Hey
I've recently started thinking about replacing my computer with a nice high end gaming rig. Looked over a few online computer sellers and then began to think about building my own to save some money.
To give me a rough idea of how much I would save - I customised a computer to buy at www.pcspecialist.co.uk and then tried to choose the same components on www.overclockers.co.uk (live in the UK)
I wasn't able to find everything on overclockers so there were a few minor things that the prebuilt system would have had which my custom built one wouldnt have.
To my suprise, the prebuilt one came out at £821 and the components off overclockers came to £829! :S
So, I was wondering if anyone could help me by telling me if
a) pcspecialist offers fantastic value
b) overclockers is overly expensive
c) I messed it up and didn't compare like for like
the system I configured on pcspecialist was:
Processor (CPU)
INTEL® Core 2 Duo E6700 (2 X 2.66GHz) 1066MHz FSB/4MB L2 Cache
Memory (RAM)
2048 MB CORSAIR DDR2 667MHz - LIFETIME WARRANTY! (2x1GB)
Motherboard
ASUS® P5ND2 SE: DUAL DDR2, S-ATA, x16 VGA, 2 PCI/3 PCI-E
Operating System
NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED
USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS (4 REAR + 2 FRONT) AS STANDARD
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
150GB WD RAPTOR SATA 16MB CACHE (10000rpm)
2nd Hard Disk
NONE
1st CD/DVD Drive
16X DVD ROM WITH 48X CD ROM
2nd CD/DVD Drive
NONE
Graphics Card
320MB GEFORCE 8800GTS PCI Express + DVI + TV-OUT
2nd Graphics Card
NONE
Sound Card
Sound Blaster® Audigy® SE with 7.1 Surround Sound: £15
Modem
NONE, I WILL BE USING BROADBAND
Network Facilities
ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (ETHERNET)
Floppy Disk Drive
NONE
Memory Card Reader
NONE
Case
Stylish Silver/Black Trident case + 2 front USB
Power Supply & Case Cooling
700W Quiet Quad Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£79)
Processor Cooling
STANDARD CPU COOLER
Thanks a lot guys!
I've recently started thinking about replacing my computer with a nice high end gaming rig. Looked over a few online computer sellers and then began to think about building my own to save some money.
To give me a rough idea of how much I would save - I customised a computer to buy at www.pcspecialist.co.uk and then tried to choose the same components on www.overclockers.co.uk (live in the UK)
I wasn't able to find everything on overclockers so there were a few minor things that the prebuilt system would have had which my custom built one wouldnt have.
To my suprise, the prebuilt one came out at £821 and the components off overclockers came to £829! :S
So, I was wondering if anyone could help me by telling me if
a) pcspecialist offers fantastic value
b) overclockers is overly expensive
c) I messed it up and didn't compare like for like
the system I configured on pcspecialist was:
Processor (CPU)
INTEL® Core 2 Duo E6700 (2 X 2.66GHz) 1066MHz FSB/4MB L2 Cache
Memory (RAM)
2048 MB CORSAIR DDR2 667MHz - LIFETIME WARRANTY! (2x1GB)
Motherboard
ASUS® P5ND2 SE: DUAL DDR2, S-ATA, x16 VGA, 2 PCI/3 PCI-E
Operating System
NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED
USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS (4 REAR + 2 FRONT) AS STANDARD
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
150GB WD RAPTOR SATA 16MB CACHE (10000rpm)
2nd Hard Disk
NONE
1st CD/DVD Drive
16X DVD ROM WITH 48X CD ROM
2nd CD/DVD Drive
NONE
Graphics Card
320MB GEFORCE 8800GTS PCI Express + DVI + TV-OUT
2nd Graphics Card
NONE
Sound Card
Sound Blaster® Audigy® SE with 7.1 Surround Sound: £15
Modem
NONE, I WILL BE USING BROADBAND
Network Facilities
ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (ETHERNET)
Floppy Disk Drive
NONE
Memory Card Reader
NONE
Case
Stylish Silver/Black Trident case + 2 front USB
Power Supply & Case Cooling
700W Quiet Quad Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£79)
Processor Cooling
STANDARD CPU COOLER
Thanks a lot guys!
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