£600 Build.

[OhWezzi]

So hey guys. Being lurking around a little, some nice rigs going on around here. I'm wondering if you can help me/put me in the right place..

So I'm saving up £600 for a new PC (Will be buying in around 10 weeks) Will be mainly used for rendering, gaming and photoshopping. But I want to know will it be ok to use for like 3-4 until I buy a better CPU and motherboard.

So the specs are the following:

Spoiler

CPU: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-253-AM

Motherboard: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-068-AK

PSU: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-052-XG

GPU: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-172-EA

Memory x3: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-119-GL

Case: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-130-TT

HDD: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-250-SE

Heatsink: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-035-CM

Optical Drive: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CD-000-SL

So I'm planning on overclocking the CPU to 4Ghz. So is this good enough to last until March?
Thanks for reading.

- Ohwezzi

 

[DeanV255]

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x ZOTAC GeForce GTX 560 AMP! Edition 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £155.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-DS3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £75.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DL002) £64.99
1 x Xigmatek Tauro 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £48.98
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler (Socket Intel® Socket LGA1366/1156/1155/775/AMD Socket FM1/AM3+/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £26.99
1 x OcUK Bos Midi Tower Case - Black/Red £24.98
1 x GeIL Black Dragon 4GB (1x4GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Single Module (GD34GB1333C9SC) £17.99
1 x Sony DDU1681S-0B 18x DVD-ROM (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £628.99 (includes shipping : £11.75).



I just upgraded from a AMD 965BE, its a really good allround CPU as i also used it for the same features you mention, Photoshop, video rendering, recording and even 3D Animations. But compared to the i5-3570K is not even close to been as fast as it. But of course money is important this was just to show you how much the Intel would cost you so maybe saving that tiny bit extra will saves you a lot in the long run

With the 965BE though ive seen people struggle to get it past 3.8GHz sadly so 4.0GHz may not be possible.

I've put you a Intel build so you can see what price it would be, for a little more you can get a very capable system, as that CPU has amazing rendering power and with a 560 will give you an amazing gaming experience. I tried to keep everything the same but changed the case to something more placid, and cheaper

 

[Idleman]

YOUR BASKET
1 x VTX3D HD 7850 X-Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
1 x Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £97.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £64.99
1 x OCZ ZT 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £63.98
1 x Thermaltake Commander Snow Edition Midi Tower Case - Black/White £46.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38192M1600HC11DC) £29.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler (Socket Intel® Socket LGA1366/1156/1155/775/AMD Socket FM1/AM3+/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £26.99
1 x LG GH24NS90 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £588.50 (includes shipping : £10.50).



This. Then upgrade the Cpu to a 3570k and add an ssd.