PC Build - £800 - £900?

Insentient · 15 Jan 2015 at 16:08

Hey everyone, I am new to the boards so hopefully this doesn't break any rules and I will not get beach slapped.

I'm just after some help if possible ... I am ok with working on PC's and the like, but speccing a new build is something I haven't done before.

I have a budget of about 1K (preferably £800 - £900 however) and i'm looking to build the best pc possible. The PC will be used mainly for Video editing, gaming and also music production.

I can see from the thread above the parts that are required, but, what would you build if you had £1k to make a beast with? all tips / advice would be greatly welcomed.

Thank you for your time and thanks in advance !!

Nick

stulid · 15 Jan 2015 at 16:27

Hi.

What do you need including in the budget?

Tower
OS
Keyboard
Etc

Insentient · 15 Jan 2015 at 16:38

Thanks Stulid,

I realise i should have been more specific!

Tower - something with a window and funky LED's if possible - Preferably with a Decent PSU, however once built I would not really have any funding for future upgrades so hopefully will be built to last a while.
OS I would need Win7 (basic editions fine)
Keyboard - not needed
Etc :

I would also like lots of space (i notices the 3TB drives - 2 of these would be helpful but not sure if it'd eat more into the budget!).

I would also prefer to stick to a fast I5 processor rather than make the jump to I7.

Other than that, 16GB of decent ram and adequate cooling for the system.

I currently have an aincient Phenom x3, 16GB ram and a GT430 ... so hopefully whatever i get its going to be tons better.

Alternatively, even assistance in picking a pre-built gaming PC may help me out ...

Thanks again!

Nick

stulid · 15 Jan 2015 at 16:52

Heres a little something in red+Black,

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £185.99
1 x MSI Radeon R9 280 Gaming 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £155.99
1 x Avexir Core Red Series 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-17200C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U21331108G-2CIR) - Red Light £129.95
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £89.99
1 x SK Hynix 256GB SSD SH910A SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (HFS256G32MNB-2201A) £84.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
1 x Toshiba 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6GB/s 64MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA200) HDD £61.99
1 x Antec TruePower Classic 550w '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply £55.99
1 x NZXT Source 340 Midi-Tower Case- Black Window £54.95
1 x Raijintek Aidos Direct Contact CPU Cooler - Black £14.99
Total : £935.72 (includes shipping : £19.10).

Insentient · 15 Jan 2015 at 16:57

That is brilliant thank you Stulid, that was an extremely helpful and quick response! i'll be looking into this tonight and hopefully will get my order sorted asap.

stulid · 15 Jan 2015 at 16:58

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £185.99
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 280X Vapor-X OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card (11221-12-20G) £179.99
1 x SK Hynix 256GB SSD SH910A SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (HFS256G32MNB-2201A) £84.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
2 x Avexir Core Blue Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U21331104G-2CI) - Blue Light £65.99 (£131.98)
1 x MSI Z97 PC Mate Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £64.99
1 x Toshiba 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6GB/s 64MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA200) HDD £61.99
1 x Antec TruePower Classic 550w '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply £55.99
1 x Antec GX300 Combat Ready Windowed Midi Tower Gaming Case £44.99
1 x Raijintek Aidos Direct Contact CPU Cooler - Black £14.99
Total : £925.30 (includes shipping : £17.85).

Or blue, this GFX card comes with some free games.

Surprised you don't want dead silent PC for the music production? i.e silenced cases with noise dampening.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Antec P100 Mid Tower Silenced Computing Case £62.99
1 x Antec VP5000 Silenced Tower Case - Black £39.95
Total : £114.64 (includes shipping : £9.75).