First Purchase advice

Roswellian · Jun 2, 2014

Hello

I'm looking to purchase my first gaming pc in the coming month and I have roughly a £700 budget. Even though I could build my own, I'd rather buy already built. I will mostly be using to play games

I've seen this on a website which looks to me that its a lot of PC for £700

http://www.chillblast.com/Chillblast-Fusion-Slipstream-Z97-Haswell-Gaming-PC.html

When I compared it to same/similar parts when building, it actually came out more expensive.

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/roswellian/saved/CphKHx

Could you please give me some advice on wether the built system is any good?

Thanks

Suztera · Jun 2, 2014

Retailers gets parts cheaper at wholesale prices. So retail prices are always expensive .

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£164.39 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.24 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£80.08 @ Dabs)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory (£66.96 @ Scan.co.uk)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.50 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280X 3GB Double Dissipation Video Card (£203.99 @ Aria PC)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£44.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£62.69 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £687.84
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-02 13:16 BST+0100)

Roswellian · Jun 2, 2014

Suztera :

Retailers gets parts cheaper at wholesale prices. So retail prices are always expensive .

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£164.39 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.24 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£80.08 @ Dabs)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory (£66.96 @ Scan.co.uk)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.50 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280X 3GB Double Dissipation Video Card (£203.99 @ Aria PC)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£44.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£62.69 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £687.84
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-02 13:16 BST+0100)

Isnt that Chillblast better than that. For £13 more I can get it built and have an SSD as well

Suztera · Jun 2, 2014

The only bad thing with the chillblast is the power supply. It is a cheap power supply that can risk breaking your pc components. That is why i dislike pre built options. You have no choice with power supply which is the most important unit in a pc.
The R9 280X and GTX 770 performance similarly. Either gpu is fine. Motherboard choices doesn't matter much between the two.

Roswellian · Jun 2, 2014

Suztera :

The Power can be upgraded to the following

Corsair Ultra Low Noise 600W PSU
Price from: [+£20.00]

Corsair CX 750W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified PSU
Price from: [+£50.00]

Corsair RM 850 Modular 850W GOLD Certified PSU
Price from: [+£83.00]

Suztera · Jun 2, 2014

The only decent enough power supply is the RM850 but that is already overkill wattage. 550W-650W is enough for single gpu setup.

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