Please advise.

[Valkyrie]

Ohai. I'm new here. Great site this is!

Anyways, I'll get straight to the point. I'm trying to get a dedicated gaming PC because my current is just a pathetic laptop. I have used the tools on this site to create something, and the full specs are bellow:


Case STYLISH PIANO BLACK FUSION CASE inc. 2 FRONT USB
Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-930 (2.80GHz) 4.8GTs/8MB Cache
Motherboard ASUS® P6X58D-E: DDR3, USB 3.0, SATA 6.0GB/s, 3-Way SLI
Memory (RAM) 4GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 2GB)
Graphics Card 2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX460 GDDR5 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11
2nd Graphics Card NONE
3rd Graphics Card NONE
Memory - 1st Hard Disk 250GB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (7,200rpm)
2nd Hard Disk NONE
RAID (HDD 1 & 2) 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 & Case Cooling 450W Quiet 80 PLUS Dual Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£25)
Processor Cooling INTEL SOCKET LGA1366 STANDARD CPU COOLER
Sound Card ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps PCI EXPRESS CARD (£19)
USB Options 6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Modem NONE, I WILL BE USING BROADBAND
Floppy Disk Drive NONE
Firewire & Video Editing NONE
TV Card NONE
Operating System NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED
Office Software NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Monitor NONE
2nd Monitor NONE
DVI Cable NONE
GeForce 3D Vision NONE
Keyboard & Mouse NONE
Mouse NONE
Speakers NONE
Webcam NONE
Headsets (VOIP) NONE
Surge Protection NONE
Printer NONE
External Hard Drive NONE
Home Installation NONE
Warranty 3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Data Recovery NONE
Delivery STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time Standard Build - Approximately 8 to 10 working days
Quantity 1

This system is priced at £820 inc. VAT and is pretty much all I will need. Now my problem is, I have a rather tight budget of around £700-£750. Could you guys recommend some things to remove to get the system into this price range?
Or do you guys have some kind of Christmas sale?
I am quite computer literate so I would be fine adding new components at a later date, but I would rather just keep it in the base system if I could.

[PCS]

Welcome to our forums valkyrie :)

Just a quick note - you can view a forum friendly specification when using our configurator by clicking the "Post to Forum" - it should hopefully save you a few minutes. :)

The system you have put together (apart from the GPU) is the base system for an X58 system, and therefore reducing the price if going to be difficult. I would suggest configuring a system using our H55 configurator, here is my suggested spec:

Case
STYLISH PIANO BLACK FUSION CASE inc. 2 FRONT USB
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5-760 Quad Core (2.80GHz, 8MB Cache)
Motherboard
ASUS® P7H55D-M EVO: MICRO ATX, USB 3.0 & SATA 3.0GB/s
Memory (RAM)
4GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 2GB)
Graphics Card
2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX460 GDDR5 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
500GB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (7,200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (READS XD, MS, CF, SD, etc)
Power Supply & Case Cooling
450W Quiet 80 PLUS Dual Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£25)
Processor Cooling
INTEL SOCKET LGA1156 STANDARD CPU COOLER
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps PCI EXPRESS CARD (£19)
USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Operating System
NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 8 to 10 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £702.00 including VAT and delivery.

[Valkyrie]

Welcome to our forums valkyrie :)

Just a quick note - you can view a forum friendly specification when using our configurator by clicking the "Post to Forum" - it should hopefully save you a few minutes. :)

The system you have put together (apart from the GPU) is the base system for an X58 system, and therefore reducing the price if going to be difficult. I would suggest configuring a system using our H55 configurator, here is my suggested spec:

Case
STYLISH PIANO BLACK FUSION CASE inc. 2 FRONT USB
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5-760 Quad Core (2.80GHz, 8MB Cache)
Motherboard
ASUS® P7H55D-M EVO: MICRO ATX, USB 3.0 & SATA 3.0GB/s
Memory (RAM)
4GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 2GB)
Graphics Card
2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX460 GDDR5 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
500GB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (7,200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (READS XD, MS, CF, SD, etc)
Power Supply & Case Cooling
450W Quiet 80 PLUS Dual Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£25)
Processor Cooling
INTEL SOCKET LGA1156 STANDARD CPU COOLER
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps PCI EXPRESS CARD (£19)
USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Operating System
NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 8 to 10 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £702.00 including VAT and delivery.

Thanks for that!
I really can't see any difference in the system though. Could you explain please?
EDIT: doesnt matter, I see the I5 now.
Out of interest, will I be able to up it to an I7 at a later date?

[Gorman]

Out of interest, will I be able to up it to an I7 at a later date?

The I7 runs off a different socket so the motherboard would have to be changed and also some triple channel ram would be advised.

[Valkyrie]

The I7 runs off a different socket so the motherboard would have to be changed and also some triple channel ram would be advised.

Thanks!
And one last thing, would I be able to survive if I swapped the Mobo for the default
Motherboard
ASUS® P7H55-M SI: MICRO ATX VALUE MAINBOARD,USB 2.0 & SATA 3.0Gb/s

[PCS]

Yes, you can get away with this motherboard. You can configure your PC using this motherboard here: http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/computers/intel-core-i5-pc/

[Valkyrie]

Sorry to bump, but I just asked some friends about this.
Someone told me to up the PSU from 450W to 650 or 750. Is this really needed?

[Sleinous]

Yes if you plan on adding a 2nd card at a later date. But i cant remember if this board supports SLI anyway off the top of my head, hopefully PCS can fill you in on that :P

Dont forget the discount code when ordering ;)

[Valkyrie]

Yes if you plan on adding a 2nd card at a later date. But i cant remember if this board supports SLI anyway off the top of my head, hopefully PCS can fill you in on that :P

Dont forget the discount code when ordering ;)

Discount code? Didnt know about that. lol

Anyways, I wont be ordering for a few months, I'm just sorting all the problems out REALLY early.

[Sleinous]

Google ;) I dont want PCS to prod me with a stick for letting out the big secret xD

Early bird - I like it, good to organise yourself in advance :) Then you wont get caught out.

[PCS]

Discount codes are there for tracking purposes, when we need to track where a customer has come from so that we can determine if our advertising has worked. If I see any online we will discontinue the code immediately and replace with a new one, because it won't be truthfully showing where customers have found us :)

I searched Google, and lots of website were displaying as having some, but I couldn't actually find any codes?

[Sleinous]

That's because i'm a cunning fox! :) Nah I know I found it somewhere when I was buzzing around on my inter-webs travels, but couldn't remember for the life of me where ^^