Help with £440 spec with requirements

[littlescrimbler]

Hi,

Looking to build a setup for a friend who has a few requirements of the PC.

1) Budget: £440
2) Keyboard, Mouse, Optical Drive, Case are all after thoughts. Can use old ones, but if there is excess then will get those.
3) Needs to be decent at HD Video editing -definately a quad core of some kind
4) Must be able to support dual monitors (at least one by HDMI which will also need to carry the sound -he will be using it to watch dvd's through TV via a 10m HDMI cable)
5) 500gb drive minimum
6) He does not play games at all.
7) Onboard sound is fine, as long as it can go out through the HDMI if need be.
8) No OS needed
9) Will not be overclocking
10) The more memory the better

i know it's a tight budget which makes this a bit of a challenge, any help appreciated. not ruling second hand components if i struggle to buy new.

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

This is what I would get:

AMD Athlon II X4 Quad Core 630 ~ £84

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-259-AM

Asus M4A785TD-V Evo ~ £75

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-355-AS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1481

Has the HD4200 IGP with 128MB of dedicated DDR3.Can run one monitor with a DVI or HDMI input and another with a D-SUB input at the same time. Has an 8+2 phase VRM with cooling and has all solid capacitors.

8GB 1333MHZ DDR3 ~ £160

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-030-PA&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1516

Samsung F3 500GB ~ £42

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-081-SA

SATA optical drive ~ £15

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CD-099-SA&groupid=701&catid=10&subcat=951

OCZ StealthXStream 400w ~ £33

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-029-OC&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1098

Xigmatek Asgard Mid-Tower Case ~ £29

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-002-XG&groupid=701&catid=7&subcat=

The total comes to around £438 excluding postage.

You might want to add another 120MM case fan to the build too.

The AMD Athlon II X4 630 is faster than a Core i3 530 for video encoding:

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/default.aspx?p=105&p2=118&c=1

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

If you want to have a faster CPU but with less RAM then I would look at the following parts:

AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 965 Black Edition ~ £145

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-253-AM

Asus M4A785TD-V Evo ~ £75

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-355-AS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1481

Has the HD4200 IGP with 128MB of dedicated DDR3. Can run one monitor with a DVI or HDMI input and another with a D-SUB input at the same time. Has an 8+2 phase VRM with cooling and has all solid capacitors.

4GB 1333MHZ DDR3 ~ £80

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-030-PA&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1516

Samsung F3 500GB ~ £42

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-081-SA

SATA optical drive ~ £15

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CD-099-SA&groupid=701&catid=10&subcat=951

OCZ StealthXStream 400w ~ £33

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-029-OC&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1098

Xigmatek Asgard Mid-Tower Case ~ £29

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-002-XG&groupid=701&catid=7&subcat=

The total comes to around £419 excluding postage.

You might want to add another 120MM case fan to the build too.

Here is a comparison of the Athlon II X4 630 and the Phenom II X4 965:

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/default.aspx?p=105&p2=102&c=1

 

[littlescrimbler]

Thanks very much for the full spec, that's vey helpful! I will probably opt for the one with less memory with option to upgrade later.

 

[NormanPorkinson]

I wouldn't get that Power supply - They are know for breaking. Get the Antec basiq 430, its cheaper and more powerful!

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

The power supply is fine. The StealthXStream 400W is a CWT unit which has mostly Japanese made capacitors whereas the rest of the OCZ range are usually FSP units with Taiwanese and Chinese capacitors.