Help speccing £700 build

JJimmyJ

JJimmyJ

JJimmyJ

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Hi All,

I need help speccing for a work colleague.
He wants it for gaming and for 'some' 3d modelling.
He doesn't want to overclock, but that's something I could possibly persuade otherwise.

His budget is £700 and he needs:
CPU, MB, 16GB Ram, Graphics, Windows 7, PSU and Case.
I'm struggling to come under £700 without making compromises.
Here's what I have, but it's over budget and there's no case. What could I change? CPU and MB would be the obvious, but to what?

Thanks

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £169.99
1 x Asus Radeon R9 270X DirectCUII TOP 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £161.99
1 x Gigabyte H87-HD3 Intel H87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £80.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02733) £67.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £59.99
1 x Toshiba 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA200) HDD £59.99
2 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £56.99 (£113.98)
Total : £724.51 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 
 
ThaReaperGuy said:
"He wants it for gaming and for 'some' 3d modelling."

Does this warrant the need for another 8GB of RAM, would 8GB alone suffice?
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I've had that conversation, but he wants 16gb!!
I'm not clued up on 3d modelling, so not sure if it's something that's more reliant on cpu or ram?
Maybe if I explain to him that memory is currently at a premium price he could stick with 8gb and maybe upgrade when/if prices come down.
That would free up another £50 for maybe the 4670k.
 
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