DEEJAYKEG Posted January 4, 2020 Member ID: 1238 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 35 Topic Count: 1207 Topics Per Day: 0.23 Content Count: 6083 Content Per Day: 1.18 Reputation: 4984 Achievement Points: 50727 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 11 Joined: 03/12/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 11 Device: Kindle Fire Share Posted January 4, 2020 The time has come to choose the successor to the gaming slab that is my PC monolith - the Medion Erazer. I have been looking at custom builds by companies like PC Specialist and Fierce. There is one under £600 I like by Fierce but, if I spent £300 more I could get a superior machine from the other seller with 16GB RAM. What are your thoughts on Ryzen processors, Radeon RX 570 GPUs and PSU wattage (I have been alarmed to find many around 450w when I have fitted a new 600w to my ten year-old PC)? What are these custom drives? SSHDs? YACCster 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
ReaPeR Posted January 4, 2020 Member ID: 3453 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 24 Topic Count: 64 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 668 Content Per Day: 0.15 Reputation: 833 Achievement Points: 5126 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 4 Joined: 05/19/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 30, 2021 Birthday: 04/22/1975 Share Posted January 4, 2020 solid state hd hybrid it combine both new and old hd ssd for speed and old hd for space. Blackbart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Billymilano Posted January 4, 2020 Member ID: 25274 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 16 Topic Count: 15 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 305 Content Per Day: 0.11 Reputation: 202 Achievement Points: 2034 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/19/16 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 12, 2023 Birthday: 03/31/1968 Device: Windows Share Posted January 4, 2020 Can you build a system by yourself ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Krackennutz Posted January 4, 2020 Member ID: 22889 Group: ** Registered Users Followers: 1 Topic Count: 65 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 348 Content Per Day: 0.11 Reputation: 412 Achievement Points: 2824 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 07/14/15 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 13 Device: Windows Share Posted January 4, 2020 if you can self build! save a lot get a lot .. "£90 1tb m2 ssd...https://www.cclonline.com/product/269937/SSDPEKNW010T8X1/Solid-State-Drives-SSDs-/Intel-SSD-6-Series-660p-1TB-Solid-State-Drive-PCI-Express-3-0-x4-M-2-80mm-3D2-QLC-Internal-/SSD0910/ £124 Ryzen 5 2600x...https://www.cclonline.com/product/250247/YD260XBCAFBOX/CPU-Processors/AMD-2nd-Gen-Ryzen-5-2600X-3-6GHz-Processor-16MB-L3-Cache-with-Wraith-Spire-Boxed-/CPU0538/ £225. Sapphire RX580 nitro oc 8gb .https://www.cclonline.com/product/232088/11265-01-20G/Graphics-Cards/Sapphire-NITRO-Radeon-RX-580-8GB-Graphics-Card-PCI-E-DVI-D-HDMI-DisplayPort-/VGA3830/ £60 16gb Corsair LPX 3000 mhz ddr4 https://www.cclonline.com/product/187617/CMK16GX4M2B3000C15/Desktop-Memory/Corsair-Vengeance-LPX-16GB-2-x-8GB-Memory-Kit-PC4-22400-3000MHz-DDR4-DIMM-C15/RAM3008/ £136 motherboard ..Gigabyte [supports m2[at top ssd] https://www.cclonline.com/product/288357/X570-GAMING-X/Motherboards/Gigabyte-X570-GAMING-X-AMD-Socket-AM4-X570-Chipset-ATX-Motherboard/MBD2657/ £80 Gamemmax fulltower...https://www.cclonline.com/product/273087/PREDATOR/Cases/GameMax-Predator-RGB-Full-Tempered-Glass-Gaming-Case/CAS3603/ £52 Gamemax modular psu 80+Gold....https://www.cclonline.com/product/240984/RGB-550/Power-Supplies/GameMax-RGB-550W-80-Plus-Gold-Certified-Modular-ATX-Power-Supply/PSU1495/ Total £767 you can play around upper or lower end of the scale yup prefer amd....its worth searching on graphic cards as you can find them cheaper i paid 180 for that sapphire 4 months ago MtDeW, DEEJAYKEG and Dessy 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tw33tle_Dee Posted January 4, 2020 Member ID: 23628 Group: ** Registered Users Followers: 1 Topic Count: 33 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 337 Content Per Day: 0.11 Reputation: 218 Achievement Points: 2278 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/26/15 Status: Offline Last Seen: Monday at 03:04 PM Device: Windows Share Posted January 4, 2020 Too many prebuilt systems come with power supplies that are either right on the edge or do not meet the minimum power requirements for the system. They are usually ok until the system is under stress and then starts the blue screens, rebooting and shut downs. Don't skimp on power, get more than you need- as power supplies age their rating decreases. Blackbart, ReaPeR, TBB and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReaPeR Posted January 5, 2020 Member ID: 3453 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 24 Topic Count: 64 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 668 Content Per Day: 0.15 Reputation: 833 Achievement Points: 5126 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 4 Joined: 05/19/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 30, 2021 Birthday: 04/22/1975 Share Posted January 5, 2020 that so true about psu also if u upgrade later add more ram better video card that all could use more power if u system already boarder line. DEEJAYKEG 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
