Ok so i don't know what to choose

R

Raptor

Enthusiast
PC Or a Laptop
I don't have a lot of place to put a desktop computer in my room and i would have to have a built in wireless in it as well
So i'm not sure
Do you think this would be a good build or not? was looking for a silent pc

PC config


Case
COOLERMASTER SILEO 500 QUIET MID TOWER CASE

Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5-2500S Quad Core (2.7GHz, 6MB Cache) + HD Graphics

Motherboard
ASUS® P8H61-M LE/USB3 (NEW REV 3.0): M-ATX, USB 3.0, SATA 3.0Gb/s

Memory (RAM)
8GB SAMSUNG DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 4GB)

Graphics Card
1GB AMD RADEON™ HD6770 - DVI,HDMI,VGA - DX® 11

Memory - 1st Hard Disk
1TB SATA-II 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 32MB CACHE (7,200rpm)

1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM

Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT

Power Supply
450W Quiet 80 PLUS Dual Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£29)

Processor Cooling
SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE INTEL CPU COOLER (£19)

Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)

Network Facilities
GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps PCI-E CARD (£16)

USB Options
4 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD

Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)

Office Software
FREE Microsoft® Office Starter 2010 (Limited functionality Word & Excel)

Anti-Virus
BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL

Monitor
IIYAMA E2273HDS 22" LED WIDESCREEN, HDMI/DVI-D 1920x1080 (£139)

DVI-D & HDMI Monitor Cables
1 x 2 METRE GOLD PLATED V1.4 HDMI CABLE (£8)

Keyboard & Mouse
LOGITECH® MK250 WIRELESS KEYBOARD & MOUSE COMBO (£21)



£860


Or


Chassis & Display
Optimus II: 15.6" Glossy Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080)

Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-2670QM (2.20GHz) 6MB

Memory (RAM)
8GB SAMSUNG 1333MHz SODIMM DDR3 MEMORY (2 x 4GB)

Graphics Card
nVIDIA® GeForce® GT 555M - 2GB DDR3 Video RAM - DirectX® 11

Memory - Hard Disk
500GB SEAGATE MOMENTUS XT HYBRID, SATA 3 Gb/s, 32MB CACHE (7200 rpm)

DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
8x SATA DVD±R/RW/Dual Layer (+ 24x CD-RW)

Memory Card Reader
Internal 9 in 1 Card Reader (MMC/RSMMC/SD: Mini, XC & HC/MS: Pro & Duo)

Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND (£9)

Sound Card
Intel 2 Channel High Definition Audio + MIC/Headphone Jack

Bluetooth & Wireless
GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS INTEL® ADVANCED-N 6230 (300Mbps) + BLUETOOTH

USB Options
2 x USB 3.0 PORTS + 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS AS STANDARD


£836
 
G

grizzlybear

Bronze Level Poster
It all depends on whether you want the portability of a laptop i'd say and if its just space thats the issue you could look at the mini pc's
 
R

Raptor

Enthusiast
i did look at the mini pc's but configuring them is a ******* like: this card is too small for this case
there's not enough space in this case
this case doesnt support this
and i'm like: WHY YOU LET ME CHOOSE THIS IF IT WONT WORK ON IT ROARRR
just a lot of frustration
 
Music Guy123

Music Guy123

Prolific Poster
I have absolutely no clue about mini pcs but I gave it a go!

Case
Thermaltake Armor A30 Mini-ITX Gaming Case + 450W PSU
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5-2400S Quad Core (2.5GHz, 6MB Cache) + HD Graphics
Motherboard
ASUS® P8H61-I: Mini-ITX, LG1155, USB 3.0, SATA 3GBs
Memory (RAM)
8GB SAMSUNG DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 4GB)
Graphics Card
1GB AMD RADEON™ HD6850 - 2 DVI,HDMI, DP - DX® 11, Eyefinity 3 Capable
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
750GB WD SCORPIO BLACK WD7500BPKT, SATA 3 Gb/s, 16MB CACHE (7200 rpm)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 10 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs
USB Options
2 x USB 3.0 PORTS + 4 x USB 2.0 PORTS AS STANDARD
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Monitor
IIYAMA E2273HDS 22" LED WIDESCREEN, HDMI/DVI-D 1920x1080 (£139)
Keyboard & Mouse
LOGITECH® MK250 WIRELESS KEYBOARD & MOUSE COMBO (£21)
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 10 to 12 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £849.00 including VAT and delivery.

