Soldato
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Hi guys
Im in love with the Bitfenix Prodigy case, so would like to build a cheap system around it for work/gaming/media usage, but need a bit of help as im not as up to date with components as I would like.
Im going to be harvesting some components from my current machine, mainly the i3 550 cpu, psu, ram and optical drive. So i guess ill be needing a motherboard, smaller cooler, graphics card a small SSD and a 1tb+ HDD.
Id like to keep as many of the hard drive bays free for future upgrades as I can so a short graphics card (I have no idea what will fit) is a must, mid spec would do me fine, im not wanting flawless million fps bf3, as long as it runs most games at a respectable level ill be happy.
Im more than happy to buy used, so im more after general advice than a shopping list. The hard drives are obviously easy enough to spec for myself, but for everything else I could do with some recommendations. Lets say a budget of absolute max £250 for everything except the hdds.
Cheers!
Im in love with the Bitfenix Prodigy case, so would like to build a cheap system around it for work/gaming/media usage, but need a bit of help as im not as up to date with components as I would like.
Im going to be harvesting some components from my current machine, mainly the i3 550 cpu, psu, ram and optical drive. So i guess ill be needing a motherboard, smaller cooler, graphics card a small SSD and a 1tb+ HDD.
Id like to keep as many of the hard drive bays free for future upgrades as I can so a short graphics card (I have no idea what will fit) is a must, mid spec would do me fine, im not wanting flawless million fps bf3, as long as it runs most games at a respectable level ill be happy.
Im more than happy to buy used, so im more after general advice than a shopping list. The hard drives are obviously easy enough to spec for myself, but for everything else I could do with some recommendations. Lets say a budget of absolute max £250 for everything except the hdds.
Cheers!
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May have to totally rethink this...