baldie Posted January 6, 2020 Member ID: 607 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 75 Topic Count: 243 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 3338 Content Per Day: 0.63 Reputation: 2588 Achievement Points: 33686 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 7 Joined: 10/21/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 8 hours ago Birthday: 09/16/1966 Device: Windows Share Posted January 6, 2020 (edited) @DEEJAYKEG have a look at Cyberpower https://www.cyberpowersystem.co.uk/ I have bought 2 computers from them in the last year on behalf of my sons. The build quality is great delivered on time and after support was brilliant after my youngest son broke his (he is Autistic) I explained to them the problem and 3 days later one of there techs came out and replaced the part. I was told there would be a charge of £65 because it was his fault (brute force and temper tantrum swift kick broken power switch) not only did they replace the front panel when i called to make the payment they said no charge on this occasion. now that's good customer service. The reason i used them in the first place is you pick a system and then you can customize every single part upgrade whats important and downgrade whats not. I hope you find whatever you are looking for there is a lot to choose from Edit... What i would do is pick a system around £500 then customize it one piece at a time up to your budget you might just be surprised at how much you can get for your money Edited January 6, 2020 by baldie DEEJAYKEG 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
BUDMAN Posted January 6, 2020 Member ID: 800 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 152 Topic Count: 135 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 6940 Content Per Day: 1.32 Reputation: 4486 Achievement Points: 58192 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 6 Joined: 11/27/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 1 hour ago Birthday: 05/29/1957 Device: Windows Share Posted January 6, 2020 Kudos for customer service!! baldie and DEEJAYKEG 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
DEEJAYKEG Posted January 6, 2020 Member ID: 1238 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 35 Topic Count: 1207 Topics Per Day: 0.23 Content Count: 6083 Content Per Day: 1.18 Reputation: 4984 Achievement Points: 50727 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 11 Joined: 03/12/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 11 Device: Kindle Fire Author Share Posted January 6, 2020 11 hours ago, baldie said: @DEEJAYKEG have a look at Cyberpower https://www.cyberpowersystem.co.uk/ I hope you find whatever you are looking for there is a lot to choose from Edit... What i would do is pick a system around £500 then customize it one piece at a time up to your budget you might just be surprised at how much you can get for your money That was easy! Think I have found it already! Thanks Baldie! Just have to add an external optical drive and we're in business, I think... Evil-Monkey , YACCster and baldie 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
DEEJAYKEG Posted January 6, 2020 Member ID: 1238 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 35 Topic Count: 1207 Topics Per Day: 0.23 Content Count: 6083 Content Per Day: 1.18 Reputation: 4984 Achievement Points: 50727 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 11 Joined: 03/12/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 11 Device: Kindle Fire Author Share Posted January 6, 2020 On 1/4/2020 at 3:35 PM, Billymilano said: Can you build a system by yourself ? Can/have/don't want to this time. baldie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
baldie Posted January 6, 2020 Member ID: 607 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 75 Topic Count: 243 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 3338 Content Per Day: 0.63 Reputation: 2588 Achievement Points: 33686 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 7 Joined: 10/21/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 8 hours ago Birthday: 09/16/1966 Device: Windows Share Posted January 6, 2020 4 hours ago, DEEJAYKEG said: That was easy! Think I have found it already! Thanks Baldie! Just have to add an external optical drive and we're in business, I think... Thats Brilliant did you double check the power supply I upgraded my sons from 500w to 700w I think it only cost an extra £10 but worth it long term. it tells you at the bottom of the page how much your system needs then just pick one slightly higher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Billymilano Posted January 6, 2020 Member ID: 25274 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 16 Topic Count: 15 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 305 Content Per Day: 0.11 Reputation: 202 Achievement Points: 2034 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/19/16 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 12, 2023 Birthday: 03/31/1968 Device: Windows Share Posted January 6, 2020 Watch the video and keep in mind that the frontpanel have some problems with the airflow . