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Advice for my 800 pounds please

solid.rambo
By solid.rambo
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Little bit of a noob on this but I am looking to go full on into pc gaming. I've never built a pc but would love to do it but I also have a deal on a used pre built machine that looks amazing from amazon. I've narrowed down my options to: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/guide/vpYcCJ/modest-amd-gaming-build

 

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/guide/GrBD4D/modest-intel-gaming-build

 

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This dell in "good condition" from amazon for 892 pounds 

 

Which do you think I should go for or would you recommend anything else? 

 

Thanks 

 

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thats a lot of money for a used dell with those specs. you can probably get a BETTER one to build for yourself for the same price range of that dell. with better specs. 

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(before i sold the WD drive and MSI gpu - https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/11946219 171 gaming. felt good.)

 

Rig 2: i7-7700k Stock clocks | MSI Armor GTX 1070 | ADATA DDR4 2400mhz 2x8GB | MSI Z270 A-Pro | WD Green 240GB SSD & 2TB Seagate HDD | Thermaltake Core G21 Tempered Glass Edition | Win 10 Home | 2 HP Omen FHD 144hz 24.5" Monitors 

 

Rig 3: i7-6700 | GT 730 & GT 645 OEM | Some random DDR4 2133mhz 2x8gb sticks | OEM Dell Mobo | WD Black 2TB HDD & Toshiba 1TB HDD | Win 10 Home | 3 27" Dell FHD Monitors 

 

Rig 4: i7-4770 | EVGA SSC 1050ti | Some random DDR3 ram 2x2gb and 2x4gb sticks | OEM Dell Mobo | Stock Cooler | 1TB WD Black HDD | Win 7 Home 

 

RIP 

 

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Rig 6 (same fate as rig 5) : i7-8700k stock clocks | MSI DUKE 1080ti | ADATA DDR4 2400mhz 2x8gb | MSI Z370 A-Pro | Asetek 550LC 120mm | WD Green 240GB SSD & Toshiba 2TB HDD | Other various components that I can't Remember 

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Id go with that AMD build but use the extra money in your budget for a better motherboard

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Thanks for the advice guys. I just might cancel the order for the dell

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56 minutes ago, solid.rambo said:

Thanks for the advice guys. I just might cancel the order for the dell

if the dell is 900 its a good deal but if it is 1600 then it isnt

for 900 pounds its actually a steal tho so go with it if you can 

heres a quick list i made using cheap parts and its over 1000 pounds

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
Type Item Price
CPU Intel - Core i7-8700 3.2 GHz 6-Core Processor £318.00 @ Aria PC
Motherboard Gigabyte - Z370P D3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard £88.98 @ Amazon UK
Memory G.Skill - FORTIS 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-2400 Memory £94.79 @ Amazon UK
Storage Samsung - 970 Evo 250 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive £63.54 @ Aria PC
Storage Seagate - Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive £52.80 @ Aria PC
Video Card MSI - GeForce GTX 1070 8 GB Video Card £329.98 @ Ebuyer
Case BitFenix - Neos Black/Red ATX Mid Tower Case £34.00 @ AWD-IT
Power Supply Corsair - CXM 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply £70.68 @ Amazon UK
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total £1052.77
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-12-04 17:44 GMT+0000  

 

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