That's not a bad build Foobster, but I question people who build their own PCs. My craptop just died of death (6 beeps before POST=dead GPU) so I am gonna spec a reasonably powerful desktop system. I am gonna buy this:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Intel-I5-4670-...RTM1506421
And simply swap out the PSU for a decent one, add a GPU and use my old craptop's hard drive.
All in all it will come to about 600 quid for a 4th gen Haswell box. The reason I am going all out on the CPU is that my main games (Half-life 2, Supreme Commander) are very CPU intensive and it is far easier to replace the other components rather than the CPU.
So for the price of a pre-built bare bones rig I really can't see the point in building your own.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Intel-I5-4670-...RTM1506421
And simply swap out the PSU for a decent one, add a GPU and use my old craptop's hard drive.
All in all it will come to about 600 quid for a 4th gen Haswell box. The reason I am going all out on the CPU is that my main games (Half-life 2, Supreme Commander) are very CPU intensive and it is far easier to replace the other components rather than the CPU.
So for the price of a pre-built bare bones rig I really can't see the point in building your own.