my new setup

[jonathan]

Case
COOLERMASTER ELITE 310 BLUE CASE + 2 FRONT USB

Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5-660 Dual Core (3.33GHz, 4MB Cache) + HD Graphics

Motherboard
ASUS® P7H55D-M EVO: MICRO ATX, USB 3.0 & SATA 3.0GB/s

Memory (RAM)
8GB CORSAIR XMS3 DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (4 x 2GB)

Graphics Card
1GB ATI RADEON™ HD 5770 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11

Memory - 1st Hard Disk
1TB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 16MB CACHE (7,200rpm)

Power Supply & Case Cooling
450W Quiet 80 PLUS Dual Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£25)

Processor Cooling
SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£19)


i didnt know how cheap i was getting this... 1000 pounds with monitor i looked up an alienware one with worse specs for slightly over the price of mine


ALIENWARE SPECS
* Intel® Core™ i3 530 2.93GHz (4MB Cache) Dual Core Processor
* Single 1GB GDDR5 ATI Radeon™ HD 5670 - DirectX® 11 Enabled
* 3GB DDR3 1333MHz Dual-Channel Memory

 

[LDUK]

Case
COOLERMASTER ELITE 310 BLUE CASE + 2 FRONT USB

Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5-660 Dual Core (3.33GHz, 4MB Cache) + HD Graphics

Motherboard
ASUS® P7H55D-M EVO: MICRO ATX, USB 3.0 & SATA 3.0GB/s

Memory (RAM)
8GB CORSAIR XMS3 DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (4 x 2GB)

Graphics Card
1GB ATI RADEON™ HD 5770 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11

Memory - 1st Hard Disk
1TB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 16MB CACHE (7,200rpm)

Power Supply & Case Cooling
450W Quiet 80 PLUS Dual Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£25)

Processor Cooling
SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£19)


i didnt know how cheap i was getting this... 1000 pounds with monitor i looked up an alienware one with worse specs for slightly over the price of mine


ALIENWARE SPECS
* Intel® Core™ i3 530 2.93GHz (4MB Cache) Dual Core Processor
* Single 1GB GDDR5 ATI Radeon™ HD 5670 - DirectX® 11 Enabled
* 3GB DDR3 1333MHz Dual-Channel Memory

Very nice at a great price. Can't go wrong. Yeah, I've looked all over the net, absolutly everywhere. There is no place cheaper than this site lol.

 

[steveuk87]

Very nice at a great price. Can't go wrong. Yeah, I've looked all over the net, absolutly everywhere. There is no place cheaper than this site lol.

very true i spent around 5 months searching and probing prices before getting one from here

Steve

 

[Tabasco]

Actually there are quite a few places that are cheaper than here but for 2 reasons I'm not going to name them here.

1. The quality of the build and the top notch components used by PCS...
2. Before/after sales is no where near as good as the fine folks at PCS...

All IMHO of course

 

[steveuk87]

haha, i know there is but for the same hardware and setup there is no cheaper really... hence y i ended up here :/

Steve