JTM Posted October 21, 2010 Report Share Posted October 21, 2010 Right I have £400 to spend Already have: Logitech wireles keyboard and mouse HP 24in monitor running 1920x1080 300gb HDD My g/f is buying me a SSD for xmas, so take that into account. It will be used as the boot drive. Will be running 64bit 7 Ultimate I use it for surfing the net, watching HD video etc and I may, once in a blue moon play half life 2 or the likes, but I have a PS3 for gaming really. I just like a really "snappy" feeling PC and I also like SFF cases like shuttles etc, but Im a bit lost when speccing that type of machine. I dont mind bigger cases either though. Im not a storage demon at all, so the 300gb HDD I already have will do me fine. Feel confident to put it together myself, as long as everything is guaranteed to work together. Also like having a card reader, but wouldnt be the end of the world If I didnt. Would like HDMI and DVI out on the graphics front. Not bothered in the slightest about 2nd hand stuff if it gets me a better PC. Any help would be appreciated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manuel Posted October 21, 2010 Report Share Posted October 21, 2010 its all about i7 and the overclock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forteh Posted October 22, 2010 Report Share Posted October 22, 2010 (edited) I can really recommend the core i3, cheap and can be overclocked to stupendous speeds. Its a hyperthreading dual core so 2 physical and 4 virtual cores, my machine is mainly for gaming and it plays just about any game out there without a hitch. With my gtx260 216 core, HL2 runs 200+fps at 1600x1200 all details maxed. Probably wont fit into a shuttle case (not sure on the form factors) but its silly quick, Ive got the 4.05ghz clocked version and its damn good http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-035-OB&groupid=43&catid=339&subcat= IMHO, unless youre using quad core optimised software then is pretty pointless spending the extra when you dont need to. edit: looks like this fits a shuttle perhaps? http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-180-OK&groupid=43&catid=339&subcat= Edited October 22, 2010 by forteh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.