR3-1333 + ATI 3450 + SVR08 R2 SP1 x64
Reply to das_stig

lol , hes getting BSODs and memory errors, after replacing his RAM, hes still getting BSODs but less of them.

 

[EDIT]:
also the whole rig costed something like £350 in the end. with a phenom 955/AM3+ mobo/corsair CX430 PSU/4GB corsair ram/AMD 6770. etc.


Message edited by ps3hacker12 on 09-21-2011 at 03:47:54 PM
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My Rig
Reply to ps3hacker12

yeah im getting errors...

------------------------------ AMD PHENOM 955
MSI 870-G54 MOBO
4GB Corsair xm3 1333
XFX 6770 1GB
Reply to pkhamidar2com

have you posted asking for help?

Reply to 13thmonkey

13thmonkey wrote :

have you posted asking for help?



the post is 2 months old and hes already made his PC, so im geussing no.

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"Well, there may be a reason why they call them 'Mac' trucks! Windows machines will not be trucks."-MS CEO S. Ballmer
My Rig
Reply to ps3hacker12

uther39 wrote :

Here are the specifications
Phenom 955 x4
4gb of ram
5770 1gb graphics card
250gb hybrid ssd/hdd (basically inbetween an ssd and a hdd)
450 watt psu

Well if you can do the above for £360 with postage then get it, cos i cant. But beware of cheap PSU never scrimp on its cost its the most important piece of hardware.


you took words out of my mouth yes do it for £360!!!crikey ive now relised that the almost £800 i paid for mine exactly one year ago now(methinks i might have paid a little over the top)thanks to pcworld...im using i3 560 clarkdale(which im well happy with still..)@3.07mhz nvidia 320 1Gb(which rox) on Bfbc2,TF2-60-80fps!!...sometimes over 100!!! which ive never been fortunate to do...to me this was the ultimate gaming rig for under 800quid@the time,buying from pcworld instead of online...as never again will i by from online stockists only,wait till you get probs,youl see what im on about!....so i dont mind say paying around extra 100 quid or there abouts(i bought 1stnov 2010 btw)...my pc is still quiet as a mouse! according to some site bf3 is outa my range but we will see as the beta ran just great!!yeh i know its a beta but....so yeh back to ur question mate under 400 quid go for it....at the time i could have got an i5 which was next to mine and almopst 100 quid cheaper too,but the gfx card wasnt any good,and it was only 2.5 mhz where mine is 3.07...i was even thinking about taking loan and buying alienware etc for around 2500,glad i didnt,if you can get a little more ~£££ then do it,because these days i dont think you need to spend as much as we used to get an excellent gaming rig...imo that is....

Reply to slumdog71

yeh im getting errors,phew mebbe i made the right decision after all!! (^^sigh it's nice to have no probs@all)......Hamlet moment coming on........=0,

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