Danizen Posted 30 July 2014 Share Posted 30 July 2014 I badly need a new PC and I'm going to make the plunge, this weekend. I've got a budget of about £500-600. I don't mind building it myself if I'm going to get more for my money but I know there's some decent deals out there. I want to be able to play games on it but it's not super important and for that budget I realise I'm not going to get a top of the range unit for that price. Anyone know of any good deals or got any advice of what to look for when building your own? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaspa Posted 30 July 2014 Share Posted 30 July 2014 www.chillblast.com Very good business there mate, took the Asgard myself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox92 Posted 30 July 2014 Share Posted 30 July 2014 I've built many desktops, including my desktop I currently use. Not sure what to suggest component wise because the only game I play is Football Manager which doesn't require much. But I just set out what I wanted it for. Basic internet browsing, work and, as I said, FM. So just went for the usual - 500GB hard drive, 4GB ram and a dual core processor which is currently at about 3GHz - but I'm always upgrading. Ram especially, I'm looking to eventually have about 8GB. Didn't set me back a lot. Probably between £200 and £250 I think. The PSU cost more than I first imagined. Want a new case actually, but cba taking everything out then putting it in a new case. Good luck though, it is good, I enjoy it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
separator Posted 31 July 2014 Share Posted 31 July 2014 I've always used Overclockers for buying PC parts. They sell motherboard/RAM/CPU bundles plus all the other stuff. Have built my own desktops for years now, mainly as Media Center PC's. Overclockers are based in Stoke and also have a shop there too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midland_red Posted 7 August 2014 Share Posted 7 August 2014 I badly need a new PC and I'm going to make the plunge, this weekend. I've got a budget of about £500-600. I don't mind building it myself if I'm going to get more for my money but I know there's some decent deals out there. I want to be able to play games on it but it's not super important and for that budget I realise I'm not going to get a top of the range unit for that price. Anyone know of any good deals or got any advice of what to look for when building your own? You probably wont be able to save much money by doing it yourself - the big box builders can by HDs, RAM, CPUs in bulk far cheaper than you can. But.....I really recommend it if you've never done it before because the amount of confidence in PC skills you get by DIY is fantastic. Whenever something does wrong before you'll be much better at troubleshooting it. I was really pleased I built my PC myself eyars ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavrentis Posted 22 August 2014 Share Posted 22 August 2014 Just buy a MacBook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl the Llama Posted 22 August 2014 Share Posted 22 August 2014 Just bought myself a new rig and went through a lot of research so I thought I'd weigh in on here. My hunt took me to a lot of UK sites and I would strongly recommend the following 3: cyberpowersystem.co.uk - I was very tempted by a battlebox mini system from here, but it was beyond my budget to get one with the specs I was after; scan.co.uk; and chillblast.com. That said, for me the winner ended up being pcspecialist.co.uk, because despite the rather modest budget I had to work with I've managed to walk away with the following setup: CPU: Overclocked intel i5-4690k Processor Cooling: CoolerMaster Hyper 212 EVO 120mm Fan CPU Cooler Motherboard: Gigabyte Z97-HD3 GPU: Radeon R9 290 RAM: 1x8gb Kingston Hyper-X Beast 2133mhz PSU: Corsair 750w CS Ultra Quiet HD1: 500gb 3.5" SATA-III 6GB/s HDD 7200RPM 16MB Cache HD2: 1TB 3.5" SATA-III 6 GB/s HDD 7200 RPM 32 MB Cache Case: InWin GT1 Black WIFI: 300Mbps Extra cooling: 2 extra 120mm standard fans. Obviously the storage capacity is disappointing and I'm led to believe the choice of standard HDDs will significantly negatively affect load times, but compensations had to be made to allow for graphical power and sufficient cooling to cope with it. It came in at just over a thousand of your British Pounds so all in all I'm pretty happy at this point in time. I've not actually got the damn thing yet, so I'll let you all know how I get on with it at a later date. The key with computer shopping is to know what you're looking for first, and then to always shop around. I think I've hit on a good deal here for my purposes, but the vast amount of possible variations between computer set ups and their capabilities means you might well find one that better suits your needs and budget constraint elsewhere. The sites I've mentioned are all definitely good places to start though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haydos Posted 23 August 2014 Share Posted 23 August 2014 Do a lot of research if it's something you're interested in. It's quite fun to shop around and learn what's what and get good value for money. And like someone said, it's very satisfying to build your own. Had mine 2.5 years now and had no problems at all with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beliall Posted 23 August 2014 Share Posted 23 August 2014 Just bought myself a new rig and went through a lot of research so I thought I'd weigh in on here. My hunt took me to a lot of UK sites and I would strongly recommend the following 3: cyberpowersystem.co.uk - I was very tempted by a battlebox mini system from here, but it was beyond my budget to get one with the specs I was after; scan.co.uk; and chillblast.com. That said, for me the winner ended up being pcspecialist.co.uk, because despite the rather modest budget I had to work with I've managed to walk away with the following setup: CPU: Overclocked intel i5-4690k Processor Cooling: CoolerMaster Hyper 212 EVO 120mm Fan CPU Cooler Motherboard: Gigabyte Z97-HD3 GPU: Radeon R9 290 RAM: 1x8gb Kingston Hyper-X Beast 2133mhz PSU: