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Bomster

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Hi there,

I'm brand new to this forum, was recommended by a friend. He said that you guys are helpful for finding good specs on a tight budget.

Well being an apprentice electrical engineer my budget certainly is tight!

What I am looking for:
- £600 absolute max.
- Decent for gaming, nothing too intense though. (CoD4 promod, little BF3 maybe)
- Would like to run an HDMI from the tower to my TV so I can use it as a media centre. Will run to a 24" Dell monitor the rest of the time that I already own.
- I already have 2x2TB Samsung HD204U that I bought cheaply ages ago, but I would like to run my system of an SSD, if you guys recommend it?
- I've read a lot about the i5 2500K, would you guys recommend that CPU?

I already have all peripherals so just looking for the tower. I'm happy building it myself, just need your expertise with regards to components.

Cheers in advance,
Tom :)
 
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Good morning all, thanks for your responses.

In answer to your questions Idleman:

I don't require an OS.
Don't require a DVD drive.
At the moments I don't plan on overclocking, but I may in the future.

Will a 600W power supply be enough, as a friend recommended a 750W minimum? Is he talking out of his posterior?

I like the sound of the initial i5 build outlined by cmndr andi, and as I don't need an OS, I might be able to squeeze an SSD in instead and still just about be in my budget?

What are people thoughts on SSD? Would/do run one, or should I just run off my 4TB in RAID?
 
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Thanks a lot honosuseri, really liking that build. Think we may be onto a winner. Will use Idlemans RAM as I'm really not fussed about colours. The case you've picked looks really good for the money. I will certainly be going for the B Grade stock, as it seems like a bargain.

Cheers for all your helpful comments!
 
Okay, well a definite yes on the case then. Will it fit both my 2TB HDD's, an SSD and all the other components above?

I will look further into a GPU, with a decent warranty.
 
Can I run this set up without a GPU at first?

If so I may get it all built and then add the GPU in a month or so once I have it all set up.

Unless anyone recommends against it?
 
Yeah, I think I will wait a while on the GPU front then. Not desperate to game as soon as I finish building. Any idea if HD4000 will run a bit of CoD4 Promod?
 
Cheers hono.

With the impending release of new GPU's I think it would be silly not to wait, because even if nothing jumps out when the new ones are out, surely it will drive the price of current cards down.

On a side note, you have all recommended the Z77-D3H. I was just wondering why? And if it is the best choice considering I will be using an SSD with it?

Thanks as always!
 
Got an SSD related question.

Been taking a look around online, and it seems for my budget it is between the 128GB Crucial M4, and the Corsair 120GB Force Series 3. They are similarly priced, and spec'd apart from the Corsair has a write speed of 510MB/s whilst the M4 is only 175MB/s?

Any reason to choose the Crucial disk?
 
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