Please advise.

Valkyrie

Active member
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:

Code:
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

Administrator
Staff member
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

Active member
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?
 

Valkyrie

Active member
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
 

Valkyrie

Active member
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

Author Level
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

Active member
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

Author Level
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

Administrator
Staff member
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

Author Level
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 ^^
 
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