Asking the impossible

[Drunkenmassacre]

OK, I've been tasked with building a computer capable of gaming and video editing for 400. This isn't the budget for the tower, but for the WHOLE computer!

Anyone able to do magic?

 

[stulid]

YOUR BASKET
1 x Samsung S23B550V 23" Widescreen LED MHL Monitor - Black **BTS £40 CASHBACK** £143.99
1 x AMD A6-3670K 2.70GHz (Socket FM1) APU Processor (AD3670WNGXBOX) **£10 Cashback** £85.99
1 x MSI A75MA-P35 AMD A75 (Socket FM1) DDR3 Motherboard ** FREE NEXUIZ GAME ** £43.99
1 x OCZ CoreXtreme 500w '80 Plus' Power Supply £32.99
1 x OCZ Vertex 2E 60GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-2VTXE60G) £29.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard II Midi Tower Case - Black/Silver £29.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
1 x Steelseries Kinzu V2 3200 DPI Rubberised Black Gaming Mouse (62022) £15.98
1 x OcUK Value 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit £14.99
1 x OcUK Black Gaming Keyboard (5105GU) £10.99
1 x Logitech S-120 2.0 Speaker System - OEM (980-000011) £9.59
Total : £459.40 (includes shipping : £19.10).




• Theres £40 cashback on the monitor.

• Use Win8 preview as the OS.

 

[Mark101]

Well to spend as little on monitor, accessories etc as possible:

Benq G950A 18.5" Widescreen LCD Monitor: £64.79
OcUK USB Keyboard: £3.98
OcUK USB Optical Mouse: £4.99
Logitech S-120 2.0 Speaker System: £9.59

Total: £83.35

Leaves roughly £320 for the tower.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire HD 7750 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £71.99
1 x Intel Pentium G850 2.90GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £65.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 500GB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA050) £49.99
1 x MSI H61M-P31-G3 Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £38.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Midi Tower Case - Black £29.99
1 x Cooler Master Elite Power 500W Power Supply £29.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
1 x OcUK Value 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Low-Voltage Dual Channel Kit £13.99
Total : £333.91 (includes shipping : £12.50).



Tiny monitor though. Stulid's ideas look perhaps better. Although much of that SSD will be taken up with the OS, leaving very little storage...

 

[stulid]

Tiny monitor though. Stulid's ideas look perhaps better. Although much of that SSD will be taken up with the OS, leaving very little storage...

A rough guess, 40Gb free? not a lot I know.

 

[Mark101]

Depends if they already have an external drive for the video they are editing.

Could switch out that monitor in your build for a compromise, save £45; then drop the SSD and throw in that 500GB drive, which also brings the total cost (just) within budget?

 

[stulid]

Could switch out that monitor in your build for a compromise, save £45;

[cough]£40 cashback[/cough]

 

[leoncao]

The monitor is great with cash back. Stulid has done the job

 

[Drunkenmassacre]

Great stuff guys, can always rely on you

 

[bignev72]

YOUR BASKET
1 x Samsung S23B550V 23" Widescreen LED MHL Monitor - Black **BTS £40 CASHBACK** £143.99
1 x AMD A6-3670K 2.70GHz (Socket FM1) APU Processor (AD3670WNGXBOX) **£10 Cashback** £85.99
1 x MSI A75MA-P35 AMD A75 (Socket FM1) DDR3 Motherboard ** FREE NEXUIZ GAME ** £43.99
1 x OCZ CoreXtreme 500w '80 Plus' Power Supply £32.99
1 x OCZ Vertex 2E 60GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-2VTXE60G) £29.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard II Midi Tower Case - Black/Silver £29.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
1 x Steelseries Kinzu V2 3200 DPI Rubberised Black Gaming Mouse (62022) £15.98
1 x OcUK Value 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit £14.99
1 x OcUK Black Gaming Keyboard (5105GU) £10.99
1 x Logitech S-120 2.0 Speaker System - OEM (980-000011) £9.59
Total : £459.40 (includes shipping : £19.10).




• Theres £40 cashback on the monitor.

• Use Win8 preview as the OS.

Am I being stupid or is there no graphics card here?

 

[scrlk]

Am I being stupid or is there no graphics card here?

AMD APU with IGPU is good for the money.

 

[Mark101]

Damn, not sure how I missed that cashback, that is indeed a great price for that monitor. Sorry...

You'd have to downgrade to something like the monitor I suggested which is no where near as nice, if you wanted the 500GB drive over the SSD. Obviously it's up to you... but I know I'd rather take the storage. 40GB for programs and data seems more than a little bit tight, especially if it's for both video editing and gaming.

Then again, if it's HD video, that may be an issue on a sub-Full-HD screen - although on the converse you would get better frames with the smaller native resolution in games.