How much better can we do then this offering fromHigh Street Vendor

Socrates470BC · Sunday at 18:14

High Street vendor offers a LENOVO IdeaCentre 3 Desktop PC - Intel® Core™ i7, 1 TB SSD, Grey for £699.

I would like to know what alternatives we can put together.

PC is for Music production. Requires powerful CPU and lots of memory and storage.

Thanks

WARburton · Sunday at 18:36

this is just same same and you saved over £100

My basket at OcUK:

1 x Kingston NV2 1TB M.2 2280 NVMe Solid State Drive (SNV2S/1000G) (SKU: HD-10U-KS) = £46.99
1 x Intel Core i7-14700K (Raptor Lake-S) Socket LGA1700 Processor - Retail (SKU: PRO-INT-00800) = £349.99
1 x Intel Holiday Bundle - Assassin's Creed Shadows + Ubisoft Plus (SKU: DIG-INT-03637) = £0.00
1 x CORSAIR CX Series CX550 80 PLUS Bronze ATX Power Supply (SKU: POW-CRS-01134) = £41.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-29200C18 3600MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK16GX4M2D3600C18) (SKU: MY-4A5-CS) = £29.99
1 x B Grade MSI PRO H610M-G DDR4 - Intel H610 DDR4 Micro-ATX Motherboard (SKU: BG-MOT-MSI-00718) = £60.00
1 x Jonsbo C6 Micro-ATX Mesh Case - Black (SKU: CA-031-JB) = £49.99

Total: £578.95 (includes delivery: £0.00)

Socrates470BC · Sunday at 18:48

Thanks WARburton. Good start.

I think we can stretch the budget to £1,000 and probably go for a 800watt psu of better quality.

Journey · Sunday at 18:51

Here you go, a little over the cost, but a much more solid system for DAW, 48GB DDR5 and 2TB of fast storage, in a cool quiet case with a semi decent PSU and a quiet effective cooler. You'll need to add Windows. Not sure why you think you'll want an 800w PSU unless you are planning on installing a power hungry GPU.

CPU: Intel Core i7-14700 2.1 GHz 20-Core Processor
CPU Cooler: ID-COOLING FROZN A620 PRO SE 58 CFM CPU Cooler
Motherboard: MSI PRO B760M-P Micro ATX LGA1700 Motherboard
Memory: Crucial Pro 48 GB (2 x 24 GB) DDR5-6000 CL48 Memory
Storage: Kingston NV3 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive
Case: Montech AIR 100 LITE MicroATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply: Thermalright TG 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply
Total: £757

dfour · Sunday at 18:54

@Socrates470BC you will want to remove the name of the competitor from your title before the Mods come a knockin....

WARburton · Sunday at 19:02

Socrates470BC said:
go for a 800watt psu of better quality.

why? if your not running a GPU a 400w would be fine.

if your going £1000 and dont need a GPU... your golden go AM5 9700x

WARburton · Sunday at 19:15

you have to remember a lot of studios run 10 year old mac's because not as really changed in audio

My basket at OcUK:

1 x Seasonic G12 GM-650 650W 80 Plus Gold Semi-Modular Power Supply (SKU: POW-SSC-03185) = £69.95
1 x AMD Ryzen 7 9700X Eight Core 5.50GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: PRO-AMD-02676) = £319.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance EXPO/XMP 32GB (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C36 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit (SKU: MEM-CRS-00996) = £82.99
1 x Kingston NV3 4TB PCI-e 4.0 NVMe M.2 Solid State Drive (SNV3S/4000G) (SKU: STO-KNG-03397) = £219.95
1 x Antec CX700 Elite RGB Mid Tower - Black (SKU: CAS-ATC-02736) = £59.95
1 x Gigabyte B650M DS3H (Socket AM5) DDR5 Micro ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-5BH-GI) = £145.00

Total: £897.83 (includes delivery: £0.00)

you could do same build with the 9900x but i dont feel you need it for audio. for me the 14700k is fine and spend the extra 500 on audio equipment

My basket at OcUK:

