Budget Music PC

[tr3k]

I'm looking to build a budget music pc, to run cubase 7 ideally I would like to keep the cost below £400 I already have monitor, OS, keyboard etc so it just the base I need to build and the price dose not include a audio interface. I quickly threw this basked together after a suggested build on future producers. Any help and recommendations are most appreciated.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i3-2120 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £83.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-HD3 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £59.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) HDD £41.99
1 x Imp MicroATX Tower Case (500w PSU) £31.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £19.99
Total : £331.44 (includes shipping : £11.25).

 

[RJC]

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Z87-G43 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard - FREE Alpenfohn Civetta Cooler!! £86.99
1 x Intel Core i3-4130 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £83.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black (CC-9011023-WW) £47.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x SuperFlower Amazon 450W "80 Plus Bronze" Power Supply £35.99
1 x LiteOn IHAS124-14 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £379.52 (includes shipping : £8.00).



A little over:

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £113.99
1 x Gigabyte 990XA-UD3 AMD 990X (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black (CC-9011023-WW) £47.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x SuperFlower Amazon 450W "80 Plus Bronze" Power Supply £35.99
1 x LiteOn IHAS124-14 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £412.52 (includes shipping : £8.00).



or

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte 990XA-UD3 AMD 990X (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £83.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black (CC-9011023-WW) £47.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x SuperFlower Amazon 450W "80 Plus Bronze" Power Supply £35.99
1 x LiteOn IHAS124-14 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £382.52 (includes shipping : £8.00).



Edit:

Add one of these to the AMD build:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-271-AS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1711

 

[tr3k]

Thanks all these look a lot batter than my list. I especially like the last one.

 

[Smoogels]

For the AMD builds you will need a GPU card since they don't have built in graphics

 

[BinnsY]

Heres my suggestion, I know you said not to include an audio interface but I've thrown one in anyway but only gone over the budget by the price of that sound card as I think you can do much much better than some of the above builds. For this money theres no reason at all that you cant have an SSD to act as a nice fast boot drive. The case I've picked is nice and cheap and wont have tons of airflow, but at the same time it should be nice and quiet. Given that none of the components in there will generate any real heat that shouldnt give you any problems at all. Theres no need for anthing over a 300w PSU (even that is overkill for a rig thats barely going to pull 200). I've also dropped down to a H81 motherboard, at this budget I cant imagine you are going to do any serious overclocking and it still gives you all the functionality you need but allows the budget to stretch further for an SSD.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus Xonar D2X 7.1 PCI-E Sound Card £89.99
1 x Intel Core i3-4130 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £83.99
1 x SanDisk Pulse 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - (SDSSDP-128G-G25) £67.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x Asus H81M-PLUS Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £43.99
1 x BitFenix Comrade Midi-Tower - Black £29.99
1 x SuperFlower Amazon 300W "80 Plus Bronze" Power Supply £26.99
1 x LiteOn IHAS124-14 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £478.01 (includes shipping : £11.75).

 

[RJC]

For the AMD builds you will need a GPU card since they don't have built in graphics

Ha ha, I think I should have gone back to bed!!!