New basic build advice - circa £300-350

PESolution · 11 Nov 2013 at 20:37

Good evening,

I'm building a PC for a friend who wants to spend around £300-350 to build a PC which is used primarily for video editing / browsing.

He already has a case, monitor, peripherals, hard drive, optical drive and OS.

What's the best he can get for his money (cpu, mobo, gfx card, ram, PSU).

Thanks in advance!

Pes x

ExRayTed · 11 Nov 2013 at 21:47

Best I could do.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4430 3.00GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £139.99
1 x MSI HD 7770 GHz Edition 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £71.99
1 x Seasonic S12II 430W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x MSI B85M-P33 Intel B85 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £47.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED34GM1600HC11DC01) £32.99
Total : £342.95 (includes shipping : FREE).

PESolution · 11 Nov 2013 at 22:22

thanks for responding.

Is there any reason why you chose a micro ATX board? I believe his current case is fine for normal ATX?

Also - would you say getting 8gb of ram for a tiny bit more was worthwhile?

ExRayTed · 11 Nov 2013 at 22:39

Micro ATX was chosen due to the cost. If he can stretch the budget a bit then more ram would be a good idea

PESolution · 11 Nov 2013 at 23:08

hadnt realised micro atx boards were cheaper - i presumed they would be more as they're smaller

Stas823 · 11 Nov 2013 at 23:59

Another option is an apu build which would allow for overclocking and decent gpu performance

ExRayTed · 12 Nov 2013 at 09:42

Stas823 said:
Another option is an apu build which would allow for overclocking and decent gpu performance

It's an option and a viable one, if budget is the driving factor. If you want to spend as little as possible then an APU build is hard to beat for everyday stuff. Performance wise though, no APU will touch the i5 / gpu combination above. It all depends on his friend's priorities.