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KieranFretwell
By KieranFretwell
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I am making this post for a friend, he is wanting to get a new PC and does not know anything about them. He originally was going to buy a £3000 Alienware computer but luckily i saved him from that. I can not build one for him because he lives quite far away from me so he is buying Pre-Built. His aim is to be able to run all games on max settings and he has up-to £3000 to spend, what i want is for people to find me the best pre-built that fits these circumstances and one that is not a complete rip-off like alienware. 

Main application - Mostly gaming with the odd video edit

Preferences - Intel + Nvidia 

Colour scheme - Preferably blue but this does not matter. 

 

He is located in the UK, thanks :)

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Try finding something with a i7 4790K and a GTX 980. The rest is pretty much variable.

Keep in mind that price/performance is usually bad with brebuilts though.

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get him to go on the PC specialist website and configure a build there, Scan and Overclockers also offer good pre-built systems 

Intel Core i5 4690K @ 4.2Ghz | Evga GTX 780 Ti SC ACX with backplate | MSI Gaming 9 AC | 8GB (2x4) Corsair Vengeance Pro Silver 2400 MHz | Corsair H105 | 128GB Crucial MX100 | Toshiba 2TB | Evga 750G2 | Corsair Obsidian 750d | Be Quiet Silent Wings 2 PWM (3x140mm & 3x120mm)

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Try finding something with a i7 4790K and a GTX 980. The rest is pretty much variable.

Keep in mind that price/performance is usually bad with brebuilts though.

Yeah i hate how he has to buy pre-built and i have been telling him to get a 980 when he was talking about getting a titan Z. 

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get him to go on the PC specialist website and configure a build there, Scan and Overclockers also offer good pre-built systems 

Yeah those are decent sites, although i hate the lack of component choices you get. I will tell him to have a look at them. 

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Yeah those are decent sites, although i hate the lack of component choices you get. I will tell him to have a look at them. 

I forgot to mention Cyberpower which usually has more options 

Intel Core i5 4690K @ 4.2Ghz | Evga GTX 780 Ti SC ACX with backplate | MSI Gaming 9 AC | 8GB (2x4) Corsair Vengeance Pro Silver 2400 MHz | Corsair H105 | 128GB Crucial MX100 | Toshiba 2TB | Evga 750G2 | Corsair Obsidian 750d | Be Quiet Silent Wings 2 PWM (3x140mm & 3x120mm)

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find an ltt member near him that loves to build pcs and let them build it share the joy of new shiny things or go to scan and look at their 3xs machines, they are competitively priced, or call me, im in the uk and can ship a guaranteed build to him :) no build cost , just love building machines. take a look at my gallery for some of the work that i have done and i am a registered company in the uk :) many suggestions and i will probably be abused for this post but ho hum, depending on where he is in the uk you could get him in contact with me and i could build the machine to his custom specs :)

My rig: 5820k 48Gb DDR4 Gskill Ripjaws, m.2 pcie samsgung 256Gb boot, rampage v extreme x99, 2x asus 980 strix  14.5 Tb other ssds and hdds. Laptop: Lenovo Y510P. Peripherals: G13 /RAT 7 /Corsair K70 RGB/ FLY 5 

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send him some how-to-build-a-pc videos on youtube. 

CPU: AMD FX8350 @4.4GHz | MOBO: ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R2.0, 990FX chipset | RAM: 16GB (4x4) dual channel Patriot Xtreme series DDR3 @1866MHz @1.65V | GPU: Asus Radeon R9 Fury Strix| PSU: Corsair AX860i 860 watt | CPU cooling: Noctua NH-D15S + additional Noctua NF-F12 | Case:Corsair C70 Black | Storage: 3x 128GB Samsung 840 pro SSDs; 1 for the OS, 2 in RAID 0 for games. 3x WD Red 3TB HDDs in raid 5 for bulk storage | Displays: 1x Dell 3007WFP 30 inch 2560x1600 IPS LCD. 1x I-Inc IH253DPB 25 inch 1920x1080 TN LCD | Keyboard: Corsair K70 with Cherry MX brown switches + Blue LED backlight | Headphones: Sennheiser HD 280 Pro | Mouse: Logitech G600 @1100 DPI | OS: Win 10 Pro 64 bit | 

Mfg/model number: Clevo/W355SSQ | CPU: Intel i7 4710MQ @3.5GHz  | MOBO: W35xSS_370SS, HM87 Chipset | RAM: 16GB (2x8) dual channel Crucial Ballistix DDR3 @1866MHz | GPU: GTX860m 2GB Gddr5 | Battery: 76,960mW/h 8 Cell battery, 3 Hrs full on a full charge | Storage: 1x 128GB Samsung 840 pro SSD for the OS. 1x WD Red 1TB HDD For storage and games | Displays: 1x 15.6" 1080p LCD | Keyboard: Full 103 key back-lit keyboard | Mouse: Logitech M510 | OS: Win 10 Pro 64 bit |

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i am currently building this for a client in eastbourne http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/batpanda/saved/xnLqqs, if you are interested in my proposal i can have photos of the build log up tomorrow. , if no its up to you but a response would be greatly appreciated :)

My rig: 5820k 48Gb DDR4 Gskill Ripjaws, m.2 pcie samsgung 256Gb boot, rampage v extreme x99, 2x asus 980 strix  14.5 Tb other ssds and hdds. Laptop: Lenovo Y510P. Peripherals: G13 /RAT 7 /Corsair K70 RGB/ FLY 5 

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I personally like overclockers... 
Could be because of their great service, or the fact that they give you a pack of haribos with your order...

Case:NZXT H440   CPU:3570k @ 4.4ghz   Cooler:Prolimatech Megahalems w/ ap121 p/p  GPU:Gigabyte Windforce GTX 770  RAM:Crucial Ballistix Tactical Tracer 16gb 1600mhz  Mobo:Sabertooth Z77     PSU:Cooler Master Silent Pro M 700w   Wheel: Logitech G27 + joystick as handbrake Asus DGX 5.1        Mouse: Corsair M65     Keyboard: CM Storm Trigger Cherry MX black  Headphones: ATH-M50s    Phone: Nexus 5 32GB  Earphones: Sennheiser CX 400ii    SSD: 120gb 840 evo  HDD: WD Enterprise 2TB    AMP&DAC: Schiit Stack. 

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send him some how-to-build-a-pc videos on youtube. 

Thats how i built my first PC, by watching youtube videos but i just think he wont be confident enough to do it. 

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No thanks

thanks for the response, good luck with your friend

My rig: 5820k 48Gb DDR4 Gskill Ripjaws, m.2 pcie samsgung 256Gb boot, rampage v extreme x99, 2x asus 980 strix  14.5 Tb other ssds and hdds. Laptop: Lenovo Y510P. Peripherals: G13 /RAT 7 /Corsair K70 RGB/ FLY 5 

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I would suggest Overclockers UK as well. They build some nice pc's on there site.

 

Are you a member on OCUK Forums ? If not then sign up on the forum and start a thread on there. I am always online over there and there are a bunch of other folks who will more than likely chip in as well.

 

You can select any parts from Overclockers and they will build it for you. That way you are not limited to the configurator type build. They usually charge around £60+ depending on the spec.

 

 

Does your Friend also need a Monitor, Mouse, Keyboard ?

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