Hi,



I don't think this is the right place to post this but I'll see what happens.

I currently have a custom build of which specs are;
AMD Athlon64 2.60GH'z,
ASUS M3A78-CM MoBo
OCZ Black Edition 500W PSU
2x1GB OCZ Gold Edition 800Mh'z & 1GB Kingson 800MH'z
500GB Western Digital Green HDD
Standard IDE DVD+RW (White)
In a standard black case.

I am wanting to move back to intel after 10 years of being an AMD User.

I have been looking at PC's, Knowing I wont get alot for mine I've been viewing the £200 - £260 mark just on the desktop PC without the extras such as screen, keyboard, mouse and speakers. (I'm happy with mine)

I have looked around at Shops on eBay and found a few that I like but looking at the MoBo and seeing its only got a VGA port and no DVI or HDMI kinda puts me off.

I dont mind paying extra but before I buy anything I want advise for one thats gonna last me and still be stable.

Here are two I have been looking at:

SR PC E3400 500GB 4GB DDR3 GT520 1GB GAMING COMPUTER | eBay
SR PC E6700 1TB HDD 4GB DDR3 RAM GAMING COMPUTER | eBay

What your opinion?

If you find others that are in the UK and are worth a look please let me know

Thanks Guys

What about this spec:

ThermalTake WingRS 200 ATX Case USB2 NO PSU(S026084)
Samsung 22X DVD-RW SH-S222AB/BEBE SATA black oem(S035009)
Asus Motherboard P7P55 LX LGA1156 DDR3 ATX Item may be repaired/refurbished or missing cables/drivers etc, 30 days limited warranty.(Z020809)
Seagate 1.5TB hard disk drive SATA 3 64MB cache(S033761)
Corsair memory 4GB Vengeance Performance Kit (2x2GB) DDR3 1600MHz CL9 RAM Unbuffered DIMM(S033734)
Intel CPU Core i3 2100 3.1 GHz LGA1155 Boxed(S033656)
OCZ PSU ModXStream Pro 500W(S021044)

I'm going to increase my budget to £350

If anyone wish's to show me more please do.

Hey Jaymie1989

Your motherboard and CPU are not compatible with each other.
Motherboard is for sockets 1156 and CPU is socket 1155.

If you are buying ram with speed of 1600MHz you should be aware that you need to overclock your RAM speed to get 1600MHz. Unless the motherboard supports it and don't need to overclock it.

Is it also necessary 1.5TB of Disk space?
Buying 500GB could lower the price a little bit.

Also, do you mind about shipping? if not, newegg.com is a really good option.

Hi,

I already have a 500GB HDD and I have almost filled that up.

I dont mind about the shipping from MicroDirect as I get it for free.
Newegg.com is only for USA and I'm in the UK.

If you would like to put me a pc together from an online store such as

Microdirect.co.uk is the UK leading retailer of quality computer components and electronics
Cheap Laptops, Computers and Cheap LCD TVs | Ebuyer.com
Overclockers UK

Here is one build I have put together.

LG 22x DVD-RW SATA Black Optical ReWriter Drive
Arianet VENTO Series TA-K12 Black Midi Tower Case No PSU
Gigabyte GA-H67M-D2 Intel H67 (REV B3) Socket 1155 DDR3 PCI-Express Motherboard
Intel Core i3-2120 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail
1TB Seagate Barracuda Green ST1000DL002 3.5" SATA II Hard Drive
4GB G.Skill RipJawsX (2x2GB) DDR3 1600MHz 6-8-6-24 Dual Channel Kit - F3-12800CL6D-4GBXH
650W Arianet Black Series Silent ATX2.2 Power Supply

Whats your take on it?

Not bad but a few critiques:

1. That is an absurd price for that RAM and there is no point in you buying 1600Mhz anyway, it won't run at that speed.

Save yourself ­£30 and a huge headache and get this:

Corsair CMV4GX3M2A1333C9 2 x 2GB DDR3 SDRAM Memory: Amazon.co.uk: Computers & Accessories

2. You don't have a video card BUT you do have a new i3 and an H67 motherboard so you can use the on-board graphics and they are pretty good. If you like games, you probably will be able to play low-graphics games like The Sims or possibly even World of Warcraft. Just something to think about.

What about this RAM? https://www.aria.co.uk/SuperSpecials/Other+products/8GB+Mushkin+Silverline+%23996770+%282x4GB%29+DDR3+1333MHz+9-9-9-24+?productId=41882

yeah, that's a much better value since you're getting 8GB instead of 4GB.

What do you guess I could get for this?

^Personally I would uninstall Windows 7 and keep it for yourself if you have the disc.

Without Windows 7 and Office 2007, you might get $200 for a rig like that here in the states. With Windows 7 and Office 2007 (As long as they're legit) you could maybe ask for $250.

You're in England yes? You might get more, stuff is actually less expensive and more common here in the states. I would start at £150 and see if you get any takers.

Sorry if that sounds low but computers devalue FAST. I have a computer that I honestly couldn't give away today, I MIGHT get $50 off it if I sell it to a naive person and it cost $1000 when I first bought it back in 2003.