Possible new purchase as dino pc have potentially screwed me over!

[Colby29]

This is pretty much the exact same spec from the dino pc, but just want to know what you guys think, and if ive chosen the right power supply


Case
COOLERMASTER ELITE 310 BLUE CASE

Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-3770 (3.4GHz) 8MB Cache

Motherboard
ASUS® P8Z77-V LX: USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs, ATI®CrossFireX

Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON HYPERX GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1866MHz X.M.P(2 x 4GB KIT)

Graphics Card
1GB AMD RADEON™ HD7770 - DVI,HDMI,2 mDP - DX® 11, Eyefinity 4 Capable

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Memory - 1st Hard Disk
2TB 3.5" SATA-III 6GB/s HDD 7200RPM 64MB CACHE

1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM

Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT

Power Supply
600W Quiet 80 PLUS Quad Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£59)

Processor Cooling
TITAN FENRIR EVO EXTREME HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£39)

Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)

Network Facilities
WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps PCI-E CARD (£16)

USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD

Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Professional 64 Bit w/SP1 - inc DVD & Licence

Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE

Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE

Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)

Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)

Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 10 to 12 working days

Quantity
1

Price: £918.00 including VAT and delivery.

 

[Rakk]

What are you planning on using the PC for? And what is your budget?
It will help people give useful suggestions about any changes.

Though from a first glance at it, unless you're planning on overclocking you don't need the 1866MHz RAM, the Samsung 1333Mhz will be perfectly fine and probably a little more stable.
Also if not overclocking you could easily drop down to the Triple Copper Heatpipe cooler.

I'd change the hard drive to a Caviar Black drive, they are a bit faster for booting and loading stuff in general.

As for the PSU, if the configurator allows you to proceed without warning you that the PSU is too small, then its perfectly fine.

 

[keynes]

This is pretty much the exact same spec from the dino pc, but just want to know what you guys think, and if ive chosen the right p.

Are you buying the pc from dinopc?

 

[Colby29]

This is pretty much the pc i bought from dino pc recently. it took nearly 3 weeks for it to arrive and after 10 mins of use...it broke. now im literally waiting today for it to be collected and im very tempted to just get a refund and buy from pc specialist instead. ill admit ive selected a a couple of improved specs ie. the ram. so you guys recon to put the ram back to 1333 hz and go the next one down with the cooler. my quote says this pc uses 338w so you think its even worth dropping down the power supply? in time i would like to upgrade thios pc though.

as for its use, i wanted a really decent gaming pc as well as something to use for work. i started my own video advertising business and needed something that could process and edit full hd videos fast and allow me to do my everyday things.

 

[Rakk]

This is pretty much the pc i bought from dino pc recently. it took nearly 3 weeks for it to arrive and after 10 mins of use...it broke. now im literally waiting today for it to be collected and im very tempted to just get a refund and buy from pc specialist instead.

Note of course this can happen with anything like this, what really matters is the after sales support, and PCS seem to have very good after sales support (I've never needed to use it, but I know plenty have done)

so you guys recon to put the ram back to 1333 hz and go the next one down with the cooler.

Yeah, it would be a waste if not overclocking

my quote says this pc uses 338w so you think its even worth dropping down the power supply? in time i would like to upgrade thios pc though.

Well depending on what you were planning on upgrading/adding later, it may useful to stay with the 600W, though really thats up to you, if you reckon you'll never actually get round to doing much in terms of additions then a lower PSU would be fine.

as for its use, i wanted a really decent gaming pc as well as something to use for work. i started my own video advertising business and needed something that could process and edit full hd videos fast and allow me to do my everyday things.

For high quality gaming you may want to see if you can squeeze in a better GPU.
And I know some people doing lots of High-end video editing and rendering opt for 16GB of RAM, but don't know how much you in particular will need for what you are doing - you may not need that much, but RAM is easy to add at a later stage if you later decide you need to go up from 8GB to 16GB

 

[keynes]

This is pretty much the pc i bought from dino pc recently. it took nearly 3 weeks for it to arrive and after 10 mins of use...it broke. now im literally waiting today for it to be collected and im very tempted to just get a refund and buy from pc specialist instead. ill admit ive selected a a couple of improved specs ie. the ram. so you guys recon to put the ram back to 1333 hz and go the next one down with the cooler. my quote says this pc uses 338w so you think its even worth dropping down the power supply? in time i would like to upgrade thios pc though.

as for its use, i wanted a really decent gaming pc as well as something to use for work. i started my own video advertising business and needed something that could process and edit full hd videos fast and allow me to do my everyday things.

