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Hi all,

I am in need of an more up to date and modern PC. Currently I can only play League of Legends on low settings and CS:GO on low settings. All new games will not run.

I have never built my own PC, therefore I was looking at picking my parts on PC SPECIALIST and letting them put it all together for me. Main reasons for using them is: 1. I have never built my own PC. 2. I can pay by finance. 3. if anything goes wrong I can get them to fix it.

Ebuyer does have a finance option, so if I could buy all components from them I could give it a go at building it myself. (I AM FROM THE UK).

They have a small selection of components. Below I have linked two builds that they say is compatible but I was just wondering if it is worth the money and if anyone has an alternative build?

Case: COOLERMASTER K350 GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU): AMD Ryzen 5 1600 Six Core CPU (3.4GHz-3.6GHz/19MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard: ASUS® PRIME B350-PLUS (DDR4, 6Gb/s, CrossFireX) - RGB Ready!
Memory (RAM): 16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 2133MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card: 6GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1060 - DVI, HDMI, 3 x DP - GeForce GTX VR Ready!
1st Hard Disk: 250GB Samsung 850 2.5" EVO SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (upto 540MB/sR | 520MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk: 1TB SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 32MB CACHE
DVD/BLU-RAY: Drive24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply: CORSAIR 650W CS SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIETPower
Cooling: STANDARD AMD CPU COOLER
Thermal Paste: STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card: ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO
Operating System: Genuine Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence
£1,123.00

The next one is the same build, but instead a different CPU and motherboard.
CPU: Intel i5 Quad Core Processor i5-7600 (3.5GHz) 6MB Cache
Motherboard: ASUS ROG STRIX Z270E GAMING: LG1151, SATA 6GB, Wifi - RGB ready!
(plus the other stuff in the above build)
£1,196.00

Link for PC SPECIALIST: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/
Thank you for any help,

Harry.
 
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THe cs are 'ok' ,When buying what is generally a just above average quality unit I would tend to overspec by 100w (hence the 650w when a 500w would do)

Pcspecialist only supply corsair vs & corsair cs units so you are limited ( & rmx but at overly inflated prices)

I believe ebuyer own pcspecialist,using the link on their page

http://www.ebuyer.com/gaming/pc-builder

Saves about £20 (not a lot but still less) & the finance option & delivery is easier to set up.

The same build going through that link comes to £1018 with windows 10 ,a better case in the spec 03 over the...
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Okay so what is your plan for this PC? Are you planning on recording, multitasking, gaming, streaming? If yes go with the first build, if you're just plain gaming just go with the second build.
 
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Ye I want to game predominately, possibly stream in the future.
 
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Those systems are horribly overpriced. Enough so that you could get a GTX 1070 for a similar price. Ryzen should be paired with faster ram as well.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor (£194.96 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Asus - PRIME B350-PLUS ATX AM4 Motherboard (£77.75 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory (£111.59 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Crucial - MX300 525GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive (£138.11 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£41.88 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Mini Video Card (£349.97 @ CCL Computers)
Case: Zalman - Z1 Neo ATX Mid Tower Case (£39.40 @ Alza)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - EVO Edition 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£78.73 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: LG - GH24NSD1 DVD/CD Writer (£13.85 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit (£83.99 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £1130.23
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-05-18 21:04 BST+0100

 
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If you want to do a Ryzen build, I would suggest something like this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor (£194.96 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: Asus - PRIME X370-PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard (£135.00 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory (£127.20 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£85.97 @ BT Shop)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£41.88 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Mini Video Card (£349.97 @ CCL Computers)
Case: Corsair - 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£55.98 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£64.82 @ CCL Computers)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit (£83.99 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £1139.77
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-05-18 21:42 BST+0100
 
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Lucky_SLS

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With some aesthetics in mind :

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor (£194.96 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-AB350M-Gaming 3 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard (£83.34 @ Aria PC)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LED 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£120.00 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Crucial - MX300 275GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive (£85.49 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Seagate - BarraCuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.99 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB SC GAMING ACX 3.0 Black Edition Video Card (£355.74 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Corsair - Carbide SPEC-04 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case (£52.99 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: XFX - ProSeries 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£48.46 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit (£83.99 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £1062.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-05-19 09:06 BST+0100
 
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madmatt30

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What's your max budget mate

Bear in mind that ebuyers finance option is not free (its with PayPal now , So its more expensive than it used to be with RBS)
A £1000 build is going to end up at £1200 over 2 years, which in all fairness is still a decent rate.

