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Might be worth running that lot through PC part picker to see how much they are putting on top for the build, becasue that strikes me as a lot of money for a simple build. The GPU is kinda crap, and 40 quid bought new, and wont play modern games too well.
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Yeah, I'm sure peeps said they were a spendy way of buying a machine but I can't be arsed building a machine up. I want it to arrive, I want it working and I want to migrate everything and retire the old machine asap.
Their GPU options are a bunch of stuff I've never heard of...
Motherboard video only (Intel HD 530 graphics / triple display out)- £53.32
Sapphire AMD R5 230 FLEX Fanless 1GB GDDR3 PCI-E HDMI Low Profile ? - £10.43
Palit Geforce Fanless GT730 2GB GDDR3 Graphics Card ? - £5.93
Asus Geforce Fanless GT730 2GB GDDR3 Graphics Card ? [Due in 2 days]
PNY NVIDIA Quadro NVS 300 x16 Dual DVI / VGA Low Profile Video Card ? + £50.38
Palit Geforce GTX 750 Ti Kalmx Silent 2GB GDDR5 Graphics Card ? + £55.69
PNY NVIDIA Quadro K600 1GB GDDR3 Low Profile Video Card ? + £96.23
PNY NVIDIA NVS 510 Quad DisplayPort UHD 4K Graphics CardI picked the Asus out of familiarity. Never heard of Palit, PNY or Sapphire.
hippy
Quiet PC Nofan A480S Skylake Silent Desktop 4.0GHz 16GB 512GB
£1,711.48
Configured as follows:
Nofan CS-80 Fanless Computer Case
Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI LGA1151 ATX Motherboard
Intel 6th Gen Core i7 6700K 4.0GHz 91W HD 530 8MB Quad Core CPU
Corsair DDR4 Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) 2400MHz Memory Kit
Nofan CR-95C Pearl Black IcePipe 95W Fanless CPU Cooler
Nofan P-500A Silent 500W Fanless 80+ GOLD PSU
Quiet PC IEC C13 UK Mains Power Cord, 1.8m (Type G)
Samsung 950 PRO M.2 512GB NVMe SSD
Quiet PC Front 3.5 Bay Card Reader and USB 3.0 Port Akasa AK-ICR-14
Pioneer BDR-209DBK Blu-ray, DVD and CD Reader/re-writer
Creative Sound Blaster Z PCIe High Performance Sound Card
Asus Geforce Fanless GT730 2GB GDDR3 Graphics Card
Intel 7260HMWDTX1.R Wi-Fi/Bluetooth Low Profile PCI-E card
Microsoft Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
I've decided I like the idea of fanless so let's stick with that. What out of this lot would you upgrade/downgrade or change out for something different?
I could save maybe £100 if I lost the Asus Geforce Fanless GT730 2GB GDDR3 Graphics Card and the Soundblaster but I always wanted one of the latter and I'm not sure about onboard graphics (even though one site seems to rate it above the GT730 anyway?!)
This is mostly web browsing, Visual Studio .NET dev work and running my cycling apps. I hardly ever play games but that might just be because GTA whatever I bought ran like shit on my machine. It's in the lounge so it needs to be silent.