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Hi, I am building myself a new PC for going to uni later in September with a tight budget of £1,200 and would prefer to keep it around £1,000 if possible. (this is all UK buying). The idea is that I will be able to use it for all of the work that I need to do and also to game for the next 3 years as I will not have any money for later upgrades. I plan on running only the one 1080p monitor which can be found on the list, however that may be changed as long as it is one which may rotate to allow for portrait use, this is important to me as I will be coding and like to see it all. I do not need any other peripherals and will be purchasing Windows 10 in addition to this. Also the mini-ITX form factor and case are important to me for what little transportability it adds, along with having a WiFi motherboard as I can not use an expansion card for that in a motherboard such as this one.

 

Here is the link to the PCPartPicker I have configured it on: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/Dazz/saved/sYqqkL

 

Thank you for reading this and thanks in advance for any advice.

Dazz.

 

UPDATE: New parts list with considerations: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/Dazz/saved/sYqqkL

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Don't get an i5, get a Ryzen 5 1600 with a B350 board. It's much better :D

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My personal take

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  (£183.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-AB350N-Gaming WIFI (rev. 1.0) Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard  (£107.58 @ CCL Computers) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£128.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£86.49 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£42.66 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Mini Video Card  (£339.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Case: Thermaltake - Core V1 Mini ITX Tower Case  (£33.60 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£84.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Monitor: Dell - P2217H 21.5" 1920x1080 60Hz Monitor  (£129.99 @ Aria PC) 
Total: £1137.27
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Here is a old build list that I had that fills your requirements and has built in wifi:

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/NLj2d6

 

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11 minutes ago, PCGuy_5960 said:

Don't get an i5, get a Ryzen 5 1600 with a B350 board. It's much better :D

Yeah that seems like a good idea, not something I had considered

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  (£183.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-AB350N-Gaming WIFI (rev. 1.0) Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard  (£107.58 @ CCL Computers) 
Memory: Team - Vulcan 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£119.50 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Storage: PNY - CS1311 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£39.47 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£42.66 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Mini Video Card  (£339.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Case: Thermaltake - Core V1 Mini ITX Tower Case  (£33.60 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: Corsair - Vengeance 650W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£79.27 @ Amazon UK) 
Monitor: AOC - G2260VWQ6 21.5" 1920x1080 75Hz Monitor  (£98.96 @ Aria PC) 
Total: £1044.02
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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7 minutes ago, Gungpae said:

My personal take

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  (£183.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-AB350N-Gaming WIFI (rev. 1.0) Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard  (£107.58 @ CCL Computers) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£128.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£86.49 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£42.66 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Mini Video Card  (£339.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Case: Thermaltake - Core V1 Mini ITX Tower Case  (£33.60 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£84.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Monitor: Dell - P2217H 21.5" 1920x1080 60Hz Monitor  (£129.99 @ Aria PC) 
Total: £1137.27
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Thank you, I have changed it to be something more like this, could you please check out the new one at: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/Dazz/saved/sYqqkL , thank you for the help

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Just now, Dazz said:

Thank you, some of the points on there are great additions

I didn't know if its the most practical thing but I added a case with a side panel window. Who doesnt enjoy looking at the insides of their system after all

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  (£183.00 @ Amazon UK) 
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - C7 40.5 CFM CPU Cooler  (£37.82 @ CCL Computers) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350 Gaming-ITX/ac Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard  (£113.57 @ CCL Computers) 
Memory: Team - Vulcan 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£119.50 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Storage: Western Digital - Green 120GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  (£53.12 @ CCL Computers) 
Storage: Seagate - BarraCuda 2TB 2.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£73.82 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Mini Video Card  (£339.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Case: Fractal Design - Node 202 HTPC Case  (£72.95 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: Silverstone - Strider Gold 450W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular SFX Power Supply  (£80.47 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Total: £1074.23
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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1 minute ago, Dazz said:

Thank you, I have changed it to be something more like this, could you please check out the new one at: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/Dazz/saved/sYqqkL , thank you for the help

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  (£183.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-AB350N-Gaming WIFI (rev. 1.0) Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard  (£107.58 @ CCL Computers) 
Memory: Team - Vulcan 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£119.50 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Storage: PNY - CS1311 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£39.47 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£42.66 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Mini Video Card  (£339.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Case: Thermaltake - Core V1 Mini ITX Tower Case  (£33.60 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: Corsair - Vengeance 650W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£79.27 @ Amazon UK) 
Monitor: AOC - G2260VWQ6 21.5" 1920x1080 75Hz Monitor  (£98.96 @ Aria PC) 
Total: £1044.02
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-08-25 22:37 BST+0100

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Just now, ShadowArk said:

I didn't know if its the most practical thing but I added a case with a side panel window. Who doesnt enjoy looking at the insides of their system after all

Yeah it does look nice, but this is not a build which I have aiming to be aesthetic, it is just to jam it all together for as cheap as I can and be able to use it.

