£300 Build?

[kristmace]

Kristmace do you know anything about PC's?

First of all PSU is the most important part so you need a quality piece especially if hes adding a GPU which for all we know could be a 7850 or 7770 later on.

And Llano does not beat an i3 in any way for his purpose. The dual cores on the i3 alone would be better than the Llano chip for video editing because of its architecture but it also has Hyperthreading which makes it more than adequate/.

There's no point speccing a system thats 30-40% over budget though. The OCZ PSU that OCUK has for £29.99 is perfectly adequate and quite capable of powering a 7850.
Llano is inferior to i3, I'm quite aware of that but look at the budget. If you can save £20-30 by going Llano then that has to be considered. Benchmarks on Anandtech for Llano for video tasks aren't streets behind an i3 either.

 

[Sneakze]

Not sure what GPU he will be putting in, Pretty sure it will a 7000 series card though.

 

[Bacon?]

There's no point speccing a system thats 30-40% over budget though. The OCZ PSU that OCUK has for £29.99 is perfectly adequate and quite capable of powering a 7850.
Llano is inferior to i3, I'm quite aware of that but look at the budget. If you can save £20-30 by going Llano then that has to be considered. Benchmarks on Anandtech for Llano for video tasks aren't streets behind an i3 either.

Why would you want to power a near £200 GPU with a £30 PSU. You wouldn't do it. Common sense.

Sneaze can you take a look at my previous spec and ask your friend if he can afford it? It offers a decent upgrade path and reliability.

 

[Sneakze]

Yeah, I'll check with him and get back to you . Cheers everyone for the input though. Much appreciated.

 

[PowerPie5000]

But then for £400 why on earth would you go AMD?

Because it still works out slightly cheaper than an Intel rig (this is a tight budget rig were talking about here). I'm pretty sure the FX-4100 is still comparable (or almost) with an i3 when it comes to gaming etc..

 

[kristmace]

Why would you want to power a near £200 GPU with a £30 PSU. You wouldn't do it. Common sense.

Well, 7850 is more like £130 and personally, If I was on such a tight budget, I'd be fine with that. 7850 is far less power hungry than 5000 and 6000 cards.

 

[LukieBoy007]

Because it still works out slightly cheaper than an Intel rig (this is a tight budget rig were talking about here). I'm pretty sure the FX-4100 is still comparable (or almost) with an i3 when it comes to gaming etc..

May be so but Intel has a much greater upgrade path if going with a i3/Pentium.

 

[Bacon?]

Because it still works out slightly cheaper than an Intel rig (this is a tight budget rig were talking about here). I'm pretty sure the FX-4100 is still comparable (or almost) with an i3 when it comes to gaming etc..

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/434?vs=289

And thats with an FX-8150 which is faster and with a slower i3.

 

[PowerPie5000]

Well, 7850 is more like £130 and personally, If I was on such a tight budget, I'd be fine with that. 7850 is far less power hungry than 5000 and 6000 cards.

I'd say a 7850 is fine for a budget rig... And it can be overclocked if the OP doesn't skimp on the PSU .

 

[PowerPie5000]

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/434?vs=289

And thats with an FX-8150 which is faster and with a slower i3.

I always take those results with a pinch of salt, but i get the idea. Are there actually any i3 & fx-4100 comparisons? I'm still looking.

 

[LukieBoy007]

I always take those results with a pinch of salt, but i get the idea. Are there actually any i3 & fx-4100 comparisons? I'm still looking.

 

[Bacon?]

And the Ivy i3 is faster both clock speed and has an improved architecture compared to the 2100.

 

[Idleman]

Over budget.
But have included a Z77 mobo, though some of the accessories will be missing. As to what , you wont know until you get it. But it does offer your brother the ability to upgrade to an i5 at a later date.
Hav`nt included a dvd drive either, you can always add one if need be.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £99.95
1 x **B Grade** Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £60
1 x OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £45.98
1 x BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £27.98
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £23.99
Total : £322.00 (includes shipping : £11.75).



Or slightly cheaper option, another "B" grade board, but not much of an upgrade path. But does include a dvd/rw.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £99.95
1 x OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £45.98
1 x **B Grade** Gigabyte H61MA-D3V Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £42
1 x BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £27.98
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £23.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £318.98 (includes shipping : £11.75).

 

[Sneakze]

Yeah those builds look good. I think he will like the idea of being able to upgrade to an i5 aswell. Much appreciated.

 

[Akagi]

There are other alternatives for getting an OS, if you get what I mean

+1 Arr, sail by the cove on your way to the checkout matey.

 

[areksnumbr1sxylady]

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte F2A85X-UP4 AMD A85X Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £105.98
1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD580KWOHJBOX) £95.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £45.98
1 x OCZ CoreXtreme 500w '80 Plus' Power Supply £29.99
1 x BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £27.98
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £23.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £428.89 (includes shipping : FREE).




I mean out of the box this system would outperform all mentioned above in gaming, editing I heard that AMD isnt too bad in that department. But upgrade route is far weaker than that of intel. You could save 50 quid on getting cheaper FM2 motherboard, but I really dont understand what is going on with FM2 socket atm... I just know that this mobo was in ocUK that tested 5800K and it was very good.

I mean this AMD isnt actually that bad compared to i3 which was mentioned above

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/675?vs=677

Like so :

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD580KWOHJBOX) £95.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x ASRock FM2A75 Pro4-M AMD A75 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £59.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £45.98
1 x OCZ CoreXtreme 500w '80 Plus' Power Supply £29.99
1 x BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £27.98
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £23.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £382.90 (includes shipping : FREE).

 

[areksnumbr1sxylady]

+1 Arr, sail by the cove on your way to the checkout matey.

They are easy to spot, as soon as you see someone boasting that they have Windows 7 Ultimate, its either a spastic or a pirate... or both.

 

[Akagi]

They are easy to spot, as soon as you see someone boasting that they have Windows 7 Ultimate, its either a spastic or a pirate... or both.

Or someone who might make use of the extra networking features, or someone who can get a copy cheap because they are a student