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Hello everyone,

 

 

 

I am going to be buying my first gaming pc in a weeks time and I have found probably the best gaming pc from a retail shop for the price and so on. The only problem is that the power supply, is it enough for the specs inside the pc?

 

 

Also I can always upgrade the graphics card later so yeah same with psu.

 

 

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/computing/desktop-pcs/desktop-pcs/pc-specialist-vortex-elite-gt-gaming-pc-10109317-pdt.html

 

 

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Hello everyone,

 

 

 

I am going to be buying my first gaming pc in a weeks time and I have found probably the best gaming pc from a retail shop for the price and so on. The only problem is that the power supply, is it enough for the specs inside the pc?

 

 

Also I can always upgrade the graphics card later so yeah same with psu.

 

 

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/computing/desktop-pcs/desktop-pcs/pc-specialist-vortex-elite-gt-gaming-pc-10109317-pdt.html

 

 

Thanks,

Do you think you can build your own pc? That price is quite steep for what you are getting

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My mum is like no but after I get this pc I can upgrade the graphics card and then wait to build a £1000 gaming pc or something like that. I need this pc urgently as this laptop is dying so I can't wait weeks for the pc parts to arrive.

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My mum is like no but after I get this pc I can upgrade the graphics card and then wait to build a £1000 gaming pc or something like that. I need this pc urgently as this laptop is dying so I can't wait weeks for the pc parts to arrive.

Nope ... You are getting a horrible deal ... Also Prebuilt PC tend to use cheap PSU , which is something is SHOULD NOT BE SKIMPED ...

... Life is a game and the checkpoints are your birthday , you will face challenges where you may not get rewarded afterwords but those are the challenges that help you improve yourself . Always live for tomorrow because you may never know when your game will be over ... I'm totally not going insane in anyway , shape or form ... I just have broken English and an open mind ... 

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My mum is like no but after I get this pc I can upgrade the graphics card and then wait to build a £1000 gaming pc or something like that. I need this pc urgently as this laptop is dying so I can't wait weeks for the pc parts to arrive.

Thats a bummer, as this pc isnt really good at anything and waste of money. hmm... how about finding cheaper desktops without a gpu and adding one instead?

cus at that price you are looking atleast an i5 with a 960. they will still earn 100quid or so with those specs.

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Thats a bummer, as this pc isnt really good at anything and waste of money. hmm... how about finding cheaper desktops without a gpu and adding one instead?

I seriously need a pc Im not joking, just please send me a pc link form a retailer for around £500

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Go to a local computer shop or something, or buy from Ebuyer and get next day shipping, PcWorld is notorious for ripping off it's customers.

System specs
  • Graphics card: Asus GTX 980 Ti (Temp target: 60c, fan speed: slow as hell)
  • CPU: Intel 6700k @ 4.2Ghz
  • CPU Heatsink: ThermalRight Silver Arrow Extreme
  • Motherboard: Asus Maximus Viii Gene
  • Ram: 8GB of DDR4 @ 3000Mhz
  • Headphone source: O2 + Odac 
  • Mic input: Creative X-Fi Titanium HD
  • Case: Fractal Design Arc midi R2
  • Boot Drive: Samsung 840 Pro 128GB 
  • Storage: Seagate SSHD 2TB
  • PSU: Be quiet! Dark Power Pro 550w

Peripherals

  • Monitor: Asus ROG Swift PG278Q
  • Mouse: Razer DeathAdder Chroma (16.5 inch/360)
  • Mouse surface: Mionix Sargas 900
  • Tablet: Wacom Intuos Pen
  • Keyboard: Filco Majestouch Ninja, MX Brown, Ten Keyless 
  • Headphones: AKG K7xx
  • IEMs: BrainWavs S1
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My mum is like no but after I get this pc I can upgrade the graphics card and then wait to build a £1000 gaming pc or something like that. I need this pc urgently as this laptop is dying so I can't wait weeks for the pc parts to arrive.

http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/computers/intel-home-office-pc/

decent pricing here!

Its slightly expansive but atleast you have a much better base to upgrade later on. instead of having to change every single part.

 

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£480.83 ex VAT £577.00 inc VAT

 

Note: The same build as PCworld costs only 437quid on pcspecialist. Talk about ripoff!

 

My advice if you will be updating soon is get a cheap gpu with a cheap psu, but atleast get an i5 4440, that, the mobo, ram,storage will be reusable. 

So later on you need to worry only bout the psu and gpu.

i think a i5-4440+750ti+350w corsair psu totals to 504quid(incl VAT) on pcspecialist. 

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Thats a bummer, as this pc isnt really good at anything and waste of money. hmm... how about finding cheaper desktops without a gpu and adding one instead?

cus at that price you are looking atleast an i5 with a 960. they will still earn 100quid or so with those specs.

for the 960 should I get 2gb or 4gb of gddr5 ram

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for the 960 should I get 2gb or 4gb of gddr5 ram

2gb is  enough for 1080p gaming since we cant push the settings to max out anyway.

My advice if you will be updating soon afterwards is to get a cheap gpu with a cheap psu, but atleast get an i5 4440. That way the cpu, the mobo, ram,storage will be reusable. 

So later on you need to worry only bout the psu and gpu.

i think a i5-4440+750ti+350w corsair psu totals to 504quid(incl VAT) on pcspecialist. save about 70gbp now for the next upgrade if you plan to go big.

if not updating soon, then go with the 960 and 450w psu. 