So for a grand , you're looking at £50 a month , never ever overstretch yourself on payments mate !!
 
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http://www.ebuyer.com/lists/0d41b5edcd07c0219f79c127be3f35b9

full ryzen 1600 build with a 1060 6gb comes to £883 delivered from ebuyer in components
USing the pcspecialist build option from ebuyer (becasue there is a discount over the main site ) the same build is £1003+delivery iwth silver warranty.
Your paying £120 for them to build & a 1 year rtb warranty .
Ill be honest that is not a bad deal at all if you are completely inexperienced.
Note that I havent included windows in these prices because its £105 from ebuyer - If you add hp charges on its actually around £130.
Amazon are currently doing both a win 10 key+software download or a usb flash drive install+key for £75
That is a big saving.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/kmd/Windows-10-Home-32-bit-64-bit-English-International/B012U8Y2BM/ref=sr_1_1?s=software&ie=UTF8&qid=1495184067&sr=1-1&keywords=windows%2B10&th=1

Your Custom PC
Case CORSAIR SPEC-03 COMPACT GAMING CASE - RED LED
Processor (CPU) AMD Ryzen 5 1600 Six Core CPU (3.4GHz-3.6GHz/19MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard ASUS® PRIME B350-PLUS (DDR4 6Gb/s CrossFireX) - RGB Ready!
Memory (RAM) 16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3000MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card 6GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1060 - DVI HDMI 3 x DP - GeForce GTX VR Ready!
2nd Graphics Card NONE
Sound Card ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
1st Hard Disk 250GB WD Blue™ 2.5" SSD SATA 6Gb/s (upto 540MB/sR | 500MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk 1TB SATA-III 3.5" HDD 6GB/s 7200RPM 32MB CACHE
3rd Hard Disk NONE
4th Hard Disk NONE
M.2 SSD Drive NONE
1st PCI-E SSD Drive NONE
2nd PCI-E SSD Drive NONE
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive 24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply CORSAIR 650W CS SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD ULTRA QUIET
Processor Cooling STANDARD AMD CPU COOLER
Thermal Paste STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Fan Controller NONE
Extra Case Fans NONE
Memory Card Reader NONE
Power Cable 1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
LED Lighting NONE
Wireless/Wired Networking WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD
USB Options MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Firewire NONE
Office Software NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Game Streaming NONE
Operating System NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED
Browser Microsoft® Edge (Windows 10 Only)
Warranty 3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return 1 Year Parts 3 Year Labour)
Delivery STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)

2 year at £40 pm
3 year at £30 pm
£3 or 4 less per month for the build your own option,
 
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THe cs are 'ok' ,When buying what is generally a just above average quality unit I would tend to overspec by 100w (hence the 650w when a 500w would do)

Pcspecialist only supply corsair vs & corsair cs units so you are limited ( & rmx but at overly inflated prices)

I believe ebuyer own pcspecialist,using the link on their page

http://www.ebuyer.com/gaming/pc-builder

Saves about £20 (not a lot but still less) & the finance option & delivery is easier to set up.

The same build going through that link comes to £1018 with windows 10 ,a better case in the spec 03 over the k350,a wireless card & an upgraded silver rtb warranty so its a valid saving,£5 less money for more stuff :D

 
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Probably an EVGA GS or GQ series, they're essentially rebranded Seasonic units.
 
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