New £500 build for my Dad.

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My Dad has tasked me to spec him a £500 new build for him.

He has stipulated he needs two dvd drives, he will be doing a bit of photo work and his music will be on it. He does seem interested in flying games so I will be donating a 7970 when I upgrade so he needs a psu that can power it and a case that it can fit in. I am also going to donate a monitor at a later date. I have some old xms3 ram for him that can be used.
I was looking at an i5 build for the on board graphics till i donate and also to use my old ram. With an ssd and a 1tb storage drive, blu ray drive and he also needs a keyboard/mouse wired and windows 7.


Many thanks
dpbadger
 
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YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4430 3.00GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £139.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-HD3 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £95.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02733) £67.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HDTS212EZSTA 9.5mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £65.99
1 x OcUK Value Blu-ray / DVDRW combi SATA - OEM £59.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £59.99
1 x BitFenix Shadow Tower Case - Midnight Black £54.98
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £43.99
1 x Gigabyte KM6150 Keyboard and Mouse Set £9.95
Total : £600.46 (includes shipping : FREE).



£500 is a tough budget for everything.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4430 3.00GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £139.99
1 x Gigabyte H87-HD3 Intel H87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £80.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02733) £67.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HDTS212EZSTA 9.5mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £65.99
1 x OcUK Value Blu-ray / DVDRW combi SATA - OEM £59.99
1 x SuperFlower Amazon 550W "80 Plus Bronze" Power Supply £49.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £43.99
1 x BitFenix Merc Beta Gaming Case - Black £29.99
1 x Gigabyte KM6150 Keyboard and Mouse Set £9.95
Total : £548.87 (includes shipping : FREE).



Dropped the case, PSU, motherboard.
 
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Yeaaah, £500 for an i5 build will be a struggle. Maybe go without an SSD for a while and get a £60 2TB HDD for the time being - you could always upgrade later if need be.
 
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Shivy011 said:
Yeaaah, £500 for an i5 build will be a struggle. Maybe go without an SSD for a while and get a £60 2TB HDD for the time being - could always upgrade later if need be.
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If you don't mind the hassle of re-installing windows at a later date onto an SSD then I'd drop it for now.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4430 3.00GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £139.99
1 x Gigabyte H87-HD3 Intel H87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £80.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02733) £67.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £65.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £59.99
1 x NZXT Source 210 Elite Midi Tower Case - Black £39.95
2 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £19.99 (£39.98)
1 x Gigabyte KM6150 Keyboard and Mouse Set £9.95
Total : £504.83 (includes shipping : FREE).



- Knocked the PSU up to a gold rated one.
- Removed SSD for 2TB HDD
- Removed Blu-ray for 2 Disk Drives
- Better Case

1TB & SSD comes in at £525 if he can stretch a little.

I have some old xms3 ram for him that can be used.
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This is DDR3 right?
 
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Its this ram 'Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit'
He could probably stretch to about £550 ish as I have been telling him how good ssd's are.
 
Yeah that RAM should work I believe - ThaReaper's build is very good, and adding an SSD will lift it to about £560.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4430 3.00GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £139.99
1 x Gigabyte H87-HD3 Intel H87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £80.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02733) £67.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HDTS212EZSTA 9.5mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £65.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £59.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £43.99
1 x NZXT Source 210 Elite Midi Tower Case - Black £39.95
2 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £19.99 (£39.98)
1 x Gigabyte KM6150 Keyboard and Mouse Set £9.95
Total : £548.82 (includes shipping : FREE).



- Dropped back down to a 1TB HDD & added the SSD again
- Kept the better case and PSU

The RAM above will be fine that you have, 1600Mhz would have been a nice speed to have, however will do the trick!
 
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dpbadger said:
Thanks again. I will let him know and see what he says.
Cheers
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Happy to help, if you can't squeeze the extra, then the 2TB Seagate build would be wise way to go for now. Or:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4430 3.00GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £139.99
1 x Gigabyte H87-HD3 Intel H87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £80.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02733) £67.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HDTS212EZSTA 9.5mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £65.99
1 x SuperFlower Amazon 550W "80 Plus Bronze" Power Supply £49.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £43.99
1 x BitFenix Merc Beta Gaming Case - Black £29.99
2 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99 (£33.98)
1 x Gigabyte KM6150 Keyboard and Mouse Set £9.95
Total : £522.86 (includes shipping : FREE).



Cheapest I can get it with both the 1TB and SSD.

- Dropped the 24x drives to 20x & changed the case and PSU back.
- PSU is still a decent unit, but is bronze rated.
- Case isn't the worst either, but I like the NZXT personally & for performance.
 
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Right, this is a thread revival. I have now convinced him to go for a new pc that I am building for him.
The specs are the same so an i5, ssd and storage, one blu ray drive, he is buying w7 and a monitor separately. He said he can go to about £600.
Cheers.
 
 
PSU is juicy, proper sunshine flavours.


Oh and prices have changed now,

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI - Devils Canyon Core i5 4690K Bundle **£12 Saving** £277.98
1 x Crucial BX100 250GB SSD SATA 6Gbps 7mm Solid State Drive (CT250BX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x Antec TruePower Classic 550w '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply £59.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G1600HC9DC01) £49.99
1 x Pioneer BDC-207DBK 8x BluRay ROM / DVDRW SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (OEM) £46.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £41.99
1 x Antec VSP5000 Silenced Tower Case - Black £39.95
Total : £611.88 (includes shipping : £12.50).




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YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £199.99
1 x Crucial BX100 250GB SSD SATA 6Gbps 7mm Solid State Drive (CT250BX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97P-D3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £63.95
1 x Antec TruePower Classic 550w '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply £59.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G1600HC9DC01) £49.99
1 x Pioneer BDC-207DBK 8x BluRay ROM / DVDRW SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (OEM) £46.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £41.99
1 x Antec VSP5000 Silenced Tower Case - Black £39.95
1 x Raijintek Aidos Direct Contact CPU Cooler £14.99
Total : £612.83 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
Thanks Stulid, I am building it on the 12th of May so hopefully some stuff is on offer next Wednesday and it still has time to get to me. I just bought the 290x Matrix so I have released my 7970 for him to have.
 
I just ordered the 'Kingston HyperX Savage Red 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11' on the daily special for the same price as the team group vulcan.
 
Just an update. I bought all the stuff and built it the other day. I went for Stulid's build but changed the SSD to the Samsung 850. No major dramas apart from I didnt know windows media player doesnt play Blurays so rang LG and they told me to use Anua player. All working excellently and Dad is very pleased indeed.
Thanks All.
 
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