Budget PC spec £400

IncognitoX · 4 Feb 2013 at 10:10

Hi Guys,

My friend would like a PC built buts hes on a budget of £500 or just over.

He will be using it mostly for 3D modelling some photoshop work and possibly some gaming.

I have used AMD because of the budget aspect.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 650 Black Knight OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £99.95
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £99.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £62.99
1 x Gigabyte 970A-DS3 AMD 970A (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £53.99
1 x XFX Pro 550W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Aerocool Strike-X GT Midi Tower Case - Black/Red £46.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD38G2133HC11DC01) £39.95
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
1 x OcUK Inter-Media USB Keyboard - Black (5137AU) £6.98
1 x Tenda W311MI Wireless USB Network Interface Card – Nano Dongle – 150 Mbps £6.49
1 x Gigabyte M5050 800 DPI Mouse - Black £4.99
Total : £506.26 (includes shipping : £12.50).

Could anyone offer any advice on this built?

Many thanks!

IncognitoX · 4 Feb 2013 at 14:10

Sorry for the double post! Anyone have any comments?

Bacon? · 4 Feb 2013 at 14:21

What sort of gaming are we talking about here and which programs will you be using? Plus do those programs use CUDA cores?

I may be wrong but wouldnt an Ivy i3 with HT and a 7850 with Open CL (unless programs use CUDA) be better?

linwelin · 4 Feb 2013 at 14:23

I would get a cooler for that CPU, they tend to run rather hot.

I came up with this, its over your budget, but a better system

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £239.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x MSI HD 7750 2048MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card £71.99
1 x XFX Pro 550W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) HDD £43.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £43.99
1 x BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £26.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
1 x OcUK Inter-Media USB Keyboard - Black (5137AU) £6.98
1 x Gigabyte M5050 800 DPI Mouse - Black £4.99
Total : £601.99 (includes shipping : £11.75).

Bacon? · 4 Feb 2013 at 14:24

Would want GDDR5 memory over GDDR3 for the GPU.

linwelin · 4 Feb 2013 at 14:25

Bacon? said:
Would want GDDR5 memory over GDDR3 for the GPU.

i was trying to keep the price as low as i could, i had a 7850 in i guess he could replace it with this

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7850 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards £119.99
Total : £129.89 (includes shipping : £8.25).

Bacon? · 4 Feb 2013 at 14:27

Or just use a slighltly more expensive 7750:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-294-SP&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1699

Its not that I dont like the 7750 (I dont anyway

) but the GDDR3 memory can strangle it.