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Manonthemoon
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I'm looking to buy a Pre-built custom pc from Vibox. It meets my budget of around £800 (specs below). I was wondering if the build could be improved financialy of technically in any way or if it's actually a good build

SPECS:AMD Radeon R7 360 2GB Graphics Card

AOC E970SWN 18.5" Widescreen LED Monitor

Standard Manufacturer Heatsink Fan

Corsair Carbide Spec-03 Gaming Case

1 x 24x DVD-RW Optical Drive

1 x 150MBs Wireless Network (WiFi) USB Adaptor

1 x 1TB (1000GB) Sata III Hard Drive

1 x 120GB Kingston V300 SSD

MSI A88X-G41 PC Mate Motherboard

[AMD] 8GB Corsair Vengeance 1600MHz DDR3

3.7GHz AMD A10-7850K 4-Core Kaveri APU

Microsoft Windows 10 Home + Installation

SuperFlower FX 650w Bronze PSU

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CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£174.98 @ Amazon UK) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97-D3H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£79.99 @ Ebuyer) 

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£61.91 @ More Computers) 

Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£57.88 @ Amazon UK) 


Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 390 8GB PCS+ Video Card  (£245.56 @ More Computers) 

Case: NZXT Source 210 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£31.98 @ Novatech) 


Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer  (£9.00 @ CCL Computers) 

Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WDN4800 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter  (£24.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Other: Windows 10 Key (£20.00)

Total: £815.26

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£174.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97-D3H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£79.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£61.91 @ More Computers) 
Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£57.88 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 390 8GB PCS+ Video Card  (£245.56 @ More Computers) 
Case: NZXT Source 210 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£31.98 @ Novatech) 
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer  (£9.00 @ CCL Computers) 
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WDN4800 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter  (£24.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Other: Windows 10 Key (£20.00)
Total: £815.26
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Try Skylake?

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/476415-amd-gemini-dual-gpu-card-specs-leakrumourwccf/?p=6386334

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Try Skylake?

 
Motherboard: Asus B150-PLUS D3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£66.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  (£33.96 @ More Computers) 
Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£57.88 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 390 8GB PCS+ Video Card  (£245.56 @ More Computers) 
Case: NZXT Source 210 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£31.98 @ Novatech) 
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer  (£9.00 @ CCL Computers) 
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WDN4800 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter  (£24.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Other: Windows 10 Key (£20.00)
Total: £830.27
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Motherboard: Asus B150-PLUS D3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£66.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  (£33.96 @ More Computers) 
Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£57.88 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 390 8GB PCS+ Video Card  (£245.56 @ More Computers) 
Case: NZXT Source 210 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£31.98 @ Novatech) 
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer  (£9.00 @ CCL Computers) 
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WDN4800 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter  (£24.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Other: Windows 10 Key (£20.00)
Total: £830.27
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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:D

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/476415-amd-gemini-dual-gpu-card-specs-leakrumourwccf/?p=6386334

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AAH!! My eyes burn reading that!

800 euros for an A10-7850K and an R7 360?!

Are you out of your mind Vibox?

 

No.

 

 

 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£174.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97-D3H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£79.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£61.91 @ More Computers) 
Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£57.88 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 390 8GB PCS+ Video Card  (£245.56 @ More Computers) 
Case: NZXT Source 210 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£31.98 @ Novatech) 
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer  (£9.00 @ CCL Computers) 
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WDN4800 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter  (£24.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Other: Windows 10 Key (£20.00)
Total: £815.26
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Get something like this instead, that other thing was a rip-off

*shudders*

Follow the topics you create using the "Follow" button in the top right corner!

One day I will have my GTX 970. One day. PC specs are at my profile.

Not sure how to check what part works with what? Check out my compatibility guide!

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Right?! xD Like.. HOW EVEN at 800?

God they're like those guys waiting outside the Apple store at a big release, trying to sell you a half-baked product instead of the real thing. Unfortunately, sometimes the knockoffs have better price-to-performance than the high-end macs.... 

Follow the topics you create using the "Follow" button in the top right corner!

One day I will have my GTX 970. One day. PC specs are at my profile.

Not sure how to check what part works with what? Check out my compatibility guide!

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God they're like those guys waiting outside the Apple store at a big release, trying to sell you a half-baked product instead of the real thing. Unfortunately, sometimes the knockoffs have better price-to-performance than the high-end macs....

With Macs you aren't just paying for price to performance. Do you literally think that's the only metric to judge a computer by?

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/476415-amd-gemini-dual-gpu-card-specs-leakrumourwccf/?p=6386334

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With Macs you aren't just paying for price to performance. Do you literally think that's the only metric to judge a computer by?

It was a joke, I know there's much more to buying macs than just that.

Follow the topics you create using the "Follow" button in the top right corner!

One day I will have my GTX 970. One day. PC specs are at my profile.

Not sure how to check what part works with what? Check out my compatibility guide!

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It was a joke, I know there's much more to buying macs than just that.

Sorry:/ text doesn't convey emotions and we have so many idiots saying "Macs sux!!!!!1!2!2!1!"

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/476415-amd-gemini-dual-gpu-card-specs-leakrumourwccf/?p=6386334

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