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  (£183.00 @ Amazon UK) 
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - C7 40.5 CFM CPU Cooler  (£37.82 @ CCL Computers) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350 Gaming-ITX/ac Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard  (£113.57 @ CCL Computers) 
Memory: Team - Vulcan 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£119.50 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Storage: Western Digital - Green 120GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  (£53.12 @ CCL Computers) 
Storage: Seagate - BarraCuda 2TB 2.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£73.82 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Mini Video Card  (£339.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Case: Fractal Design - Node 202 HTPC Case  (£72.95 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: Silverstone - Strider Gold 450W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular SFX Power Supply  (£80.47 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Total: £1074.23
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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I think he wants a monitor. Also, that SSD isn't very good.

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Pacific Spirit XT - Server

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Delta - Laptop

ASUS TUF Dash F15 - Intel Core™ i7-11370H | 16GB DDR4 | RTX 3060 | 500GB NVMe SSD | 200W Brick | 65W USB-PD Charger

 


 

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1 minute ago, JDE said:

I think he wants a monitor. Also, that SSD isn't very good.

Yes, the monitor type is important to me, and does the motherboard have a place for an M.2 SSD in it?

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I think he wants a monitor. Also, that SSD isn't very good.

Forgot about the monitor. Just chose whatever 120GB 2280 SSD was cheap. 

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Yes, the monitor type is important to me, and does the motherboard have a place for an M.2 SSD in it?

It does

Just now, seon123 said:

Forgot about the monitor. Just chose whatever 120GB 2280 SSD was cheap. 

That SSD is a rebrand of the SSD Plus :S

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Delta - Laptop

ASUS TUF Dash F15 - Intel Core™ i7-11370H | 16GB DDR4 | RTX 3060 | 500GB NVMe SSD | 200W Brick | 65W USB-PD Charger

 


 

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2 minutes ago, Dazz said:

Yes, the monitor type is important to me, and does the motherboard have a place for an M.2 SSD in it?

it's on the back of the motherboard

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Just now, JDE said:

It does

That SSD is a rebrand of the SSD Plus :S

I'm in a round of CS right now, so didn't have time to check better ones :P I think the SL308 2,5" is ~£10 more

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I'm in a round of CS right now, so didn't have time to check better ones :P I think the SL308 2,5" is ~£10 more

Even the CS1311 (cheapest 120GB SSD now) is a lot better :P

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Full Specs

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Helios EVO (Main):

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Pacific Spirit XT - Server

Intel Core™ i7-8700K (Won at LTX, signed by Dennis) | GIGABYTE Z370 AORUS GAMING 5 | 16GB Team Vulcan DDR4-3000 | Intel UrfpsgonHD 630 | Define C TG | Corsair CX450M

 

Delta - Laptop

ASUS TUF Dash F15 - Intel Core™ i7-11370H | 16GB DDR4 | RTX 3060 | 500GB NVMe SSD | 200W Brick | 65W USB-PD Charger

 


 

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After the other recommendations I would recommend a different psu since these are barely more and much better.

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/qYTrxr/evga-power-supply-220g20550y1

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/Y3X2FT/evga-supernova-g3-eu-550w-80-gold-certified-fully-modular-atx-power-supply-220-g3-0550-y3

 

The G3 is a bit better than the G2 in terms of voltage regulation and noise but it's a little more.

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8 minutes ago, DocSwag said:

After the other recommendations I would recommend a different psu since these are barely more and much better.

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/qYTrxr/evga-power-supply-220g20550y1

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/Y3X2FT/evga-supernova-g3-eu-550w-80-gold-certified-fully-modular-atx-power-supply-220-g3-0550-y3

 

The G3 is a bit better than the G2 in terms of voltage regulation and noise but it's a little more.

What about the Corsair Vengeance :D

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Just now, JDE said:

What about the Corsair Vengeance :D

dat works too

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2 minutes ago, JDE said:

What about the Corsair Vengeance :D

 

1 minute ago, DocSwag said:

dat works too

I have a corsair atm and have had to have it RMA'd already, so not going back to them xD

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1 minute ago, Dazz said:

 

I have a corsair atm and have had to have it RMA'd already, so not going back to them xD

(some) Corsair (units) are very high quality :o

 

All PSUs can randomly fail anyways, and quality differs by unit. What unit did you have?

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