£650 build

cawill · 6 Mar 2013 at 21:19

A friend of mine has asked me to recommend a spec to him and as people on this forum have been so helpful in the past I thought I'd ask again.

They are looking to spend £650 on the tower only (have OS, Monitor etc), and are looking to build a PC for general use and gaming purposes (Crysis etc).

They are looking at smaller midi tower cases and liked the look of the Silverstone TemJin.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Silverstone TemJin TJ08B-E Midi Tower Case - Black (SST-TJ08B-E USB 3.0) £83.99
Total : £95.09 (includes shipping : £9.25).

Could anyone please help get the best value for money spec?

cawill · 6 Mar 2013 at 22:12

snips86x said:
Get another 11 posts and you can qualify for free shipping.

I thought it was 100 for free shipping? I think he'll order it himself so will pay for shipping.

Doomedspeed said:
Would normally pick a gigabyte motherboard but the one above and afew others seem to be voltage locked, which is rubbish for overclocking. This asus isn't.

Oh thanks I didn't realise that, can you tell this from the product spec?

cawill · 7 Mar 2013 at 08:01

Doomedspeed said:
Cheers mate, that is another option for an extra £10. I would do it, though I do realise my spec is already over budget..

Not really, have to do a bit more digging. Or just know it. Hehe.
That's why you come here right?

Yes it is

. Could you estimate a reasonable overclock that the spec above could achieve? How does this compare to voltage locked overclocks on the 3750k (I hope that made sense)?

cawill · 7 Mar 2013 at 10:06

Doomedspeed said:
I did the research so you don't have too..

Thanks for letting me know. I may let my friend get this system first before deciding whether I might purchase it.

cawill · 7 Mar 2013 at 10:08

Doomedspeed said:
I used one of these to store my SSD and HDD in the spare 5.25 bay: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-262-SV (i got the black version)

Does this show at the front of the case or hide behind the 5.25 bay cover? You mentioned storing an SSD and a HDD in it, are they both 2.5 inch drives?

cawill · 7 Mar 2013 at 17:54

honosuseri said:
Just to be different I've used an alternate case......
Mobo is voltage locked but does include wifi

I had been considering this case as well, but am still saving up for my build. I might consider the TJ08-E instead once I see it physically.

Doomedspeed said:
Na, not as good as the TJ08-E..

They seem to have their different advantages. Prodigy looks like it has a better setup for keeping the graphics card cool.