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Can someone help me out and have a bash at speccing me a new PC please. Need windows and monitor too (23" pref), but not keyboard/mouse. I would prefer it to have a Black bitfenix prodigy case and in total be no more than £600 really but cheaper the better. Will be used for CS:GO predominantly, and typical office work. If it can handle BF3 too then even better.

Work your magic!
 
 
Ripper said:
Think he was pointing out windows rather than the hardware as it's faulty :(
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Correct.

I think that case you prefer is going to cause problems with the budget.
A decent itx mobo with sata 3 and usb 3.0 is at least £80.
 
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Idleman said:
Correct.

I think that case you prefer is going to cause problems with the budget.
A decent itx mobo with sata 3 and usb 3.0 is at least £80.
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If there's something else available that's similarly sleek/stylish then i'm open to suggestions if it means staying in budget.
 
 
Ripper said:
If there's something else available that's similarly sleek/stylish then i'm open to suggestions if it means staying in budget.
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The Coolermaster Silencio.

YOUR BASKET
1 x VTX3D HD 7850 X-Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
1 x Samsung S23A350H 23" Widescreen LED Monitor - Glossy Black £99.95
1 x Cooler Master Silencio 550 Silent Tower Case - Black £69.98
1 x Intel Pentium G850 2.90GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £65.99
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £54.98
1 x Gigabyte H61MA-D3V Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £47.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 500GB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA050) £44.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38192M1600HC11DC) £29.99
1 x LG GH24NS90 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £601.76 (includes shipping : £19.10).



But you still need an OS. You could just use Win8 preview until you can afford to buy an OS.
 
What if I went with a BitFenix Merc Beta case? Would that help?

edit: Nice case that coolermaster, think I actually prefer that.
 
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Ripper said:
What if I went with a BitFenix Merc Beta case? Would that help?

edit: Nice case that coolermaster, think I actually prefer that.
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Yes, but still strggling to fit in rhe OS.

YOUR BASKET
1 x VTX3D HD 7850 X-Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
1 x Samsung S23A350H 23" Widescreen LED Monitor - Glossy Black £99.95
1 x Intel Pentium G840 2.80GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £56.99
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £54.98
1 x Gigabyte H61MA-D3V Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £47.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 500GB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA050) £44.99
1 x BitFenix Merc Beta Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38192M1600HC11DC) £29.99
1 x LG GH24NS90 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £554.27 (includes shipping : £17.85).

 
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Its tough with that budget;


YOUR BASKET
1 x VTX3D HD 7850 X-Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
1 x Samsung S23A350H 23" Widescreen LED Monitor - Glossy Black £99.95
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Intel Pentium G840 2.80GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £56.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 500GB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA050) £44.99
1 x Asus P8H61-MX Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - OEM ** £39.98
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus' Power Supply (CMPSU-430CXUKV2) £36.98
1 x BitFenix Merc Beta Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x OcUK Value 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit £29.99
1 x LG GH24NS90 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
1 x OcUK Value SATA-II 45cm Red Data Cable (NLRB-302LOCK) £2.59
Total : £614.84 (includes shipping : £17.85).

 
RJC said:
Its tough with that budget;


YOUR BASKET
1 x VTX3D HD 7850 X-Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
1 x Samsung S23A350H 23" Widescreen LED Monitor - Glossy Black £99.95
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Intel Pentium G840 2.80GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £56.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 500GB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA050) £44.99
1 x Asus P8H61-MX Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - OEM ** £39.98
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus' Power Supply (CMPSU-430CXUKV2) £36.98
1 x BitFenix Merc Beta Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x OcUK Value 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit £29.99
1 x LG GH24NS90 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
1 x OcUK Value SATA-II 45cm Red Data Cable (NLRB-302LOCK) £2.59
Total : £614.84 (includes shipping : £17.85).

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This and get the OS from the MM. Or use win8 preview,use the money saved to improve the build and get OS at a later date.
 
I'm still not completely decided on what to get. I was all set to go for the above but then I saw more prodigy machines in the flesh and it has really made me want to try and sort a machine using that case.

I can go without the monitor/windows for now (but still need to save money for them). I've specced the following:

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Thinking of going with an SSD (120gb) for now and then see if I need anything bigger later on. Thoughts? Improvements? Not fussed about overclocking so i'm assumng the stock cooler will be fine?
 
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