As Rakk mentioned try to change the HDD to a caviar black and if possible upgrade the gpu to the HD 7870. If you wish to add another HDD or add a 2nd GPU (crossfire) I'd leave the power supply as it is. You should be able to get a refund if you just received the pc (Distance Selling Regulation).

 

[Colby29]

its possible in time i may get my system overclocked, but for now, i need a new pc for work dino pc seem to be incredbly slow and give very little to no communication. in fact when the pc stopped working, there were numerous things prior to this that i noticed:

the temperature gauge (had chosen a zalman z9 plus case) wasnt giving a reading, neither were the leds inside the pc lighting up
nasty scratch on the inner side of the see through part of the casing.
and of course the power supply packing in.

i had to call them around 3-4 times to find out what was going on with the collection of my pc. this happened on friday, they tell me it will be collect monday...nothing! called again, said fedex cant pick it up tues and now its being collected today. the longer ive been waiting, the more reviews im seeing about how dino pc are messing people around or screwing them over. if they charge me at all for any repairs im getting a refund and coming here for my pc the sad thing is ive most likely lost all my pictures as im sure the hard drive is buggered in the new pc (pc stopped working during transfers of my pictures and that was the backup!)

if i do plan to have the pc overclocked in time...would you recommend i stick with the fenrir cooler and go for the 1600mhz ram instead? 8gb is more than enough for the moment, but at least i can easily upgrade that in time.

 

[keynes]

its possible in time i may get my system overclocked, but for now, i need a new pc for work dino pc seem to be incredbly slow and give very little to no communication. in fact when the pc stopped working, there were numerous things prior to this that i noticed:

the temperature gauge (had chosen a zalman z9 plus case) wasnt giving a reading, neither were the leds inside the pc lighting up
nasty scratch on the inner side of the see through part of the casing.
and of course the power supply packing in.

i had to call them around 3-4 times to find out what was going on with the collection of my pc. this happened on friday, they tell me it will be collect monday...nothing! called again, said fedex cant pick it up tues and now its being collected today. the longer ive been waiting, the more reviews im seeing about how dino pc are messing people around or screwing them over. if they charge me at all for any repairs im getting a refund and coming here for my pc the sad thing is ive most likely lost all my pictures as im sure the hard drive is buggered in the new pc (pc stopped working during transfers of my pictures and that was the backup!)

if i do plan to have the pc overclocked in time...would you recommend i stick with the fenrir cooler and go for the 1600mhz ram instead? 8gb is more than enough for the moment, but at least i can easily upgrade that in time.

I'd upgrade the case, the one you chosen is pretty basic for airflow and cooling, chose the fenrir and go for the 1600mhz

 

[Colby29]

and this is my purchase from dino pc:

1


custom-z77 Intel Z77 Chipset £224.53
£224.53
Shipped


Customizations:


CPU: NEW! Intel Core i7 3770
£204.60

CPU Cooler: NEW! Xigmatek Prime SD1484
£39.99

Operating System: Microsoft® Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
£110.19

Motherboard: NEW! Asus P8Z77-V LX
Included

Memory: 8GB Corsair 1600mhz Vengeance (2x4GB)
£33.20

Hard Drives: NEW! 2TB S-ATAIII 6.0Gb/s
£37.60

Optical Drive: 22x DVD±RW DL S-ATA
Included

Graphics card: NEW! AMD Radeon HD 7770 1GB
£102.59

Sound card: Onboard 7.1 Audio
Included

Internet: Wireless 802.11N 300Mbps MIMO PCI card
£14.99

Case: Zalman Z9 Plus
£30.80

PSU: 700W Xigmatek
£53.10

Warranty: 3 Year Platinum Warranty
Subtotal:
£851.59

Shipping: Courier within mainland UK


£25.00

Total:

£876.59

nearly a month gone by and i only got to use my pc for 10 mins...

 

[Colby29]

which case you you recommend? ideally id like cheaper the better (dont we all ) but my budget is no more than £950 for a new pc.

 

[keynes]

which case you you recommend? ideally id like cheaper the better (dont we all ) but my budget is no more than £950 for a new pc.

