Norman Dog

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Looking to buy a new gaming PC for sons Christmas present, anyone recommend somewhere?

Have previously used http://www.meshcomputers.com

Have looked into building it myself, but for the sort of spec I'm after, it looks cheaper to buy a custom built one.

Aero Cool DS 200 Super-Silent mid tower Gaming Case w/ Fan Controller £69.30
750W FSP Quiet Power Supply - Silver 80 PLUS £60.79
GIGABYTE GA-Z170X-Gaming 3 Motherboard £119.90
Intel® Core™ i5-6600K Quad Core Processor (Skylake,3.5GHz-3.9GHz Turbo, 6MB Cache) £173.99
Raijintek Triton 240mm High Performance AIO Water Cooling Solution - BLUE Coolant £74.99
16GB 2400MHz DDR4 Memory (2x8GB) Memory Kit - Major Brand £94.99
4GB NVIDIA GTX 970 Graphics Card, 1664 Cores, DP/DVI/HDMI £268.00
250GB M.2 SATA SSD - Samsung 850 EVO Solid State Drive £82.16
1TB Seagate Barracuda SATA III 6GB/s 7200rpm 64MB Cache 8ms NCQ £37.99
24x DVD Writer (read/write CD & DVD) £14.29
Integrated 7.1 High Definition 8-channel Audio
High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL / Network Connections)
Genuine Windows 10 Home 64 bit inc DVD & licence £48.00
BullGuard Internet Security - Free 90 Day Trial
24" Gaming Monitor Fast 2ms Full HD with HDMI/DVI with Speakers - Iiyama E2483HS-B1 [upg £ 105.00] £117.54

Total cost (self build) £1,161.94

Mesh Computers Price £1095.00

Tidgy

Did you have a budget in mind?

Norman Dog

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Up to a max of about £1100.

Tidgy

hmmm, its not a bad spec, prob 10-15% down on the spec of mine, sould do ok for 12 months or so before having to back off the settings at a guess.

The Joshua Tree

Take a look here, Overclockers UK are a well respected company, just scroll down to your price range. You can change the specs and add components.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/pc-sy...all-gaming-pcs

TonyBurns

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Get a copy of windows 7 off amazon for about 40% less than your windows 7, then upgrade it to windows 10

Look at www.scan.co.uk if you want a built one, their 3xs systems are very good

Tidgy

always found em pricey tbh

The Joshua Tree

They are to be fair but you always get good aftercare from Overclockers, i build my own so i can't comment on whether they are value or not. That type of service is good though for someone that doesn't feel competent enough to build their own, yeh you will always pay over the odds for someone to build you one.

Tidgy

yeah im the same

Norman Dog

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I've looked into building my own, however a large company is able to source the components at a volume discount hence it works out cheaper.

ScoobP1

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Not being a techy person I've never understood why you wouldn't just get a console for games rather than an £1100 PC. Surely the PS4 and others are upto the job for gaming?

pimmo2000

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It's a different type of gaming experience.

Littleted

Chill blast or pc specialist

Try either before you commit

Norman Dog

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Neither have I

He already has the xbox one, although his PC is now around 6 years old and showing it's age.

Always bought a decent spec when I change a computer, if this one lasts another 6 years it doesn't work out that much.

Tidgy

sorry mate but thats rubbish, I saved about £300 by building my own.

Norman Dog

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OK then, if you can source the components cheaper than I've costed in the first post, please let me know where from.

Tidgy

i wouldn't choose those parts chap, i'd be up at a higher spec. you'd be looking around £1800+ for it as opposed to the £1300 odd i paid.

Norman Dog

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Pick any high end system, in any configuration you like, from one of these (or any other company)

http://www.scan.co.uk

http://www.meshcomputers.com/

http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/

http://www.chillblast.com/

Post the spec, then post a list of the components that you can get cheaper for a self build.

Then I'll believe you.

As far as I can see, a self build only works out cheaper when everything starts getting discounted due to newer specifications.

Tidgy

you could price it now then price it next week and you'll get a very different price, that the issue.

I got all my parts from scan, you can't get the MB I have in any of their packages, you cant get the graphics card i have in any of their packages etc etc

take for example the SSD in the spec, i would have a samsung 850 pro. Detail is not in the headline spec, but the detail, what is the 'major brand' ram, what latency is it? etc etc etc

Littleted

best thing about buying in, is you get a warranty, doing your own, if it doesn't go seemless youll end up waiting ages swapping parts etc...

I gave up after building about 10 i buy in everytime now...

Noobaru

Looks like a solid PC build to me

I'd be tempted to drop more on a fully modular gold rated PSU myself.

A fancy G-sync monitor would also compliment the GTX 970 nicely if the budget will stretch to it, though they are still mighty expensive! They start at around £200 for a 24" monitor but they're 144Hz for silky smooth gaming.

I use http://www.ebuyer.com for most of my components.

G4rfo

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did u get comp built m8?

G4rfo

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and ps dont get a 1080p monitor its like going night and day if u jump up to 2k m8 that 970 will not handle 4k gaming though

Norman Dog

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Yes, ended up buying this one from Mesh.

Elite Skylake PCA
System Base Price: £ 807.50
FREE PC Game - ASSASSINS CREED - SYNDICATE
Aero Cool DS 200 Super-Silent mid tower Gaming Case w/ Fan Controller
750W FSP Quiet Power Supply - Silver 80 PLUS
GIGABYTE GA-Z170X-Gaming 3 Motherboard
Intel® Core™ i5-6600K Quad Core Processor (Skylake,3.5GHz-3.9GHz Turbo, 6MB Cache)
Raijintek Triton 240mm High Performance AIO Water Cooling Solution - BLUE Coolant
Overclock Configuration - (professionally overclocked by our engineers)
16GB 2400MHz DDR4 Memory (2x8GB) Memory Kit - Major Brand
4GB NVIDIA GTX 970 Graphics Card, 1664 Cores, DP/DVI/HDMI
250GB M.2 SATA SSD - Samsung 850 EVO Solid State Drive
2TB Seagate Barracuda SATA III 6GB/s 7200rpm 64MB Cache 8ms NCQ [upg £ 15.00]
24x DVD Writer (read/write CD & DVD)
Integrated 7.1 High Definition 8-channel Audio
Ultra Fast WIFI 802.11AC (up to 867 Mbps) / BLUETOOTH 4.0 - GIGABYTE GC-WB867D-I [upg £ 32.50]
Genuine Windows 10 Home 64 bit inc DVD & licence
BullGuard Internet Security - Free 90 Day Trial
24" High Spec Full HD LED Monitor- 2x HDMI/DVI-D + Speakers - Iiyama ProLite E2473HS [upg £ 112.50]
Creative A250 2.1 Compact Speaker System with Sub Woofer [upg £ 27.50]
ROCCAT ISKU Gaming Keyboard + ROCCAT Lua - Tri-Button Gaming Mouse [upg £ 25.00]
Gold Warranty - (Lifetime Labour, 2 Year Parts, 1 Year Free Collect & Return)

Total Cost including delivery: £1224

Absolute beast, GTA V on the highest setting is amazing.

G4rfo

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ha good man

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G4rfo

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and ps we are all in our 30s well most one is 55 :P

ditchmyster

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£1200 quid ouch, so glad my boy is into his music and guitar.

Rescue Dude

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That's a similar price I paid for my self build from Scan. Mine is a slightly better spec though.

Norman Dog

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He's 17 this year so will probably want a car or something next Christmas.

I'd be a rich man if I didn't have kids.