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This month sees further drops in the prices of both mechanical hard drives and SSDs. Nvidia has soft launched a further 600 series graphics card, the GTX 690 - a dual GPU card 4GB of GDDR5 that offers nearly double the performance of the GTX 680. General release is the 7th of May, but selected retailers will have a limited number for sale from the 3rd. However, the main story is the release of Intel's latest CPU range; Ivy Bridge. For some the launch was disappointing, whilst it outperforms ...
Apologies for the lateness. This month has seen DDR prices go up but mechanical hard drive prices are slowly coming down. More and more SSDs are dropping below the £1 per GB price bracket. The only significant release was NVIDIA's newest flagship graphics card, the GTX 680, but this will only affect the top two builds (£750 and £1k+). £250 (ideal for a media server or HTPC) Intel Pentium G620 2.6GHz 3MB cache Asus P8H61-M LE/USB3 motherboard G-Skill ...
Updated 1st April 2012 at 12:52 by little_pob
I've been deliberately leaving off links on these monthly builds as the component prices can vary on a daily basis. However, with the third of these due sometime this week, I felt it was best to list some of the retailers I've come across over the past few years*. Amazon: http://www.amazon.co.uk/b/ref=sa_men...node=428655031Aria: http://www.aria.co.ukBT Shop: http://www.shop.bt.comCCL Computers: http://www.cclonline.comCrucial: http://www.crucial.comDabs.com: ...
Updated 25th March 2012 at 14:05 by little_pob
It's only been 3 weeks since the first of these, but it's my payday As little has changed from the last blog post and that one ended up being all Intel systems, I'll spec out the £250 and £500 systems as AMD. For the £750 and £1k+ I've tweaked last month's builds to reflect price changes and part availability. In mixing an matching across the specs, please be careful when it comes to the CPU socket. Whilst AM3+ CPUs will work in AM2+ motherboards, AM2+ CPUs won't ...
Updated 27th February 2012 at 22:36 by little_pob
Hopefully this will be a monthly series of blog posts. The aim will be to spec out 4 systems a month at different price points: £250, £500, £750 and £1k+. The £250 will be aimed at HTPC use and basic web surfing. The £500 unit will be an entry level gamer and general all-rounder. At £750 the spec will get you a decent fps at 1080p resolutions. The £1k+ system will hanlde pretty much anything you throw at it. For the most part you'll be able to mix and match from each build. ...
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