Spec me a prodigy build?!

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Well... It looks like it's happened. Someone wants me build them a small computer and left all of the preferences to me.

I wanted to do a watercooled parvum systems build, but then he sent me his budget. 800-1100 quid.

Sigh =(

I've never built a computer on such a low budget so need help.
Looks like I will have to air cool it too =(

What ya reckon could go into it?

Cheers!
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7950 Twin Frozr III Boost Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **NEW REVISION** £239.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £167.99
1 x Asus P8Z77-I Deluxe (Socket 1155/Intel Z77.DDR3/S-ATA 600/Mini ITX) £159.95
1 x Plextor M5S 256GB Solid State Drive - (PX-256M5S) £139.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H80i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1155 / 1150 / LGA1156 / LGA1366 / LGA2011/ AM2 / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £76.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £73.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy 'Yin' Mini-ITX Cube Case - White/Black £69.95
1 x LG CH10LS28 BD-ROM 10x BluRay ROM / DVDRW SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (Retail) £63.98
1 x Thermaltake Smart Series 530w Modular '80Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £43.99
Total : £1,107.34 (includes shipping : £17.10).

 
Nah, the guy who wants it won't clock it I doubt. He just wants a lan machine that will play his games.

I might even go for a parvum case yet because I do want to build into one, but it does then mean it's a chunk out of the budget.

I won't need an os or monitor either which helps things along a bit
 
davido_labido said:
Ooooou, nice start! We wouldn't need an optical drive so that's a few quid less too!

Any down the Lower end of the scale?
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It might pay for him to wait on the Z87 mini-itx mobos to land for the Haswell CPUs bud.

I can tweak it down some.....

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £189.95
1 x VTX3D HD 7870 Black Boost Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £173.99
1 x Plextor M5S 256GB Solid State Drive - (PX-256M5S) £139.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77N-WIFI Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £103.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy 'Yin' Mini-ITX Cube Case - White/Black £69.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £52.99
1 x Thermaltake Smart Series 530w Modular '80Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £43.99
Total : £837.44 (includes shipping : £10.50).



As RJC said this Z77 is voltage locked but you could still tweak the i5K up a bit even on the stock heatsink. This 7870XT can be OC'd to match a 7950 for less cash.
 
hmmm, well hes just dropped a bombshell too. he wants to use his 27inch imac as the monitor...

now will this work with just a standard mini display port?

ive no idea what a thunderbolt port is tbh, never used one.
 
Here's one that I keep making myself, I really want to build it, but I don't have the money just now :p

YOUR BASKET
1 x KFA2 Geforce GTX 770 EX OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (77XPH6DV6KXZ) £319.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM with FREE Grid 2 PC Game £179.99
1 x ASRock Z87E-ITX Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ITX Motherboard £139.99
1 x SanDisk Pulse SSD 256GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - (SDSSDP-256G-G25) £119.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX Cube Case - Magma Orange £69.95
1 x XFX Pro 650W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £59.99
1 x Thermalright Silver Arrow SB E Extreme CPU Cooler TY-143 Fans (Socket 775 / 1150 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £53.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £47.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy Window Side Panel - Orange £9.98
Total : £1,001.86 (includes shipping : FREE).

 
Okay, i'm dreading this but here goes.

You're not watercooling, you're not overclocking. So why the Prodigy? You could get something half the size that would do the same job.
 
it seems way easier when you have the cash to throw at it, the cheapest PC i built was £1930. With the smaller budget i just keep looking at the next one up as its only 30 quid etc and by the time ive done it on every component im way over budget lol =(
 
Tute said:
Okay, i'm dreading this but here goes.

You're not watercooling, you're not overclocking. So why the Prodigy? You could get something half the size that would do the same job.
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because i like them lol ;) i did think about using a bog standard case tbh, but there has to be something in it for me.

he was willing to pay me to build it for him, i said no, just let me build into a case i like.

i showed him the parvum systems, but then he told me his budget, which tbh, took the wind out of my sails, i was hoping to chuck it all under water too =(
ive always wanted to do a little LAN build in a prodigy, but havnt got around to it yet, so this will scratch that itch at least.
 
If you really want to build in a parvum case, here's a spec in one ;)

YOUR BASKET
1 x KFA2 Geforce GTX 770 EX OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (77XPH6DV6KXZ) £319.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM with FREE Grid 2 PC Game £179.99
1 x Parvum Systems S1.0 MicroATX Case - White with Black £129.95
1 x SanDisk Pulse SSD 256GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - (SDSSDP-256G-G25) £119.99
1 x ASRock Z87M EXTREME4 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x XFX Pro 650W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £59.99
1 x Thermalright Silver Arrow SB E Extreme CPU Cooler TY-143 Fans (Socket 775 / 1150 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £53.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £47.99
Total : £1,021.87 (includes shipping : FREE).

 
Fair enough. I like the Parvum build the best, it's a funky looking case and still smaller than the Prodigy (admittedly not by much but it's a form factor bigger).
 
yeh, i wanted to do it with a loop though, and do a really nice build, it looks like il have to wait till either the itch gets too much, and i just give in and build it myself, or someone with a bigger budget lets me build them one.

i dont want to do a budget system in a parvum case, they look too sexy.

Tute said:
Fair enough. I like the Parvum build the best, it's a funky looking case and still smaller than the Prodigy (admittedly not by much but it's a form factor bigger).
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aye, ive seen the parvum systems at an event, they really do look the buisness when they are full of kit. but as above, i want to save that case for something of worth, rather than just using it for the sake of it
 
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