Budget Developer Machine Help

[davestar_delux]

Hello,

I am looking for a new PC for everyday use and also my work which involves running a lot of virtual machines. I need this ASAP.

However, I would eventually when I have more cash - upgrade and play some games as well (I doubt I will ever be good at the latest FPS so I guess I wont ever need to be cutting edge?).

With that in mind I was thinking of going for an Intel CPU as it has inbuilt graphics and have a stock cooler I believe?

So I need a case, PSU, Motherboard, CPU, RAM. I am planning on using an existing HDD I have, as well as keyboard and mouse.

I budgeted about 240 GBP for those components but I didn't have a clue what case to buy so hadn't budgeted that in.

I would be grateful for any pointers, I will admit I'm fairly clueless and trying to pick up what is what as quick as I can.

 

[davestar_delux]

Thanks for the replies.

Only about 2 VMs at once most of the time. But they will have a lot of heavy tools on them like Wireshark and IDA running for long periods of time.

Could someone spec me a build from OCUK to give me a more realistic idea of what my budget ought to be?

 

[davestar_delux]

Hi thanks ExRayTed that is great. Does OCUK do a case and PSU that will fit that?

Also if I decided to update the CPU to the i5 8400 (perhaps at a later date), would it plug in to that same motherboard?