PC Creation

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Brigh

Brigh

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Good morning all

**Edit - I wrote this last night and posted this morning but I notice there is a similar thread active but I would still like your input**

I'm hoping someone can help me with the creation of a PC around the £500-£600 mark, this PC will be used for surfing the web and playing games - I'm hoping to get Skyrim in the very near future and I suspect in the New Year most of my time will be playing Star Wars.

In the past I've either built my own PC or brought one complete and then swapped out some of the weak points but I always find myself regretting it and it turns out to cost more than I expected. I often find the parts I buy (often on offer) are very noisy and I would like to keep noise down to a minimum.

I'm perfectly happy building a PC from scratch but as I've been away from new technology I've not sure what the best spec would be.

I know I'm asking a lot with a limited budget (considering the price of 'gaming PC's' out there) but I'm sure a semi-decent spec could be created to see me through the future.

I would love to see your ideas for a spec of a PC to meet my criteria

Thanks in advance for your responses
 
This spec gives a motherboard that can overclock a "K" series CPU if you ever upgrade to one, its also a very powerful PSU for bigger GFX cards.

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This spec gives a motherboard that still has SATAIII and USB3.0 but cant overclock, the GFX card is faster though,

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Thanks for the prompt response

Just one query though I've lost touch with processors but will an i3 handle modern games or should I pay the extra and look for an i5 or won't it make much difference?

Also I've made the mistake before of buying CPU fans/Case fans to keep my system cool but end up having what sounds like an aircraft engine on my desk as the noise is so loud so I was wondering what people would recommend without the cost of going water cooled?
 
with all the black friday deals is it possible to get a spec closer to £500 without impacting on performance to much?

As I mentioned I will only really be playing Skyrim (when I get it) and probably SW Kotr or something similar
 
Final build I hope - I know over my £600 budget but I think I've covered everything - is there anything I've forgotten - in terms of cooling do I need anything else?

Asus GeForce GTX 560Ti DirectCU II 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **BLACK FRIDAY SPECIAL DEAL** £149.99
(£124.99) £149.99
(£124.99)
Intel Core i3-2120 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £99.95
(£83.29) £99.95
(£83.29)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.99
(£66.66) £79.99
(£66.66)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £69.98
(£58.32) £69.98
(£58.32)
MSI H67MA-E35 Intel H67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro-ATX Motherboard - (Sandybridge) **B3 REVISION** £61.99
(£51.66) £61.99
(£51.66)
Antec High Current Gamer 520W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £56.99
(£47.49) £56.99
(£47.49)
BitFenix Shinobi Gaming Case - Black £39.98
(£33.32) £39.98
(£33.32)
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) **BLACK FRIDAY SPECIAL DEAL** £34.99
(£29.16) £34.99
(£29.16)
OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
(£14.99) £17.99
(£14.99)
IC Diamond Perihelion Ceramic Thermal Compound - (4g) £4.99
(£4.16) £4.99
(£4.16)
Corsair 120mm Fan - Black £3.98
(£3.32) £3.98
(£3.32)
 
You dont need the tube of thermal paste, some is pre-applied to the intel cooler.

The case doesnt need that fan, only cheaper ones do.

Apart from that, your good to go.
 
Thanks for all your advice - all the items are currently in stock so fingers crossed I can get it ordered and delivered asap
 
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