First time build preferably under £500

[natman]

I'm going to uni in September to do film production and will require a PC to use program such as after effects, i have come up with a list of what i thought to be "decent" but as a New-B i am a bit baffled by what i see. Could someone have a look and check i'm not making any stupid mistakes, thx.

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Microsoft Office Home and Student 2013 x32/x64 English - (PKC) Product Key Card (MRS-79G-03549)

Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614)

AMD Piledriver FX-4 Quad Core 4300 3.80GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail

TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD38G1600HC9DC01)

Samsung SpinPoint M8 2.5" 1TB 5400RPM SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HN-M101MBB) HDD

Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black

Gigabyte 78LMT-USB3 AMD 760G (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard

SuperFlower Amazon 550W "80 Plus Bronze" Power Supply

Asus Xonar DG 5.1 PCI Sound Card with built in Headphone Amp

OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM

 

[mickyflinn]

No graphics card and the motherboard may need a bios update to accept your cpu.

 

[azibux1]

Just some advice / suggestions

Maybe drop the sound card? Usually, for the average user the onboard sound will be good enough

Also, maybe try and get an SSD in the basket also, depending on your budget. Even just a small one for the OS will make a massive difference in speed

 

[natman]

No graphics card and the motherboard may need a bios update to accept your cpu.

so how does a - Sapphire Radeon R7 240 Boost 4096MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Card - sound? a Bios update?

 

[mickyflinn]

Have you looked at the system requirements for the software your going to use ?

 

[Bacon?]

If I remember rightly Nat last time we talked you said you could re-use some components dependant on if they are IDE or SATA (DvD-RW etc).

Just over £500

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97-HD3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £81.95
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 750 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (N750-1GD5/OC) £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £74.99
1 x Microsoft Office 365 University x32/x64 English - (PKC) Product Key Card (MRS-R4T-00039) £59.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
1 x Intel Pentium K Anniversary G3258 Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £52.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £39.98
1 x NZXT Source 210 Elite Midi Tower Case - White £39.95
1 x SuperFlower Amazon 550W "80 Plus Bronze" Power Supply £38.99
Total : £524.82 (includes shipping : ).



Probably worth looking at a AMD build as well, believe this allows you to upgrade to a 1150 socket i5 or i7 in the future.