1 x Seasonic G12 GM-650 650W 80 Plus Gold Semi-Modular Power Supply (SKU: POW-SSC-03185) = £69.95
1 x Corsair Vengeance EXPO/XMP 32GB (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C36 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit (SKU: MEM-CRS-00996) = £82.99
1 x Kingston NV3 4TB PCI-e 4.0 NVMe M.2 Solid State Drive (SNV3S/4000G) (SKU: STO-KNG-03397) = £219.95
1 x Antec CX700 Elite RGB Mid Tower - Black (SKU: CAS-ATC-02736) = £59.95
1 x Gigabyte B650M DS3H (Socket AM5) DDR5 Micro ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-5BH-GI) = £145.00
1 x AMD Ryzen 9 9900X Twelve Core 5.60GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: PRO-AMD-02675) = £419.98

Total: £997.82 (includes delivery: £0.00)

Socrates470BC · Sunday at 19:50

be quiet! PURE BASE 501 Mid Tower Case - Black

Asus TUF Gaming Z790-Plus WIFI (LGA 1700) DDR5 ATX Motherboard

Intel Core i7-14700KF (Raptor Lake-S) Socket LGA1700 Processor - Retail

NH-D15 Chromax Pure Black CPU Cooler with dual 140mm fans

CMK32GX5M2B5200C40, 5200MHz RAM Speed, CAS 40-40-40-77 Timings, 1.25v VDIMM, Lifetime Warranty with OcUK

be quiet! Pure Power 12 M 750W ATX 3.0 80 Plus Gold Power Supply

Kingston NV3 2TB PCI-e 4.0 NVMe M.2 Solid State Drive (SNV3S/2000G)

Comes out at £1034, but room for expansion and a graphics card further down the line.

Is everything her compatible?

Socrates470BC · Sunday at 19:52

WARburton again thanks. Good suggestions. I will let my nephew choose from these.

jigger · Sunday at 20:02

Very high failure rates on the 13 and 14th gen parts, avoid like the plague. Go for an Intel 200 or AMD Ryzen CPU.

Socrates470BC · Sunday at 20:16

jigger said:
Very high failure rates on the 13 and 14th gen parts, avoid like the plague. Go for an Intel 200 or AMD Ryzen CPU.

You are correct. Will look to make changes.

Socrates470BC · Sunday at 20:40

Alternatives

Description

be quiet! PURE BASE 501 Mid Tower Case - Black

Asus TUF Gaming Z890-Pro WIFI (LGA 1851) DDR5 ATX Motherboard

Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF (Arrow Lake) Socket LGA 1851 Processor - Retail

NH-D15 Chromax Pure Black CPU Cooler with dual 140mm fans

CMK32GX5M2B5200C40, 5200MHz RAM Speed, CAS 40-40-40-77 Timings, 1.25v VDIMM, Lifetime Warranty with OcUK

be quiet! Pure Power 12 M 750W ATX 3.0 80 Plus Gold Power Supply

Kingston NV3 2TB PCI-e 4.0 NVMe M.2 Solid State Drive (SNV3S/2000G)

Description

be quiet! PURE BASE 501 Mid Tower Case - Black

Asus TUF GAMING X870-PLUS WIFI (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard

AMD Ryzen 7 9700X Eight Core 5.50GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail

NH-D15 Chromax Pure Black CPU Cooler with dual 140mm fans

CMK32GX5M2B5200C40, 5200MHz RAM Speed, CAS 40-40-40-77 Timings, 1.25v VDIMM, Lifetime Warranty with OcUK

be quiet! Pure Power 12 M 750W ATX 3.0 80 Plus Gold Power Supply

Kingston NV3 2TB PCI-e 4.0 NVMe M.2 Solid State Drive (SNV3S/2000G)

Quartz · Sunday at 21:09

Socrates470BC said:
Requires powerful CPU and lots of memory and storage.

Define these, please. One YouTuber, Neil Parfitt, has a Mac Pro with umpteen cores and 768 GB RAM, and uses the RAM to hold music samples. Do you need that much?

