Ideal PC build, staying around £800. Once it drops below £

>>17251
>Novena
Here was me thinking you were about to ask an interesting question.

>>17251
OP

Info pl0x.

>What's it for? ETC.
>If gaming, what games.

>>17264
Just for standard use. Playing one game called Victoria II. Being as future-proof as possible - keeping it around for 10 years or more.

>>17265
"Future Proofing" isn't a thing.
/wsr/ not the best place to come, i'd suggest /g/ if you don't find your answers here.

However, having looked at your build there's a couple things i can see.

Firstly the CPU is a "K" series, meaning it's unlocked and primed for being overclocked - something i presume you have no interest or need in doing

>Choose a non K series 6000 and save a few $

RAM, I personally prefer Corsair > More money, better quality. Especially if this is to last you 10 years.

HDD Seagate is a good brand, however having a single 3TB HDD with all your stuff on is dangerous. They aren't prone to failing but 10 years will do that to it.

>Get 2 1TB's for the same $ (If you really need that much storage?!)

GPU is a good safe pick.

That's all I could personally say.

>>17279
>>17251

RAM brand should not matter, and you should always get ones without retarded metal coolers on them
Seagate is currently the worst HDD brand. The best is HGST/Hitachi
I'd really not get larger than 1TB HDDs at this point

>>17292
Ugh, fuck Hitachi.

They used to be fine, then got terrible when they started making cheap HDD's with cheap materials.
Every Hitachi HDD i've owned in the past 5 years has failed.

Oh and make sure you read properly?

>RAM, I personally prefer Corsair > More money, better quality. Especially if this is to last you 10 years.

I prefer Corsair.

>>17279
>>17292
Thanks guys. Here's my updated build, any further critiques?

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/WNNyGX

Once it drops below £700 I'm taking the plunge.

>>17300
Have you known a ramstick to last ten years?

State of the art in 2005 was DDR1.

Assuming you can even find a motherboard to put it in, four slots fully-populated with DDR1 will give you 4GB; the minimum that'll run Windows 7 adequately.

If you shop around, you'll be able to find a Pentium 4 that supports PAE: the actual processor that 8.x and later list as their absolute bare minimum requirement.

In principle, your RAM still works, but $60 will get you a motherboard, processor and RAM that's better than it in every conceivable way.

RAM doesn't need to last ten years, unless you're planning on selling it as a curiosity.

>>17314

>Ideal PC build
As OP said.

I would say on second thought that DDR2/3 would be a much more sensible choice for the money.

If you're only using it to browse etc, DDR2/3 system will be like $300/400 and be just as good for what you need it.

OP here. I have whittled the price down to ~£625. It has one 4GB stick of RAM. I figure memory is something which is more easily upgradeable and replaceable than other components so I can use for a year, two years tops. Tell me if I'm being a complete idiot.

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/gvjWHx

>>17352
4GB is more than enough, if you decide you want more you can add more.
I honestly wouldnt bother with anything above 1666Mhz RAM, you're not gonna notice the difference.

>Order away!