My cheap lan / spare PC

sockky · 8 May 2013 at 11:08

Built a PC last night, really pleased with it, considering the price. I will be using it as a spare PC for when mates come round and to take with me to i49 this year.

The specs are as follows;

i3 3220
7850 windforce - B grade
8GB HyperX
P8H61-I
Bitfenix prodigy - B grade (really wasn't as small as I though, but a lot smaller than my phantom.

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All in all, it came to a grand total of £427.93

The build is really clean and looks pretty nice. I'll upload some Pictures for you lot tonight when I get in.

sockky · 8 May 2013 at 22:23

Here it is, simple, cheap and effective

Kreeeee · 8 May 2013 at 22:36

You can get a lot of PC for very little money these days!

I kind of regret buying my gaming laptop, as I'm travelling a lot less with work than I was when I purchased it

Doomedspeed · 10 May 2013 at 15:07

How is the 7850?

Heard a lot of people saying those b grades were noisy due to the fan resonating on the heatsinks.

sockky · 10 May 2013 at 15:42

The only times its loud is when I boot it up. Been testing it on several games and its seems quiet enough at around 40% fan speed.

Stays cool too, idles at around 24c and yet to see it above 54c. For £129 I really, really cant complain.

its got an ASIC of 86.6% too, really tempted to push it even though I won't see a huge benefit being on an i3.

anyway, maybe I can get a video up just to show the noise.

Doomedspeed · 10 May 2013 at 16:21

sockky said:
The only times its loud is when I boot it up. Been testing it on several games and its seems quiet enough at around 40% fan speed.

Stays cool too, idles at around 24c and yet to see it above 54c. For £129 I really, really cant complain.

its got an ASIC of 86.6% too, really tempted to push it even though I won't see a huge benefit being on an i3.

anyway, maybe I can get a video up just to show the noise.

Good news,

Give it a bit of an overclock: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18389760