Spec me a Gaming/Photoshop rig budget £700 inc OS

pyroman · 1 Dec 2013 at 17:13

Heya

First time poster long time lurker, I'm after a rig that will do me for Gaming but also graphics work and general usage. Internet/Photoshop/Small amounts of video editing. I tend to do all this at once with a million tabs and windows open!

I'm looking for a rig for £700 including OS and with the possibility of adding a second monitor. I currently have an old 15" TFT so don't need to spec me a monitor unless by some miracle i can get a decent spec including the monitor but i can always buy a decent one in the future). I'm moving away from my XBOX and wanting to start gaming on the PC.

Also i hate windows 8 so windows 7 pro would be ideal

Cheers

ExRayTed · 1 Dec 2013 at 17:24

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £110.99
1 x MSI HD 7850 OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards with TWO FREE GAMES!! £89.99
1 x Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £75.95
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £67.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HDTS212EZSTA 9.5mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £65.99
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L8 530W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - With 120mm Silent Wing Fan Built in £65.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x BitFenix Shinobi "Core" USB3.0 Gaming Case - Black £46.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £43.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler £29.99
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £17.99
Total : £671.84 (includes shipping : FREE).

Idleman · 1 Dec 2013 at 17:34

ExRayTed said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £110.99
1 x MSI HD 7850 OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards with TWO FREE GAMES!! £89.99
1 x Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £75.95
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £67.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HDTS212EZSTA 9.5mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £65.99
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L8 530W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - With 120mm Silent Wing Fan Built in £65.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x BitFenix Shinobi "Core" USB3.0 Gaming Case - Black £46.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £43.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler £29.99
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £17.99
Total : £671.84 (includes shipping : FREE).

You know there are no fans in that case.

pyroman · 1 Dec 2013 at 17:35

Cheers @ExRayTed

pyroman · 1 Dec 2013 at 17:36

Idleman said:
You know there are no fans in that case.

Any suggestions?

Idleman · 1 Dec 2013 at 17:47

pyroman said:
Any suggestions?

This. I hav`nt included an OS, but have left some money so you can get it from those jungle people.
Have also included a 22" monitor.

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £110.99
1 x Samsung S22C300BS 22" Widescreen LED Monitor - Rose Black £89.99
1 x MSI HD 7850 OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards with TWO FREE GAMES!! £89.99
1 x Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £75.95
1 x Toshiba SSD HDTS212EZSTA 9.5mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £65.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020059-UK) £55.99
1 x Patriot Intel Extreme Masters 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVI38G160C9K) £49.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black (CC-9011023-WW) £47.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £42.95
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler £26.99
Total : £656.81 (includes shipping : FREE).

ExRayTed · 1 Dec 2013 at 17:57

Idleman said:
You know there are no fans in that case.

Lucky he has some cash left over to buy some then

pyroman · 1 Dec 2013 at 18:04

How's the 7850 for gaming? Cheers guys

ExRayTed · 1 Dec 2013 at 18:16

Good. Capable mid range card, cheap for what it is.

pyroman · 1 Dec 2013 at 18:58

What's the benefit of the AMD over Intel say an i5 chip?

Idleman · 1 Dec 2013 at 19:13

pyroman said:
What's the benefit of the AMD over Intel say an i5 chip?

Have a look at the comparison.

http://www.cpu-world.com/Compare/443/AMD_FX-Series_FX-8320_vs_Intel_Core_i5_i5-4670K.html

pyroman · 1 Dec 2013 at 19:47

Idleman said:
Have a look at the comparison.

http://www.cpu-world.com/Compare/443/AMD_FX-Series_FX-8320_vs_Intel_Core_i5_i5-4670K.html

Okay cool, so what specs are we looking at for an i5 rig? with the 4670k?

Idleman · 1 Dec 2013 at 20:09

pyroman said:
Okay cool, so what specs are we looking at for an i5 rig? with the 4670k?

Going i5, I`ve had to loose the monitor so as to leave money for the OS.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £172.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £107.99
1 x MSI HD 7850 OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards with TWO FREE GAMES!! £89.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HDTS212EZSTA 9.5mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £65.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020059-UK) £55.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black (CC-9011023-WW) £47.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £42.95
Total : £639.88 (includes shipping : FREE).

pyroman · 3 Dec 2013 at 21:09

So what would the overall suggestion be then? I've been looking at plying DayZ / BF4 nd anything else that takes my fancy next year, obviously it's a fair whack of money to spend so want to make sure i'm alright for the next few years. I'm mainly a multitasker but like i said further up i want the ability to mess with cubase(or alternative)/audio editing/photoshop. Does the i% give the bigger bang or should i go with the FX-8320?

ExRayTed · 3 Dec 2013 at 22:16

You're going to have to have a rethink anyway as that GPU is no longer listed and the other 7850s are nearly £50 more. With your budget I think you'll be stuck with AMD to be honest

pyroman · 4 Dec 2013 at 12:19

ExRayTed said:
You're going to have to have a rethink anyway as that GPU is no longer listed and the other 7850s are nearly £50 more. With your budget I think you'll be stuck with AMD to be honest

So how much are we looking at for a decent spec Intel system then, just wondering whether to wait a few months and save up a bit more? It's that phrase "stuck with" AMD they've always seemed a bit like "It'll do for a budget but you're better with Intel"