Future expandable pc for £700!

[RamboFB]

Hello All,

I am trying to advise a friend on a pc he wishes to buy. Budget would be £700 but I think I could push him to £750 if the right pc was availalble so lets call it £750 lol!

He needs full system except GPU(will use onboard graphics for now), keyboard, mouse and monitor.

The pc will be used for general tasks nothing special but he wants the pc to be able to be improved (if needed) for

1) music production and mixing
2) gaming

In that priority. This is my first stab at it. Yes it is a little over budget so I will maybe need to reduce a bit or convince otherwise.

Please feel free to criticise, advise and change this as you see fit. I would really appreciate some input on this build and thanks in advance.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail= £188.99
• 1 x Asus Z97-P Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard= £68.99
• 1 x TeamGroup Vulcan GOLD 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLYED316G2133HC11ADC0= £68.99
• 1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 750W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020015-UK)= £73.99
• 1 x Samsung 500GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E500B/EU)= £131.99
• 1 x Corsair Graphite 780T Full Tower Case - Black (CC-9011063-WW)= £151.99
• 1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02733)= £79.99

Total: £779.63
(includes shipping: £14.70)
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[RamboFB]

I would change the psu, far better with 7 year warranty also does he need such a big case ? There are plenty of cases that would save him money.

b]My basket at Overclockers UK:[/b]

• 1 x EVGA Supernova G2 650W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply= £77.99

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Thanks for the input here! I will have a look into this power supply. Im probably best going for something quiet due to the music production side. Lol, fair point. I went with a big case becuase it will be easy to work in, gives plenty room for future and dont bigger cases run a bit cooler (I might just have made this up), what do you think?

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x EVGA 600W 80 Plus Power Supply (100-W1-0600-K3)= £39.95
• 1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614)= £79.99
• 1 x In-Win 707 Full Tower - Black / Red= £94.99
• 1 x Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E250B/EU)= £65.99
• 1 x DEFCON 3s - MSI Z170A Gaming Pro - Intel Core i5 6600K @ 4.20GHz - Overclocked Skylake Bundle = £454.91
  • CPU Cooler:Alpenföhn Brocken 2 CPU Cooler
  • Memory:TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C16 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (TPKD48GM2400HC16DC01

Total: £750.53
(includes shipping: £14.70)
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Yes pretty good bundle but I think Im going to stick to ASUS for the motherboard. I wouldnt put windows 8 near a pc (although I know windows 10 is a free upgrade but I have no experience of this). Will certainly consider this though! Thank you.