hi guys iv built a few computers in the past but due to budget have always stuk with AMD (upgrading from the x3 720be) im selling my current machine to my mate for £300 and am looking for a new build.
new build i want to be intel and probably the ivybridge 3450 for about £150....as im not going to be overclocking my CPU i was gong to stick to the stock cooler to save some money for now!? i was using a coolermaster hyper 212 which is being sold with my machine.....may have to look out for another flash one in future
My big question is motherboard, in the past iv gone for old tech and cheap so this time round i want to spend £100 max and get a decent upto date board. ideally id prefer to spend a max of 80 on a mobo but i dont think i can get a decent upto date board for that.....
couple of choices; AsRock Z77 Pro 4 or for a couple extra quid (literally) i can get the AsRock Z77 Extreme 4 M (looks lush and £25 cheaper than the ATX).........i know this limits me on extra PCI lanes but other than that do you forsee any issues using a micro atx board??
very much doubt ill instal a 3rd party sound card and i also doubt ill ever use cross fire or sli......unless someone can convince me that its better to spend my money on 2 crap cards rather than 1 good one lol
currently selling my old GPU in my machine to my mate (1gb hd 6850 msi cyclone) so will have to get a new GPU and im looking at the 2Gb HIS 7850 ICEQ card for £150 as i cant really afford the £186 EVGA GTX 660 OC.....
ill also buy 8gb ddr 3 ram - probably £50 on the Crucial Ballistix Ellite (as they look so dam sexy and iv wanted to buy ballistix for about 8 years since my first build lol. i could save £9 and buy the Patriot Viper Xtreme ram (used patriot for years) but they have slightly higher latencys
as for the rest i have a 24" samsung hd monitor, a 256Gb Samsung 830 SSD, i will reuse my 1Tb samsung spinpoint HD and my 750W OCZ power supply (getting smaller ones for my mate) getting a case from a chap at work, the Fractal design R3 usb 3.
i use my computer for every day bullshit, internet, vids but mainly gaming, bf3 baby, skyrom, fallout, total war, etc etc.....dont really do vid editing or photoshop etc....
dont have a budget as such just as little as possible lol
any suggestions would be appreciated
new build i want to be intel and probably the ivybridge 3450 for about £150....as im not going to be overclocking my CPU i was gong to stick to the stock cooler to save some money for now!? i was using a coolermaster hyper 212 which is being sold with my machine.....may have to look out for another flash one in future
My big question is motherboard, in the past iv gone for old tech and cheap so this time round i want to spend £100 max and get a decent upto date board. ideally id prefer to spend a max of 80 on a mobo but i dont think i can get a decent upto date board for that.....
couple of choices; AsRock Z77 Pro 4 or for a couple extra quid (literally) i can get the AsRock Z77 Extreme 4 M (looks lush and £25 cheaper than the ATX).........i know this limits me on extra PCI lanes but other than that do you forsee any issues using a micro atx board??
very much doubt ill instal a 3rd party sound card and i also doubt ill ever use cross fire or sli......unless someone can convince me that its better to spend my money on 2 crap cards rather than 1 good one lol
currently selling my old GPU in my machine to my mate (1gb hd 6850 msi cyclone) so will have to get a new GPU and im looking at the 2Gb HIS 7850 ICEQ card for £150 as i cant really afford the £186 EVGA GTX 660 OC.....
ill also buy 8gb ddr 3 ram - probably £50 on the Crucial Ballistix Ellite (as they look so dam sexy and iv wanted to buy ballistix for about 8 years since my first build lol. i could save £9 and buy the Patriot Viper Xtreme ram (used patriot for years) but they have slightly higher latencys
as for the rest i have a 24" samsung hd monitor, a 256Gb Samsung 830 SSD, i will reuse my 1Tb samsung spinpoint HD and my 750W OCZ power supply (getting smaller ones for my mate) getting a case from a chap at work, the Fractal design R3 usb 3.
i use my computer for every day bullshit, internet, vids but mainly gaming, bf3 baby, skyrom, fallout, total war, etc etc.....dont really do vid editing or photoshop etc....
dont have a budget as such just as little as possible lol
any suggestions would be appreciated