Spec me a first build please?

scottmorley · 2 Nov 2014 at 23:04

Hi guys, i'm looking at building my very own Pc for the first time, i'd like to gain the knowledge as i feel it will come in useful and i've always wanted to build my own.

So i was thinking i'd build a small pc for my living room, mainly for watching films/browsing the net, and maybe flash games, nothing serious.
i'd quite like it to be a mini itx build but it doesn't need to be. My budget is low at about £300-330 ideally i wouldn't like to spend any more than this.
I only need the rig and OS, no monitor (i'll be using my Tv) no peripherals either as i have some spare laying around.

Any help is appreciated!

scottmorley · 2 Nov 2014 at 23:14

Thanks Tamzzy, i thought i was being a bit optimistic to get a build with OS for my budget but that was spot on! only thing i'd change is the case, as i'm not to keen on that Cooler Master one.

scottmorley · 4 Nov 2014 at 16:29

Can anyone improve on this build?(keeping price similar) Or recommend swapping certain bits? As I'll be ordering this next week so if there is any room for improvement I need to know now lol.

scottmorley · 4 Nov 2014 at 20:02

Ah man.. Typical that deals ended.
I will be ordering it next week when I get paid ma bare bar dolla'

scottmorley · 5 Nov 2014 at 23:01

I was looking at changing the case to this, 'Antec ISK 600 Small Form Factor ITX Chassis'
But unfortunately the PSU mentioned above doesn't fit.. and i can't seem to find one with the right dimensions for this case, not at the same price bracket anyway. will it 100% not fit? lol.

scottmorley · 5 Nov 2014 at 23:33

Thanks chippy, definitely a thread worth looking through. just makes it even harder as it's amazing what some of these guys have put into such a small case lol. although post 905 & 919 are a different case to the one i meant.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-217-AN&groupid=2362&catid=2279

That's the one i was talking about. but judging by some of the stuff these guys are cramming into their mini itx cases the PSU mentione above should go in? seeing as i'm not having a GPU or a fancy heatsink.

Also, forgive my ignorance but some of these don't even look like the have a PSU lol, am i missing something?

scottmorley · 6 Nov 2014 at 00:29

yeah, see i didn't even realize using one of those was an option. i've never seen one with a adapter that'll plug into a motherboard, but i guess it has to be one like you mentioned above even though i couldn't actually find that one on OCUK's website lol.