Imran Khan | Talented Web & PC Profesional » intel http://www.imran-khan.co.uk Official Site, Blog and Portfolio Wed, 28 Jul 2010 23:26:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Core i3 Build – Raidmax Ninja Case http://www.imran-khan.co.uk/2010/03/03/core-i3-build-%e2%80%93-raidmax-ninja-case/ http://www.imran-khan.co.uk/2010/03/03/core-i3-build-%e2%80%93-raidmax-ninja-case/#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:40:33 +0000 Imran http://www.imran-khan.co.uk/?p=186 Ok, so this may not be the greatest case ever, but it was a cheap bargain which looked good. The case I’ve bought for the i3 build is a Raidmax Ninja. Snappy title if you ask me! It was a inexpensive model I found on eBay and the low price of £45 was too good to resist, so I bought it.

It has more than a passing resemblance to those famous Alienware cases.  It gloss black and has enough room for an ATX motherboard.  It has a nice windowed side panel with fan.  It should hopefully be fine to house the low end components I’ll be putting into this machine. It looks reasonably spacious and it has some cable routing holes. Cable routing shouldn’t be that much of an issue as this system will only contain one hard drive and one optical drive.

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]]> http://www.imran-khan.co.uk/2010/03/03/core-i3-build-%e2%80%93-raidmax-ninja-case/feed/ 0 Building a triple set of Intel Core ix systems http://www.imran-khan.co.uk/2010/02/01/building-a-triple-set-of-intel-core-ix-systems/ http://www.imran-khan.co.uk/2010/02/01/building-a-triple-set-of-intel-core-ix-systems/#comments Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:10:34 +0000 Imran http://www.imran-khan.co.uk/?p=148 IIntel Core i3, i5 and i7 Processor Logos planned on building myself a new PC last year. Things never got round to the stage where I was actually buying components for various reasons like studying and welcoming my first child into the world (it was a baby girl by the way if you’re still following… ;) ).

So, in 2010, I will be building a triple set of PC systems, all based around the Intel Core ix line.  Two of these systems will be for other members of my family who need an upgrade.  Seeing as I’ve got more time now (finished MSc, little girl is now 1 year old), I decided to build myself a new system as well.

I’m still planning (don’t laugh!) what components I will choose, but I’ve got three price points:

  • Core i3 System – maximum of £650
  • Core i5 System – maximum of £1,250
  • Core i7 System – maximum of £1,750

All three of the budgets don’t include a monitor, speakers or a keyboard and mouse.  Existing peripherals will be used so as to allow the budget to be devoted to the components.

Naturally, the i7 system will be one I aim to build for myself, so it will contain quite a few high end parts.

I will post news about components bought, as well as photo galleries of the build process.  The i3 system is due to be built first in the next few months.

Stay tuned for more news on my PC building activites in 2010. I will build these systems! :)

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