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Hello all,
It seems like an eternity since I was in here last, since migrating to the Mac I have completely lost touch with what PC components are out there.
Its my sons birthday soon and as a surprise I want to give him (help him build) his own PC, he is currently using my old PC but that takes up so much space I am tempted to build him a Mini ITX model problem is I don’t know what I need. Basically all he ever does is play Minecraft, watch YouTube and programme so a powerful system is not needed. I am hoping to use a few bits from my old PC to keep the costs down.
Current PC Spec
6750 Core2Duo
4Gb ram
Abit P35 Pro Mobo
Nvidia 550Ti Graphics card
Corsair 600W PSU
1Tb Hard Drive
Windows 7 Pro
I am hoping to transfer the graphics card, psu and hard drive over as they are relatively new.
Looking online I am unsure what to order, I have £300 max preferably less so am looking for some components I need
Case (Mini ITX – Coolermaster Aerocool I think) £35
Motherboard (no idea)
Processor (i3? Retal with fan?)
Ram (min 8gb)
SSD (120gb should be fine for OS)
Windows 8?
Any advice you can offer would be great as I have 3 weeks to get the components. If I can find the money please also spec a new GPU and PSU just in case nothing too fancy though.
It seems like an eternity since I was in here last, since migrating to the Mac I have completely lost touch with what PC components are out there.
Its my sons birthday soon and as a surprise I want to give him (help him build) his own PC, he is currently using my old PC but that takes up so much space I am tempted to build him a Mini ITX model problem is I don’t know what I need. Basically all he ever does is play Minecraft, watch YouTube and programme so a powerful system is not needed. I am hoping to use a few bits from my old PC to keep the costs down.
Current PC Spec
6750 Core2Duo
4Gb ram
Abit P35 Pro Mobo
Nvidia 550Ti Graphics card
Corsair 600W PSU
1Tb Hard Drive
Windows 7 Pro
I am hoping to transfer the graphics card, psu and hard drive over as they are relatively new.
Looking online I am unsure what to order, I have £300 max preferably less so am looking for some components I need
Case (Mini ITX – Coolermaster Aerocool I think) £35
Motherboard (no idea)
Processor (i3? Retal with fan?)
Ram (min 8gb)
SSD (120gb should be fine for OS)
Windows 8?
Any advice you can offer would be great as I have 3 weeks to get the components. If I can find the money please also spec a new GPU and PSU just in case nothing too fancy though.