Spending my hard saved money on a new PC - opinions sought

[gdavies]

would prefer the i7 personally, But hence i had said i could build one for similar money if not cheaper when i get chance i will spec up one

 

[gdavies]

here is an idea a custom build of similar money would get you a machine that would connect to a hi def television for that full screen usage, with plenty of scope to upgrade in the future if needed and would only cost £542.29 unless aria would charge much more for delivery, and for that price it contains the following things.

Gigabyte Motherboard, DDR3 1333 (max 32GB), 2x USB3.0, 12x USB2.0, 2x SATA 6Gb/s, 3x SATA 3Gb/s, 2x PCI-E x16 (single at x16 or dual x16/x4), 7.1 Channel HD Audio, Multi VGA Output options: D-Sub, DVI-D and HDMI.

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Motherboards/Intel+1155+H67/Gigabyte+GA-H67MA-D2H+Intel+H67+%28Socket+1155%29+DDR3+PCI-Express+Motherboard+?productId=43407

intel icore i5 3.5ghz

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/CPUs+%2F+Processors/Intel+Core+I5+%281155%29/Intel+Core+i5-2500K+3.30GHz+%28Sandybridge%29+Socket+LGA1155+Processor+-+Retail+?productId=43216

2gb memory ddr3 pc310666

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Memory/DDR3+Single+Modules/2GB+Kingston+HyperX+Blu+%281x2GB%29+PC3-10666C9+1333MHz+Memory+Module+%28KHX1333C9D3B1%2F2G%29+?productId=42420

blu-ray drive to play blu rays etc,

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/CD%2FDVD+Drives/HD%2FDVD+BluRay/LiteOn+iHOS104-37+4x+BD-ROM+Drive+%2F+8x+DVD-ROM+%28Black%29+-+OEM+?productId=37131

dvd burner just incase yo want to make backups etc

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/CD%2FDVD+Drives/Internal/SATA/LG+DVD+Writer%2C+GH22NS50%2C+SATA%2C+Black%2C+OEM+?productId=37292

1tb hard drive

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Hard+Drives/Notebook+-+2.5%26quot%3B/SATA/1TB+Samsung+Spinpoint+MT2+2.5%22+Laptop+SATA+II+Hard+Drive+?productId=41591

case

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Cases/MIDI+Tower/Xigmatek+Asgard+Pure+Black+Edition+Gaming+Case?productId=38515

power supply

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Power+Supplies/650W+or+less/Corsair+Builder+Series+430CX+Power+Supply+?productId=42487

official win 7
http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Software/Operating+Systems/Microsoft+Windows+7+Home+Premium+64+Bit+-+OEM+?productId=38272

Against the one you had pointed out this would be just a tower, the ram is a little lower on the spec i have put but that could be done to match more, however the processor is more than quad core and with 7.1 sound with hdmi, dvi and vga you could use more than one screen easily.

 

[prydemusic]

for the price difference between an i5 and an i7 on that site you are actually as well going for the i7. didnt realise you could pick them up that cheap.

 

[basil]

My old mate Gilbert swears by Dell......