Socrates470BC · Sunday at 21:36

The original high street spec had 14 gen i7, 16GB memory and 1TB SSD and we tried to improve upon that.
Doubled the memory and the SSD storage.
Removed the issue of 14th gen i7 and went for either a Ryzen spec or New Intel core ultra.
Paid attention to the need for a quiet system and did not skimp on the PSU.
So min spec is i7 performance, 32 GB mem and 2TB SSD.
I think that we also improved upon the components that we would have got from the High Street box.
Budget was around £1,000.
Hopefully a solid system.

Always open to suggestions. Catching the 14 gen i7 issue was very helpful.

WARburton · Sunday at 21:40

jigger said:
Very high failure rates on the 13 and 14th gen parts, avoid like the plague. Go for an Intel 200 or AMD Ryzen CPU.

the failure rate is the same as AMD, it just intel used to sell 70%(guess but its was a lot more) more CPU's
my cpu is fine.. and i know nobody that had one fail in person

jigger · Sunday at 21:54

WARburton said:
the failure rate is the same as AMD, it just intel used to sell 70%(guess but its was a lot more) more CPU's
my cpu is fine.. and i know nobody that had one fail in person

I do know a few people that have had more than a fail. The problem is real and these CPUs are best avoided.

WARburton · Sunday at 21:59

i have a B board so never overclocked it, i feel that OC'ing a cpu that already runs at 90C and 350w is not a good thing really

on my b760 it docent pass 65c in games, but there is loads of threads on here about people pushing 6/61/62 all core but asking for help as it games in the 90's
there wa s a lot of amd 7000's fail at the start

dfour · 2025-01-06T12:31:40+0000

small changes inc 3 gig storage and 64 gig ram. The KF core you chose doesnt have onboard graphics while the k does.

My basket at OcUK:

1 x Asrock Z890 Pro-A WIFI (LGA 1851) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-ASR-03364) = £199.00
1 x Montech AIR 903 Base Midi-Tower Tempered Glass - Black (SKU: CAS-MON-01227) = £49.99
1 x Intel Core Ultra 7 265K (Arrow Lake) Socket LGA 1851 Processor - Retail (SKU: PRO-INT-03111) = £379.99
1 x Intel Holiday Bundle - Assassin's Creed Shadows + Ubisoft Plus (SKU: DIG-INT-03637) = £0.00
1 x WD Blue SN580 2TB SSD NVME M.2 2280 PCIe Gen4 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-WDC-00541) = £99.95
1 x Corsair Vengeance 64GB (2X32GB) DDR5 PC5-41600C40 5200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK64GX5M2B5200C40 (SKU: MY-4DC-CS) = £155.99
1 x WD Blue SN580 1TB SSD NVME M.2 2280 PCIe Gen4 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-WDC-00540) = £57.94
1 x Thermalright Peerless Assassin 140 Black Dual Tower CPU Air Cooler (SKU: COO-TLR-03288) = £44.99
1 x Phanteks AMP GH 750W 80PLUS Gold ATX Power Supply Modular - Black (SKU: POW-PHK-02517) = £84.95

Total: £1,072.80 (includes delivery: £0.00)

dfour · 2025-01-06T12:43:52+0000

AMD build using 12/24 threads and faster ram.

My basket at OcUK:

1 x Montech AIR 903 Base Midi-Tower Tempered Glass - Black (SKU: CAS-MON-01227) = £49.99
1 x WD Blue SN580 2TB SSD NVME M.2 2280 PCIe Gen4 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-WDC-00541) = £99.95
1 x WD Blue SN580 1TB SSD NVME M.2 2280 PCIe Gen4 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-WDC-00540) = £57.95
1 x Thermalright Peerless Assassin 140 Black Dual Tower CPU Air Cooler (SKU: COO-TLR-03288) = £44.99
1 x Phanteks AMP GH 750W 80PLUS Gold ATX Power Supply Modular - Black (SKU: POW-PHK-02517) = £84.94
1 x AMD Ryzen 9 7900 Twelve Core 5.40GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3DU-AM) = £359.99
1 x Asus TUF Gaming B650-E WIFI (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-ASU-02136) = £169.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance EXPO 64GB (2X32GB) DDR5 PC5-4800040 6000MHz Dual Channel (SKU: MEM-CRS-02842) = £179.99

Total: £1,047.79 (includes delivery: £0.00)

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