This PC will be one for the parents, they've finally decided that their 9 year old dell can now be confined to the dustbins of history. Thank goodness!
Obviously the main use will be the usual parent like stuff, emails, shopping etc so it doesn't have to be mega-powerful. Equally though, it would be useful to have another PC for LAN parties etc ^^
I've based this PC build on the one seen in Custom PCs issue 103 (April) called "Build an HD Skyrim gaming rig for £350." Some of the parts I've changed slightly simply because Scan doesn't have them in stock and apparently will take weeks before they restock.
If anyone has any useful comments on the build, anything I should change etc I would really appreciate before I go ahead and order in the next couple of days:
Case http://www.scan.co.uk/products/asus-ta-8g1-black-silver-mid-tower-case-w-o-psu
PSU http://www.scan.co.uk/products/500w...pj3-it-70-eff-uncertified-eps-12v-fan-atx-v23
Motherboard http://www.scan.co.uk/products/giga...-ii-3gb-s-pcie-30-(x16)-d-sub-dvi-d-micro-atx
RAM http://www.scan.co.uk/products/4gb-...6-(1333)-non-ecc-unbuffered-cas-9-9-9-24-150v
CPU http://www.scan.co.uk/products/intel-pentium-g620-s-1155-dual-core-260ghz-3mb-smart-cache-65w-retail
CPU Cooler http://www.scan.co.uk/products/arct...1156-1366-am3-am2plus-am2-939-up-to-130-watts
GPU http://www.scan.co.uk/products/1gb-...000mhz-gddr5-gpu-790mhz-960-stream-processors
HDD http://www.scan.co.uk/products/500g...0c-0f10381-sata-3gb-s-7200rpm-16mb-cache-85ms
Disc Drive http://www.scan.co.uk/products/500g...0c-0f10381-sata-3gb-s-7200rpm-16mb-cache-85ms
The graphics card may seem a bit OP, but I would like to be able to have BF3 and a few other reasonably modern games on it.
Also, I'll just be using the old keyboard, mice etc and the 17" dell monitor we have.
Total cost (Inc VAT): £347.71
Thanks in advance for any help
Obviously the main use will be the usual parent like stuff, emails, shopping etc so it doesn't have to be mega-powerful. Equally though, it would be useful to have another PC for LAN parties etc ^^
I've based this PC build on the one seen in Custom PCs issue 103 (April) called "Build an HD Skyrim gaming rig for £350." Some of the parts I've changed slightly simply because Scan doesn't have them in stock and apparently will take weeks before they restock.
If anyone has any useful comments on the build, anything I should change etc I would really appreciate before I go ahead and order in the next couple of days:
Case http://www.scan.co.uk/products/asus-ta-8g1-black-silver-mid-tower-case-w-o-psu
PSU http://www.scan.co.uk/products/500w...pj3-it-70-eff-uncertified-eps-12v-fan-atx-v23
Motherboard http://www.scan.co.uk/products/giga...-ii-3gb-s-pcie-30-(x16)-d-sub-dvi-d-micro-atx
RAM http://www.scan.co.uk/products/4gb-...6-(1333)-non-ecc-unbuffered-cas-9-9-9-24-150v
CPU http://www.scan.co.uk/products/intel-pentium-g620-s-1155-dual-core-260ghz-3mb-smart-cache-65w-retail
CPU Cooler http://www.scan.co.uk/products/arct...1156-1366-am3-am2plus-am2-939-up-to-130-watts
GPU http://www.scan.co.uk/products/1gb-...000mhz-gddr5-gpu-790mhz-960-stream-processors
HDD http://www.scan.co.uk/products/500g...0c-0f10381-sata-3gb-s-7200rpm-16mb-cache-85ms
Disc Drive http://www.scan.co.uk/products/500g...0c-0f10381-sata-3gb-s-7200rpm-16mb-cache-85ms
The graphics card may seem a bit OP, but I would like to be able to have BF3 and a few other reasonably modern games on it.
Also, I'll just be using the old keyboard, mice etc and the 17" dell monitor we have.
Total cost (Inc VAT): £347.71
Thanks in advance for any help