Hi fellas,
Am currently looking to build a computer in the next few weeks, however I am having slight trouble sticking to my budget
My aim - To build a slick, rapid machine with no load times while navigating through Windows and run Football Manager 2013 with 20+ leagues loaded with no slow processing, also for the 3D match engine to run as smoothly as it can.
I'm not much of a PC gamer myself, so a 'BEAST' of a machine is not essential. I also don't think I'll be overclocking the PC (silly forum to come to I know), I'll most likely have a processor which cannot be overclocked anyway.
What I currently have in mind is;
Case - CM Storm Enforcer (Might go with Zalman Z11 Plus to cut the price by a few quid..)
CPU - Intel Core i5 3470 (Reccomend going up to 3570 or is there not much difference?)
Motherboard - Asus P8B75-M LX
RAM - 8GB Corsair 1600mhz Vengeance (2x4GB)
SSD - 120GB SSD S-ATAII 3.0Gb/s (Sandisk)
Hard Drive - 500GB S-ATAIII 6.0Gb/s
CD Drive - 22x DVD±RW DL S-ATA
Graphics - NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 2GB
Wireless Internet - Wireless 802.11N 150Mbps MIMO PCI-E card
Monitor - LG 21.5" E2242C-BN LED
PSU - 600W Corsair CX (May go down to 500/550)
I'm a bit of a 'noob' when it comes to Hardware, software is my strongest side. This will be my first time building a PC.
Welcome to suggestions, especially those who play FM.
I want to try and stick to my budget of £600-650
Am currently looking to build a computer in the next few weeks, however I am having slight trouble sticking to my budget
My aim - To build a slick, rapid machine with no load times while navigating through Windows and run Football Manager 2013 with 20+ leagues loaded with no slow processing, also for the 3D match engine to run as smoothly as it can.
I'm not much of a PC gamer myself, so a 'BEAST' of a machine is not essential. I also don't think I'll be overclocking the PC (silly forum to come to I know
), I'll most likely have a processor which cannot be overclocked anyway. What I currently have in mind is;
Case - CM Storm Enforcer (Might go with Zalman Z11 Plus to cut the price by a few quid..)
CPU - Intel Core i5 3470 (Reccomend going up to 3570 or is there not much difference?)
Motherboard - Asus P8B75-M LX
RAM - 8GB Corsair 1600mhz Vengeance (2x4GB)
SSD - 120GB SSD S-ATAII 3.0Gb/s (Sandisk)
Hard Drive - 500GB S-ATAIII 6.0Gb/s
CD Drive - 22x DVD±RW DL S-ATA
Graphics - NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 2GB
Wireless Internet - Wireless 802.11N 150Mbps MIMO PCI-E card
Monitor - LG 21.5" E2242C-BN LED
PSU - 600W Corsair CX (May go down to 500/550)
I'm a bit of a 'noob' when it comes to Hardware, software is my strongest side. This will be my first time building a PC.
Welcome to suggestions, especially those who play FM.
I want to try and stick to my budget of £600-650
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Apologies.