Asking for a friend--he has £700 to spend--

[RussD]

Hi All, I asking for a friend who is new to all this.
He got max £700 to spend. NON gaming, For Photography..
Can you speck a good system to build or even better one already built.
Many Thanks..

He was quoted elsewhere for this--I said NO
AMD Ryzen 3 3100, Zen 2, 4-core with SMT, 3.6GHz, 3.9GHz Turbo AMD Ryzen 3 3200G, Zen+, 4-core, 3.6GHz, 4.0GHz Turbo, Radeon Vega GPU

 

[dfour]

This should be much better

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Team Group Vulcan Z T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey= £68.99
• 1 x WD Blue SN550 1TB NVME M.2 2280 PCIe Gen3 Solid State Drive (WDS100T2B0C)= £94.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Six Core 4.2GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £188.99
• 1 x ASUS PRIME B450M-K (Socket AM4) DDR4 MATX Motherboard= £69.98
• 1 x Gigabyte GeForce GT 1030 Silent Low Profile 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £79.99
• 3 x Cooler Master SickleFlow 120 Black PWM Fan - 120mm= £5.99
• 1 x Corsair Carbide 110Q Silent Mid-Tower ATX Case - Black= £53.99
• 1 x Raijintek Themis Black Heatpipe CPU Cooler PWM - 120mm= £18.95
• 1 x Raijintek AM4 Mounting Kit= £1.99
• 1 x Prolimatech PK-Zero Thermal Compound - 1.5g= £2.50
• 1 x be quiet! Pure Power 11 500W 80 Plus Gold Power Supply= £62.99

Total: £674.53 (includes shipping: £13.20)
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Tried to only go for things in stock.
6 core/12 thread cpu.
1tb fast m.2 ssd
16 gig ram
silenced case and better cooler to keep it all quiet with gold rated psu to make it more effecient.

 

[turbot1984]

+1 on the above, so long as fine building it?

 

[MissChief]

dfour's spec is good if it's purely non gaming.

 

[EViLHomer48]

potentially drop the M2 drive down to
My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x WD Blue 3D NAND 500GB M.2 2280 Solid State Drive (WDS500G2B0B)= £52.99

Total: £52.99 (includes shipping: £0.00)​

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Then if for photography he will have more cash for HDDs

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Seagate 2TB Barracuda 7200RPM 256MB Cache Internal Hard Drive (ST2000DM008)= £52.99

Total: £52.99 (includes shipping: £0.00)​

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[RussD]

Thank You for the Specs. Looks Good to me.
Is there a better motherboard than the Asus Prime B450M. and, Would a 650W Modular PSU be better in case he wants to add on more HDD etc etc. Or is that 500W OK.
Does the NAND HD take up any of the Sata ports...Asking as on my older Gigabyte if i put one in I can't use a SATA port (it becomes redundant) Stupid thing that. lol
Many Thanks.

 

[mickyflinn]

Thank You for the Specs. Looks Good to me.
Is there a better motherboard than the Asus Prime B450M. and, Would a 650W Modular PSU be better in case he wants to add on more HDD etc etc. Or is that 500W OK.
Does the NAND HD take up any of the Sata ports...Asking as on my older Gigabyte if i put one in I can't use a SATA port (it becomes redundant) Stupid thing that. lol
Many Thanks.

Intel 6 core with integrated graphics unlesz hes neefs a gpu for acceleration in Photoshop.
CODE My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x be quiet! Pure Power 11 500W 80 Plus Gold Power Supply= £62.99
• 1 x Intel Core i5-10400 2.90GHz (Comet Lake) Socket LGA1200 Processor - Retail= £154.99
• 1 x MSI B460M PRO-VDH WIFI (Socket LGA 1200) DDR4 Micro-ATX Motherboard= £96.95
• 1 x WD Blue SN550 1TB NVME M.2 2280 PCIe Gen3 Solid State Drive (WDS100T2B0C)= £94.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan Z T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey= £68.99
• 1 x Raijintek Themis Black Heatpipe CPU Cooler PWM - 120mm= £18.95
• 1 x Kolink Citadel Micro-ATX Case - Black= £46.99

Total: £557.15 (includes shipping: £12.30)
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[RussD]

Yes, he needs a GPU. Probably a 1660 super or something similar, or a bit less. THANKS.

 

[RussD]

That Mobo only has 4 SATA ports. Needs a minimum of 6, 8 better.

 

[martin363]

For that money, and photography he may be better considering the Apple M1 Mac Mini... amazing machine for the money, about £700