The PC Buying Advice Thread mk II

Of course I did got it for a bit less alhamdulilah.

The thing is, I have no proof of purchase for any of the parts? Will warranty transfer/still be valid? Especially since it's sort of second hand in a sense?

Yeah, I was about to drop 800 on my own build but saw this and snapped it up.

I guess that makes me part of the PC master race

So any tips for stress tests during the first 14 days? Jzk

Hmmmm not sure......just go to each component manufacturers website and try to register the component via the serial numbers and check.

No idea, guess your standard benchmark software to test everything and push them to the limit.

Of course I did got it for a bit less alhamdulilah.

The thing is, I have no proof of purchase for any of the parts? Will warranty transfer/still be valid? Especially since it's sort of second hand in a sense?

Yeah, I was about to drop 800 on my own build but saw this and snapped it up.

I guess that makes me part of the PC master race

So any tips for stress tests during the first 14 days? Jzk

I am looking at building a computer. Maybe about £600 quid for light gaming but to use for browsing internet and so on. My main aim is to use the computer over the LAN network for remote desktop from my laptop/tablet and then to be able to remote desktop to it whilst im away from home.

Would having i5/i7 cpu and other top rated components help my remote desktop at all?

Thanks!

I don't think i7 over i5 is necessary, i5 over i3 is desirable though. I might be mistaken, but for the most part I think you just want to build it as if you were going to use it normally.

I am looking at building a computer. Maybe about £600 quid for light gaming but to use for browsing internet and so on. My main aim is to use the computer over the LAN network for remote desktop from my laptop/tablet and then to be able to remote desktop to it whilst im away from home.

Would having i5/i7 cpu and other top rated components help my remote desktop at all?

Thanks!

I'm finally looking to make my own PC and I've been having a general look around, are overclockers reliable? I've been playing with a load of builds

Slight update, I've just put the entire build through ukpartpicker and it's a fair bit cheaper, so I'll do it that way and just build it myself for cheaper, should be a good project next month.

Yo guys!

Clueless about computers but gonna buy parts and build my own pc (awesome idea, right?! )

What are your thoughts about this build? A friend of mine chucked it together... any information/recommendations/help would be so welcome

Samsung SH-224DB 24X Internal DVD Writer with SATA - OEM

Corsair 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600MHz XMS3 Memory Kit - CL9

Corsair Force LS 240GB SATAIII 2.5inch SSD

Corsair CXM 500W Semi Modular 80+ Bronze Power Supply

Asus B85-PRO GAMER Socket 1150 VGA DVI HDMI 8 Channel Audio ATX Motherboard

Gigabyte GTX 970 WINDFORCE 3X 4GB GDDR5 Dual DVI HDMI 3 DisplayPort PCI-E Graphics Card

Intel Core i5 4570 3.20GHz Socket 1150 6MB Cache Retail Boxed Processor

Corsair Hydro Series H100i Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler

Toshiba 2tb 3.5 Int Sata 7200rpm Hdd

Windows 8.1 64- Bit DVD OEM

gonna get windows 7 if possible though, my laptop has windows 8 and i'm not a fan....

thanks guys

You might consider not getting water cooled, it's really not needed. Just make sure you have enough case fans and a reasonable cpu cooler.

You might consider not getting water cooled, it's really not needed. Just make sure you have enough case fans and a reasonable cpu cooler.

+1

Watercooled CPU (especially the H100), is totally OP for a non overclockable CPU.

Thanks for the reply

What does OP mean? I'm a noob when it comes to pcs ;p haha

You're welcome.

Over-powered. Most often used to describe unbalanced items in video games.

For instance; the BAL in Advanced Warfare is considered OP, though this may get nerfed (have it's power reduced) in a patch.