Building a computer through this site

[MariusNinja]

i want to build a computer from this website not part picker price range up to 650£

https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/intel-computers/  but i do not know if it is the best for the performance   

[Guest]

Just now, MariusNinja said:

i want to build a computer from this website not part picker 

https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/intel-computers/  but i do not know if it is the best for the performance   

Why? There are millions of other sites you can buy from in UK. 

[Stevoisboss]

2 minutes ago, MariusNinja said:

i want to build a computer from this website not part picker 

https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/intel-computers/  but i do not know if it is the best for the performance   

You are going to get the best performance by building it yourself via pcpartpicker. Just post a topic with price range and I'm sure everyone on this website will be more than willing to help you. 

[Damascus]

1 minute ago, Stevoisboss said:

You are going to get the best performance by building it yourself via pcpartpicker. Just post a topic with price range and I'm sure everyone on this website will be more than willing to help you. 

I've already made them 3 builds dude, don't know what is up

[Damascus]

6 minutes ago, MariusNinja said:

i want to build a computer from this website not part picker 

https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/intel-computers/  but i do not know if it is the best for the performance   

Dude they charge too much, it makes any PC in your budget crappy.  Build it yourself and get a decent PC

[LienusLateTips]

DIY it through PCPartPicker, that site makes horrible overpriced computers. If only NCIX UK existed...

[LienusLateTips]

10 minutes ago, Damascus said:

Dude they charge too much, it makes any PC in your budget crappy.  Build it yourself and get a decent PC

Why does like EVERY UK first timer want to buy from here?

[Xiauj]

Yeah... here's a word of advice, I would build a PC instead of getting the parts individually instead of having PCSpecialist assemble it for you.

Why you may ask? Well...,

Spoiler

I purchased my PC from them a few years back _{(.. not mentioning which specific year)} and I had no clue about PC Building back then but now... I know WAY more than I did back then and I regret it sometimes, wishing that I got built one from scratch instead, primarily because yes, PCSpecialist do charge a bit extra when really, it could be spent on something better, lol

 

As others have similarly said, it's better to build it yourself to get better value/quality, really.

[Shura]

19 minutes ago, MariusNinja said:

i want to build a computer from this website not part picker 

https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/intel-computers/  but i do not know if it is the best for the performance   

Used the link you provided to create a system. Personally I think it's a ripoff, the cases cost a fortune for anything decent and you don't know the brand/specs of a lot of the parts. Like the RX480, it doesn't tell you what brand it is or model. For motherboard you only have asus as a choice and for standard storage drive, the 1TB "Standard" drive has a 32mb cache, in comparison a standard WD Blue 1TB has 64mb cache; we don't know the brand of the HDD so I assume they are probably using something cheap. Anyway this isn't the cheapest option but just a random build I put together to see what the prices were like, the total was £1,065.00.

 

https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am4-pc/wwbAt0pVg3/

 

I also put together a similar build using pcpartpicker, went with a MSI RX480 armor(not the best but we have no idea what the site above is using), a WD Blue 1TB, Bitfenix Nova windowed case, went with a cheaper but good PSU, the site above doesn't give you much options, the total was £806.93, that's about £260 difference in price.

 

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/GshQYr

[Damascus]

9 minutes ago, JDE said:

Why does like EVERY UK first timer want to buy from here?

It's weird. The low end on the site is gouging AF but when you look at the ultrawide gaming aio they have an extremely reasonable price...  Just insane

[Xiauj]

2 minutes ago, Shura said:

Like the RX480 for example*, it doesn't tell you what brand it is or model.

I can also confirm this, I forgot to originally include this in my comment lol

[MariusNinja]

i never used AMD or radeon pc 

[Guest]

Just now, MariusNinja said:

i never used AMD or radeon pc 

The point people are making is don't buy it from them, bad value. Build it yourself. Spend time on Forum and we will help you with every question you have. 

 

[Shura]

2 minutes ago, MariusNinja said:

i never used AMD or radeon pc 

I did a R5 1600 build just to see, right now I think it's the best price to performance chip on the market, if you are doing pure gaming than a 7700k is better but the R5 imo is better than i5, again in terms of price/performance.

[Xiauj]

6 minutes ago, MariusNinja said:

-snip-

I fully agree with @deXxterlab97, with what he said as quoted below:

4 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

The point people are making is don't buy it from them, bad value. Build it yourself. Spend time on Forum and we will help you with every question you have. 

 

@MariusNinja, we're just trying to get you the best value  Honestly, it will be potentially cheaper, you'll have more options and you'll have us here to help you out with any type of issues/concerns!

Don't make the same mistake I did which I heavily regret (sometimes) which was/is, having it built by PCSpecialist or someone similar to them in the UK.

[MariusNinja]

i have a question about operating systems if i buy a new pc and install windows 7 would the performance be different if i had windows 10

[Xiauj]

1 minute ago, MariusNinja said:

i have a question about operating systems if i buy a new pc and install windows 7 would the performance be different if i had windows 10

Slightly, yes, it depends what you mean specifically.

EDIT: If you mean if there's any improve when e.g... Gaming, then yes there's a slight increase in performance.

Edited April 17, 2017 by Xiauj

[Shura]

17 minutes ago, MariusNinja said:

i never used AMD or radeon pc 

Did an Intel build too using the 7700k and GTX1060 6GB, this time I tried to use identical parts as much as possible, so even though there are better parts for each category with better price. On pcspecialist, I tried to use the cheapest option available to cut down on price. The pcspecialist build ended up costing £1,333.00.

https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/intel-z270-pc/mkx9beSxTw/

 

again as with the Intel build, we don't know the brand name of some of the parts like the HDD, for GPU it says either pelit or zotac but doesn't say which, for pcpartpicker I went with the Zotac mini and WD Blue again. The total came up to £1059.34, a £270 difference. As mentioned above, I tried to use identical parts but if I picked different brands, could probably get it down another £100-150.

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/rYQ4hq

 

[LienusLateTips]

PCPartPicker part list: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/T8yMgL
Price breakdown by merchant: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/T8yMgL/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  (£209.94 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: *ASRock AB350M-HDV Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£66.02 @ CCL Computers) 
Memory: *Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£66.00 @ Kustom PCs) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£41.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: Asus Radeon RX 480 4GB Dual Video Card  (£177.23 @ BT Shop) 
Case: Corsair 100R ATX Mid Tower Case  (£46.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£49.97 @ Ebuyer) 
Total: £658.13
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-04-17 05:26 BST+0100