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VspookV

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Hi, looking for a bit of help building a small pc. I've built a few pcs but they wer a few years ago and now Looking at components is like looking at a foreign language.
I'm wanting to build a nice small system that is super quiet but nice and fast. Mainly to edit photos and sort of be a media centre as its more than likely going to be hooked up to my tv.

Thinking of this motherboard

http://ie.asus.com/Motherboards/Intel_Socket_1155/P8Z77I_DELUXE/

With an intel i5 2500k 3.30ghz

With this case: http://www.coolermaster.co.uk/product.php?category_id=3586&product_id=6837
Anyone used this case or recommend any similar that are better?

That's all I've got so far. Can anyone recommend a good psu that will fit an itx case and is quiet?
Also any recommendations on hdd disk and ram?

Sorry if you get asked these questions all the time, Any help would be much apreciated
 
that case is not out yet ;p
and get a 3750k rather than a 2500k
what's your budget?

if you're not gonna game much, even an i3 would suffice and the board would be overkill
 
tamzzy said:
that case is not out yet ;p
and get a 3750k rather than a 2500k
what's your budget?

if you're not gonna game much, even an i3 would suffice and the board would be overkill
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Was going to preorder the case.

Haven't really got a budget, don't wanna go mad tho.

What i3 would u recommend?
I like the motherboard in what it can do, being able to control with iPad and stuff.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Desktop Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC128D/EU) £84.98
1 x Sapphire HD 6750 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £65.99
1 x ASRock H61M-ITX Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 M-ITX Motherboard £59.99
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £54.98
1 x Intel Pentium G840 2.80GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £53.99
1 x Cooler Master Elite 120 Advanced Mini-ITX Case - Black £36.98
1 x GeIL Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £33.59
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £12.98
Total : £495.48 (includes shipping : £10.00).



tack on 84 quid if you need windows, remove the samsung 830 if its overbudget, downside the hdd to 500gb if its still overbudget
 
if the 500 quid one is overbudget:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire HD 6750 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £79.99
1 x ASRock H61M-ITX Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 M-ITX Motherboard £59.99
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £54.98
1 x Intel Pentium G840 2.80GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £53.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £52.99
1 x Cooler Master Elite 120 Advanced Mini-ITX Case - Black £36.98
1 x GeIL Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £33.59
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £12.98
Total : £397.50 (includes shipping : £10.00).



if that's still more than what you're willing to spend you can downsize the gpu and cpu (they're not yet bargain basement)
 
tbh, i dont know! lol
all my computers have gpus, i dont know how the g840's integrated gpu with fare
if u dont play any games at all, it'll probably be fine
 
The G840 would be HD2000 graphics I believe. Certainly not bad by any stretch, and more than enough if not gaming.
 
food for thought
if you not wanting to put lots hdd's in it (not sure why you would they are noisey)
the new laptops going in the shops with the 4000 gfx, i3, for about the same money
they run cool, less power

just a option :p
 
Tute said:
The G840 would be HD2000 graphics I believe. Certainly not bad by any stretch, and more than enough if not gaming.
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Im wanting to put a blu ray player in this and connect it to my surround sound I already have. Would I get full HD without a graphics card?
 
Mei said:
food for thought
if you not wanting to put lots hdd's in it (not sure why you would they are noisey)
the new laptops going in the shops with the 4000 gfx, i3, for about the same money
they run cool, less power

just a option :p
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They sound good but I want a little pc that I can connect to tv and have it as a media player, wanna play blu rays through it and music.
 
yeh im not saying dont do that just giving you some options
bluray is going to cost an extra 60 on top whichever way you go,
the laptops come with hdmi out, so its easy to connect them up

if you want to add a really nice soundcard or upgrade it later the itx build makes sense, or even matx
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus E45M1-I DELUXE AMD Hudson M1 DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £135.98
1 x LG CH10LS28 BD-ROM 10x BluRay ROM / DVDRW SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (Retail) £62.99
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £54.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £52.99
1 x Cooler Master Elite 120 Advanced Mini-ITX Case - Black £36.98
1 x GeIL Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £33.59
Total : £389.52 (includes shipping : £10.00).



added a blu ray player
with a spare slot to add a sound card if you want (if on board audio sucks lol)
and the board has hdmi and wireless, so it basically wont need extra to be spent to get other stuff
 
yes, that's correct. it would appear that the intel spec has some glaring deficiencies playing hd content
you could alternatively get an amd spec which i posted above. for hd content it would be sufficient
 
 
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