need advise on how much to spend my a build

[Hitman_UK]

Hello

Ive managed to save up £1200 and i was going to build a pc for recording but dont really do it now so not needed.

I only really use pc for watching 1080p videos, streams smoothly, don't really play games on pc use xbox,ps3 but then again ive never had a good enough pc to play them.

I could proberly do that with an i3 obiously i can afford more i5,7 etc however I would like a SSD and would need keyboard and mouse.

How much do you think i should spend, because i can put the rest towards driving.

Thanks

 

[Mei]

if you got a big tv already you dont need to spend much
and yeh most of the cost is gfx card so decide if u wnt to game or not

 

[Idleman]

This assuming you have no PC parts or peripherals. Just to give you an idea as to what you could get for your money. This includes an i5 IB cpu, but you could scale it down to an i3 to cut costs. The monitor i included has £20 cash you can claim back.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x MSI HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards w/ Nexuiz, Sleeping Dogs & Dirt Showdown PC Games £161.99
1 x Samsung S24B300HL 23.6" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black **BTS £20 CASHBACK** £129.95
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Intel 330 Series 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £83.99
1 x OCZ ZT 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £63.98
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) £59.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £34.99
1 x Creative A320 2.1 Speakers (51MF0405AA003) £32.99
1 x Microsoft SideWinder X4 Gaming Keyboard - Retail (JQD-00006) £32.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 612S CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/1156/1155/775/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £32.99
1 x GeIL EVO Leggera 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GEL38GB1600C9DC) £29.99
1 x Logitech G400 3600DPI Gaming Mouse (910-002279) £27.98
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £1,077.48 (includes shipping : £14.75).

 

[Idleman]

i3

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards w/ Nexuiz, Sleeping Dogs & Dirt Showdown PC Games £161.99
1 x Samsung S24B300HL 23.6" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black **BTS £20 CASHBACK** £129.95
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £99.95
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Intel 330 Series 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £83.99
1 x MSI Z77A-G43 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £71.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) £59.99
1 x Silverstone Strider Plus 500W Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (SST-ST50F-P) £58.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £34.99
1 x Creative A320 2.1 Speakers (51MF0405AA003) £32.99
1 x Microsoft SideWinder X4 Gaming Keyboard - Retail (JQD-00006) £32.99
1 x GeIL EVO Leggera 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GEL38GB1600C9DC) £29.99
1 x Logitech G400 3600DPI Gaming Mouse (910-002279) £27.98
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £941.46 (includes shipping : £14.75).

 

[Hitman_UK]

Thanks but I don`t need monitor speakers or os

 

[Idleman]

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x MSI HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards w/ Nexuiz, Sleeping Dogs & Dirt Showdown PC Games £161.99
1 x BitFenix Ghost Silent Tower Case - Black £89.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
1 x Intel 330 Series 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £83.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) £59.99
1 x Silverstone Strider Plus 500W Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (SST-ST50F-P) £58.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 612S CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/1156/1155/775/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £32.99
1 x Microsoft SideWinder X4 Gaming Keyboard - Retail (JQD-00006) £32.99
1 x GeIL EVO Leggera 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GEL38GB1600C9DC) £29.99
1 x Logitech G400 3600DPI Gaming Mouse (910-002279) £27.98
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £876.36 (includes shipping : £11.25).

 

[dacads]

Well for movies you don't really need a solid gfx cards like the ones suggested. Ideally I would be looking to spend around £500-600 anything more is just ridiculous, then you can also spend the rest towards your driving

 

[beejjacobs]

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x MSI HD 7850 Twin Frozr III OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards w/ Nexuiz, Sleeping Dogs & Dirt Showdown PC Games £161.99
1 x BitFenix Ghost Silent Tower Case - Black £89.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
1 x Intel 330 Series 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £83.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) £59.99
1 x Silverstone Strider Plus 500W Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (SST-ST50F-P) £58.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 612S CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/1156/1155/775/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £32.99
1 x Microsoft SideWinder X4 Gaming Keyboard - Retail (JQD-00006) £32.99
1 x GeIL EVO Leggera 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GEL38GB1600C9DC) £29.99
1 x Logitech G400 3600DPI Gaming Mouse (910-002279) £27.98
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £876.36 (includes shipping : £11.25).

This if you want to game on it, good value for money and not spending all your money.

If you really aren't going to game on it and want a fast PC, then perhaps something like this:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £99.95
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
1 x Adata S510 120GB SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive - Retail with Acronis True Image £64.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) £59.99
1 x Antec High Current Gamer 400W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £40
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £34.99
1 x Microsoft SideWinder X4 Gaming Keyboard - Retail (JQD-00006) £32.99
1 x GeIL Black Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £28
1 x Logitech G400 3600DPI Gaming Mouse (910-002279) £27.98
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £502.86 (includes shipping : £12.50).

Went with a Z77 board to keep your options open should you want to get an overclockable CPU in the future for instance.

Whether is streams smoothly will be entirely dependant on your internet connection.

 

[Idleman]

Well for movies you don't really need a solid gfx cards like the ones suggested. Ideally I would be looking to spend around £500-600 anything more is just ridiculous, then you can also spend the rest towards your driving

No you don`t need a dedicated Gpu for watching movies, but as the OP said

don't really play games on pc use xbox,ps3 but then again ive never had a good enough pc to play them.

i specced him the option, without spending all his money.