£400 build

[IdraqS]

Hello, I'm new to overclockers and not that great at speccing.

Is there any way someone could do me a spec list? It's for my friend, who has four main uses in a prioritised list:

1.internet- casual things etc
2.coding
3.gaming
4.editing

You can go slightly over 400 pounds but not too much.

Many thanks!

 

[ShivP]

Welcome
Does he already have a PC or need everything from scratch?
Need an OS? Any peripherals at all (e.g. monitor, keyboard and mouse?)
What type of editing - video or photo?
And finally, what games?
Thanks

 

[stulid]

Hi,

What parts does he need? OS, keyboard, monitor etc etc?

Tell me what you need and I can do you a spec:

 

[IdraqS]

Ahh yes sorry I forgot. No monitor/OS needed, keyboard and mouse wise I have that sorted. He's gonna be doing all types of editing, I think primarily video though. He's going to be using adobe master collection etc too. Gaming wise, a mix of high end and low end gaming, games like the new borderlands, fc4, ac unity, minecraft all sorts of games. No other peripherals need either.

thanks so much

 

[stulid]

Adobe master collection, swear I have that on disk somewhere, has everything doesn't it from Photoshop to After effects?


YOUR BASKET
1 x **B Grade** Sapphire Radeon R7 265 Dual-X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £79.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £79.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TPKD38G1600HC11DC01) £59.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £59.99
1 x Gigabyte 970A-DS3P AMD 970A (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £50.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £39.95
1 x Raijintek Arcadia Mid Tower USB 3.0 Case - Black £24.95
1 x Raijintek Aidos Direct Contact CPU Cooler - Black £14.99
1 x LG GH24NSB0 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £434.42 (includes shipping : £8.00).



Hex core CPU will help in these heavy multi tasking apps.

Save more money with free delivery - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18630207

If he can get more money then spend it on a a better GFX card or bigger storage or maybe an SSD.

If any of the applications support OpenCL then you should get a nice boost from the GFX card.

 

[CEUOTC]

Stock cooler and GTX 660.

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £99.95
1 x **B Grade** ASRock 990FX Extreme3 AMD 990FX (Socket AM3+) DDR3 ATX (MB-060-AK) £75
1 x **B Grade** KFA2 GeForce GTX 660 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (6 (GX-038-KF) £59.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV "Frost Edition" 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-21300C11 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit £59.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £59.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £39.95
1 x BitFenix Neos ATX Tower Black/Black £29.99
1 x LG GH24NSB0 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £452.94 (includes shipping : £11.75).



Same board as Stulid with GTX 660 and stock cooler.

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £99.95
1 x **B Grade** KFA2 GeForce GTX 660 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (6 (GX-038-KF) £59.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV "Frost Edition" 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-21300C11 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit £59.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £59.99
1 x Gigabyte 970A-DS3P AMD 970A (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £50.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £39.95
1 x BitFenix Neos ATX Tower Black/Black £29.99
1 x LG GH24NSB0 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £428.93 (includes shipping : £11.75).

 

[IdraqS]

Sorry to ask, but is there any way you could lower that please? The max is 425- absolute max.

 

[IdraqS]

oh wait didnt see the last one
excellent thanks

 

[stulid]

Pointer,

That board I used has a 4+1 power design, not good for the bigger Oct core CPU's.

You need something with a stronger design to keep thermal throttling at bay.

Basically these two,

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £74.99
1 x Gigabyte 970A-UD3P AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £65.99
Total : £150.58 (includes shipping : £8.00).




Stock AMD heatsink very poor too, whiny little so and so.

 

[tamzzy]

intel i5 build:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus H81M-K Intel Core i5 DIY Micro ATX Motherboard, CPU & RAM Bundle £225.97
1 x **B Grade** Sapphire Radeon R7 265 Dual-X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £39.95
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020046-UK) £34.99
1 x Zalman T2 Plus Mini-Tower USB 3.0 - Black £19.99
1 x Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM £13.49
Total : £423.98 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 

[CEUOTC]

Pointer,

That board I used has a 4+1 power design, not good for the bigger Oct core CPU's.

You need something with a stronger design to keep thermal throttling at bay.

Basically these two,

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £74.99
1 x Gigabyte 970A-UD3P AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £65.99
Total : £150.58 (includes shipping : £8.00).




Stock AMD heatsink very poor too, whiny little so and so.

Good catch Stulid, missed that,

 

[CEUOTC]

Pretty much the same build as Stulid just with B grade GTX 660.

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £79.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £59.99
1 x **B Grade** KFA2 GeForce GTX 660 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (6 (GX-038-KF) £59.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV "Frost Edition" 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-21300C11 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit £59.99
1 x Gigabyte 970A-DS3P AMD 970A (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £50.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £39.95
1 x BitFenix Neos ATX Tower Black/Black £29.99
1 x Raijintek Aidos Direct Contact CPU Cooler - Black £14.99
1 x LG GH24NSB0 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £423.96 (includes shipping : £11.75).

 

[stulid]

Also need to make sure there are heatsinks on those VRMS otherwise it pointless.

So not this one,

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £55.99
Total : £61.97 (includes shipping : £4.98).

 

[IdraqS]

agh i wish i could go with tamzzy's i5 build but he wants to overclock so will probs need to get a custom cooler . really good build though ty

 

[tamzzy]

but he wants to overclock

tell him to fork out the cash then lol.

 

[IdraqS]

haha, he's got a budget what can i do?

 

[tamzzy]

you to him: stop being a tight ass ;p

 

[T345]

YOUR BASKET
1 x **B Grade** Gigabyte Radeon R9 280 WindForce 3X OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express G (GX-143-GI) £129.95
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £79.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV "Frost Edition" 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-21300C11 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit £59.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £59.99
1 x Gigabyte 970A-DS3P AMD 970A (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £50.99
1 x **B Grade** Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache WD (HD-366-WD) £26.99
1 x **B Grade** BitFenix Neos ATX Tower (CA-162-BX) £21
1 x LG GH24NSB0 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £452.48 (includes shipping : £8.00).



For a bit over budget and with B-grade parts you can go for the r9 280x

 

[IdraqS]

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £55.99
Total : £61.97 (includes shipping : £4.98).

its out of stock, any idea when it is back in stock/ are there any alternatives?