A New Computer

[Dr.Death]

Hi guys i am looking into finally getting my new computer now as i have some spare cash what the wife dosen't mind i spend...

About a month ago i bought a new monitor a nice 23" Samsung SyncMaster P2450 so i want a sweet system to go with it i have about £900 to spend on one i really would like a SSD drive for the bootup any ideas to what & where ??

P.S i live in the UK 

[combatking0]

If you want to build your own PC, there's a good online store called Scan.co.uk

They have reasonable delivery charges too.

[Shockwave]

£900 is a good budget, are you looking to build yourself something or are you after something off the shelf?

[LittleWhite]

A fried of mine bought one on overclockers.co.uk
Recent PC:

Core i7 950
6Gb DDR3 1600Mhz
GTX 470
1 SSD 64Gb
1 HDD 512Gb

For 1200 (with screen 22'). So maybe you can get something really good there

[Jim]

I've been looking at the AMD Phenom II X6, the 6 core CPUs.  Far cheaper than Intel and good bang for buck.  You can also avoid the absolute top of the range gfx and buy last year's model for a quarter of the price without compromising too much.
If you already have a screen, all the peripherals and a case and PSU, you shouldn't need to spend anywhere near 900quid to get a screaming system.

Jim

[Dr.Death]

I have had a quick look at Overclockers some nice kit on there & someone at work told me about YoYo computers so i will have a look on there too..

@ Jim I have got an AMD FX 64 now in my machine so i will have a look at the AMD Phenom II X6 i was hopeing to get an I7 but just out of my league...

@ Shockwave i really don't want to build it my self incase i fuck something up....LOL

[Hotshot]

Building computer for yourself is Cheaper than buying a computer from the shop!

AMD Phenom II X6 is very good as better than Quadcore Intel where I7 Cpu is the best but they are expensive...

Good Luck on whatever decision you make

[combatking0]

My friend bought a high-end PC from Overclockers a few years ago - he was very pleased with the product.

[Dr.Death]

Thanx guys i think it might be overclockers i get it from but everytime i look i think i need some more money.....LOL

I am going to save a bit more..

[JL235]

For my PCs and parts I often buy from Ebuyer. They are generally cheap and also do next day delivery.

Another good place to check for peripherals (keyboards, monitors, speakers, etc) is Amazon! With so many sellers and so many items you can often find one or two dirt cheap offers. I bought my MS keyboard from there and at the time couldn't find it cheaper anywhere else.

I would also recommend looking at clearance parts. I've bought high-quality speakers, monitors and PCs at dirt cheap prices simply because they were marked clearance or ex-display. Sometimes you get issues like missing leads, but otherwise the quality of clearance items is equal to their new counterparts. For example I bought an excellent 24" 1080p monitor a year ago for £130; today I can only find 2 monitors that (just) beat that price (and one is also ex-display).

[StatMat]

I further the recommendation of Overclockers. They're a very profesional bunch with some well tested kit.

[Dr.Death]

I really think that its going to be overclockers i just need some more money.....

[Shockwave]

JL235 has a good point about Ebuyers too.. I know you already have your monitor sorted but Ebuyer is a really good place to buy bits and pieces - my mum got an awesome sony LED monitor on there dirt cheap.

[Dr.Death]

Jesus just had a quick look at ebuyer & found this...

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/225766


Nice for the money 

[padman]

Well, it's gotta be good since Jesus had a look and found it... 

[Dr.Death]

LOL

Thanx m8 

[JL235]

Jesus just had a quick look at ebuyer & found this...

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/225766


Nice for the money 

Ewwwwwwwwwww... Phenom.