ive recently wanted to build a pc how ever i think that a prodigy build will be better for me as i will be going to university next year, can anyone recommend what i shall buy, ive got a budget of arround £900 and the only thing i wont be needing is a mouse and optical drive
Bitfenix Prodigy build ?
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Is it going to be a gaming rig?
or is there any specialist software you need to run?
I have the TJ08-E, only q little bigger than the prodigy but its mATX.
EDIT:
How about:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £175.99
1 x Asus HD 7850 DirectCU II V2 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £155.99
1 x Samsung S23B300BS 23" Widescreen LED Monitor - Glossy Black £119.99
1 x Asus P8Z77-M Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
1 x Silverstone TemJin TJ08B-E Midi Tower Case - Black (SST-TJ08B-E USB 3.0) £83.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Akasa Venom 550w Modular '80 Plus' Power Supply £59.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-16000C9 2000MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A2000C9) £53.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £47.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 612S CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £32.99
1 x TT eSports Challenger Gamers Keyboard £21.98
1 x Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £961.36 (includes shipping : £13.75).
or is there any specialist software you need to run?
I have the TJ08-E, only q little bigger than the prodigy but its mATX.
EDIT:
How about:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £175.99
1 x Asus HD 7850 DirectCU II V2 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £155.99
1 x Samsung S23B300BS 23" Widescreen LED Monitor - Glossy Black £119.99
1 x Asus P8Z77-M Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
1 x Silverstone TemJin TJ08B-E Midi Tower Case - Black (SST-TJ08B-E USB 3.0) £83.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Akasa Venom 550w Modular '80 Plus' Power Supply £59.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-16000C9 2000MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A2000C9) £53.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £47.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 612S CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £32.99
1 x TT eSports Challenger Gamers Keyboard £21.98
1 x Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £961.36 (includes shipping : £13.75).
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YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £175.99
1 x MSI HD 7850 OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards £149.99
1 x BenQ GW2450HM 24" Widescreen LED Professional Monitor - Black £149.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77MX-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £104.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 350D Micro ATX Case - Black £84.95
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020059-UK) £54.98
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 500GB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA050) HDD £43.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Blue 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3K2/8GX) £39.95
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £29.99
Total : £857.74 (includes shipping : £19.10).
Did you need an OS?
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £175.99
1 x MSI HD 7850 OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards £149.99
1 x BenQ GW2450HM 24" Widescreen LED Professional Monitor - Black £149.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77MX-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £104.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 350D Micro ATX Case - Black £84.95
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020059-UK) £54.98
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 500GB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA050) HDD £43.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Blue 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3K2/8GX) £39.95
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £29.99
Total : £857.74 (includes shipping : £19.10).
Did you need an OS?
yes i need an os please, i will generally be using it for my ICT coursework however i will also be doing gaming so i want quite a high performance pc, ive been thinking about buying the new z87 and building my pc without a gpu as i need a monitor aswell, i will be buying the gpu a couple of months after but im not sure if thatl be a good idea