Need help spec'ing DAW build for a friend. (£540 budget)

The 8320 without a doubt. If he's only a light gamer why not save cash and get the 8320 spec with the 7790 and buy a bigger mechanical drive with the difference?
 
ExRayTed said:
The 8320 without a doubt. If he's only a light gamer why not save cash and get the 8320 spec with the 7790 and buy a bigger mechanical drive with the difference?
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He is only a light gamer, which is why with the 8350, I spec'd a lower cost gfx card. As for storage space, 1TB will be more than enough for what he needs for the next 6months to a year and he also has a couple of external drives so hd space won't be much of an issue.
I thought the 8350 being 4ghz instead of 3.5ghz, along with more cores, would be a benefit when it comes to running audio programs which allow use of multiple cores. The gfx card in this instance wouldn't be required.
Games wise he only really plays counterstrike source/halflife on pc, but even with the 7790, he should be able to run the likes of bf3 with decent settings and fps.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7850 OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards with FREE GAMES £134.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £119.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £84.95
1 x Crucial Ballistix Tactical Tracer 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLT2CP4G3D1608DT2TXOBCEU) (Orange & Blue Activity LEDs) **WORLD FIRST** £65.99
1 x Gigabyte 970A-DS3P AMD 970A (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £59.99
1 x Seasonic S12II 520W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £59.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £53.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard III Gaming Case - Black £27.95
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £11.99
Total : £634.81 (includes shipping : £12.50).




This may be the final draft.... went for Corsair ram with better timings.
Unless there is a flaw or other suggestion to sway me.
 
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