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Krackennutz Posted January 6, 2020 Member ID: 22889 Group: ** Registered Users Followers: 1 Topic Count: 65 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 348 Content Per Day: 0.11 Reputation: 412 Achievement Points: 2824 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 07/14/15 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 13 Device: Windows Share Posted January 6, 2020 2 hours ago, baldie said: Thats Brilliant did you double check the power supply I upgraded my sons from 500w to 700w I think it only cost an extra £10 but worth it long term. it tells you at the bottom of the page how much your system needs then just pick one slightly higher same system self build bear in mind. there going to use budget end, compared most parts ,amd graphics can mean anything used one low end but overclocked from factory..... £837.59 saving £157.41 now thats a lot of money in saving cpu. £197..https://www.cclonline.com/product/287402/100-100000022BOX/CPU-Processors/AMD-Ryzen-5-3600X-3-8GHz-Hexa-Core-Processor-with-6-Cores-12-Threads-95W-TDP-36MB-Cache-4-4GHz-Turbo-Wraith-Spire-Cooler/CPU0602/ mb...£66 https://www.cclonline.com/product/294956/B450M-PRO-VDH-MAX/Motherboards/MSI-B450M-PRO-VDH-MAX-AMD-Socket-AM4-B450-Chipset-MicroATX-Motherboard/MBD2687/ memory.£60..[ this prob better than they will use]..https://www.cclonline.com/product/187617/CMK16GX4M2B3000C15/Desktop-Memory/Corsair-Vengeance-LPX-16GB-2-x-8GB-Memory-Kit-PC4-22400-3000MHz-DDR4-DIMM-C15/RAM3008/ graphic..https://www.cclonline.com/product/294603/GV-R57XTGAMING-OC-8GD/Graphics-Cards/Gigabyte-Radeon-RX-5700-XT-GAMING-OC-8GB-Overclocked-Graphics-Card/VGA5662/ there HD £32!! ..https://www.cclonline.com/product/216096/ST1000DM010/Hard-Drives/Seagate-BarraCuda-1TB-3-5-Inch-SATA-Hard-Disk-Drive-Internal-/HDD2782/ there ssd £24!...https://www.cclonline.com/product/295393/ASU630SS-240GQ-R/Solid-State-Drives-SSDs-/ADATA-Ultimate-SU630-2-5-240GB-SSD-SATA-QLC-3D-NAND/SSD1063/ nearest to there case i could find £59..https://www.cclonline.com/product/272818/CRUSADERMIRAGE/Cases/GameMax-Crusader-Rainbow-RGB-Case-3-pin-Hub-with-4-x-Mirage-Fans-TG-Front-and-Side/CAS3601/ PSU i can guarantee wont be pretty ribbon modular one in that pic.. so used base 500watt £29.99 https://www.cclonline.com/product/279409/FD-PSU-ES1B-SI9-500W/Power-Supplies/Fractal-Design-Essence-500W-80-PLUS-ATX-Power-Supply-Unit-OEM-/PSU1680/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krackennutz Posted January 6, 2020 Member ID: 22889 Group: ** Registered Users Followers: 1 Topic Count: 65 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 348 Content Per Day: 0.11 Reputation: 412 Achievement Points: 2824 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 07/14/15 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 13 Device: Windows Share Posted January 6, 2020 have a play with these also they offer 3yr warranty https://www.overclockers.co.uk/pc-systems/configurator/gaming-pc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEEJAYKEG Posted January 11, 2020 Member ID: 1238 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 35 Topic Count: 1207 Topics Per Day: 0.23 Content Count: 6083 Content Per Day: 1.18 Reputation: 4984 Achievement Points: 50727 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 11 Joined: 03/12/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 11 Device: Kindle Fire Author Share Posted January 11, 2020 I'm sorry to say, @baldie , that the company has let me down badly. It promised to save my config and price for seven days but, when I returned to it five days later, I found both had been dumped. I have let Alan, the manager, know that I shall not be doing business with them after all and have now found an alternative similar system for £500 less! baldie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
