Stylish and silent SFF, budget £600-700
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What are you planning on doing with your system? That's going to heavily influence component choices for that budget.
For instance, the system in my sig (almost finished) comes in at just under a grand without headphones and monitors, but it's intended to be a to-notch gaming rig in a stupidly small space.
For instance, the system in my sig (almost finished) comes in at just under a grand without headphones and monitors, but it's intended to be a to-notch gaming rig in a stupidly small space.
well ill be using it for work (dual screen trading, lots of web pages open) and a splash of gaming.
Priority is towards memory and cpu, with a mid range gpu. and as silent as possible.
here's a build ive got from a friend which i then changed slightly for more memory, does this work? dont know if the 8gb of ram is compatible or not.
1) LN22109 - Antec Mini P180, Black, micro-ATX Tower Case w/o PSU
Quantity: 1
£76.98 (Ex VAT)
£92.38 (Inc VAT)
2) LN23301 - 500W Coolermaster Silent Pro M, Modular, 80 PLUS, 85% Eff', SLI/CrossFire, EPS 12V, 135mm Fan
Quantity: 1
£54.97 (Ex VAT)
£65.96 (Inc VAT)
3) LN33400 - Asus M4A88TD-M EVO/USB3, AMD 880G, S AM3, DDR3 2000 (OC), 1600, SATA 6Gb/s RAID, USB 3.0, uATX, VGA
Quantity: 1
£68.88 (Ex VAT)
£82.66 (Inc VAT)
4) LN28746 - 1TB Samsung HD103SJ Spinpoint F3, SATA 3Gb/s, 7200rpm, 32MB Cache, 8.9 ms, NCQ, OEM
Quantity: 1
£32.98 (Ex VAT)
£39.58 (Inc VAT)
5) LN36017 - 1GB Asus HD 6870 OC, 4200MHz GDDR5, GPU 915MHz, 1120 Stream Processors, DLDVI-I/ DVI-D/ HDMI/ miniDP
Quantity: 1
£142.68 (Ex VAT)
£171.22 (Inc VAT)
6) LN36525 - 22" Viewsonic VX2239WM Black, Widescreen, 2 ms, 1920x1080, 100,000:1, 300 cd/m², Speakers, DVI/ HDMI
Quantity: 1
£105.59 (Ex VAT)
£126.71 (Inc VAT)
7) LN37844 - AMD Phenom II X4 840, Propus Core, S AM3, 3.2GHz, 2MB Cache, HT 2000MHz, 95W, Retail
Quantity: 1
£64.84 (Ex VAT)
£77.81 (Inc VAT)
8) LN36550 - 8GB (2x4GB) Corsair Vengeance DDR3 PC3-12800 (1600), Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 9-9-9-24, XMP, 1.50V
Quantity: 1
£69.12 (Ex VAT)
£82.94 (Inc VAT)
9) LN38446 - Samsung SH-B123L/BSBP 12x BD-ROM & DVDRW Combo Player OEM
Quantity: 1
£38.66 (Ex VAT)
£46.39 (Inc VAT)
Total comes to just over £800 inc. a monitor.
Im not too keen on the case, but i dont know what other options i have with a large gpu.
Any help would be much appreciated!
Priority is towards memory and cpu, with a mid range gpu. and as silent as possible.
here's a build ive got from a friend which i then changed slightly for more memory, does this work? dont know if the 8gb of ram is compatible or not.
1) LN22109 - Antec Mini P180, Black, micro-ATX Tower Case w/o PSU
Quantity: 1
£76.98 (Ex VAT)
£92.38 (Inc VAT)
2) LN23301 - 500W Coolermaster Silent Pro M, Modular, 80 PLUS, 85% Eff', SLI/CrossFire, EPS 12V, 135mm Fan
Quantity: 1
£54.97 (Ex VAT)
£65.96 (Inc VAT)
3) LN33400 - Asus M4A88TD-M EVO/USB3, AMD 880G, S AM3, DDR3 2000 (OC), 1600, SATA 6Gb/s RAID, USB 3.0, uATX, VGA
Quantity: 1
£68.88 (Ex VAT)
£82.66 (Inc VAT)
4) LN28746 - 1TB Samsung HD103SJ Spinpoint F3, SATA 3Gb/s, 7200rpm, 32MB Cache, 8.9 ms, NCQ, OEM
Quantity: 1
£32.98 (Ex VAT)
£39.58 (Inc VAT)
5) LN36017 - 1GB Asus HD 6870 OC, 4200MHz GDDR5, GPU 915MHz, 1120 Stream Processors, DLDVI-I/ DVI-D/ HDMI/ miniDP
Quantity: 1
£142.68 (Ex VAT)
£171.22 (Inc VAT)
6) LN36525 - 22" Viewsonic VX2239WM Black, Widescreen, 2 ms, 1920x1080, 100,000:1, 300 cd/m², Speakers, DVI/ HDMI
Quantity: 1
£105.59 (Ex VAT)
£126.71 (Inc VAT)
7) LN37844 - AMD Phenom II X4 840, Propus Core, S AM3, 3.2GHz, 2MB Cache, HT 2000MHz, 95W, Retail
Quantity: 1
£64.84 (Ex VAT)
£77.81 (Inc VAT)
8) LN36550 - 8GB (2x4GB) Corsair Vengeance DDR3 PC3-12800 (1600), Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 9-9-9-24, XMP, 1.50V
Quantity: 1
£69.12 (Ex VAT)
£82.94 (Inc VAT)
9) LN38446 - Samsung SH-B123L/BSBP 12x BD-ROM & DVDRW Combo Player OEM
Quantity: 1
£38.66 (Ex VAT)
£46.39 (Inc VAT)
Total comes to just over £800 inc. a monitor.
Im not too keen on the case, but i dont know what other options i have with a large gpu.
Any help would be much appreciated!
What would you like, itx or matx (both will be capable enough - do you want/need an internal sound card?)?
As for cases, lian li have a lot of offerings (Q07-11, V351-354, A04/A05...) as do silverstone (SG01-7, FT03, TJ08), or even funky ones like the cubitek mini tank.
As for cases, lian li have a lot of offerings (Q07-11, V351-354, A04/A05...) as do silverstone (SG01-7, FT03, TJ08), or even funky ones like the cubitek mini tank.
The Mini P180 is hardly a small case (I have one) - I have full ATX cases in work that are smaller!
If you want something small you can get away with going Mini ITX, but Micro ATX will probably give you less hassles.
When you say "a splash of gaming" how much is a "splash" and what games are you playing? Graphics card is going to be the deciding factor here on budget and case, and from that all other components will follow.
If you want something small you can get away with going Mini ITX, but Micro ATX will probably give you less hassles.
When you say "a splash of gaming" how much is a "splash" and what games are you playing? Graphics card is going to be the deciding factor here on budget and case, and from that all other components will follow.