£450 spec

[skinneyb]

hi all am looking at building a pc for my bro as he has a unable to say but starts with a D and it has gone bang don't you just love D lol

he is looking at spending £450 max he dose not need a os keyboard mouse or monitor is vga as his are all new

so my question is what would be the best spec for him for the above budget he dose not game at the min so on board gpu is fine for now he would like a ssd 64g/128g and a extra 500g normal hard drive for storage a i3 or a i5 if possible in case his demand on his pc changes at the min pc is used for home and office type work with quite a bit of vid encoding not high res so no need for a i7 he will not be overclocking at all so stock cooler will be fine

 

[snips86x]

Best I can do atm!

You'd need to check with OCUK regrading the Grade B items as to what they are missing. I've included a z77 as he can upgrade the CPU to i5/i7 later on. I can't get an SSD in there.

 

[dacads]

PSUs love to go out with a bang

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £119.99
1 x MSI 990XA-GD55 AMD 990X Chipset (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £82.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5 SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT064M4SSD2) £64.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 500GB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA050) HDD £43.99
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £39.95
1 x Patriot Intel Extreme Masters 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVI38G160C9K) £35.99
1 x BitFenix Merc Beta Gaming Case - Black £29.99
1 x Asus HD 6450 SILENT EDITION 1024MB GDDR3 Low Profile PCI-Express Graphics Card £29.99
Total : £461.98 (includes shipping : £11.75).

 

[skinneyb]

have edited it sorry did not think my bad

 

[snips86x]

have edited it sorry did not think my bad

Updated:

Same as above, you can upgrade the CPU which supports i5/i7 and up to 32gb RAM if needed.

Dont forget your free shipping.

 

[olivier renault]

Shouldn't need an extra graphics card with a i3. I'd spend the £30 on the rest.

 

[dacads]

8320 will be better for video editing

 

[neocon]

Shouldn't need an extra graphics card with a i3. I'd spend the £30 on the rest.

spend it on an i5

 

[Idleman]

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £167.99
1 x Asus P8Z77-V LX2 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £67.99
1 x Intel 330 Series 60GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £59.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 500GB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA050) HDD £43.99
1 x Antec High Current Gamer 400W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £40
1 x Patriot Intel Extreme Masters 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVI38G160C9K) £35.99
1 x BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £26.99
Total : £457.03 (includes shipping : £11.75).

 

[snips86x]

Shouldn't need an extra graphics card with a i3. I'd spend the £30 on the rest.

Would it not be better to have a small g/card than rely solely on the CPU, take some of the strain.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £167.99
1 x Asus P8Z77-V LX2 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £67.99
1 x Intel 330 Series 60GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £59.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 500GB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA050) HDD £43.99
1 x Antec High Current Gamer 400W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £40
1 x Patriot Intel Extreme Masters 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVI38G160C9K) £35.99
1 x BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £26.99
Total : £457.03 (includes shipping : £11.75).

Still need a storage drive.

Grade B 500gb - £33?!

 

[Idleman]

Would it not be better to have a small g/card than rely solely on the CPU, take some of the strain.


Still need a storage drive. Look again, Toshiba.

Grade B 500gb - £33?!

 

[snips86x]

oh yeah!