Advice on specs for building new PC

[leer]

Alright everyone

I'm looking at building a new system for the first time so I was hopeful on gaining some advice on the sort of specs the system would require for my needs currently and in the future.

The system would need to be handle some gaming but not intense (Football Manager the only certain game to be used, possibly one or two more), different programming applications, typical office use and web browsing. Ensuring the system performs well in future is probably my main concern.

I'm starting completely from scratch so have no other components/accessories to use and my budget is around £800-£1000.

Thanks for any help.

 

[Idleman]

Hello and welcome to the forum.

Can you be a bit more specific, concerning the programming applications. Are these apps. cpu and/or ram intensive.

 

[leer]

They're quite intensive yet as there are a few applications that would be required(Visual Studio, NetBeans and possibly a couple more).

 

[Antowns]

I wouldn't really say programming applications are resource intensive unless you're building BSPs. You should be able to get away with a standard - mid range build. Though if you're wanting it future proof I suggest investing in an SSD as the main drive (and possibly a normal drive as the second) that should see the system performing well for a longer period of time as I could imagine that being the first hardware to drop the performance of your machine.

 

[Idleman]

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1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
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1 x Samsung S24B300HL 23.6" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £149.99
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1 x Roccat Arvo Compact Gaming Keyboard £34.98
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x Creative A220 2.1 Speakers (51MF0400AA008) £25.99
1 x GeIL Black Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £23.99
1 x Steelseries Kinzu V2 3200 DPI Rubberised Black Gaming Mouse (62022) £19.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
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[CinderzFTW]

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x MSI HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards w/ Nexuiz & Sleeping Dogs PC Games £149.99
1 x Samsung S24B300HL 23.6" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £149.99
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Notebook/Apple Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC128N/EU) £85.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £69.98
1 x Corsair Enthusiast Series TX550M High Performance 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020001-UK) £59.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £39.98
1 x Roccat Arvo Compact Gaming Keyboard £34.98
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x Creative A220 2.1 Speakers (51MF0400AA008) £25.99
1 x GeIL Black Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £23.99
1 x Steelseries Kinzu V2 3200 DPI Rubberised Black Gaming Mouse (62022) £19.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £995.53 (includes shipping : £14.75).

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