Hi everyone 
I'm looking to make a Gaming PC with a roughly £830 max budget. It;s been a long time since I've built a spec for a PC, but I'm looking for something both powerful and affordable.
I've put together two specs, both AMD and Intel. I'm not sure which is better value for money but at the moment the AMD build appears to be more worthwhile due to the GTX 560 Ti - which is an amazing card even today. If I try to put a 560 Ti in the Intel build it gets a little too pricey.
A few of the games I plan to be running on this are things like
SWTOR
TES V: Skyrim
WoW
Obviously, I'd like to max these games out on eithe rof those specs and was wondering if that was possible?
And I'd also like an opinion on what I could tweak (if anything) on either spec. I'm all ears
AMD - I am considering going for the Diamond delivery option (Pre-Noon) aswell.
INTEL - Same applies with the delivery option.
(Lack of a 560 Ti and the fact it's already over budget slightly is what's putting me off the Intel spec)
Feel free to critique my spec as you will
Good day,
James
I'm looking to make a Gaming PC with a roughly £830 max budget. It;s been a long time since I've built a spec for a PC, but I'm looking for something both powerful and affordable.
I've put together two specs, both AMD and Intel. I'm not sure which is better value for money but at the moment the AMD build appears to be more worthwhile due to the GTX 560 Ti - which is an amazing card even today. If I try to put a 560 Ti in the Intel build it gets a little too pricey.
A few of the games I plan to be running on this are things like
SWTOR
TES V: Skyrim
WoW
Obviously, I'd like to max these games out on eithe rof those specs and was wondering if that was possible?
And I'd also like an opinion on what I could tweak (if anything) on either spec. I'm all ears
AMD - I am considering going for the Diamond delivery option (Pre-Noon) aswell.
Code:
Case
COOLERMASTER HAF 922 MID TOWER GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
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
Memory (RAM)
8GB SAMSUNG DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 4GB)
Graphics Card
1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 560 Ti - 2 DVI,HDMI,VGA - 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
500GB SEAGATE Barracuda SATA-III 6Gb/s HDD, 32MB Cache (7200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Power Supply
600W Quiet 80 PLUS Quad Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£59)
Processor Cooling
TITAN FENRIR EVO EXTREME HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£39)
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 - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 10 to 12 working days
Quantity
1
Price: £810.00 including VAT and delivery.
Configure Here: http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/computers/amd-llano/INTEL - Same applies with the delivery option.
Code:
Case
COOLERMASTER HAF 922 MID TOWER GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5-2500 Quad Core (3.30GHz, 6MB Cache) + HD Graphics
Motherboard
ASUS® P8Z68-V LX: USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs, ATI®CrossFireX
Memory (RAM)
8GB SAMSUNG DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 4GB)
Graphics Card
1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 560 - DVI,HDMI,VGA - 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
500GB SEAGATE Barracuda SATA-III 6Gb/s HDD, 32MB Cache (7200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Power Supply
600W Quiet 80 PLUS Quad Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£59)
Processor Cooling
TITAN FENRIR EVO EXTREME HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£39)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) 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 - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 10 to 12 working days
Quantity
1
Price: £844.00 including VAT and delivery.
Configure Here: http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/computers/intel-sandy-bridge-pc/(Lack of a 560 Ti and the fact it's already over budget slightly is what's putting me off the Intel spec)
Feel free to critique my spec as you will
Good day,
James
