Have I made the right choice?

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Michaelc603

Member
Hey, I've ordered this PC as a budget gaming PC and have spent the most I can on it, will it be any good or am I wasting my money?

Case : STYLISH PIANO BLACK ENIGMA MICRO-ATX CASE + 2 FRONT USB
Change to: STYLISH PIANO BLACK ENIGMA CASE + 2 FRONT USB
Processor: (CPU) AMD A6-3670K APU (2.7GHz, 4 Cores) & AMD Radeon™ HD 6530D Graphics
Change to: AMD A8-3870K APU (3.0GHz, 4 Cores) & AMD Radeon™ HD 6550D Graphics
Motherboard: ASUS® F1A75-M: FM1 A-SERIES, SATA 6.0GB/s, USB 3.0
Change to: ASUS® F1A75-V EVO: FM1 A-SERIES, SATA 6.0GB/s, USB 3.0
Memory: (RAM) 4GB SAMSUNG DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 2GB)
Change to: 8GB SAMSUNG DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 4GB)
Graphics Card: 1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 550 Ti - DVI,HDMI,VGA - 3D Vision Ready
Change to: 1GB AMD RADEON™ HD7770 - DVI,HDMI,2 mDP - DX® 11, Eyefinity 4 Capable
2nd Graphics Card NONE
Memory - 1st Hard Disk 1TB 3.5" SATA-III 6GB/s HDD 7200RPM 32MB CACHE
2nd Hard Disk NONE
RAID NONE
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive 24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
2nd DVD/BLU-RAY Drive NONE
Memory Card Reader NONE
Power Supply 450W Quiet 80 PLUS Dual Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£29)
Change to: CORSAIR 650W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX650 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£69)
Processor Cooling STANDARD AMD CPU COOLER
Sound Card ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs
USB Options 6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD

I am upgrading to that from a laptop with these specs:

Processor:Intel Core i3-370M Processor
Operating System:Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium
RAM:2GB DDR3 RAM
Graphics card:ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470,1GB dedicated memory
Display : 15.6-inch LED,1366 x 768 pixels ,16:9 aspect ratio
Hard drive:500GB SATA 5400rpm
Optical disk drive: DVD Reader/writer
Memory card reader:7-in-1 media card reader
USB:4 x USB 2.0 ports (including eSATA/USB combo port)


Have I made the right choice or wasted my money?
 
Teaz

Teaz

Godlike
You're on the right track, I tweaked it to balance it out and this would be better suited for your use:

Case
COOLERMASTER ELITE 310 BLUE CASE

Processor (CPU)
AMD BULLDOZER QUAD CORE FX-4100 (3.60GHz/4MB CACHE/AM3+)

Motherboard
ASUS® M5A78L-M/USB3: M-ATX, USB 3.0, SATA 3.0Gb/s

Memory (RAM)
4GB SAMSUNG DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 2GB)

Graphics Card
1GB AMD RADEON™ HD6850 - 2 DVI,HDMI, DP - DX® 11, Eyefinity 3 Capable

Memory - 1st Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)

1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM

Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX650 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£69)

Processor Cooling
SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE AMD CPU COOLER (£19)

Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)

Network Facilities
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs

USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD

Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit w/SP1 - inc DVD & Licence

Total: 632

Ram should be fine and runs smoothly with 4GB on everyday use and gaming. Can be easily upgraded later on if desired :)
 
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Michaelc603

Member
Thing is it's already in the 11 day of pre-production and that processor is the highest it goes, do you know the rules for cancelling orders?
 
keynes

keynes

Multiverse Poster
Michaelc603 said:
Thing is it's already in the 11 day of pre-production and that processor is the highest it goes, do you know the rules for cancelling orders?
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Phone PCS and cancel the order, you are probably going to start again from the bottom unless they are able to modify your order over the phone.
 
Teaz

Teaz

Godlike
If nothing has been built, you should be able to make amends/changes without getting charged. Haven't been on the forum for some time due to work so things may have change for the blind on me.

As said by rubensolo, do give them a call: 0844 499 4000. I didn't expect it to be in the 11th day of pre production.
 
Teaz

Teaz

Godlike
You shouldn't if they haven't started building your pc yet. As said, you should be able to make changes without getting charged. Try checking on your account to see if amending option allows you to make amends, if not call up pcs.

Depending how it goes, i'm sure they will go over with it clearly for you.
 
Teaz

Teaz

Godlike
Nothing, I've only reconfigured it to balance it out and make it better like the hdd to the caviar black which is better all rounder and consumes slightly less power than the traditional standard bog ata drive. Better graphics card. etc etc
 
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