£400 spec?

shinester184 · 11 Sep 2009 at 23:01

In need of a £400 spec computer for obvious everyday tasks, plus light video and photo editing, but no gaming.

Needs to be able to last 4-5 yrs and still able to handle the essential tasks then

Look forward to some specs...
Cheers

Kennysevenfold · 11 Sep 2009 at 23:10

Hi mate, need monitor/keyboard/mouse/OS.?

shinester184 · 11 Sep 2009 at 23:18

Nah mate, just a base unit

Kennysevenfold · 11 Sep 2009 at 23:20

Ahh kool

How about this.?

Product Name Qty Price Line Total

AMD Phenom II X3 Tri Core 720 Black Edition 2.8GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £92.99
(£80.86) £92.99
(£80.86)

Asus M4A785TD-V Evo AMD 785G (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £70.99
(£61.73) £70.99
(£61.73)

G.Skill Ripjaw 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (F3-12800CL8D-4GBRM) £67.99
(£59.12) £67.99
(£59.12)

Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103UJ) £60.98
(£53.03) £60.98
(£53.03)

PC Power & Cooling Silencer 420W Power Supply £39.99
(£34.77) £39.99
(£34.77)

Coolermaster Elite 335 Case - Black (No PSU) £28.99
(£25.21) £28.99
(£25.21)

Samsung SH-S223B/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£14.77) £16.99
(£14.77) Sub Total : £329.49 Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.25 VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £51.11 Total : £391.85

fluffmyster · 12 Sep 2009 at 01:54

You could go quad core for that price:

Granted the motherboard isn't as good but it'll do

D.P. · 12 Sep 2009 at 09:07

I have a similar question.
Also, if the budget increased to 500 or to 600 what would I get, what would be the advantages?

PermaBanned · 12 Sep 2009 at 09:14

600 you might be looking at an i5. Better processor, will go everything you want it to do faster. But if i'm brutally honest i don't think it's worth it in a non gaming rig.

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
AMD Phenom II X3 Tri Core 720 Black Edition 2.8GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £92.99
(£80.86) £92.99
(£80.86)
Asus M4A785TD-V Evo AMD 785G (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £70.99
(£61.73) £70.99
(£61.73)
G.Skill Ripjaw 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (F3-12800CL8D-4GBRM) £67.99
(£59.12) £67.99
(£59.12)
NZXT BETA Classic Series Case - Black (No PSU) £45.99
(£39.99) £45.99
(£39.99)
Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (WD5001AALS) £42.99
(£37.38) £42.99
(£37.38)
PC Power & Cooling Silencer 420W Power Supply £39.99
(£34.77) £39.99
(£34.77)
Samsung SH-S223B/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£14.77) £16.99
(£14.77)
Coolermaster Hyper TX3 CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM3/775/1156) £13.98
(£12.16) £13.98
(£12.16)
Sub Total : £340.78
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.75
VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £52.88
Total : £405.41

D.P. · 12 Sep 2009 at 10:28

Another Question:
Would IDE drives work with the above mentioned systems?

Nocky24 · 12 Sep 2009 at 10:34

fluffmyster said:
You could go quad core for that price:

Granted the motherboard isn't as good but it'll do

Seems good to me. If the purpose of the rig is for video/photo editing i'd definitely try and go for a quad no matter what for longevity. The more cores the better for this sort of usage, for gaming however its debatable and dependant on what game.

D.P. · 12 Sep 2009 at 10:38

^^^^ Thats interesting because my main purpose would be photo editing and playing video.

Would a £600 i5 set up help for this kind of stuff?

PermaBanned · 12 Sep 2009 at 10:41

The 720 is a great little chip. With that motherboard it's possible you can unlock it to a quad as well. Yeah, they should support IDE drives. Don't know why you want them, but whatever

D.P. · 12 Sep 2009 at 11:00

Would the Asus M4A785TD-V Evo AMD 785G allow a Nvidia PCIe gfx card? I really need Nvidia for Linux driver support.

PermaBanned · 12 Sep 2009 at 11:02

Yes. ATI Linux support has been improving you know...

shinester184 · 12 Sep 2009 at 11:04

These look good! Cheers guys.

D.P. · 12 Sep 2009 at 11:04

I've been fighting ATI & Linux for 10 years now and have heard all the promises many times before. I have a Lenovo laptop with ATI and it is a nightmare.

D.P. · 12 Sep 2009 at 11:05

shinester184 said:
These look good! Cheers guys.

Sorry to hijack your thread!

Just I was going to post the exact same request.

PermaBanned · 12 Sep 2009 at 11:06

As in... you can actually get it to work. Besides, the nVidia GTX series aren't as good as GeForce when it comes to Linux support, so you'd be looking at a 9800 to save yourself the effort.

shinester184 · 12 Sep 2009 at 11:16

D.P. said:
Sorry to hijack your thread!
Just I was going to post the exact same request.

Ah no problem mate!

D.P. · 12 Sep 2009 at 12:01

Superewza said:
As in... you can actually get it to work. Besides, the nVidia GTX series aren't as good as GeForce when it comes to Linux support, so you'd be looking at a 9800 to save yourself the effort.

Well no, most of the time I use software rendering in Linux because the ATI drivers never work...

Anyway, I can stick to ATI if the price-performance is really any better.
I just priced up an i5 system and the cost is not so much higher. For about £450 (no case, no optical drive, but including an HIS HD 4870 512Mb or NV GTS 250). Seems prices here in Switzerland are a little cheaper.

Any good reviews showing i5 performance against AMD quadcore?

PermaBanned · 12 Sep 2009 at 12:32

Well the C2Q 9***s were better than most of the Phenom IIs, and the i5 is it's replacement.

It all depends on what card really, but i've got it working fine.