Can I build a decent system for about £500, which can be up-gradable?

CheezyNachos

CheezyNachos

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Hi all,

new to this forum, and in need of a new computer and thought I could get more "bang for my buck" through building myself, but not sure exactly what I should include in my basket, so would appreciate help from you experts please :D

I am not a gamer, but my PC is on for 18 hours per day, every day (boot up first thing @ 6.30am, close down last thing 10.30pm...) I use it mainly for web development and use photoshop, dreamweaver plus work with video quite a bit too.

If I were looking at a new branded PC I would look at the following spec

Intel i7 processor @3.1Ghz or above
16Gb Ram
1TB HDD, but I also saw a video where you can run windows from an SSD drive, which would make it run pretty fast, so that would be an option for an optional extra?

Other than that, I am a bit stuck as to what else I would need, so any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers
 
Hello and welcome to the forum :)

I have done a quick spec below but with what you require will be over budget.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-4790 3.60GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £229.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD316G2133HC11ADC01) £129.95
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £53.99
1 x Gigabyte H81M-S2PV Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £39.95
1 x Raijintek Agos Midi Tower - Black £39.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £39.95
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler £29.99
Total : £653.35 (includes shipping : £8.00).



Another option:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £179.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD316G2133HC11ADC01) £129.95
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97P-D3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £61.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £53.99
1 x Raijintek Agos Midi Tower - Black £39.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £39.95
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler £29.99
Total : £625.39 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 
Drop the SSD down to 120GB and the PSU down as 550w will never be used.
For now I'd drop the heatsink as well and grab a Raijinrek direct contact in the future when you want to overclock.
 
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