So It's getting to that time in my son's life when it's time to introduce him to PC gaming.
My 6 core system with it's huge corsair case isn't going to be suitable for use in shared family space, and I can't really afford to completely upgrade my machine at the moment anyway, so rather than just buy new for myself and hand my old machine down, I thought I'd see about specing up a small form factor mid range gaming machine for him and the rest of the family to use.
With Pascal about to be released, I'm, looking to replace my GPUs, so one of my 970s can form the GPU part of the build.
I also have a 1200p IPS HP monitor which he can use.
I want to keep the price down as much as possible but not buy something which will be not much use in less than a year.
I present to the forums a quick spec for your appraisal/ridicule.
My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £839.88
(includes shipping: £0.00)
Any obvious issues I've missed?
Motherboard any good?
RAM or SSD compatibility?
Is the cooler suspiciously cheap?
THX
My 6 core system with it's huge corsair case isn't going to be suitable for use in shared family space, and I can't really afford to completely upgrade my machine at the moment anyway, so rather than just buy new for myself and hand my old machine down, I thought I'd see about specing up a small form factor mid range gaming machine for him and the rest of the family to use.
With Pascal about to be released, I'm, looking to replace my GPUs, so one of my 970s can form the GPU part of the build.
I also have a 1200p IPS HP monitor which he can use.
I want to keep the price down as much as possible but not buy something which will be not much use in less than a year.
I present to the forums a quick spec for your appraisal/ridicule.
My basket at Overclockers UK:
- 1 x Samsung 500GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E500B/EU)= £119.99
- 1 x Samsung PM951 256GB M.2 PCI-e 3.0 x 4 NVMe Solid State Drive (MZVLV256HCHP-00000)= £65.99
- 1 x Avexir Blitz Original Red 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit - Red Light= £99.95
- 1 x Intel Core i5-6600K 3.9GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £194.99
- 1 x Asus Z170I Pro Gaming Intel Z170 (Socket 1151) DDR4 Mini ITX Motherboard= £134.99
- 1 x BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX Cube Case - Midnight Black= £64.99
- 1 x Super Flower Leadex Platinum 650W Fully Modular "80 Plus Platinum" Power Supply - Black= £98.99
- 1 x Antec H1200 Kuhler 240mm AIO Liquid Cooler= £59.99
Total: £839.88
(includes shipping: £0.00)
Any obvious issues I've missed?
Motherboard any good?
RAM or SSD compatibility?
Is the cooler suspiciously cheap?
THX
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