Configure Here: http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/computers/intel-top-spec-mini-pc/
 
R

Raptor

Enthusiast
Thanks music guy
you're quite helpful :]
but today i literally threw away everything out of my room that i don't need
just to make some space for the desktop


So this is what i came up with though i'm still waiting for the new laptops to see how they compare with

Case
COOLERMASTER SILEO 500 QUIET MID TOWER CASE

Processor (CPU)
AMD BULLDOZER QUAD CORE FX-4100 (3.60GHz/6MB CACHE/AM3)
Free Item
Free Item
FREE DIRT3 GAME with any AMD FX Processor!

Motherboard
ASUS® M5A97: AM3+ PLATFORM, DUAL DDR3, SATA 6.0GB/s, USB 3.0

Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (2 x 4GB KIT)

Graphics Card
1GB AMD RADEON™ HD6850 - 2 DVI,HDMI, DP - DX® 11, Eyefinity 3 Capable

Memory - 1st Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR GREEN WD10EARX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE

1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM

Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT

Power Supply
450W Quiet 80 PLUS Dual Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£29)

Processor Cooling
SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE AMD CPU COOLER (£19)

Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)

Network Facilities
GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps PCI-E CARD (£16)

USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD

Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)

Office Software
FREE Microsoft® Office Starter 2010 (Limited functionality Word & Excel)

Anti-Virus
BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL

Monitor
IIYAMA E2273HDS 22" LED WIDESCREEN, HDMI/DVI-D 1920x1080 (£139)

DVI-D & HDMI Monitor Cables
1 x 2 METRE GOLD PLATED V1.4 HDMI CABLE (£8)

Keyboard & Mouse
LOGITECH® MK250 WIRELESS KEYBOARD & MOUSE COMBO (£21)

£852.00
 
Music Guy123

Music Guy123

Prolific Poster
Looks good. I'd drop the ram. Also, for the primary hdd, I would get a seagate barracuda. Caviar greens are great storage drives but not built for booting. You don't need the hdmi cable. The monitor will come with a dvi cable. Finally, have you considered home plugs? With the saved money, do you think you could upgrade the psu enough to add another gpu later?
 
R

Raptor

Enthusiast
Isn't HDMI > DVI ??? for visual properties
well my max goal was £800 :p
And what are homeplugs?
If by speakers/headphones
I have some speakers and turtle beach surround sound headphones
 
R

Raptor

Enthusiast
Nvm i was doing some reading up and
HDMI = DVI
Does the screen come with a sound cable or should i just plug my
personal speakers straight into the desktop
 
vanthus

vanthus

Member Resting in Peace
The monitor should come supplied with an audio cable to use along with the DVI
connection if you want to use the monitor speakers.
Monitor speakers are not that great though so I would use your normal speakers.
 
R

Raptor

Enthusiast
Well that settles it :]
thanks
so i downgraded my ram to 8GB 1333 instead of 8GB 1600
and removed the HDMI cable
and by the time i'm buying this i'll think about adding dual band wireless
instead of normal one

does anyone know if it's worth it ?

Since i'll be upstairs in the last room while the wireless will be downstairs in the first room
 
Music Guy123

Music Guy123

Prolific Poster
I would still recommend homeplugs, they basically make the connection wired, they send the connection through your house's main electricity. google them, you can find out. PCS sell some good ones, don't forget you need two though!
 
R

Raptor

Enthusiast
EXcuse me .... but what? i'm confused about the homeplugs O-o i may let you know-
I'm partly blond so o.o yeah...
as far as i understand they're socket devices that you plug in in your socket device and they provide wireless internet? if i am right
howwwwwwww does thaaaaaaaaaaaaat worrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrk o.o
plus i already have a wireless router downstairs so wouldn't they affect the speed in general ?
 
Music Guy123

Music Guy123

Prolific Poster
Ok, they plug into a wall socket (they don't work well on extensions). They take an ethernet lead from your router to the back of the plug. They then send the internet into the wall socket so that it can be retrieved from any wall socket around the house as long as it is on the same fuse box. You then plug the other into another wall socket and an ethernet from the plug into your pc. I hope that makes a little more sense. There is no wireless involved. It basically sends the internet around the mains. The advantage is that it makes the connection more reliable and often faster.
 
R

Raptor

Enthusiast
oh
and let's say more sockets were connected that would understandably cut the internet speed?
let's say 2 computers are connected to two sockets
thus the speed would be 2 times slower
right?
 
Music Guy123

Music Guy123

Prolific Poster
2 computers connected to two sockets, you mean you are using two PCs so in total 3 homeplugs, 1 for the router, 1 for each pc right? It will be like having the two PCs connected to the internet anyway, you have a set bandwidth, two PCs will have to divide it if that makes sense.
 
R

Raptor

Enthusiast
and thing is
my room has only 1 socket...
:\ so i'd be quite screwed since i use extension lead from it
 
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