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- Norwich,Norfolk
- GTP_DaxCobra
Hi all.
So, after getting frustrated with the speed of my current PC, I've decided to bite the bullet and build my own gaming PC. The thing is, I am a Apprentice Electronics Engineer on £3.70 an hour, so I didn't really want to spend anything over £500.
I wanted about 8GB of Ram, a quad core processor, and a SSD drive.
A friend of mine (and a user of these forums, Sumo098) helped me devise a rough list of components that I wanted, based on my wants/needs.
I can see this going easily over £600...
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Updated 30/08/2013
Build Complete!
BUILD DIARY
Arrival of the Case - Corsair 300R
Motherboard fitted - ASRock Z77 Extreme 4. Is it normal to think a motherboard looks sexy?
CPU Installation... More PCornography.
Power Supply bought and installed. Cable routing looking neat...
Graphics Card in! Ram ordered. Almost there!
Budget build... Yeah right...
So, after getting frustrated with the speed of my current PC, I've decided to bite the bullet and build my own gaming PC. The thing is, I am a Apprentice Electronics Engineer on £3.70 an hour, so I didn't really want to spend anything over £500.
I wanted about 8GB of Ram, a quad core processor, and a SSD drive.
A friend of mine (and a user of these forums, Sumo098) helped me devise a rough list of components that I wanted, based on my wants/needs.
I can see this going easily over £600...
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Updated 30/08/2013
Build Complete!
- Corsair 300R - £62
- ASRock Z77 Extreme4 - £103
- Seagate Barricuda 1TB - £49
- Kingston 60GB SSD - £49
- Intel Core i5-3470 3.2Ghz - £151
- Corsair CX750M - £80
- Asus GTX 670 GPU - £214
- Corsair Vengeance 8GB 1866MHZ RAM - £67
Total: £776
BUILD DIARY
Arrival of the Case - Corsair 300R
Motherboard fitted - ASRock Z77 Extreme 4. Is it normal to think a motherboard looks sexy?
CPU Installation... More PCornography.
Power Supply bought and installed. Cable routing looking neat...
Graphics Card in! Ram ordered. Almost there!
Budget build... Yeah right...
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