New PC Build, Am I Making The Right Decision?
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New PC Build, Am I Making The Right Decision?
17-11-2015 12:15 AM
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Pentium G3460 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor (£50.99)
Motherboard: Asus H81I-PLUS Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard (£52.38 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Patriot Signature 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£29.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (Purchased For £36.00)
Video Card: Asus Radeon HD 6670 2GB Video Card (Purchased For £69.99)
Case: Silverstone Sugo SG13B-Q Mini ITX Tower Case (£39.50 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£39.34 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £318.19
The GPU and HDD I already had lying around from a previous build. I plan on installing Ubuntu 14.10 on the HDD (or SSD) as it will be used for document creation and surfing the web. Is there anything I need to know before I go ahead with my plans?
Re: New PC Build, Am I Making The Right Decision?
17-11-2015 9:29 AM
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17-11-2015 9:51 AM
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17-11-2015 10:10 AM
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However for a Linux based machine that will do everything you need and may well be OK for CSGO however you may like to consider the advantages of a quad core AMD at about the same price even though I am not sure there are any as I am not an expert on that game
One thing you might like to consider is replacing the standard Intel cooler with a much quieter one
Just to add - if you can drop the requirement for CSGO you could build it without the graphics card and use the onboard graphics and drop the memory down to 4GB at max as well as cutting the heat generated which may be a problem given the limited cooling in that case
Also note that you need to add a 120mm case fan to your list as the case doesn't come with one
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17-11-2015 10:15 AM
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17-11-2015 10:19 AM
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17-11-2015 11:55 AM
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17-11-2015 12:00 PM
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17-11-2015 12:24 PM
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Also i would say the PSU is vastly underrated as its one of the most important pieces of hardware you need to buy
samsung 850evo 250gig , WD black 2 TB . Asus Phoebus sound ,
16 gig Avexir ram 2400 , water cooling Corsair H100i gtx ,
Corsair 750HXI Psu , Phanteks Enthoo pro case .
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17-11-2015 3:06 PM
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17-11-2015 9:05 PM
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I'm rarely able to achieve 2GB.
Have you considered an AMD CPU - I find that they are generally cheaper...
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Re: New PC Build, Am I Making The Right Decision?
18-11-2015 7:48 AM
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18-11-2015 10:24 AM
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which will leave you with a much better graphics capability from your all in one device whilst letting you sell the old gpu and still being able ot play csgo at max settings, on top of saving you about £40 in the build
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18-11-2015 10:44 AM
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18-11-2015 10:57 AM
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