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Phaze2025

Phaze2025

Phaze2025

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hey guys, Im going to be building a new PC and im not upto date with current hardware, the last pc i made was a core 2 quad cocket 775.

I want to go down the i3 route and use the i3's built in graphics but have no idea what motherboad to use.

The computer is going to be on nearly 24/7 so i will need a low powered set up. im going to be putting 6 harddrives in it and use the computer to share media and files with the other 3 computers in my house.

The PC will be used for watching HD, Downloading, sharing files and internet browsing, so wont be gaming on this rig and need to keep costs down as much as possible

So......

all i would like to know is what motherboards are currently good and what is cheap decent ram
 
Welcome to the forums..

Can you post up you full current system spec please.. It may be that you won't really need to upgrade particularly if you are running a something like a Q6600 or above. An i3 maybe just a side step. However, if you really must we may suggest some decent options for you and Stulid I'm sure will come up with his magic wand any time soon :D
 
Fair comments huddy.

What is the reason for your preference to the i3? You know mobo's can come with integrated gfx's right? It's possible that an AMD system could be cheaper especially with a budget mATX mobo.

I suggest you post back with a budget, as huddy said i'm sure stulid will pop in and spec you something up. I don't even bother looking as by the time I have he would have posted something that is ideal (yes he really is that good at it).
 
yeh my current PC has got a overclocked Q6600, i use this pc for gaming and watching HD, but im moving the rig from my bed room to my living room, so i need to build a new PC for my room. I wanted to build a new to use as little power as possible so i could leave it swicthed on most of the time without worrying to much about my electric bills :D

As for budget i havent really got one, my plan is to buy a part every week until the pc is made, and each part should be under the £100 mark
 
In my honest opinion you would be better off saving the cash up and then buying the parts since in the weeks that you are buying prices may come down (or go up, RAM does it a lot I find).

Modern PSU's are energy efficient nowadays and will only pull the power used to power whatever hardware you have installed rather than running at full tilt all the time ;)

Stoner81.
 
With those uses you may want to consider an AMD fusion board. This board + CPU + GPU package uses a maximum of 18W and is powerful enough to play 1080p video smoothly and is ideally suited for nettop, file server and download box duties.

Personally I would look out for the Asus E35M1-I DELUXE as it is entirely passively cooled (so no noise) and you can overclock it a bit. Here is a review.

To round out the package you could go for a nice little case like the In-Win BP655 (though if you plan on installing quite a few HDDs then a case like this would make sense), 4GB DDR3 RAM, a DVD drive, cheap SSD, 2TB storage HDD and a windows license.

Total cost: ~£430
Maximum power draw: I would be impressed if you went over 50W from the wall at maximum load - under normal usage most likely half that.
 
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In before the Stulid!

as cmndrandi said, The fusion bundle will be the best thing if you want extremely low power consumption.
It is much better to buy everything at once so you get the deals you want and also so that you won't have too many delivery complications.

I would reccommend these cases:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-043-OP&groupid=701&catid=7&subcat=505
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-017-OP&groupid=701&catid=7&subcat=505

the first case only support MATX mobos so be careful about compatibility when you buy.
 
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