Spec Check

~bones~ · 17 Jul 2012 at 19:30

Hi all, going to be builidng a pc for my mate this week, he just wants a basic pc built around the i3 for around £400-£450. I have come up with the following build so just wanted it checking over.....

Asus V6-P8H61E barebones
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-085-AS
Intel i3
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-367-IN
Corsair 4GB RAM
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-006-CS
Samsung 128GB SSD
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-146-SA
Samsung optical drive
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CD-099-SA
Windows 7
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=SW-126-MS

£414 total... He doesnt need any peripherals

Thanks in advance... would love to use the bitfenix prodigy if anyone can get it in budget

stulid · 17 Jul 2012 at 19:36

Thats fine.

Do consider the i3 2120, £5 more for the extra 200Mhz core speed.

~bones~ · 17 Jul 2012 at 19:40

anyone had any experience with the barebones from OCUK?

tamzzy · 17 Jul 2012 at 19:42

no graphics card?
128gb may be a bit anaemic if he wants to store any sort of media files

tbh, i dont think you could get a prodigy and an i3 in spec for what is essentially 370 quid after the os

~bones~ · 17 Jul 2012 at 19:43

No GPU as he isn't a gamer, and I'm gonna salvage his old 500GB hard drive for photos etc

tamzzy · 17 Jul 2012 at 19:48

or maybe you could actually ;p

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £89.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX Cube Case - Arctic White £64.99
1 x SanDisk Ultra SSD 120GB 2.5" SATA II Solid State Hard Drive - (SDSSDH-120G-G25) £62.99
1 x MSI H61I-E35 Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £49.99
1 x OCZ CoreXtreme 500w '80 Plus' Power Supply £29.99
1 x Sapphire HD 6450 HM 512MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card (11190-04-20G) £26.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/4GX) £23.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £464.00 (includes shipping : £11.75).

stulid · 17 Jul 2012 at 19:49

~bones~ said:
No GPU as he isn't a gamer, and I'm gonna salvage his old 500GB hard drive for photos etc

And this HDD is a SATA type?

~bones~ · 17 Jul 2012 at 20:11

That build looks alright, Ill have to ask him which he would prefer as I know the Bitfenix isn't the smallest of cases I just wanna build one

.... erm will have to check on the HDD

tamzzy · 17 Jul 2012 at 20:14

i do have to say though, the psu is non modular, so you'll just need to find areas where you can tuck the extra cables away

tamzzy · 17 Jul 2012 at 20:16

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKIsrwS3fX4
prodigy building guide

~bones~ · 17 Jul 2012 at 21:28

Cheers for that vid, seems enough room for a non-modular with some decent cable tidying