New Spec for a friend! £850-£900

archerz · 4 Jun 2013 at 13:40

Hello oh knowledgeable people

My friend is wanting to finally upgrade his system as its taking a few days to render movies! obviously during this time he can't use the PC so has decided to let me loose and give him a great build to satisfy his needs!

So...

■ Used for Video rendering.
■ Used for high performance gaming (nothing too current but I can assume he will when he has this PC.

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■ Budget of < £1000 but I'm looking at about £850 to give leeway for choice.
■ Doesn't need Windows/Monitor/Peripherals at the moment. Just the box!
■ No preference on Nvidia/AMD for graphics, CPU prefer to keep to Intel at the moment though.

Thank in advance for your help and if I have missed anything I shall will update accordingly.

Thanks

Doomedspeed · 4 Jun 2013 at 14:14

Sorry I can't help you spec but the budget and uses lend itself to either a 4670k + 7950 Setup, or if you can grab a cheaper 2700k/3770k, the hypertheading may help in video editing.

archerz · 4 Jun 2013 at 14:22

Any particular 7950 you recommend? clueless now with the graphics cards.

snips86x · 4 Jun 2013 at 14:23

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7950 Twin Frozr III Boost Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **NEW REVISION** £249.95
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail with FREE Grid 2 PC Game £191.99
1 x SanDisk Extreme SSD 240GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - (SDSSDX-240G-G25) £142.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard + FREE Be Quiet! Shadow Rock Pro SR1 CPU Cooler! £109.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £79.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Windowed Case - Black £69.95
1 x Patriot Intel Extreme Masters 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-14900C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVI38G186C9K) £65.99
1 x XFX Pro 650W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £64.99
Total : £975.84 (includes shipping : FREE).

archerz · 4 Jun 2013 at 14:30

Do you think the i5 will be powerful enough? from my lack of knowledge the i7 has more threads (and slighty faster)? obviously that would take me over the budget but looks good.

keep the suggestions coming!

Thanks.

stulid · 4 Jun 2013 at 15:11

For rendering a i7 will help, you do get Quicksync support with these chips that may help, but I find it only works best with MP4 conversions.

olivier renault · 4 Jun 2013 at 15:18

I'm kind of reluctant to recommend a 2700K, but at £50 cheaper, that leaves you with money for a good cooler, or just about get within budget.

Dunno how a FX-8350 would fare as well.

archerz · 4 Jun 2013 at 15:28

He won't be overclocking too much as he is a complete PC noob really so won't need a great cooler and the motherboard below comes with a free one?. He just knows how to use it and edit/play

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail with FREE Grid 2 PC Game £275.99
1 x MSI HD 7950 Twin Frozr III Boost Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **NEW REVISION** £249.95
1 x SanDisk Extreme SSD 240GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - (SDSSDX-240G-G25) £142.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard + FREE Be Quiet! Shadow Rock Pro SR1 CPU Cooler! £109.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Windowed Case - Black £69.95
1 x Patriot Intel Extreme Masters 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-14900C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVI38G186C9K) £65.99
1 x XFX Pro 650W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £64.99
Total : £1,001.27 (includes shipping : £17.85).

So far from the recommendations above this is my list. bang on £1000 mark. any adjustments/tweaks that can be made to improve/reduce cost?

honosuseri · 4 Jun 2013 at 15:31

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail with FREE Grid 2 PC Game £275.99
1 x HIS HD 7950 IceQ BOOST 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H795QC3G2M) £249.95
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard + FREE Be Quiet! Shadow Rock Pro SR1 CPU Cooler! £109.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 16GB (2x8GB) PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX21C11T3K2/16X) £109.99
1 x Plextor M5S 128GB Solid State Drive - (PX-128M5S) £89.99
1 x BitFenix Shinobi USB3.0 Gaming Windowed Case - Black £59.99
1 x Thermaltake Smart Series 530w Modular '80Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £47.99
1 x LiteOn IHAS124-04 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £1,025.96 (includes shipping : £11.75).

stulid · 4 Jun 2013 at 15:58

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7950 Twin Frozr III Boost Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **NEW REVISION** £249.95
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8350 Black Edition 4.00GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £161.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 16GB (2x8GB) PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX21C11T3K2/16X) £109.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HG5D Series 7mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - (THNSNH128GCST) £94.99
1 x Gigabyte 990XA-UD3 AMD 990X (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
1 x Antec High Current Gamer M 520W "80+ Bronze" Modular Power Supply £59.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £47.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £885.38 (includes shipping : £17.10).

archerz · 4 Jun 2013 at 16:31

Are the AMD range comparable to the i5/7s ?

fowler002 · 4 Jun 2013 at 16:48

Will he be wanting to add a 2nd graphics card in the future? If so need a different motherboard and a 750w PSU(not sure if the 650w will be enough, stulid will prob be able to enlighten us).

stulid · 4 Jun 2013 at 16:52

archerz said:
Are the AMD range comparable to the i5/7s ?

It's slower mostly - http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/697?vs=836 - but theres one or two where it wins.

But it's cheaper and could still be a huge improvement to what your friend currently has?

It's there, I've specced it, take it for what it is.

archerz · 4 Jun 2013 at 16:56

thanks for the info Stulid. I'll have a chat with my mate and see how he wants to go

fowler002 - probably not. I think it will be a buy now and use it till it dies/tooslow scenario.

archerz · 4 Jun 2013 at 17:09

ok, just spoken to him. he would like the possability to SLI/Xfire later !! any suggestions on a different motherboard then?

stulid · 4 Jun 2013 at 17:14

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7950 Twin Frozr III Boost Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **NEW REVISION** £249.95
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8350 Black Edition 4.00GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £161.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 16GB (2x8GB) PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX21C11T3K2/16X) £109.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HG5D Series 7mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - (THNSNH128GCST) £94.99
1 x Gigabyte 990XA-UD3 AMD 990X (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
1 x XFX Pro 850W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £71.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Case - Black £64.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £47.99
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £930.29 (includes shipping : £17.85).

Adjusted for SLI/Crossfire.

The board was already ready (8X/8X)

Just needed a better PSU and maybe case to kill the heat.

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For Haswell, something like this board - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-436-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=2574

snitcher · 4 Jun 2013 at 17:22

i5 will be value for money over i7.

archerz · 4 Jun 2013 at 19:27

need the performance for video editing/rendering though so I think the i7 will be best.

archerz · 4 Jun 2013 at 20:12

ok looking nearly at a final setup as below:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail with FREE Grid 2 PC Game £275.99
1 x MSI HD 7950 Twin Frozr III Boost Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **NEW REVISION** £249.95
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-D3H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £131.99
1 x SanDisk Pulse SSD 256GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - (SDSSDP-256G-G25) £119.99
1 x XFX Pro 850W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £71.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual CHannel Kit (PV38G213C1K) £65.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Case - Black £64.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £47.99
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £1,067.28 (includes shipping : £17.85).

RJC · 4 Jun 2013 at 20:20

Will he be looking at another gpu later on?

Otherwise you could look at the board below and drop the PSU down.

Motherboard comes with a free cooler:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail with FREE Grid 2 PC Game £275.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard + FREE Be Quiet! Shadow Rock Pro SR1 CPU Cooler! £109.99
1 x XFX Pro 550W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £49.99
Total : £497.36 (includes shipping : £9.50).