Hello
I'm looking to downsize from a Full Size PC to something smaller for in use in the living room or bedroom. Main use will be playing decent quality films (1080p and occasional 3d) and storing quite a few photos. I have a decent Steam library but tend not to play on it to much.
On a thread in this section someones got a Corsair 250D which looks really neat, something i think would work in terms of looks and size.
I'm rather skint as i've just purchased a house but have no where to put the PC so will have to re-use some of the bits out of there if possible.
Parts i think i maybe able to use:
GPU: MSI GTX 970M 4G Gaming Edition
Memory: Corsair CMY16GX3M2A2400C11R Vengeance Pro Series 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 2400Mhz CL11 XMP
PSU: XFX Pro 850W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze'
SSD: Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gbs Basic
HDD: 3TB WD Red
Parts i don't think i can use;
Doubt my motherboard will fit its a ASRock Z97 Fatal1ty Killer
Also i have a pentium g3258 CPU which i can't use if the mobo doesn't fit.
Can someone confirm if i can use what i think i can and suggestions on CPU and motherboard combinations if i can't use what i have? My memory is ddr3 so may limit me a bit unless the swapping to ddr4 really outweighs it.
Budgets as little as possible really. My 30th is coming up so hoping to get a bit for that so say £200 as i can usually make that a month in overtime.
Cheers
I'm looking to downsize from a Full Size PC to something smaller for in use in the living room or bedroom. Main use will be playing decent quality films (1080p and occasional 3d) and storing quite a few photos. I have a decent Steam library but tend not to play on it to much.
On a thread in this section someones got a Corsair 250D which looks really neat, something i think would work in terms of looks and size.
I'm rather skint as i've just purchased a house but have no where to put the PC so will have to re-use some of the bits out of there if possible.
Parts i think i maybe able to use:
GPU: MSI GTX 970M 4G Gaming Edition
Memory: Corsair CMY16GX3M2A2400C11R Vengeance Pro Series 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 2400Mhz CL11 XMP
PSU: XFX Pro 850W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze'
SSD: Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gbs Basic
HDD: 3TB WD Red
Parts i don't think i can use;
Doubt my motherboard will fit its a ASRock Z97 Fatal1ty Killer
Also i have a pentium g3258 CPU which i can't use if the mobo doesn't fit.
Can someone confirm if i can use what i think i can and suggestions on CPU and motherboard combinations if i can't use what i have? My memory is ddr3 so may limit me a bit unless the swapping to ddr4 really outweighs it.
Budgets as little as possible really. My 30th is coming up so hoping to get a bit for that so say £200 as i can usually make that a month in overtime.
Cheers
might have a look on ebay, hopefully sell my board and case to fund it.