Better Build for >£650

[Tweexy]

Hi, I was looking to buy a new gaming pc, and I really don't have the time to build it myself. My budget is max £650 including Win7.

I have found these two, and was wondering if you guys had any thoughts on which one was better, or if they are both a bit overpriced and I could get something better from somewhere else. I understand that I am paying more to have the computer assembled for me.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-316-OE&groupid=43&catid=2475

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-307-OE&groupid=43&catid=2475&subcat=2486

I will use the PC for general browsing and playing games such as GTA IV, Minecraft, BF3.

Thanks in advance.

 

[marshallbradley]

Hi there,

Personally I think this offering from DinoPC is of much better value than either of those: http://www.dinopc.com/shop/pc/-b-NEW-b-Raider-AMD-X6-6300-94p1640.htm

This is another alternative: http://www.dinopc.com/shop/pc/-b-NEW-b-Assassin-GTX-650-Ti-94p1578.htm with a better CPU than GPU. If the PC is for gaming, try not to spend more on the CPU than the GPU (look up the prices on Amazon), as the GPU is much more important for video-gaming performance.

If you do choose one of these, make sure to customise it. Remove things like pre-overclocking (they charge you £25, for something that takes one reboot). Also if you go for the second, spend a little money and upgrade the graphics to like a GTX 660, or a 7870. The 3570K is completely lost on a 650 Ti.

M

 

[Tweexy]

Hi there,

Personally I think this offering from DinoPC is of much better value than either of those: http://www.dinopc.com/shop/pc/-b-NEW-b-Raider-AMD-X6-6300-94p1640.htm

This is another alternative: http://www.dinopc.com/shop/pc/-b-NEW-b-Assassin-GTX-650-Ti-94p1578.htm with a better CPU than GPU. If the PC is for gaming, try not to spend more on the CPU than the GPU (look up the prices on Amazon), as the GPU is much more important for video-gaming performance.

If you do choose one of these, make sure to customise it. Remove things like pre-overclocking (they charge you £25, for something that takes one reboot). Also if you go for the second, spend a little money and upgrade the graphics to like a GTX 660, or a 7870. The 3570K is completely lost on a 650 Ti.

M

Thanks, these are definitely much better value, are DinoPC a reliable company?

 

[marshallbradley]

I've personally never dealt with them, but they have been around for awhile it seems to me (at least 5+ years), so that certainly hints that they are at least doing something right. A quick Google led to some fairly mixed reviews. There were obviously some fairly standard "build it yourself, it much cheaper n00b" type things, some people saying they had great experiences with them and some very occasional bad ones. This is pretty much typical for online stores like this though, so I wouldn't be too worried. Even extremely respected/reliable places like Amazon get haters.

They definitely seem like a legitimate company who would respect their warranties and promises, which is the main thing to worry about. As to build quality I have no idea, but if you've done something as standard as putting 9-10 basically unchanging components together for 5+ years, you're likely not bad at it.

M

 

[Tweexy]

I've personally never dealt with them, but they have been around for awhile it seems to me (at least 5+ years), so that certainly hints that they are at least doing something right. A quick Google led to some fairly mixed reviews. There were obviously some fairly standard "build it yourself, it much cheaper n00b" type things, some people saying they had great experiences with them and some very occasional bad ones. This is pretty much typical for online stores like this though, so I wouldn't be too worried. Even extremely respected/reliable places like Amazon get haters.

They definitely seem like a legitimate company who would respect their warranties and promises, which is the main thing to worry about. As to build quality I have no idea, but if you've done something as standard as putting 9-10 basically unchanging components together for 5+ years, you're likely not bad at it.

M

Thanks, definitely help me out here, much respect.