Hi Ollie,

Welcome, First good job on rejecting those that you did and you were spot on with your reasons.

Provided you have the skills and patience then it's possible to build quite a nice machine with the budget your thinking. However, it does take time and careful prep/design along with will-power not to rush out and buy stuff premature. From what I've seen so far with your research and decision making you seem to have the makings of successfull builder so with little help from us chosing the right components I'm sure you'll be fine provided your confident in your abilty's regards the actual building. Be honest with your self here because like most things which look easy there is more to it than appears.!

Good luck and don't be afraid to ask any questions you have, no matter how stupid they feel and DONT BUY ANYTHING WITHOUT ASKING or knowing it's 100% correct for your needs.