Recent content by lm137

Sorry for yet another post. Just wondering about the m/b. Here is a comparison of four boards including the H97-PLUS suggested by freeskier93. They are all around the same price (it's amazing how many boards there are evenly distributed across the price spectrum - you could probably find a...

Just wanted to say a Big Thank You to everyone for their help :). I have decided to base the build on freeskier93's i5 build, upgrading the cpu to the Intel Core i5-4690K and RAM to 16GB to help future-proof the machine. (Firefox on my i7 laptop frequently manages to consume 10% CPU with 15 or...

2.5" to 3.5" adapter doesn't seem like a problem... http://www.amazon.co.uk/Akasa-AK-HDA-03-2-5-3-5-inch-Adapter/dp/B005ZWGFAC/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1434200540&sr=1-1&keywords=3.5+to+2.5+adapter

That is why! I am using the old style 4 pin power driver connectors and those are limited probably because they are mostly obsolete. Perhaps a trivial question... which is better... Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2400 Memory...

Thank you mcnumpty23. You have made up my mind, I will go with Intel this time. Yes, the PSU surprised me too. It's not even a full tower, just a midi. Unless I have been really stupid and e.g. there are extensions provided in the box!

My apologies freeskier93, I edited one of my posts shortly after posting rather than creating a new one so maybe you missed this...

P.s. Thank you very much @freeskier93 and @boosted1g for the system builds. I will look into these closely. I should also say that mostly I will remote desktop into this computer (thus Windows Pro) which is why I don't need a better monitor. In fact, I want to keep the old monitor and case so...

Wow! Thanks so much everyone. I didn't expect such a response! And thank you @mcnumpty23, et al. for the point about the integrated graphics. I definitely won't get a dedicated card for now. So nowadays mbs have a graphics port as standard and the graphics chip is integrated into the CPU (like...

Hi, The last PC I built is now about 11 years old, still running the good ol' Windows XP and quite frankly out-performing many newer computers (esp. those with the burden of Windows Vista). Nevertheless, it's time for an upgrade, not least because Windows XP is unsupported. I have been out of...