New Build £750 budget

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spudbynight

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I've sold my iMac and I'm looking to build a new machine.

I've less to work with budget wise than I hoped.

Looking to build something with a £750 budget. I want something small (ideally) and quiet (ideally). Machine will be for general use.

I need a monitor in that budget. I don't need an OS or a KB and mouse.

What should I do chaps?
 
Yes, I'm happy to play at 1080p

I'm possibly moving from the UK this year. When I move I'll sell this and buy something more longterm at the other end. I just want something to use for the next while.

I'd been mulling over this bundle with the Haswell i5

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/reco...i-itx-value-gaming-bundle-bu-048-og.html#t=a1

- Motherboard: Asus H81I-Plus Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard
- RAM: 8GB 1600MHz Dual Channel DDR3 RAM
- Cooler: Raijintek Aidos CPU Cooler Black
- Case : Colossus M Mini ITX - Black

That comes in at £325 and I'm trying to figure out how good a deal that is.
 
It not as great a deal as it seams but if you want that case it saves a few quid.

b]My basket at Overclockers UK:[/b]

Total: £359.53
(includes shipping: £16.62)​
 
Hmm, I've been tweaking a few builds and I can just about get a 6600k system with a GeForce 960 for about £700 all in. Which seems much better.

Will post later on with what I am considering.
 
EVGA 600W 80 Plus Power Supply (100-W1-0600-K3) 1x EVGA 600W 80 Plus Power Supply (100-W1-0600-K3) £43.99 *
Intel Core i5-6600K 3.9GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail 1x Intel Core i5-6600K 3.9GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail £209.99 *
Seagate 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (ST1000DM003) 1x Seagate 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (ST1000DM003) £39.95 *
IIyama Prolite E2283HS-B1 22 1x IIyama Prolite E2283HS-B1 22" 1920x1080 TN Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £79.99 *
Gigabyte GA-Z170M-D3H Intel Z170 (Socket 1151) DDR4 Micro ATX Motherboard 1x Gigabyte GA-Z170M-D3H Intel Z170 (Socket 1151) DDR4 Micro ATX Motherboard £99.95 *
BitFenix Prodigy Flo Bundle - White 1x BitFenix Prodigy Flo Bundle - White £74.99 *
Kingston Fury Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C15 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (HX424C15FBK2/8) 1x Kingston Fury Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C15 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (HX424C15FBK2/8) £31.99 *
Palit GeForce GTX 960 1x Palit GeForce GTX 960 "Reference" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (NE5X960010G1-2061F) £158.99 *
Raijintek Aidos Direct Contact CPU Cooler - Black 1x Raijintek Aidos Direct Contact CPU Cooler - Black £12.95 *

That is all coming in at just a smidge over £750. Anything awful in that selection?
 
lol correct the errors.


My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £721.21
(includes shipping: £12.30)
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I thought you needed a Z170 mobo to overclock the 6600K? Also, what you have listed doesn't include a monitor which is going to push me over budget.
 
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you didnt say anything about overclock, but if its only a stop gap then that wouldnt really matter.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £755.07
(includes shipping: £13.20)
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nothing is wrong with your build though maybe a bronze 80 plus rather than just 80 plus.
 
Savan_P said:
I think you'll need DDR4 for Skylake, not DDR3 as above.
Click to expand...

mine?

are the 1151 boards not skylake? im interested to know rather than question.



@spud the first board i chose was an itx and basically a whole itx build without going itx on the gpu and sfx psu, from a look, you wont get an itx z170 without compromising somewhere as the cheapest one is £109.99, but out of stock, so your looking at £134.99 for one thats in stock and the atx board i quoted was the cheapest z170 listed.

you would probably be better without a K processor or getting a better deal on the haswells.
 
In the end I went with a 6600 H170 setup. I managed to shave enough there to include a Samsung 850 on top of a 1TB data drive. Went with the r9 380 2GB.

All in, managed to get this for just under £700. (Went with an Antec P50 case). 8GB of DDR4 RAM in two banks. I'll add another 8GB down the road.

@Savan_P All the Z170 mobos are DDR4. There are H170 and H110 mobos that take DDR3. DDR4 isn't required by Skylake.
 
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