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I've linked my PCPartPicker build below and my plan is to go with this build and then in a few months upgrade the CPU to an i5-6600k, 1 more 8GB stick of RAM and a better GPU, eg. 1070. Let me know what you think, thanks! PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor (£64.95 @ Amazon UK) Motherboard: Asus Z170-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£131.99 @ Amazon UK) Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory (£59.41 @ Amazon UK) Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB ACX 2.0 Video Card (£149.99 @ Amazon UK) Case: Cooler Master MasterBox 5 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case (£53.60 @ Amazon UK) Power Supply: SeaSonic G 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£78.70 @ Amazon UK) Total: £538.64 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-02-05 19:06 GMT+0000

If overclocking is not available on the board then there is no point going for a K-series Intel Chip?

This budget build requires me to basically build a whole brand new computer rather than switching and adding new parts down the line. 450W may be able to run a 1070 but for overclocking the i7-6700K down the line, I would definitely need a little more headroom right? I wouldn't want to worry about PSU failure...

I see where you are coming from, just like Skylake and Kaby Lake boards. I will look into that, thanks for the suggestion!

Thanks for coming to help. It's been a long time since I've built my own computer. I sold it on because of money issues, had to get all the money we could to get by, and I've been buying second hand PC's every since. I've had a few close calls with going to buy new parts but it never happened. I've always had a passion for computers and can't wait to build another new PC. Luckily the time has come! I started researching and planning my build a few weeks back and planned a really nice mid-range build, but the price is the only drawback of course. Was working out about €800/900 when you convert pounds to euros and include shipping (I am located in Ireland but I usually buy from Amazon UK). But when I stumbled across the Pentium G4560, I thought that I could used that as a starting point and upgrade as time goes by rather than buying it all at the one go, that way I have my own new computer and will have the sense/feeling of knowing that I can still make it better and better, which I like. Below you will find the builds, one being the expensive build (END_POINT) and the other being the budget build (START_POINT). I will talk through each part and my intentions. Please don't hesitate to suggest other start points, for example, getting a better CPU and cheaper graphics card. Side note: I have a sufficient SSD already. So here we go: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Expensive Build (END_POINT) - Better to see the end point first to help with what I will talk about in the budget build choices! All suggestions on the future build are completely welcome. PCPartPicker part list: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/VscTNN CPU: Intel Core i5-7600K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor (£228.00 @ Amazon UK) CPU Cooler: Corsair H60 54.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£75.46 @ Amazon UK) Motherboard: ASRock Z170 Pro4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£91.31 @ Amazon UK) Memory: Kingston FURY 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (£59.99 @ Amazon UK) Memory: Kingston FURY 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (£59.99 @ Amazon UK) Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB SC GAMING Video Card (£259.98 @ Amazon UK) Case: Cooler Master MasterBox 5 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£57.99 @ Amazon UK) Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£69.95 @ Amazon UK) Total: £902.67 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Budget Build (START_POINT) PCPartPicker part list: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/LyDxtJ CPU: Intel Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor (£64.95 @ Amazon UK) - Like mentioned above the G4560 Dual-Core with hyper-threading I can't see why this is not a good start point. Motherboard: ASRock Z170 Pro4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£91.31 @ Amazon UK) - The motherboard is a tough decision, I am not entirely sure what the "best choice" is when it comes to motherboards, usually go by reviews (Would love an MSI board). But the way I looked at this was the motherboard is probably the last thing I want to be swapping around in a computer, so I may as well go for the Z170 Board right off so that the i5-6600K will overclock with that chipset. Memory: Kingston FURY 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (£59.99 @ Amazon UK) - Kingston, reviews are extremely good, was considering the Corsair LPX also, suggestions welcome here. Wasn't sure whether to go 1x8GB and just add another 1x8GB later on. Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB Mini Video Card (£139.98 @ Amazon UK) - Another great budget card, completely outperforms the RX 460 in terms of price for performance. Good starting point I think. Case: Cooler Master MasterBox 5 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£57.99 @ Amazon UK) - Case is always another difficult one for me, because of course people don't want a case that looks awesome but feels very cheap. I just know I definitely want a Window and support for 3.0 (Which is surely standard these days). Would definitely love some suggestions on this but this is the start point, so it needs to be well within budget and I thought that this was really nice for a start point. Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£69.95 @ Amazon UK) - Seasonic seem to be the superior PSU brand. Would love a modular PSU and I'm hoping that this 620W with Bronze efficiency will be okay for overclocking the i5-7600K down the line.... Total: £484.17 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Computer Uses: Important I Guess! - Dual Booting Windows and Linux - Gaming, mostly light but don't want to be restricted later on down the line with the end build. - A lot of development, Android Studio... Virtual Devices galore, Visual Studio, Java GUI work.... - Like the occasional streaming session on twitch and recording of course. Like keeping them funny moments for myself to watch later. - Working with Sony Vegas and the Adobe Suite. - General stuff too of course! So that's all folks. I'm confident I mentioned as much as possible to help ye out with what I'm looking for. If there is anything else please comment and I will comment back! Thanks a million for your time.