 

Note: You can also save alot more money by buying the original windows key online and installing it yourself. ull save about 60gbp

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i cant see the cpu , gpu and such in your list. just type it down, dont need to list the whole spec.

you can also remove the cd drive if you dont use it, save some money. 

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i cant see the cpu , gpu and such in your list. just type down ..

 

oh ok

 

 

Processor: Intel® Core™i5 Quad Core Processor i5-4460 (3.2GHz) 6MB Cache

 

Mobo: Gigabyte H81M-D2V: Micro-ATX, LG1150, USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs

 

Ram: 8GB KINGSTON DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (1 x 8GB)

 

GPU; 2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 750 Ti - DVI, mHDMI, VGA - 3D Vision Ready

 

HDD: 1TB 3.5" SATA-III 6GB/s HDD 7200RPM 32MB CACHE

 

Cooler: Super Quiet Titan DragonFly Heatpipe Intel CPU Cooler (£19)

 

PSU: CORSAIR 450W VS SERIES™ VS-450 POWER SUPPLY

 

Case: COOLERMASTER ELITE 311 BLUE CASE

 

Drive disk included

 

LOGITECH® K120 USB KEYBOARD (£12)

 

                                                                                     £500.00 ex VAT

£600.00 inc VAT and Delivery.

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oh ok

 

 

Processor: Intel® Core™i5 Quad Core Processor i5-4460 (3.2GHz) 6MB Cache

 

Mobo: Gigabyte H81M-D2V: Micro-ATX, LG1150, USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs

 

Ram: 8GB KINGSTON DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (1 x 8GB)

 

GPU; 2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 750 Ti - DVI, mHDMI, VGA - 3D Vision Ready

 

HDD: 1TB 3.5" SATA-III 6GB/s HDD 7200RPM 32MB CACHE

 

Cooler: Super Quiet Titan DragonFly Heatpipe Intel CPU Cooler (£19)

 

PSU: CORSAIR 450W VS SERIES™ VS-450 POWER SUPPLY

 

Case: COOLERMASTER ELITE 311 BLUE CASE

 

Drive disk included

 

LOGITECH® K120 USB KEYBOARD (£12)

 

                                                                                     £500.00 ex VAT

£600.00 inc VAT and Delivery.

for only 1 gbp more i would take the asus h81m-plus motherboard. better quality.

 

you do not need a new cpu cooler, the stock intel cooler works good. save some money there, the dragonfly cooler thinggy is also not good enough for high performance cpus later on.

 

GPU: with the money saved from the other unimportant parts try to get the 960. if not. change the PSU to a 350w then get the 750ti

 

also, do you need the disk drive? thats 14gbp there.

 

You also do not need 8gb ram to game, 4gb is enough. and that is also easily upgraded later on.

 

to sum it up:

OPTION 1 : i5-4460 + ASUS® H81M-PLUS + 4GB KINGSTON DUAL-DDR3 + 2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 750 Ti + 1TB 3.5" + CORSAIR 350W + case + disk drive?? + keyboard n mouse

 

OPTION 2 : i5-4460 + ASUS® H81M-PLUS + 4GB KINGSTON DUAL-DDR3 + 2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 960 + 1TB 3.5" + CORSAIR 450W + case + disk drive?? + keyboard n mouse

 

Take note that

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for only 1 gbp more i would take the asus h81m-plus motherboard. better quality.

 

you do not need a new cpu cooler, the stock intel cooler works good. save some money there, the dragonfly cooler thinggy is also not good enough for high performance cpus later on.

 

GPU: with the money saved from the other unimportant parts try to get the 960. if not. change the PSU to a 350w then get the 750ti

 

also, do you need the disk drive? thats 14gbp there.

I will stick with the gtx 750ti, I can always upgrade to a 970 later on.

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I will stick with the gtx 750ti, I can always upgrade to a 970 later on.

 

OPTION 1 : i5-4460 + ASUS® H81M-PLUS + 4/8GB KINGSTON DUAL-DDR3 + 2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 750 Ti + 1TB 3.5" + CORSAIR 350W + case + disk drive?? + keyboard n mouse

 

OPTION 2 : i5-4460 + ASUS® H81M-PLUS + 4/8GB KINGSTON DUAL-DDR3 + 2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 960 + 1TB 3.5" + CORSAIR 450W + case + disk drive?? + keyboard n mouse

 

Take note that the 750ti uses mini-HDMI output and i dont know if they include an adapter to standard hdmi or not, ask the shop.  and the 450w isnt enough for 970 due to the vs450 not having enough pins. minimum is 1x8pin pcie. the vs450 only has 1x6pin

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OPTION 1 : i5-4460 + ASUS® H81M-PLUS + 4/8GB KINGSTON DUAL-DDR3 + 2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 750 Ti + 1TB 3.5" + CORSAIR 350W + case + disk drive?? + keyboard n mouse

 

OPTION 2 : i5-4460 + ASUS® H81M-PLUS + 4/8GB KINGSTON DUAL-DDR3 + 2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 960 + 1TB 3.5" + CORSAIR 450W + case + disk drive?? + keyboard n mouse

 

Take note that the 750ti uses mini-HDMI output.  and the 450w isnt enough for most 970 due to the vs450 not having enough pins. unless you find a 970 that only has 1x6pin pcie, namely the mITX version of the 970. 

 

Mini hdmi output wtf is that?

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Mini hdmi output wtf is that?

Here are the types of hdmi. full, mini,micro

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