£500 build around ml07

Phil, I've seen the MSI Z87i B Grade you specced, on the OcUK website, and at that price it's not worth it, since you could get a newer unopened longer warranty Z97i AC for just £10 more:

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1 x MSI Z97I AC Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £89.99



Not allowed to direct you to where you can find the Z87i AC model, new and cheaper. Is against the forum rules even though OcUK don't actually stock any new Z87i AC's.

Also, the Seasonic Eco is an ATX PSU and may not fit the ML07 which takes SFX (officially).

Not that it matters if you are thinking larger case/micro-ATX now.

To be fair, if you had gone for cool and quiet (i3 + passive 750Ti or semi-passive 960 if you stretch budget) instead of for heat/slightly more power (280/OC'd Pentium) the ML07 would have been fine, as long as you provided a means for the heat to at least escape wherever it's contained. Especially if you added a CPU cooler like that Silverstone Telecaster specced, and used the 500W SFX-L PSU with its 120mm fan (it is semi-passive as well) which won't get too hot as it's overspecced for the required power of such a rig.

Having said that, if you can fit a larger case after all then all the better gaming-wise. But you will still need to provide a means for heat to escape the area you place it in, otherwise there'll be no improvement over the ML07 and it will end up just as toasty.
 
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Right folks, I had to re-evaluate what this machine was going to primarily be for which is xbmc with my gaming a close second so I've been trying cram as much into the budget as possible within the case which after all won't be cool at all given there's no air circulation at all. So the case I've picked which will go besides the tv will be a cm 110 elite with the following:

Palit 750ti kalmx 2gb
G3258
Silverstone argon cooler
EVO 250gb ssd
Asus h81i plus
Teamgroup 8gb ram
Seasonic eco 430w ( cm 110 is atx)

Comes in at the £500 mark, I feel like I've taken enough of you kind folks time on this matter and you've helped me no end which I can't thank you enough for.
The cm 110 is from another retail because ocs don't sell it grrr ><
Are we golden?
 
Great GPU for 1080p, I had one and it barely got warm!

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Phildebeest said:
Right folks, I had to re-evaluate what this machine was going to primarily be for which is xbmc with my gaming a close second so I've been trying cram as much into the budget as possible within the case which after all won't be cool at all given there's no air circulation at all. So the case I've picked which will go besides the tv will be a cm 110 elite with the following:

Palit 750ti kalmx 2gb
G3258
Silverstone argon cooler
EVO 250gb ssd
Asus h81i plus
Teamgroup 8gb ram
Seasonic eco 430w ( cm 110 is atx)

Comes in at the £500 mark, I feel like I've taken enough of you kind folks time on this matter and you've helped me no end which I can't thank you enough for.
The cm 110 is from another retail because ocs don't sell it grrr ><
Are we golden?
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Looks good. I'm building mine tommorow :)

Chuck windows 10 preview on it for now save a bit of cash for better parts.

I went with a AM1 5150 for super low power 35W entire system.

Gonna chuck a r7 260X into mine if i decide to game on it as well.

I've also got the cooler master Advanced 120
 
Dacads, I took an honest look at the amount of gaming I would actually be doing...deus ex and xcom might get a spin once a week when the other half is in work and eve online is an mmo so server side plays a pivotal role in the experience. Spending more for what will be used less marginally compared to xbmc gave my head a wobble.
Having said that I've still not pushed the buy button but I intend to today after mulling over it one more time.
Exciting stuff this picking components lark.
 
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