Anyone use Pixmania.ie?

dan_ep82 · 25-04-2012 7:43pm #1

Has anyone used them to order parts?
If so how did you find them,and delivery times?

Basically my mother wants a computer built and my brother is putting money towards it for gaming.
Using dabs I came up with this which fit in the budget and will do what they need.They asked for a headset and keyboard as the current ones are in pretty bad shape.

Item|Price
AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.4GHz Black Edition AM3 Socket L2/L3 8MB|€109.74
Asus AM3+ AMD 760G + SB710 DDR3 ATX (5200MT/S) USB 3.0|€71.16
Corsair Vengeance 4GB DDR3 1600MHz CL9 XMP|€24.41
Corsair 500 Watt CX500 V2 Builder Series 80 Plus Power Supply|€52.07
Gigabyte GZ-G2 Gaming Case with 2 Front Fans|€55.07
Logitech Ultra flat Keyboard - PS/2 USB|€12.25
Creative HS-800 Fatal1ty Pro Series Gaming Headset|€30.70
Asus ATI Radeon 6850 HD 790MHz 1GB PCI-Express HDMI|€124.70
Shipping|Free!
Total|€480.10

However I found I can get a 6870 for 144.89 delivered off pixmania.ie.
It means splitting the orders but for €10 or a little more i think its worth it as long as there a good retailer.

Cheers
Dan

Eboggles · 25-04-2012 7:54pm

Unless that is, you already have one :eek:

But if you don't that puts you more expensive than this build, and this has a better CPU, and twice as much RAM (not that you need it).
All you need is a keyboard off somewhere else and you're sorted.

dan_ep82 · 25-04-2012 8:11pm

Have HDD,DVD -RW.

Won't be using HWS.

I'd prefer to get a quad core over intel's dual as he'll be gaming (BF3 mainly) which uses all of my 6 cores. Even in benches I've seen its about even between them.

If they could stretch I'd push for the 2500k but they can't,the original budget was 400 but I got it upped.

As for ram,like I said a budget where the bare minimum I can get away with means 4GB, maybe another 4GB down the line

Jarren · 25-04-2012 8:15pm

Pixmania.ie?

http://www.boards.ie/search/?q=pixmania&showmore=1&f=580

Eboggles · 25-04-2012 8:31pm

dan_ep82 wrote: »

Have HDD,DVD -RW.

I'd prefer to get a quad core over intel's dual as he'll be gaming (BF3 mainly) which uses all of my 6 cores. Even in benches I've seen its about even between them.

Bit-Tech:

It didn't matter whether the CPU was running at 3.2GHz, 3GHz or even 2GHz; our benchmarks returned the same results. Even when we dropped the CPU down from four cores to only two, the in-game frame rates proved annoyingly stubborn. While BF3 will load itself across all four CPU cores when presented with a quad-core CPU, it seems to have little benefit when it comes to performance, running just as well with much lower clock speeds, or on a dual-core CPU.

i3 2120 > 965
CPU + mobo is cheaper for intel as well.

dan_ep82 · 25-04-2012 10:19pm

Thanks Jarren, I'll leave it up to my brother but Id say he'll risk it as it means a 6870 instead of a 6850.

I'm after spending a a good hour reading through different reviews and users thoughts.

What I took out of it was that while the 2120 is faster in games it doesn't pull leaps and bounds,as in its not noticeable in real world gaming. (4-6fps)
And it loses out on most application where 4 cores can be utilized.

And seeing as this will be mainly a family PC,then comes gaming I think the trade off is worth it.

Worth noting aswell once overclocked to Phenom 975 figures it seems to equal and surpass.
http://alienbabeltech.com/abt/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=23615

Eboggles · 25-04-2012 10:41pm

What "family PC'ing" activities use programs that we're optimised for more cores? I don't think google chrome, iTunes or Microsoft office really care

.

Really, what I'm trying to say is the i3 + mobo is cheaper, and (arguably) better, not to mention upgrade paths.

Oh and the i3 2120 is 3.3 ghz as opposed to the 2100's 3.1, which puts it ahead of the other phenom I'd say.

dan_ep82 · 25-04-2012 11:14pm

Photoshop is actually the only one at the minute that I know of but he wants to record videos and to post online,so it will help with the video software.

And there'll be no upgrade path aside from a new GPU in 2+ years. Even by then I'm sure my brother will have his own PC. The current PC is 5 years old and only for its about to blow it would continue to do.

Also,I've read user reviews of both (one or two actually had both in different systems) and they don't believe there is a real world difference while gaming,some saying it ran better with the 975.

Should never have put up the build list:P

jmx009 · 26-04-2012 8:17am

Just wanted to say a thing about pixmania.

In the past, i have heard so much horror stories about pixmania. Especially how awful their customer service is. I still hear people complaining about their services once in a while. However i have bought quite a few items of them and i've never had any problems. That being said, the most expensive item i bought of them was 2 cameras ( altogether around 250-300 euros). the delivery was spot on and didnt take more than 4-5 working days. Once i even got an item (computer speakers) delivered in 3 working days with normal delivery charge. That being said, their items are from central or eastern europe ( i believe). the plugs that they come with dont suit the irish ones ( they are 2 pins and we need 3 pins). They usually send an adapter but its crap. I almost always end up buying my own 2 to 3 pin adapters. The packaging is excellent too.

I have never bought any computer components of them. However i saw this SSD drive at a very low price. I might buy it of them at some stage.

Hope it helps ! Peace..

Anyone use Pixmania.ie?

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