Hey Guys,
I'm looking to spend less than a grand (in the UK) on a gaming machine but I'm struggling with these 3. Is the Vortex i7 and Titan 8700i Pulse worth £275.2 / £216.98 more than the Vortex i5? I'd be looking to keep the machine for quite some time and I'll upgrade the parts as and when required. Don't envisage anything like photoshop which makes me wonder if the i7 is required?
If I got the i5 I wonder if they could exchange the 60GB SSD for a 120GB? I also see the i5 doesn't have a wifi card, again I wonder if they'd tweak it for me and put one in? I'd imagine this'd up the price by around ~£60. Similar questions for the i7 and the missing wifi card and small SSD.
Vortex i5
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-308-OE
£718.40 inc VAT
System Specification
- Case: BitFenix Merc Alpha Tower Case - Black
- Power Supply: PC Power & Cooling 600w PSU
- CPU: Intel Core i5 3450 3.10GHz Quad Core CPU
- Motherboard: Gigabyte H61MA-D2V Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard
- Cooler: Stock Intel CPU Cooler
- RAM: Geil Black Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) 1600MHz C11 DDR3 Dual Channel Kit
- Hard Drive: 60GB SSD + 500GB HDD
- Graphics Card: ATI Radeon HD 7950 3072MB
- Sound: Onboard 7.1 Audio
- Optical Drive: OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter - Black
- OS: Windows 8 OEM
Titan 8700i Pulse
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-247-OE
£935.38 inc VAT
System Specification
- Case: Antec 300 Gaming Case - Black (default choice, options avalable)
- Power Supply: PC Power & Cooling 600w PSU
- CPU: Intel Core i5 3570K 3.40GHz @ 4.40GHz Ivybridge CPU
- Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-V LX Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard
- Cooler: Alpenfohn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler
- RAM: 8GB DDR3 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit
- Hard Drive: 500GB HDD
- Intel 330 SSD 120 GB
- Graphics Card: GTX 660TI 2048MB GDDR5
- Sound: Realtek 7.1 Channel Sound (On-Board)
- Optical Drive: OcUK 24x DVD+/-RW SATA Drive
- Windows 8 OEM
- ASUS PCE-N15 wifi card
Vortex i7
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-309-OE
£993.60 inc VAT
System Specification
- Case: BitFenix Merc Alpha Tower Case - Black
- Power Supply: PC Power & Cooling 600w PSU
- CPU: Intel Core i7 3770 3.40GHz Quad Core CPU
- Motherboard: MSI Z77A-G43 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard
- Cooler: Stock Intel CPU Cooler
- RAM: Geil Black Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) 1600MHz C11 DDR3 Dual Channel Kit
- Hard Drive: 60GB SSD + 1TB HDD
- Graphics Card: ATI Radeon HD 7970 3072MB
- Sound: Onboard 7.1 Audio
- Optical Drive: OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter - Black
- Windows 8 OEM
Thanks
David
I'm looking to spend less than a grand (in the UK) on a gaming machine but I'm struggling with these 3. Is the Vortex i7 and Titan 8700i Pulse worth £275.2 / £216.98 more than the Vortex i5? I'd be looking to keep the machine for quite some time and I'll upgrade the parts as and when required. Don't envisage anything like photoshop which makes me wonder if the i7 is required?
If I got the i5 I wonder if they could exchange the 60GB SSD for a 120GB? I also see the i5 doesn't have a wifi card, again I wonder if they'd tweak it for me and put one in? I'd imagine this'd up the price by around ~£60. Similar questions for the i7 and the missing wifi card and small SSD.
Vortex i5
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-308-OE
£718.40 inc VAT
System Specification
- Case: BitFenix Merc Alpha Tower Case - Black
- Power Supply: PC Power & Cooling 600w PSU
- CPU: Intel Core i5 3450 3.10GHz Quad Core CPU
- Motherboard: Gigabyte H61MA-D2V Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard
- Cooler: Stock Intel CPU Cooler
- RAM: Geil Black Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) 1600MHz C11 DDR3 Dual Channel Kit
- Hard Drive: 60GB SSD + 500GB HDD
- Graphics Card: ATI Radeon HD 7950 3072MB
- Sound: Onboard 7.1 Audio
- Optical Drive: OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter - Black
- OS: Windows 8 OEM
Titan 8700i Pulse
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-247-OE
£935.38 inc VAT
System Specification
- Case: Antec 300 Gaming Case - Black (default choice, options avalable)
- Power Supply: PC Power & Cooling 600w PSU
- CPU: Intel Core i5 3570K 3.40GHz @ 4.40GHz Ivybridge CPU
- Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-V LX Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard
- Cooler: Alpenfohn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler
- RAM: 8GB DDR3 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit
- Hard Drive: 500GB HDD
- Intel 330 SSD 120 GB
- Graphics Card: GTX 660TI 2048MB GDDR5
- Sound: Realtek 7.1 Channel Sound (On-Board)
- Optical Drive: OcUK 24x DVD+/-RW SATA Drive
- Windows 8 OEM
- ASUS PCE-N15 wifi card
Vortex i7
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-309-OE
£993.60 inc VAT
System Specification
- Case: BitFenix Merc Alpha Tower Case - Black
- Power Supply: PC Power & Cooling 600w PSU
- CPU: Intel Core i7 3770 3.40GHz Quad Core CPU
- Motherboard: MSI Z77A-G43 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard
- Cooler: Stock Intel CPU Cooler
- RAM: Geil Black Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) 1600MHz C11 DDR3 Dual Channel Kit
- Hard Drive: 60GB SSD + 1TB HDD
- Graphics Card: ATI Radeon HD 7970 3072MB
- Sound: Onboard 7.1 Audio
- Optical Drive: OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter - Black
- Windows 8 OEM
Thanks
David
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