Gaming Machine

Darth Sidius · 25 Nov 2017 at 18:10

Hi

I have a budget of £600 for a gaming machine, I went to ccl and they quoted me £622 forthe folowing spec:

3.9ghz i3-7100
8gb ram
128ssd
1tb hdd
2gb geforce gtx1050
wifi
3 yr guarantee

My question is can i get something better than what was quoted to me above. I am open to suggestions and could prob go to 650 or around if need be. Thanks.

tamzzy · 25 Nov 2017 at 18:59

are they including a copy of windows with it?
also, will you want to overclock for more performance?

tamzzy · 25 Nov 2017 at 19:11

a proposed spec if you need windows and aren't averse to overclocking:

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Asrock AB350M AMD B350 (Socket AM4) DDR4 Micro ATX Motherboard= £70.99
1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C14 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD48G2400= £74.99
1 x Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E250B/EU)= £79.99
1 x TP-Link 300Mbps Wireless N PCI Express Adapter (TL-WN881ND)= £12.49
1 x AMD Ryzen 3 Quad Core 1200 3.40GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £94.99
1 x Inno3D GeForce GTX 1050Ti Compact X1 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £139.99
1 x EVGA 450BT 450W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply= £37.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 10 64-Bit DVD - OEM (MS-KW9-00139)= £94.99
1 x Kolink Aviator M RGB Micro-ATX Gaming Case - Black= £39.95

Total: £658.67 (includes shipping: £12.30)

of course, if you don't need windows then you can get a much better spec (as windows itself is ~15% of the total budget :rolleyes:

)
also, you may notice that i've only specced in a 250gb ssd - i think this would be preferable to a 128gb+1tb ssd/hdd combo.
firstly windows will eat up 30-ish gb already, and secondly, for ssds, you would need to keep a proportion of it free else it would hurt performance - that wouldn't leave a lot of space else (for games/progs) in a 128gb ssd.
thirdly, you can always add in a 1tb hdd later on, if you require

orbitalwalsh · 25 Nov 2017 at 19:49

Blag free delivery

Will smash Ryzen 1200/1400 at 1080p and 1060 6GB

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x OcUK Gaming Vision VR Gaming PC - Intel 8th Generation 3.6GHz Quad Core = £699.00
- Processor:*Build Promo* Intel Core i3-8100 3.6GHz (Coffee Lake) Quad Core Processor
- Memory:*Build Promo* Team Group Vulcan T-Force 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit
- Graphics Card:Zotac GeForce GTX 1060 Mini 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
- Solid State Drive:Unwanted
- CPU Cooler:Unwanted
- Casehanteks Eclipse P400 Midi Tower Case - Black Window
- WIFI:Unwanted

Total: £713.10 (includes shipping: £14.10)

Darth Sidius · 25 Nov 2017 at 20:34

intel chip is a preference. performance wise is it better? the core- board, cpu, graphics, memory as good as possible for the budget. With windows 10. As CCL included that with the spec.

tamzzy · 25 Nov 2017 at 21:24

in my spec, the ryzen 1200 is better than the i3 7100, and the 1200 when overclocked, the lead is only going to get bigger, and the 1050ti is better than the 1050.
if you could stretch a bit more (the good old price creep) then orbitalwalsh's suggestion is a pretty good call, although you lose the ssd and wifi card - you could call ocuk and ask if they'd do that spec with a ssd instead of the hdd and add a wifi card, and at what cost - although i'd be guessing that would be push the price up to £760-775.

TBH, if you don't need the build right this moment, going the 2nd hand route would net you a much better gaming system, although you may lose the warranty

Darth Sidius · 26 Nov 2017 at 07:49

The thing is i would prefer to have an ssd and hdd and wifi

tamzzy · 26 Nov 2017 at 23:42

sorry, been neglecting this thread. this is the best i could come up with, a bit out of budget, but i think it would be well worth it.
compared to your original spec, for an extra £70 (inc shipping), you get: (1) better processor, (2) better gpu, (3) more ssd space (and probably a better ssd)

you could drop down to a 1050 and save yourself £30, but i don't think i could recommend that.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Asrock AB350M AMD B350 (Socket AM4) DDR4 Micro ATX Motherboard= £70.99
1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C14 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD48G2400= £74.99
1 x Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E250B/EU)= £79.99
1 x TP-Link 300Mbps Wireless N PCI Express Adapter (TL-WN881ND)= £12.49
1 x AMD Ryzen 3 Quad Core 1200 3.40GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £94.99
1 x Inno3D GeForce GTX 1050Ti Compact X1 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £139.99
1 x EVGA 450BT 450W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply= £37.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 10 64-Bit DVD - OEM (MS-KW9-00139)= £94.99
1 x Kolink Aviator M Micro-ATX Gaming Case - Black= £32.99
1 x WD Blue 1TB 7200rpm SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (WD10EZEX)= £41.99

Total: £693.70 (includes shipping: £12.30)

orbitalwalsh · 27 Nov 2017 at 07:25

^^ nice spec, just a shame 2400hz cripples Ryzen performance

The vision VR rig I listed above is still the best built you can get , Intel 8100 and 1060 6 GB !!!!

tamzzy · 27 Nov 2017 at 11:01

orbitalwalsh said:
^^ nice spec, just a shame 2400hz cripples Ryzen performance

The vision VR rig I listed above is still the best built you can get , Intel 8100 and 1060 6 GB !!!!

Yeah, don't like the 2400 ram, but had to, for the budget

The vision vr is nice, but to add what op wants would push the price to £800.

orbitalwalsh · 27 Nov 2017 at 11:42

tamzzy said:
Yeah, don't like the 2400 ram, but had to, for the budget

The vision vr is nice, but to add what op wants would push the price to £800.

He just wanted to beat CCL, and the system does , quite a bit, but is £700 and that's with discount