Thanks for the advice so far, ive set a rough budget of £300 just to stop myself from going daft again plus i see it as a bang for buck challenge.
Im wanting to house it all in a lightweight mATX case as i will be carrying it between desk and tv depending on whether i wanna game on the big screen or not. Ive currently got a 17" lcd but would upgrade to a 21-24" once i build the pc. The monitor isn't included in the £300 budget
I know it sounds a little sad, but i created a spreadsheet with cost and passmark columns so i could work out the best cost / performance ratio's and surprisingly the celeron g530 topped the list. But im guessing this would be too weedy for gaming?
I like the idea of getting a socket 1155 m/board as this allows me to upgrade in the future all the way up the sandybridge line of processors as they come down in price.