So I just received this semesters Java Project requirements and wanted to come on here to get a few ideas! You will find all requirements listed below! PLEASE NOTE: I plainly just want some cool ideas of what I could do for this project. I do not want help to make the idea, I just want to get a few ideas of what I could do. Thanks in advance for anybody who takes the time to throw a few ideas at me Project Specification (minimum requirements): · At least three classes required (at least 2 of which are instantiable) · At least one of the classes is a GUI class, having a menu system plus at least three other ‘J’ components · Each instantiable class should model a different aspect of a system (for example a Book and a Student, as part of a Library system). · The application should contain a ‘substantial’ processing element (an algorithm for doing something!). At a minimum, your system should allow the user to process at least one transaction involving an object from each class (eg process the return of a particular Book by a particular Student). · Demonstrate superclass/subclass inheritance and/or composition/aggregation · System should allow you to add, display and hold in memory in an appropriate data structure (yet to be covered) instances of each instantiable class, · Save the data structure to file (yet to be covered) and load it up again. · At least one class should be fully commented with Javadoc comments · The evolution of the project must be clearly demonstrated. Using git/github as a version control system is mandatory. Note: Classes used as examples in class or featuring on lab sheets are not acceptable but can be used to form the basis of your classes. Each student should choose a different topic. All choices subject to lecturer approval. Documentation to be handed in: Requirement Specification (word), more than one paragraph, less than one page Class diagrams for all classes (word), done up in Visio Outline VOPC diagram for the GUI application (word) Program code (.java) Javadoc output for the javadoc commented class Printout of github logs You will also be asked to give a quick demonstration of your working project on the week beginning 5th December, No demo = no marks. As part of your demonstration you will be asked about your code. Indicative marking scheme: Projects will be graded using the following criteria: · Scope/Complexity- safe, narrow, broad. (30%) · Code features (classes, methods, structure choices, inheritance/composition, going beyond what we have covered) (30%) · Quality of code (e.g. naming conventions, comments, indentation, methods, usability) (10%) · Presentation (functioning, usability, design) (15 %) Documentation (15%) Project Specification (minimum requirements unless agreed with Lecturer): · At least three classes required (at least 2 of which are instantiable) · At least one of the classes is a GUI class, having a menu system plus at least three other ‘J’ components · Each instantiable class should model a different aspect of a system (for example a Book and a Student, as part of a Library system). · The application should contain a ‘substantial’ processing element (an algorithm for doing something!). At a minimum, your system should allow the user to process at least one transaction involving an object from each class (eg process the return of a particular Book by a particular Student). · Demonstrate superclass/subclass inheritance and/or composition/aggregation · System should allow you to add, display and hold in memory in an appropriate data structure (yet to be covered) instances of each instantiable class, · Save the data structure to file (yet to be covered) and load it up again. · At least one class should be fully commented with Javadoc comments · The evolution of the project must be clearly demonstrated. Using git/github as a version control system is mandatory. Documentation to be handed in: Requirement Specification (word), more than one paragraph, less than one page Class diagrams for all classes (word), done up in Visio Outline VOPC diagram for the GUI application (word) Program code (.java) Javadoc output for the javadoc commented class Printout of github logs Indicative marking scheme: Projects will be graded using the following criteria: · Scope/Complexity- safe, narrow, broad. (30%) · Code features (classes, methods, structure choices, inheritance/composition, going beyond what we have covered) (30%) · Quality of code (e.g. naming conventions, comments, indentation, methods, usability) (10%) · Presentation (functioning, usability, design) (15 %) Documentation (15%)

I like this a lot. Although the case is really pricey! I remember seeing that case somewhere before actually. Other than that as I said, I really like it a lot. How much would that cable kit cost?

I really like this parts list. Seems like a hassle free choice. Will add it to my saved parts list for keeps. Although, if you were to go with a cheaper case without handles, what would you change the parts list to then?

A lot of good parts in there and I would love to have that as an option but it definitely falls about €300/400 above my budget. The prices in Europe are pretty crazy. I like the everything except the CPU cooler seems to be a bit overkill and the case ATX so definitely too big.

Firstly, nice case!! Heard good things of them before. I again will ask, how come people seem to be going for the i7-6700 over the i5-6600K? I always thought it was more recommended, I might be wrong.

I always thought that Linus said an i5-6600K is what he recommended? I really like the build and a lot of real quality parts there. Also noticed a single DIMM of 16GB RAM, would that be for future upgrades? Would really like an SSD in the build also.

Firstly, again that case really looks awesome!! It's a tad bit cheaper than the Corsair Air 240 but still pretty expensive! I was thinking of modular cables purely because white cabling matching a white color scheme would look pretty cool in my opinion. In regards to Zen, heard of it but don't know much about it, shouldn't make much of a price difference later on though? Depends on what kind of performance they have I suppose?

