Hey guys, my 14 year old cousin is looking at getting a desktop. He's got his eyes pretty much set on a Bitfenix Prodigy system (he doesn't mind so much that he drops a little bit in the spec department to that end compared to cheaper cases). Budget of around £400, maybe a little more, not including OS or any peripherals. I'm giving him my old 5870 card so no GPU needed, just a psu that will support the whole thing.
I'm thinking AMD over Intel at this price point (and the new mATX prodigy cases help here) but I'm not too fussed either way. A small bit of gaming but mostly general schoolwork and browsing so would sooner drop the spec and save money than stump up for say a 7950 just squeezed within budget.
So criteria:
Bitfenix Prodigy (either m-itx or m-atx, doesn't matter too much as long as mobo's etc. are compatible)
Already have a 5870 as gpu
c. £400 for the rest of the build exc. peripherals
I'm thinking AMD over Intel at this price point (and the new mATX prodigy cases help here) but I'm not too fussed either way. A small bit of gaming but mostly general schoolwork and browsing so would sooner drop the spec and save money than stump up for say a 7950 just squeezed within budget.
So criteria:
Bitfenix Prodigy (either m-itx or m-atx, doesn't matter too much as long as mobo's etc. are compatible)
Already have a 5870 as gpu
c. £400 for the rest of the build exc. peripherals