Hi,
I've posted on this forum before and been able to gather some more info on what kind of build I want. Been aiming for around 400 to spend however I can stretch a bit. I have some choices for some of the parts and would like some recommendations (mostly cost effective) or anything else I may have missed. Looking to use this for gaming-starcraft2 and for uni work-programming. I'm interested whether I can use the 'mini-tower' cases in such a rig or not.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated
CPU:
1) Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £94.99
OR
2) Intel Core i3-2120 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £109.99
GFX:
1) Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 6850 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE DIRT3 & Deus Ex PC Games £119.99
OR
2) OcUK GeForce GTX 460 768MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card - OEM £85.99
CASE:
1) Fractal Design Arc Mini Tower Case - Black £66.98
OR
2) Cooler Master Elite 360 Mini Tower Case - Black £30.98
OR
3) Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £44.99
PSU:
1) Antec TruePower New Modular 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £59.99
OR
2) OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £54.98
OR
3) Lepa W-Series 500W '80 Plus' Power Supply £46.99
MOBO:
1) MSI H67MA-E35 Intel H67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro-ATX Motherboard - (Sandybridge) **B3 REVISION** £64.99
OR
2) Gigabyte H61M-S2V Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £49.99
DVD:
Samsung SH-S222AL/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
HDD:
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500413AS) £31.99
RAM:
Corsair Value 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Low Voltage Dual-Channel Kit £23.98
I've posted on this forum before and been able to gather some more info on what kind of build I want. Been aiming for around 400 to spend however I can stretch a bit. I have some choices for some of the parts and would like some recommendations (mostly cost effective) or anything else I may have missed. Looking to use this for gaming-starcraft2 and for uni work-programming. I'm interested whether I can use the 'mini-tower' cases in such a rig or not.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated
CPU:
1) Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £94.99
OR
2) Intel Core i3-2120 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £109.99
GFX:
1) Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 6850 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE DIRT3 & Deus Ex PC Games £119.99
OR
2) OcUK GeForce GTX 460 768MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card - OEM £85.99
CASE:
1) Fractal Design Arc Mini Tower Case - Black £66.98
OR
2) Cooler Master Elite 360 Mini Tower Case - Black £30.98
OR
3) Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £44.99
PSU:
1) Antec TruePower New Modular 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £59.99
OR
2) OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £54.98
OR
3) Lepa W-Series 500W '80 Plus' Power Supply £46.99
MOBO:
1) MSI H67MA-E35 Intel H67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro-ATX Motherboard - (Sandybridge) **B3 REVISION** £64.99
OR
2) Gigabyte H61M-S2V Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £49.99
DVD:
Samsung SH-S222AL/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
HDD:
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500413AS) £31.99
RAM:
Corsair Value 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Low Voltage Dual-Channel Kit £23.98