I'm buying a new pc in the next week

[Lux]

and I mean it this time! I was asking around in April but came into money issues....but now I've easily got enough to buy a quality pc that will last......and my current pc is killing me so I'm desperate for a new one.

 

I've got lots of friends who can help me build one so it doesn't have to be pre-built....and I probably won't be needing Windows 7 included (because I can just get it for free and save money.......)...my friends might know all of this...but mostly I'm just looking to get as many educated opinions as I can.......there's some things that I need help on as I'm not a hardware pro......

 

Also I'm looking to spend £600 TOPS...I don't need a monitor my current one is fine. Also I don't know how much I'd save but I don't even fill the 320gb hard drive I have right now so no point in wasting lots on some 2TB one.....a 500GB one would be fine (although if a 1TB doesn't cost much more I guess I should just get that)

 

-What site/s or store/s in the UK are the best (and cheapest) (or I guess abroad if they ship free/cheap.....)?

-AMD or Intel?

-Anyone want to suggest a good build ?

 

As a side.....I might buy some new speakers so.......any suggestions on a some good ones available now? (please nothing too expensive....)

 

Thanks!

[tinkerbell]

http://www.scan.co.uk

http://www.ebuyer.com

http://www.yoyotech.co.uk

http://www.cclonline.co.uk

 

Intel

 

gimmi a few hours

[tinkerbell]

http://www.scan.co.uk/savedbasket/446d2da070c54ddda4ae010f32e6c488

 

have a look at that, i can skim the price down about £70 but they are the best components for ur budget

[Lux]

http://www.scan.co.uk/savedbasket/446d2da070c54ddda4ae010f32e6c488

 

have a look at that, i can skim the price down about £70 but they are the best components for ur budget

 

This seems like a lot......

 

I bought a prebuilt pc with a screen for like £500 tops years ago and that's lasted 4-5 years....I can't believe that I need to spend £700.....

[tinkerbell]

This seems like a lot......

 

I bought a prebuilt pc with a screen for like £500 tops years ago and that's lasted 4-5 years....I can't believe that I need to spend £700.....

 

so skim it down a wee bit?

 

http://www.scan.co.uk/savedbasket/1f5454813b3a43a38359153bf026771a

[trakaill]

so skim it down a wee bit?

 

http://www.scan.co.uk/savedbasket/1f5454813b3a43a38359153bf026771a

 

Dude the new intel architecture has awesome cooling properties.. especially the i3. Loose that cooler its useless stock!!

 

The rest is kick ass for a budget build but at that range id go amd might get better bang for the buck!

 

My 2.5 cent GL!

[Harry]

If you really want a budget build, you shouldn't get Intel+NVIDIA... get AMD+ATI if you're on a budget. Not trolling or being a fanboy; AMD+ATI is just a lot cheaper.

 

If you have time, you should wait a few weeks for the AMD Radeon 6000 series GPUs to come out; this SHOULD make the 5000 series (which are still very nice cards) drop a lot in price.

[tinkerbell]

sorry dude, i made that list with a drink down me, will do better in a mo

 

 

http://www.scan.co.uk/savedbasket/17c075d368bb40feacb7b91e97da51ef

 

under budget now, i changed the cooler and graphics card, picked the wrong ones, the 460 is alot better that the 465 and the cooler makes it under budget. still a good cooler though.

 

 

if you dont like that build i can still make it £100 cheaper

 

as for speakers

 

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Creative-Inspire-T3130-21-Speaker-System-Black-20W-RMS

[Guest barackobama]

Tink, can you build me a computer with this in ? http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Intel-Core-i7-980x-Extreme-Gulftown-32nm-6-Cores-333GHz-QPI-64GT-s-12MB-Cache-130W-Retail I have a budget of around £1900

[tinkerbell]

Tink, can you build me a computer with this in ? http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Intel-Core-i7-980x-Extreme-Gulftown-32nm-6-Cores-333GHz-QPI-64GT-s-12MB-Cache-130W-Retail I have a budget of around £1900

 

no point getting that at the moment garf unless you have a budget of £3k+