- Sep 2, 2011
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Hey all.
I was lead here from an acquaintance on Bukkit. This is my first time posting here; I was taking a look at some other threads on this sub-forum and noticed the majority of users seem to be American / Canadian using Dollars in their build budgets. So I apologise if I have posted this in the wrong section; even though when I type this I am using the UK url for the site.
Right so now that's out of the way
I have finally had enough of using a shared home PC which just doesn't cut what I need to do with electronics; Programming, editing and rendering videos for my YouTube channel.
(If you're wondering, the specs were awful: Athlon 64 x2, HD 3200, 4GB DDR2. (not so bad). 300GB HDD).
So I've set my self the budget of £600 to buy myself a semi, if not nearing a decent high end build, gaming PC.
Being 17 the money isn't exactly easy to come by. Although I should have more than £600 by Christmas (Due to my YouTube channel etc.)
I've researched multiple sites where they build the PC for you.
I plan on using the PC to render HD videos at 5 - 25 minutes of length, play some low end games such as Minecraft, LoTR: BFME 1 & 2. I also hope to play some shooters such as Battlefield 3 and Borderlands 2 on it running smoothly.
I received the following quote for £585 (Including that 20% VAT my lovely government like to shove on us
)
Thoughts?
I know it's cheaper buying parts individually. I have a fair understanding of computer components so putting it together myself wouldn't be a problem at all. But it's just easier buying it all built for me, you know?
But yeah, sorry for the long post.
Thought it would be good to post here to receive feedback from members who have a deeper understanding that I do.
Thanks in advance.
- Dan.
I was lead here from an acquaintance on Bukkit. This is my first time posting here; I was taking a look at some other threads on this sub-forum and noticed the majority of users seem to be American / Canadian using Dollars in their build budgets. So I apologise if I have posted this in the wrong section; even though when I type this I am using the UK url for the site.
Right so now that's out of the way
I have finally had enough of using a shared home PC which just doesn't cut what I need to do with electronics; Programming, editing and rendering videos for my YouTube channel.
(If you're wondering, the specs were awful: Athlon 64 x2, HD 3200, 4GB DDR2. (not so bad). 300GB HDD).
So I've set my self the budget of £600 to buy myself a semi, if not nearing a decent high end build, gaming PC.
Being 17 the money isn't exactly easy to come by. Although I should have more than £600 by Christmas (Due to my YouTube channel etc.)
I've researched multiple sites where they build the PC for you.
I plan on using the PC to render HD videos at 5 - 25 minutes of length, play some low end games such as Minecraft, LoTR: BFME 1 & 2. I also hope to play some shooters such as Battlefield 3 and Borderlands 2 on it running smoothly.
I received the following quote for £585 (Including that 20% VAT my lovely government like to shove on us
)CPU: AMD PHENOM II X4 970 (3.50GHz/8MB CACHE/AM3) - BLACK EDITION
Motherboard ASUS® M5A78L-M/USB3: M-ATX, USB 3.0, SATA 3.0Gb/s
RAM: 4GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 2GB)
Graphics Card 1GB AMD RADEON™ HD6770 - DVI,HDMI,VGA - DX® 11
HDD: 1st Hard Disk 500GB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD5002AALX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 32MB CACHE
Power Supply 600W Quiet 80 PLUS Quad Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£59)
Processor Cooling SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£19)
USB Options 4 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Monitor 19" Widescreen TFT 1360 x 768 2MS, D-Sub, DVI, 18.5" Panel (£79)
^ I should mention here that i know the monitor resolution isn't the best, but it's the cheapest I could find. Any alternatives would be fantastic.
Total Order Price EX VAT £487.50
Total VAT Amount £97.5
Total Order Price £585.00
Motherboard ASUS® M5A78L-M/USB3: M-ATX, USB 3.0, SATA 3.0Gb/s
RAM: 4GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 2GB)
Graphics Card 1GB AMD RADEON™ HD6770 - DVI,HDMI,VGA - DX® 11
HDD: 1st Hard Disk 500GB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD5002AALX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 32MB CACHE
Power Supply 600W Quiet 80 PLUS Quad Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£59)
Processor Cooling SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£19)
USB Options 4 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Monitor 19" Widescreen TFT 1360 x 768 2MS, D-Sub, DVI, 18.5" Panel (£79)
^ I should mention here that i know the monitor resolution isn't the best, but it's the cheapest I could find. Any alternatives would be fantastic.
Total Order Price EX VAT £487.50
Total VAT Amount £97.5
Total Order Price £585.00
Thoughts?
I know it's cheaper buying parts individually. I have a fair understanding of computer components so putting it together myself wouldn't be a problem at all. But it's just easier buying it all built for me, you know?
But yeah, sorry for the long post.
Thought it would be good to post here to receive feedback from members who have a deeper understanding that I do.
Thanks in advance.
- Dan.
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