Buying a New Gaming PC in the UK

[DoomWeaver]

I'm looking for a Gaming PC to last me the next few years. I have a £3500ish budget, thought about building it myself but I would prefer pre-built with a warranty for 2-3 years. Any suggestions? I've looked @ www.Alienware.co.uk and *SPAM* so far. Quite like the Godlike. Thoughts?



**Not giving this lamer the satisfaction of leaving his company name in this thread... - V_R**

 

[V_R]

Thoughts? Yes

Both are overpriced for what you get. IMO.

You are silly paying that much for a pc as tech is moving way to fast atm.

If however you really wish to spend that kind of cash try OcUK:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=43&catid=1270http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-143-OE&groupid=43&catid=1270&subcat=


System Specification
- Case: Corsair Obsidian 800D
- Power Supply: BeQuiet Dark Power Pro P8 1200W Modular Power Supply
- CPU: Intel Core i7 980X 3.33GHz both overclocked to 4.20GHz
- Motherboard: Asus P6X58D-E Intel X58 (Socket 1366) DDR3 Motherboard
- Cooler: Prolimatech Megahalems Rev B CPU Cooler with Sharkoon 1200RPM Fan
- RAM: Corsair Dominator GT 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-14400C9 (1866MHz) Tri-Channel
- Hard Drives: Crucial RealSSD C300 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive and
Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache
- Graphics Card: x2 Point Of View GeForce GTX 480 1536MB GDDR5 in SLI
- Sound : 7.1 Channel Sound (On-Board)
- Optical Drive: LG CH08LS10 8x BluRay ROM / 16x DVD±RW Drive - Black
- Cables: Professional cable managment with NZXT cable braiding.


That beats that 'godlike' hands down. Faster CPU, Bigger SSD, 2 480's v's 2x 470's etc etc etc


What about a monitor, KB and mouse then? You have that? Spending that kind of money would meanyou already have a few 30" monitors etc to hook up to it?

 

[muckshifter]

welcome to PCR ... err, maybe

More money than ...

springs to my mind.

Audio Chip integrated by Realtek

oh gawed & using a Discontinued Motherboard, oh heck

Save yourself 2k & go look at ... Novatech and try looking for something with a futureprof-ish motherboard like the Asus

 

[Anon_F]

We bought from Novatech last year & it's been a joy to own.
Have a look at their pc's and if you want to add extras just ring them up & ask.
Or go to one of their showrooms and talk directly to them.

To be honest no pc is futureproof however much you spend!!

 

[floppybootstomp]

Alienware have always been overpriced and overrated.

They continue to exist only by deception.

Nothing wrong with their machines usually but they charge customers way too much for something that can usually be had for a good 25 to 35% less elsewhere.

 

[Abarbarian]

Aria do some very good ready mades with quality components.

 

[DoomWeaver]

Right this is my thinking so far

Emailed *SPAM* *SPAM* guys
they told me they go for overclocking and give free overclocking covered in their warranty and free delievery/no hidden costs.

Had a look on Cougar, cheap and cheerful. Anyone have experience of them?

Meh wasn't a fan of Scan's website and their systems are disgustingly over priced lol.

At the moment I am thinking of the *SPAM*, its under budget and the *SPAMMERS* guys responed pretty quick and said for my needs thier £1595 PC would be more than good enough, can't argue with a company that would rather sve my monies than over spend.

Had some bad experiences with Overclockers back in the day.
Aria never heard of em but ill take a looksee.

Any other suggestions?


**Not giving this lamer the satisfaction of leaving his company name on the thread... - V_R**

 

[floppybootstomp]

Do you mean This one?


Sorry Flops nothing personal, just removing any reference of these loosers.

Fair nuff

 

[DoomWeaver]

Yeah just read my post back to myself. I really want the ******* but they suggested the Standard *******.

 

[floppybootstomp]

I do hope this isn't a blatant plug for *****.

I'd never heard of them prior to this thread.

And therefore have no idea of their reliability and after sales service.

As for Godlike, it certainly has impressive spec and if you have the cash and that's what you want, go for it.

I'd not like to think about the heat coming off those two 470's though

Is it value for money? Price up the parts individually from some suppliers such as OCUK; Chillblast; Kustom PC's and E-Buyer, that'll give you some idea. The biggest expense will possibly be the SSD.

One last thing - who make the PSU's for Uberware? Ask them. If it's a cheap and nasty it will let the whole machine down.

 

[crazylegs]

Yep all it says is Uberware 1200watt PSU
That could be a sheep dressed up in wolfs clothing and masquerading as a top notch PSU, I wouldn't trust that definition I would want clarity on who the actual manufacturer was!

This is looking a little Spammy at the mo, may not be but its a possibility..

 

[Urmas]

This is looking a little Spammy at the mo, may not be but its a possibility..

Oh ye, of little faith.

Should I... OK, just a little Google Google:

[mucks edit ... thank you for the report, deleted links for obvious reasons )

U–thwacking spammers with frozen penguins

 

[floppybootstomp]

Ok, that's it, on evidence suggested, which includes identical replies at other forums, it seems likely our DoomWeaver is an Uber-ware director or something.

So, thread locked.

Urmas - thankee

 

[V_R]

Oh dear.

So Doomweaver ended up being a blatant inside for said company? That really is sad.....

I've a good mind to post in all the other thread i can find so people know how lame this company is....

Surprised you didn't ban him Flops, you have more control than i do!

 

[muckshifter]

Oh dear.

So Doomweaver ended up being a blatant inside for said company? That really is sad.....

I've a good mind to post in all the other thread i can find so people know how lame this company is....

Surprised you didn't ban him Flops, you have more control than i do!

I don't ... banned!!

 

[floppybootstomp]

Surprised you didn't ban him Flops, you have more control than i do!

I was rather hoping he'd post elsewhere and try to justify his blatant crap, thus, probably, shooting himself in the foot.

But we'll never know now as Sir Mucks, six gun for hire, straight from Kansas, shoot first ask questions later, lol, has banned him/her.

The sad thing is these people will fool some folks, just look at Mesh. Sad.

 

[V_R]

Unbanned? :/

 

[floppybootstomp]

Unbanned? :/

Not by me.

WTF?

 

[muckshifter]

Not by me.

WTF?

nor me, can only be Ian?

 

[Ian]

Nope, not me either - been away this weekend visiting family . I'll look in to this now and see what happened.