Corsair 750w CS Ultra Quiet HD1: 500gb 3.5" SATA-III 6GB/s HDD 7200RPM 16MB Cache HD2: 1TB 3.5" SATA-III 6 GB/s HDD 7200 RPM 32 MB Cache Case: InWin GT1 Black WIFI: 300Mbps Extra cooling: 2 extra 120mm standard fans. Obviously the storage capacity is disappointing and I'm led to believe the choice of standard HDDs will significantly negatively affect load times, but compensations had to be made to allow for graphical power and sufficient cooling to cope with it. It came in at just over a thousand of your British Pounds so all in all I'm pretty happy at this point in time. I've not actually got the damn thing yet, so I'll let you all know how I get on with it at a later date. The key with computer shopping is to know what you're looking for first, and then to always shop around. I think I've hit on a good deal here for my purposes, but the vast amount of possible variations between computer set ups and their capabilities means you might well find one that better suits your needs and budget constraint elsewhere. The sites I've mentioned are all definitely good places to start though. Modest budget . Im trying to buikd one for 800 including monitor, keyboard , desk and chair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl the Llama Posted 23 August 2014 Share Posted 23 August 2014 Modest budget . Im trying to buikd one for 800 including monitor, keyboard , desk and chair I hate to humblebrag, but I already have a 27" Acer Full HD LED monitor which I picked up for a little over €100 in a firesale about a year ago and I've been using the same wireless keyboard for the past 5 years so I could dedicate my budget to the tower alone. A grand is pretty low for maxed out graphics - very low in fact. Most other places wanted at least £1200 for an equivalent rig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beliall Posted 23 August 2014 Share Posted 23 August 2014 I realise its relatively low, im just trying to squeeze even more value Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl the Llama Posted 23 August 2014 Share Posted 23 August 2014 I realise its relatively low, im just trying to squeeze even more value You can probably get good performance if you use an amd processor and card - try here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beliall Posted 23 August 2014 Share Posted 23 August 2014 Thanks carl. I am considering amd if I can Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl the Llama Posted 23 August 2014 Share Posted 23 August 2014 Looking at that quickly I didn't realise just how cheap the top-end amd processors are. I'd be annoyed if I wasn't getting an OC i5 instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusko187 Posted 24 August 2014 Share Posted 24 August 2014 I've always used Overclockers for buying PC parts. They sell motherboard/RAM/CPU bundles plus all the other stuff. Have built my own desktops for years now, mainly as Media Center PC's. Overclockers are based in Stoke and also have a shop there too. Fully endorse these guys, get onto their forums too... Often if you give them a budget and explain what you want to pay they will spec you up what you want. Ideally though Amazon tend to be cheapest for parts. My only advice if your building is to buy all the parts from 1 place at the same time. Finally their pre-built their desktops are spot on, got my first gaming PC from them and they were seriously helpful. Even at the point of ordering a pre-built they upgraded my GPU purely because they were becoming available on the new bundles. Just buy a MacBook Just no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tincy Posted 10 September 2014 Share Posted 10 September 2014 I'm looking at buying one of those all in one computers with touch screen, has anyone got one? Do you think they will run FM on them smoothly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tincy Posted 10 September 2014 Share Posted 10 September 2014 Looking at getting this one: http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/computing/desktop-pcs/all-in-one-pcs/hp-pavilion-touchsmart-23-f311ea-all-in-one-pc-21898260-pdt.html#longDesc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beliall Posted 10 September 2014 Share Posted 10 September 2014 Yep. Easily Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tincy Posted 10 September 2014 Share Posted 10 September 2014 Yep. Easily Cheers pal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tincy Posted 25 September 2014 Share Posted 25 September 2014 The computer I was going to get has gone back up in price, I've found another one within my price range, the spec is as follows: SPECIFICATION Processor AMD A4-6210 Processor (1.8 GHz, 2 MB cache) RAM 4 GB DDR3 (16 GB maximum installable RAM) Storage 1 TB HDD, 5400 rpm Will this one run football manager 2014/2015 with ease? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaspa Posted 25 September 2014 Share Posted 25 September 2014 The computer I was going to get has gone back up in price, I've found another one within my price range, the spec is as follows: SPECIFICATION Processor AMD A4-6210 Processor (1.8 GHz, 2 MB cache) RAM 4 GB DDR3 (16 GB maximum installable RAM) Storage 1 TB HDD, 5400 rpm Will this one run football manager 2014/2015 with ease? As long as youve got a decent enough processor it should be able to run the game for you, it just depends if you have intergrated graphics or an independent GPU which can run the little stick men running around a stadium. Your chip there seems to have intergrated graphics so it should run all of FM no probs Graphics The SoC integrates a Radeon R3 GPU with 128 shaders, which is based on the GCN architecture and clocked at up to 600 MHz. On average, we expect the graphics performance to be similar to Intel's HD Graphics 4000 (ULV versions) or a Radeon HD 8400. Current games (as of 2014) are thus hardly playable even in low settings, but some older and less demanding titels should run flawless. http://www.notebookcheck.net/AMD-A-Series-A4-6210-Notebook-Processor.115404.0.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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