Budget video editing/ small gaming PC

Rik1254

Rik1254

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My cousin is wanting a computer for christmas from his parents. They have a £300 budget.
My first thoughts was an i3 2100/2120 build on a H67 board, but then I thought about the video editing bit and that quads/ hex's cope better. Ive now gone done the route of looking at AMD 950/955's (possible Hex unlock, but doesnt matter if they dont).

This is what Ive got so far:

AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 850 "95W Edition" 3.30GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £79.99

Gigabyte GA-880GM-UD2H AMD 880G (Socket AM3) microATX DDR3 Motherboard £66.98

Seagate Barracuda 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DL002) £41.99

Cooler Master GX 450W '80 Plus' Power Supply Cooler Master GX 450W '80 Plus' Power Supply £35.98

OcUK Vantage Gaming Tower Case - Black OcUK Vantage Gaming Tower Case - Black £29.99

Microsoft Wireless Desktop 800 (2LF-00021) Microsoft Wireless Desktop 800 (2LF-00021) £24.98

Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G) £23.99

Sub Total : £253.25
FREE SHIPPING (DPD Next Day)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : FREE
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £50.65
Total : £303.90


He doesnt need a monitor or Win7, just the keyboard and mouse.
Can anyone beat it?
 
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Try and stretch the extra £5 for the 955BE if you can. a much better CPU IMO.

maybe something like:

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail with FREE Deus Ex PC Game £85.99
1 x Asus M5A78L-M LE AMD 760G (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £44.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DL002) £41.99
1 x Cooler Master Elite Power 500W Power Supply £32.99
1 x Cooler Master Elite 330 Midi Tower Case - Black £29.99
1 x Microsoft Wireless Desktop 800 (2LF-00021) £24.98
1 x Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G) £23.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper TX3 CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM3/775/1155/1156) £15.98
Total : £300.90 (includes shipping : FREE).



edit: sorry that was presuming he didn't need an optical drive. you can get rid of the TX3 and add in a dvd drive.
 
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King Damager said:
Doesn't need an optical drive either?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-059-CS&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1084

I'd get that as well, for the £2 it's well worth it - so long as you can find one in stock :p

Also might want to remove your Postcode :p

kd
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Ive got my location on my profile, doesnt really hurt :p
Both PSU's are out of stock, but the one Ive chosen is 450w and still 80+ rated. Albeit, the corsair PSU is good value....if it ever comes back in stock.

R088ieS86 said:
Try and stretch the extra £5 for the 955BE if you can. a much better CPU IMO.

maybe something like:

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail with FREE Deus Ex PC Game £85.99
1 x Asus M5A78L-M LE AMD 760G (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £44.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DL002) £41.99
1 x Cooler Master Elite Power 500W Power Supply £32.99
1 x Cooler Master Elite 330 Midi Tower Case - Black £29.99
1 x Microsoft Wireless Desktop 800 (2LF-00021) £24.98
1 x Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G) £23.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper TX3 CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM3/775/1155/1156) £15.98
Total : £300.90 (includes shipping : FREE).



edit: sorry that was presuming he didn't need an optical drive. you can get rid of the TX3 and add in a dvd drive.
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Pretty much similar to mine, youve just got a slightly better CPU, Ive got a slightly better mobo.
 
id go better CPU personally. plus you can OC the 955BE much better than the 850, which may give a nice speed boost. Plus the stock AMD coolers are quite loud :(
 
My old mobo is a 760g chipset....its terrible for OC :p the 880 is better, but I just noticed that the 955BE is only £6 more, so Ive put that on instead.

Cooler inst a problem right now, Ive got 2 AC freezer pro's that will cool it nicely with a small oc.
 
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