Hello gentlefolk
I used to be a major PC gamer.But I am somewhat out of the loop. But am looking for advice to get back in.
I have an aging full tower that has been sat for months. It is too big and I haven't a desk to hold it. Therefore I am thinking of a mini itx build that can sit in my living room. So I can play some of my old favourites like minecraft and the total war series (etw ntw). And use it as htpc
The last upgrade I did to my PC was getting a Gigabyte radeon 7850 2 GB gpu, ssd storage and bluray drive. I would like to upgrade to windows 8. I am looking to use these parts to create a decent mini itx build on a budget of about £400 which I reckon will be tight.
Any suggestions about mobo, cpu, ram, cooler, psu etc. Sorry for vagueness. I am not the most tech savvy. But chipsets confuse me z99, z97, h87 etc??? I have been looking at I5 CPUs ( do I need 4 the gen CPU?)
And mobos for weeks but just can't make me mind up. D
Was looking at cooler master 130 or raven rvz01 case. It is going in a cramped space so good air flow would be nice
Basically can someone help out a very confused man
Thanks for reading my ramble.
I used to be a major PC gamer.But I am somewhat out of the loop. But am looking for advice to get back in.
I have an aging full tower that has been sat for months. It is too big and I haven't a desk to hold it. Therefore I am thinking of a mini itx build that can sit in my living room. So I can play some of my old favourites like minecraft and the total war series (etw ntw). And use it as htpc
The last upgrade I did to my PC was getting a Gigabyte radeon 7850 2 GB gpu, ssd storage and bluray drive. I would like to upgrade to windows 8. I am looking to use these parts to create a decent mini itx build on a budget of about £400 which I reckon will be tight.
Any suggestions about mobo, cpu, ram, cooler, psu etc. Sorry for vagueness. I am not the most tech savvy. But chipsets confuse me z99, z97, h87 etc??? I have been looking at I5 CPUs ( do I need 4 the gen CPU?)
And mobos for weeks but just can't make me mind up. D
Was looking at cooler master 130 or raven rvz01 case. It is going in a cramped space so good air flow would be nice
Basically can someone help out a very confused man
Thanks for reading my ramble.