- Jan 17, 2016
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Hi all, first time on these forums for a few years...
It's been almost 10 years since my last desktop build, so thought it time to build a new one.
Looking to buy this week with a budget of £1,000, and will need to replace everything except for case, mouse and keyboard. I've got an Antec P180 case which I love, though may replace the keyboard and mouse if in budget.
It's going to be a general use PC, so want to be able to use it for quite a variety of things, home media, some office work, a little bit of gaming, some basic photoshop & music production stuff, but nothing too intensive.
Produced the below spec so far after a bit of research, but there's still a few things I haven't picked yet, and interested to know of any better suggestions for the things i've already picked, and if they'll work well together. Bang for buck is of course prime, so wouldn't mind reducing cost on some of the things listed if better alternatives, though probably won't overclock, if so only slightly, and any element of future proofing for potential upgrading in future would be good where possible.
Thanks in advance!
Mobo: MSI Z170A PC Mate - £90.00
CPU: 5-6500 Skylake Processor (socket LGA1151) - £150.00
GPU: R9 380 4GB Card - £170.00
Case: Existing Antec P180 - £0.00
PSU: Seasonic S12G 650W Gold PSU - £90.00
RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 Memory
SSD: Samsung 500GB 850 EVO-Series Solid State Drive - £140.00
HDD: 1Hitachi Deskstar 2TB £65.00
DVD: ****
Monitor: ***27”+***
Keyboard: Existing £0.00
Mouse: Existing £0.00
Speakers: ***5.1 or 7.1 ***t
OS: Windows 10 Home OEM - £80.00
Estimated cost so far: £785.00 (excluding DVD, Monitor, Speakers)
It's been almost 10 years since my last desktop build, so thought it time to build a new one.
Looking to buy this week with a budget of £1,000, and will need to replace everything except for case, mouse and keyboard. I've got an Antec P180 case which I love, though may replace the keyboard and mouse if in budget.
It's going to be a general use PC, so want to be able to use it for quite a variety of things, home media, some office work, a little bit of gaming, some basic photoshop & music production stuff, but nothing too intensive.
Produced the below spec so far after a bit of research, but there's still a few things I haven't picked yet, and interested to know of any better suggestions for the things i've already picked, and if they'll work well together. Bang for buck is of course prime, so wouldn't mind reducing cost on some of the things listed if better alternatives, though probably won't overclock, if so only slightly, and any element of future proofing for potential upgrading in future would be good where possible.
Thanks in advance!
Mobo: MSI Z170A PC Mate - £90.00
CPU: 5-6500 Skylake Processor (socket LGA1151) - £150.00
GPU: R9 380 4GB Card - £170.00
Case: Existing Antec P180 - £0.00
PSU: Seasonic S12G 650W Gold PSU - £90.00
RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 Memory
SSD: Samsung 500GB 850 EVO-Series Solid State Drive - £140.00
HDD: 1Hitachi Deskstar 2TB £65.00
DVD: ****
Monitor: ***27”+***
Keyboard: Existing £0.00
Mouse: Existing £0.00
Speakers: ***5.1 or 7.1 ***t
OS: Windows 10 Home OEM - £80.00
Estimated cost so far: £785.00 (excluding DVD, Monitor, Speakers)
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