My 3 year old desktop PC (it's not really a desktop, it's far too big and noisy to actually sit on my desk) has past it's prime so it's time to build myself a new one! I suppose i could save myself some time and a bit of money and just buy something from Dell, but i like to know what's inside my pc, and that i can change/replace any parts myself if i need to. Also hopefully i can squeeze a bit of extra performance out of it, by buying the right bits. It's quite time consuming and there are many problems in building a stable system with new parts, till the drivers are mature enough to iron out any issues.

So what do i want from a new PC?

• Upper limit of about £1200 (this is just for the base unit, not including speakers, monitor, keyboard & mouse)
• Quietish (some air noise is ok, but vibration and other noisy parts should be at a minimum)
• Speedy (I spend a lot of my day working on a pc so it needs to keep up)
• Stable (same as above, i need a solid, reliable pc to work on)

So i did my research and spent my time picking components that should work together, and came up with 3 builds based on price