Doing major upgrade. £400 Budget! Can you come up with something better?

KizZ · 19 Nov 2013 at 19:57

Doing major upgrade. ~£400 Budget! Can you come up with something better?

Hey guys. Would really appreciate to hear your suggestions here. I've got to do an upgrade for £400 (can stretch to around £430 if I have to) and I will need:

RAM
Motherboard
CPU
SSD HDD
2x120mm fans

Non gaming rig. Heavy web browsing, MS office and Photoshop, NO overclocking.

My friend did a quick spec earlier and came up with this:

Intel Core i5-4440 3.10GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £139.99
TeamGroup Vulcan RED 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD316G1600HC9DC01) £115.99
MSI Z87-G43 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard - FREE Alpenfohn Civetta Cooler!! £86.99
Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £79.99
2x Arctic F12 Case Fan - 120mm £7.96

Sub total: £359.11
Shipping: £9.00
VAT: 73.62

Total: 441.73

Can you do better?

Thanks!

NoNameNoNumber · 19 Nov 2013 at 19:58

Is that a basket screenshot from Competitor name.?

KizZ · 19 Nov 2013 at 20:00

Yes it is.

nathanael91 · 19 Nov 2013 at 20:02

KizZ · 19 Nov 2013 at 20:04

Wait. It's OK as long as you're not mentioning competitors right? I can remove it if I have to.

Rhyswh · 19 Nov 2013 at 20:04

Is it for gaming?

KizZ · 19 Nov 2013 at 20:07

Rhyswh said:
Is it for gaming?

Nope. But a lot of heavy web browsing, MS office and Photoshop.

PowerPie5000 · 19 Nov 2013 at 20:18

YOUR BASKET
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD316G1600HC9DC01) £115.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £115.99
1 x MSI 990FXA-GD65 AMD 990 FX (AMD AM3/AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £94.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £79.99
2 x Arctic F12 Case Fan - 120mm £3.98 (£7.96)
Total : £414.94 (includes shipping : FREE).

I assume your not bothered about matching colours judging from your first post (RAM and mobo etc..)? You should be entitled to free shipping from OcUK too

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EDIT: Do you already have a graphics card?

KizZ · 19 Nov 2013 at 20:26

PowerPie5000 said:
EDIT: Do you already have a graphics card?

Thanks for that! I have an old Nvidia 6800GS which has gotten noisy. I don't mind using an onboard one really.

PowerPie5000 · 19 Nov 2013 at 20:31

KizZ said:
Thanks for that! I have an old Nvidia 6800GS which has gotten noisy. I don't mind using an onboard one really.

Ok, onboard it is... This should be perfectly fine if all you're doing is web browsing, using MS Office and photoshop (it can handle more than that if needed

).... You could go even cheaper.

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A8-6600K 3.90GHz (Socket FM2) APU Richland Quad Core Processor (AD660KWOHLBOX) £99.95
1 x Gigabyte G1.Sniper A88X AMD A88X Chipset (Socket FM2+) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £89.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £79.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit - GREEN £65.99
2 x Arctic F12 Case Fan - 120mm £3.98 (£7.96)
Total : £343.88 (includes shipping : FREE).

Do you have another hard drive? You might need a larger SSD if not.

KizZ · 19 Nov 2013 at 21:29

Yeah I've got 2 other standard SATAs. I'm a bit out of touch with hardware these days but what does AMD have over Intel ATM? Cheers.

edit: oh and also, there will be NO overclocking done.

Stas823 · 20 Nov 2013 at 01:15

Nothing much but in a non discrete gpu they crush intel chips (when they are utilised)

TooMuchCheese · 20 Nov 2013 at 02:17

Intel alternative, GPU can of course be dropped if no GPU is necessary.

Your Basket »
1 x Intel Core i3-4130 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £89.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £79.99
1 x Gigabyte H87-HD3 Intel H87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £77.99
1 x MSI HD 7770 GHz Edition 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £71.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Blu 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3B1K2/8GX) £61.99
2 x Noiseblocker BlackSilent Fan XL1 Fan - 120mm £6.98 (£13.96)

Total: £407.32 (includes shipping: £9.50)

Black/blue theme, not that it matters..

KizZ · 20 Nov 2013 at 04:05

Could you drop the GPU, add an i5 and 16GB RAM? I can stretch to £440. What's the best you can come up with?

Cheers

Threepwood · 20 Nov 2013 at 05:20

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4440 3.10GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £139.99
1 x Avexir Venom Series 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Quad Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16000904G-4CIG) - Green Light £119.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-HD3 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £79.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £79.99
2 x Arctic F12 Case Fan - 120mm £3.98 (£7.96)
Total : £427.93 (includes shipping : FREE).

Change the fans to whatever you like up to your £440 budget if you like.

TooMuchCheese · 20 Nov 2013 at 12:53

To be honest, your original spec looks fine along with the free cooler(good call on choosing a mobo with a free cooler).

bennydragonboy · 20 Nov 2013 at 15:51

PowerPie5000 said:
Ok, onboard it is... This should be perfectly fine if all you're doing is web browsing, using MS Office and photoshop (it can handle more than that if needed ).... You could go even cheaper.

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A8-6600K 3.90GHz (Socket FM2) APU Richland Quad Core Processor (AD660KWOHLBOX) £99.95
1 x Gigabyte G1.Sniper A88X AMD A88X Chipset (Socket FM2+) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £89.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £79.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit - GREEN £65.99
2 x Arctic F12 Case Fan - 120mm £3.98 (£7.96)
Total : £343.88 (includes shipping : FREE).

Do you have another hard drive? You might need a larger SSD if not.

This is a good option.

KizZ · 20 Nov 2013 at 17:50

Alright then chaps. I think I've got an idea what to order now. Thanks a lot for your help!