i7 and a 760? That's not a very balanced combo for gaming, a huge bottleneck there.

If you're not into gaming and want a workstation just buy a machine using the built in Intel iGPU.

It's still a good deal for the hardware alone, trying to match the specs for the cash was not possible:

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/PwHvTW
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/PwHvTW/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£275.41 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock B85M-PRO3 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£45.99 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Kingston Predator Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£54.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive (£75.99 @ Ebuyer)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 760 2GB AMP! Edition Video Card (£178.58 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT BF ATX Mid Tower Case (£28.98 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply (£34.99 @ Novatech)
Optical Drive: LG UH12NS30 Blu-Ray Reader, DVD/CD Writer (£38.49 @ Ebuyer)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit) (£59.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £793.40
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-09 13:40 GMT+0000


Depends what you want, if you're gaming this system isn't good value at all. You're better of spending less on the CPU, RAM and Motherboard and more on a GPU.

If I was after a new gaming PC for this price I'd build this:

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/zPGmYJ
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/zPGmYJ/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor (£149.99 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: Asus H110M-K D3 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£46.98 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Patriot Signature 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£27.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Sandisk Z400s 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£31.98 @ Novatech)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.00 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 380X 4GB PCS+ Myst. Edition Video Card (£186.99 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1100 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£28.49 @ Novatech)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply (£34.99 @ Novatech)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit) (£59.99 @ Amazon UK)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN725N 802.11b/g/n USB 2.0 Wi-Fi Adapter (£6.98 @ Novatech)
Total: £611.38
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-09 13:58 GMT+0000

People here then usually throw up these arguments:

1) It's hard, I can't build my own PC!

You seriously can, it's so easy. And here in this thread I promise to help ANY HUKD member who asks about building a PC, I will even go so far as to help you via Skype if you need it. I'm completely serious - just PM me. Also you have the advantage of building the machine you need, not what someone else thinks is a good configuration and being able to upgrade down the line without sacrificing warranty.

2) What if I breaks down? What about my warranty?!

Most individual PC parts have a three year warranty, if a part fails you send it back and get another. This PC only has a one year warranty, if it has a problem you have to send the entire thing back, usually at your expense - if you've upgraded it during that time you may have lost your warranty.

3) Lenovo/Dell/Alienware/etc are a known brand! I can buy with confidence knowing it'll be a great machine.

Lenovo and Dell have both been caught shipping machines with rootkits/backdoors into their systems that aren't part of a standard Windows install. You cannot trust them.

4) If I want to game I'll just get a XBOX One or PS4 / PC Gaming is EXPENSIVE.

There are plenty of reasons why that's not a great idea/true.


Here's why you have no idea what you're talking about.

Silly choice for gaming as you can get an i5 and a 970 for this price.
However its not a bad deal, if for some reason you needed an i7, i'd just say its a strange combination of parts

I didn't say i7, if you'd have read my comment

These threads always end up with people saying the deal is crap and that there's better around, which is fine, but why cant people post links to THEIR offerings to help us out?

Silly choice for gaming as you can get an i5 and a 970 for this price.
However its not a bad deal, if for some reason you needed an i7, i'd just say its a strange combination of parts

I didn't say i7, if you'd have read my comment

Not bad but slow ass ram for that processor

Good price I guess but I agree with i5 and better GPU would be better

Poor imo. The average Joe will think great an i7 but its a below par GPU and a 2TB drive would be much better replaced with a mid size SSD.

Worth pointing out that unless this comes with Blu-Ray player software which has the Codec for videos you are going to need to buy software as I don't believe any free players support blu-ray video

Yeah, seriously build a pc. It may seem expensive but i guarantee it will last. My build - i7 4790k 16gb 1866mhz ddr3 ssd and hdd - amd radeon r9 390x 8gb gddr5 (sapphire oc) is amazing! Barring a bunch of typical compatibility issues (disadvantage over a console) and troubleshooting being an open ended book (again consoles - call company, they fix - no third parties to contact), its great!

These threads always end up with people saying the deal is crap and that there's better around, which is fine, but why cant people post links to THEIR offerings to help us out?