PCS may have to take the side panel fan out due to the size of the titan though,
Case
PCS MAELSTROM T900 BLACK GAMING CASE

Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-3770K (3.5GHz) 8MB Cache

Motherboard
ASUS® P8Z77-V LX: USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs, ATI®CrossFireX

Memory (RAM)
8GB SAMSUNG DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 4GB)

Graphics Card
1GB AMD RADEON™ HD7770 - DVI,HDMI,2 mDP - DX® 11, Eyefinity 4 Capable

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Memory - 1st Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)

1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM

Power Supply
600W Quiet 80 PLUS Quad Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£59)

Processor Cooling
TITAN FENRIR EVO EXTREME HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£39)

Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)

Network Facilities
2 x HomePlug 200Mbps - Turn any Electrical Socket into a Network (£38)

USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD

Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit w/SP1 - inc DVD & Licence

Office Software
FREE Microsoft® Office Starter 2010 (Limited functionality Word & Excel)

Anti-Virus
BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL

Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)

Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)

Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 10 to 12 working days

Quantity
1

Price: £947.00 including VAT and delivery.

Configure Here: http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/quotes/intel-ivy-bridge-pc/wEfVSn2yt8/

 

[Colby29]

unfortunately i cant sacrifice the hdd space, but into taking in consideration what you guys said, i think this will be the option ill go for if i do end up getting a refund from dino pc:

Case
PCS MAELSTROM T900 BLACK GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-3770 (3.4GHz) 8MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® P8Z77-V LX: USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs, ATI®CrossFireX
Memory (RAM)
8GB SAMSUNG DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 4GB)
Graphics Card
1GB AMD RADEON™ HD7770 - DVI,HDMI,2 mDP - DX® 11, Eyefinity 4 Capable
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
2TB 3.5" SATA-III 6GB/s HDD 7200RPM 64MB CACHE
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Power Supply
600W Quiet 80 PLUS Quad Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£59)
Processor Cooling
TITAN FENRIR EVO EXTREME HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£39)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps PCI-E CARD (£16)
USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Professional 64 Bit w/SP1 - inc DVD & Licence
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 10 to 12 working days
Miscellaneous
FREE DIRT SHOWDOWN GAME with any AMD 7000 Series GPU!
Quantity
1

Price: £927.00 including VAT and delivery.

guys cheers for all this, youve both been so much more help than dino pc have been so far. will let you know what happens and if i refund the pc and buy from pcs instead. plus im sure i have a magazine somewhere that had a discount code...

 

[Rakk]

Well, do let us know if you do get your refund and go for the PCS spec

 

[keynes]

unfortunately i cant sacrifice the hdd space, but into taking in consideration what you guys said, i think this will be the option ill go for if i do end up getting a refund from dino pc:

Case
PCS MAELSTROM T900 BLACK GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-3770 (3.4GHz) 8MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® P8Z77-V LX: USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs, ATI®CrossFireX
Memory (RAM)
8GB SAMSUNG DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 4GB)
Graphics Card
1GB AMD RADEON™ HD7770 - DVI,HDMI,2 mDP - DX® 11, Eyefinity 4 Capable
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
2TB 3.5" SATA-III 6GB/s HDD 7200RPM 64MB CACHE
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Power Supply
600W Quiet 80 PLUS Quad Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£59)
Processor Cooling
TITAN FENRIR EVO EXTREME HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£39)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps PCI-E CARD (£16)
USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Professional 64 Bit w/SP1 - inc DVD & Licence
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 10 to 12 working days
Miscellaneous
FREE DIRT SHOWDOWN GAME with any AMD 7000 Series GPU!
Quantity
1

Price: £927.00 including VAT and delivery.

guys cheers for all this, youve both been so much more help than dino pc have been so far. will let you know what happens and if i refund the pc and buy from pcs instead. plus im sure i have a magazine somewhere that had a discount code...

you won't be able to OC the i7-3770

 

[Colby29]

well the pc have literally just been picked up by fedex so will see what happens next. thanks Rakk, i will let you know! and rubensolo, i may do a bit more playing around then with the cpu options haha, thanks guys!

 

[keynes]

Good luck with dino, hope everything gets sorted.

 

[Narcotics]

I can honestly vouch for pcspecialist customer support I had a issue with my 680 and was sent a replacement next day.