HarryWeezer Posted January 11, 2020 Member ID: 20166 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 40 Topic Count: 611 Topics Per Day: 0.16 Content Count: 7652 Content Per Day: 1.98 Reputation: 7228 Achievement Points: 53663 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 36 Joined: 10/04/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 16 Birthday: 10/16/1946 Device: Windows Share Posted January 11, 2020 Don't throw a lot of money away on that which doesn't matter... https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/cty/pdp/spd/alienware-aurora-r8-desktop?~ck=mn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Timmah! Posted January 11, 2020 Member ID: 26443 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 35 Topic Count: 469 Topics Per Day: 0.20 Content Count: 5964 Content Per Day: 2.52 Reputation: 10349 Achievement Points: 51030 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 118 Joined: 11/01/17 Status: Offline Last Seen: 1 hour ago Birthday: 09/26/1971 Device: Android Share Posted January 11, 2020 https://pcpartpicker.com/list/XqZM3t 812 Pound Sterling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Ricko Posted January 11, 2020 Member ID: 138 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 63 Topic Count: 474 Topics Per Day: 0.09 Content Count: 4470 Content Per Day: 0.84 Reputation: 2925 Achievement Points: 30749 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 14 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 17 Birthday: 07/01/1974 Device: Windows Share Posted January 11, 2020 keg try ere i always use them https://www.aria.co.uk/Systems/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
StanG Posted January 11, 2020 Member ID: 824 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 19 Topic Count: 29 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 317 Content Per Day: 0.06 Reputation: 168 Achievement Points: 2144 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 12/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: August 8, 2023 Birthday: 03/08/1967 Device: Windows Share Posted January 11, 2020 Just got this new monitor yesterday . love it so far RobMc and DEEJAYKEG 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
baldie Posted January 11, 2020 Member ID: 607 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 75 Topic Count: 243 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 3338 Content Per Day: 0.63 Reputation: 2588 Achievement Points: 33686 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 7 Joined: 10/21/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 8 hours ago Birthday: 09/16/1966 Device: Windows Share Posted January 11, 2020 9 hours ago, DEEJAYKEG said: I'm sorry to say, @baldie , that the company has let me down badly. It promised to save my config and price for seven days but, when I returned to it five days later, I found both had been dumped. I have let Alan, the manager, know that I shall not be doing business with them after all and have now found an alternative similar system for £500 less! I am really sorry to hear that DJ. But you have to do whats right for you so I am really glad you managed to get what you wanted and cheaper. My Daughter is looking for a PC so if its not too much bother where did you get yours from DEEJAYKEG 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Evil-Monkey Posted January 12, 2020 Member ID: 221 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 11 Topic Count: 85 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 1864 Content Per Day: 0.35 Reputation: 745 Achievement Points: 12302 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 17, 2023 Birthday: 06/10/1967 Device: Windows Share Posted January 12, 2020 Just FYI NZXT is doing builds now as well . I just put a decent system for my Son. its now up to him to order and purchase but I have nothing but good things about them . and I love there cases Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
DEEJAYKEG Posted January 19, 2020 Member ID: 1238 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 35 Topic Count: 1207 Topics Per Day: 0.23 Content Count: 6083 Content Per Day: 1.18 Reputation: 4984 Achievement Points: 50727 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 11 Joined: 03/12/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 11 Device: Kindle Fire Author Share Posted January 19, 2020 I bought a Fierce Crusader PC with a Ryzen 3 4Ghz, RX 580 8GB GPU, and 16GB RAM with 1TB hard drive. I did have to cut corners to keep the price down but it is a solid base to build from and, hopefully, get me back fully into the games. I’m copying a load of configs etc onto a removable hd I have in the old tower and I’ll then put that in an enclosure so the new machine can access them. See you in game soon! RobMc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
DEEJAYKEG Posted January 19, 2020 Member ID: 1238 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 35 Topic Count: 1207 Topics Per Day: 0.23 Content Count: 6083 Content Per Day: 1.18 Reputation: 4984 Achievement Points: 50727 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 11 Joined: 03/12/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 11 Device: Kindle Fire Author Share Posted January 19, 2020 On 1/11/2020 at 11:50 PM, baldie said: I am really sorry to hear that DJ. But you have to do whats right for you so I am really glad you managed to get what you wanted and cheaper. My Daughter is looking for a PC so if its not too much bother where did you get yours from Fierce via Amazon. They delivered it on Thursday and have now cut the price by £28! Such great timing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
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