I completely understand what you are saying. Again this is my fault for not being specific enough. I really only program and game and when I game it's always on multiplayer with low graphics only, I like keeping the FPS max as possible so I'm thinking that any game released within the next 5 years should be good to run on a computer now with low settings. Programming is programming, doesn't need much power really. Make all the concessions you need

Ya price difference is pretty big in different continents. You can for sure go ahead and link me to a build purely for idea purposes and prices, sites can be worked around later!

Ya just looking through the different prices in the UK for it now, seems a little bit too expensive unfortunately!

Man that case looks pretty sick. I will be keeping it in mind!! Never heard of it so thanks very much for that!

I get what your saying. What I kind of meant by that is for example, instead of a Corsair H60, you could chose a Corsair H55.

It's no problem, take all the time you need.

Hi All, So this will probably be my most detailed and most important post which I will post on here, ever. I feel like now is around a good time to be planning my most powerful and most expensive build which I will do since there is a lot of new GPU tech out recently which should last people a long time. I won't squish everything into one paragraph because it will scare people away so I will make this as eye/user-friendly as possible. Budget: €800-€1000 (Different variations from cheapest to max budget would be nice) My Location: Ireland (I don't mind paying for shipping once it's from the same company and they ship to Ireland) General System Requirements Needs to last me the next 5/6/7 years. I want all new parts, this computer will be looked after like a child and I do plan on keeping it for a long time to come. Would love a clean white build. Not sure if to go all white with all white LED's or have a hint of another color, which the GPU will probably have a color accent other than white anyway but if anyone has some cool ideas based on their part suggestions, please let me know! I want to look at this computer in 5 years time and still go say to myself; "F**k yeah, this is my PC". The build needs to be portable, I travel way too much than I like and would love to be able to carry this baby with me everywhere, ITX sounds like the way to go but if an M-ATX would be in a compact enough case, I think it would also be fine. Ssssssshhhhhhh, I love quietness, I don't want a helicopter <3 I prefer part quality over aesthetics so please don't put in a €100 case to the build. Keep the extra money where it needs to be. Part Requirements Motherboard will completely depend on whether you think ITX or M-ATX. Of course a Z motherboard if a K-series chip. Would love a fully modular PSU, custom-sleeved cables to match a color scheme. If going with overclocking, would love some water cooling. Storage is not a huge concern. 2TB would be plenty plus an SSD, 240GB would get me by. I mostly work on programming so files are not huge at all, few games installed, movies etc. This is a huge investment for me, I love computers, I use them 24/7 since my main job is computer related. It's also a huge amount of money for me BUT I do not plan on building this computer until Summer 2017, probably around July as I'll have some extra cash by then after the load that will be spent for XMAS >.< As always, please please know I am thankful for every reply I get and please when suggesting parts, explain why, as it's a good thing to understand why a part is being chosen over another <3

So go with the Dell and all will be good?

I also prefer Dell but was just considering the Toshiba one purely based on the SSD option. Would the performance be adequate enough do you think?

I already have a main Gaming PC but am looking to buy a new Laptop for college to do Programming and Visual Studio on the go. How would this laptop spec do for the price point? Dell latitude E632013.3" screen 3g Ready (Sim Card)6GB Ram 650GB HDD Intel i5-2520MWindows 7 ProMini Hdmi 2 hrs battery Charger Webcam Bluetooth Dvd drive WiFiIn good condition Has a few marks around screen bezel but overall condition is good Link Here - http://www.adverts.ie/laptops/dell-latitude-3g-ready-650-gb-hdd-i5/11581878?notification=b0c77114d9797f2c936af018de97070a-1477652489#comment_76902887 There was one more laptop I was looking at for the same price which is a Toshiba equivalent with 4GB Ram and 256GB SSD.... Link Here - http://www.adverts.ie/laptops/sale-toshiba-tecra-r850-119/11484218?notification=92e8b0d261b7303cfb35833cd0f89b81-1477602885#comment_76885879 Any opinions appreciated! Thanks!

Which of these keyboards would you recommend? And why would you choose it over the other? I've linked the choices below Thanks! Cherry - https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0041KJKAG/ref=ox_sc_act_image_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE Coolermaster - https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00BTWZDNC/ref=ox_sc_act_image_2?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A2OAJ7377F756P Looking for a cherry MX blue keyboard under £70.

Thinking of going for cherry blue now.... Any recommendations?

I'm on the search for a Cherry MX keyboard to use for programming and to bring to college with me, so the keyboard having a numpad is not necessary at all. I'm living in Ireland so buying from Amazon UK. I've narrowed down a few choices which I've listed below. £75 is my max budget. 1. Gigabyte Force K83 - https://goo.gl/vkOB41 2. Qpad MK-80 Pro (Nice ergonomic wrist wrest) - https://goo.gl/CPRqxD 3. Gigabyte Force K85 - https://goo.gl/T02NHr 4. Corsair Vengeance K65 - https://goo.gl/QJIwgH Thanks for the help !!