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So i'm going to college soon and my college course requires a PC/Laptop with decent performance capabilities since the ones they provide can basically run Word and that's it (90% of them are on VISTA!)

I'm going to do Computer Science A level and hopefully further. Please help me design a build for around with at lease 16gb of ram an SSD for OS and at least 2TB HDD for £700 minus and in a case around the size of an XB1. I have a spare win10 key lying around so the OS does not have to be included in the budget!

PS: I would prefer a laptop for its portability and because it already has a screen and keyboard which are not factored in to the above mentioned budget so if you could suggest a laptop sub-£900 that would be the best!

 

 

Thank you for any help given as I am rather busy with the exams/ Mocks and course work at the moment and don't have much time to do it myself.

 

-Scrub

 

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8 minutes ago, TheUncannyScrub said:

So i'm going to college soon and my college course requires a PC/Laptop with decent performance capabilities since the ones they provide can basically run Word and that's it (90% of them are on VISTA!)

I'm going to do Computer Science A level and hopefully further. Please help me design a build for around with at lease 16gb of ram an SSD for OS and at least 2TB HDD for £700 minus and in a case around the size of an XB1. I have a spare win10 key lying around so the OS does not have to be included in the budget!

PS: I would prefer a laptop for its portability and because it already has a screen and keyboard which are not factored in to the above mentioned budget so if you could suggest a laptop sub-£900 that would be the best!

 

 

Thank you for any help given as I am rather busy with the exams/ Mocks and course work at the moment and don't have much time to do it myself.

 

-Scrub

 

do you want us to make a pc build and find a laptop? also do plan on doing any gaming?

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2 minutes ago, Legolessed said:

do you want us to make a pc build and find a laptop? also do plan on doing any gaming?

I honestly was just hoping for either a link to somewhere or a PCpartpicker list and yes for gaming but nothing to serious but running something like GTA V above 30 fps on decent graphics would be a nice sort of thing to aim for!

Thanks

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1 minute ago, TheUncannyScrub said:

I honestly was just hoping for either a link to somewhere or a PCpartpicker list and yes for gaming but nothing to serious but running something like GTA V above 30 fps on decent graphics would be a nice sort of thing to aim for!

Thanks

ok so you want a pc build. thanks for the clarification

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Just now, Legolessed said:

ok so you want a pc build. thanks for the clarification

No problem, im a little new here to the forums

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Just use an Intel NUC kit.

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16856102143&nm_mc=OTC-Iceleads&cm_mmc=OTC-Iceleads-_-Intel-_-Barebone+Systems+-+Mini+/+Booksize-_-56102143

 

RAM-https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820242214&cm_re=260_pin_ram-_-20-242-214-_-Product

 

Storage-https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147596&cm_re=m.2_ssd-_-20-147-596-_-Product

 

 

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3 minutes ago, TheUncannyScrub said:

I honestly was just hoping for either a link to somewhere or a PCpartpicker list and yes for gaming but nothing to serious but running something like GTA V above 30 fps on decent graphics would be a nice sort of thing to aim for!

Thanks

you want a pc the size of an xbox one custom built? thats not going to happen mate. if you want something like that check out the zotac zbox magnus

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4 minutes ago, Legolessed said:

you want a pc the size of an xbox one custom built? thats not going to happen mate. if you want something like that check out the zotac zbox magnus

I know its kinda hard but I was looking at a Node 202, not an xbox specifically but something small

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6 minutes ago, lilbman said:

Just use an Intel NUC kit.

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16856102143&nm_mc=OTC-Iceleads&cm_mmc=OTC-Iceleads-_-Intel-_-Barebone+Systems+-+Mini+/+Booksize-_-56102143

 

RAM-https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820242214&cm_re=260_pin_ram-_-20-242-214-_-Product

 

Storage-https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147596&cm_re=m.2_ssd-_-20-147-596-_-Product

 

 

Thanks man!

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1 hour ago, TheUncannyScrub said:

Thanks man!

No problem.  I myself used to have a NUC kit, I loved it.

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-7400 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£168.59 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: Asus H110I-PLUS Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£59.80 @ Novatech) find out if the mobo has the kabylake bios.
Memory: Crucial 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (£83.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: PNY CS1311 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£70.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Storage: Toshiba 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£61.87 @ CCL Computers) 
Video Card: Palit GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB StormX Video Card  (£129.54 @ Aria PC) 
Case: Silverstone ML07B HTPC Case  (£65.00 @ CCL Computers) 
Power Supply: be quiet! POWER 2 400W 80+ Bronze Certified SFX Power Supply  (£59.04 @ CCL Computers) 
Total: £698.81
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-02-15 02:05 GMT+0000

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Heatsink: Gelid Phantom Black GPU: Palit RTX 3060 Ti Dual RAM: Corsair DDR4 2x8GB 3000Mhz mobo: Asus X570-P case: Fractal Design Define C PSU: Superflower Leadex Gold 650W

 

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1 minute ago, herman mcpootis said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-7400 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£168.59 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: Asus H110I-PLUS Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£59.80 @ Novatech) find out if the mobo has the kabylake bios.
Memory: Crucial 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (£83.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: PNY CS1311 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£70.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Storage: Toshiba 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£61.87 @ CCL Computers) 
Video Card: Palit GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB StormX Video Card  (£129.54 @ Aria PC) 
Case: Silverstone ML07B HTPC Case  (£65.00 @ CCL Computers) 
Power Supply: be quiet! POWER 2 400W 80+ Bronze Certified SFX Power Supply  (£59.04 @ CCL Computers) 
Total: £698.81
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-02-15 02:05 GMT+0000

Thanks man!

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