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Looking into getting a new PC but not sure which is better of these two...
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| Psylence |
Posted on 30-08-2012 21:05
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As title says, im looking into gettin a PC and it will most likley be one of these, however im not sure which of the 2 is the better performance wise...
They appear very similar with only £50 between them, any advice? :s
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/hp-phoenix-h9-1040-desktop-pc-11264374-pdt.html
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/hpe-h8-1375ea-desktop-pc-14134693-pdt.html
8GB, DDR3, 10600MHz
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12 GB (2 x 2 GB, 2 x 4 G 1333/1600 MHz
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti
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NVIDIA GeForce GT 640
2 TB, 7200rpm, SATA 3G
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3 TB, 7200 rpm, SATA 6G |
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| Fortyseven |
Posted on 31-08-2012 13:48
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I'm not an expert on building computers, so it's probably not a good idea to take advice from me. 
Here's a discussion thread about the two processors: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/3...3770-2600k
Here's a review of the GT 640 graphic card: http://techreport.com/articles.x/23179 Here you will also find a list of numbers comparing GT 640 with other cards, like GTX 550 Ti.
It looks like you have one PC with more memory and a bigger hard drive, while the other one has a better processor (?) and a better graphic card, but I may have misunderstood the reviews. |
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| Nydema |
Posted on 31-08-2012 13:58
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Ewww PC World
I'm not too up on the gfx cards currently but i'm sure the 640 beats the 550 loads!
Have a look on overclockers i've bought all my pc parts from them over the years, they have some simlar spec'd systems which work out cheaper and a bit more power  !
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/product...catid=2040
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| Psylence |
Posted on 31-08-2012 17:23
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Basically cba with the hassle of building my own pc lol... Plus I can get 10% from pc world and those 2 are one that stand out (not that they have much to stab out from ;p ) |
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| Nydema |
Posted on 31-08-2012 17:40
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The overclockers ones i linked to are all built by them all you have to do is put the gfx card in place and fire it up ;P
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| Psylence |
Posted on 06-09-2012 16:06
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silly question but do the systems ordered from overclockers come with disc drives? none of the state it in the decription and they're not shown on the images... |
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| Nydema |
Posted on 06-09-2012 17:56
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Think most of them do, the few i just looked at list it as optical drive 
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| Drakess |
Posted on 06-09-2012 22:47
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http://www.gpureview.com/show_cards.php?card1=647&card2=674
I go by this website, says the 550ti is better than the 640 - which is why it costs more. Talking between 8 GB and 12 GB you prob won't notice loads of difference. So I'd go for the HP Phoenix.
Hell, spend £50 on a 120GB SSD for your OS and main games you'd play, and pimp that sucka!
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