pc build for £400 max

vectisitch · 2 Feb 2013 at 17:32

ok my mate wants me to build him a pc. his budget is £400 max and he does'nt game on it .so i'm thinking the onboard graphics will be ok. how does this look?

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Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £169.99
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Doomedspeed · 2 Feb 2013 at 17:33

Does your mate need hard drives? or an optical drive?

Will he be upgrading any time soon?

Trinty is the best for that budget.

vectisitch · 2 Feb 2013 at 17:36

no hard drive needed and no graphics card needed if he uses the onboard graphics. i think a 2500k is best as he does a bit of encoding

snips86x · 2 Feb 2013 at 17:48

vectisitch said:
no hard drive needed and no graphics card needed if he uses the onboard graphics. i think a 2500k is best as he does a bit of encoding

I'd go with Trinity to be honest!!

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1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD580KWOHJBOX) £95.99
1 x Sapphire PURE Platinum A85XT AMD A85X Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £59.99
1 x BitFenix Shinobi USB3.0 Gaming Case - OcUK Edition £49.99
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £39.95
2 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD38G2133HC11DC01) £39.95 (£79.90)
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
Total : £357.40 (includes shipping : £10.50).

Only put in 16gb of RAM as it would help with encoding & he has the budget!

Doomedspeed · 2 Feb 2013 at 17:50

snips86x said:
I'd go with Trinity to be honest!!

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD580KWOHJBOX) £95.99
1 x Sapphire PURE Platinum A85XT AMD A85X Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £59.99
1 x BitFenix Shinobi USB3.0 Gaming Case - OcUK Edition £49.99
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £39.95
2 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD38G2133HC11DC01) £39.95 (£79.90)
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
Total : £357.40 (includes shipping : £10.50).

Only put in 16gb of RAM as it would help with encoding & he has the budget!

Read my mind.

lee32uk · 2 Feb 2013 at 18:13

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1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Gigabyte B75M-D3H Intel B75 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £64.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Black 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (KHX16C10B1BK2/16X) £59.99
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £39.95
1 x Xigmatek Asgard 381 Midi Tower Case - Black £36.98
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
Total : £400.88 (includes shipping : FREE).

Doomedspeed · 2 Feb 2013 at 19:22

lee32uk said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Gigabyte B75M-D3H Intel B75 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £64.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Black 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (KHX16C10B1BK2/16X) £59.99
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £39.95
1 x Xigmatek Asgard 381 Midi Tower Case - Black £36.98
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
Total : £400.88 (includes shipping : FREE).

Nice, but still doesn't combat the graphics issue..

lee32uk · 2 Feb 2013 at 19:48

Doomedspeed said:
Nice, but still doesn't combat the graphics issue..

I don't think a dedicated gpu makes much difference for encoding does it ? I think an i5 is a better option as it can always be upgraded to an i7 in the future.

vectisitch · 3 Feb 2013 at 17:04

he's not the kind to upgrade,he's as tight as a ducks harris. i don't know much about the trinity so how does it compare to the 2500k in encoding and general pc use?

linwelin · 3 Feb 2013 at 17:07

snips86x said:
I'd go with Trinity to be honest!!

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD580KWOHJBOX) £95.99
1 x Sapphire PURE Platinum A85XT AMD A85X Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £59.99
1 x BitFenix Shinobi USB3.0 Gaming Case - OcUK Edition £49.99
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £39.95
2 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD38G2133HC11DC01) £39.95 (£79.90)
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
Total : £357.40 (includes shipping : £10.50).

Only put in 16gb of RAM as it would help with encoding & he has the budget!

This

vectisitch · 3 Feb 2013 at 17:39

he does'nt need a dvd writer and i prefer gigabyte or asus motherboards

harshuk · 3 Feb 2013 at 17:43

Go for the amd build listed above. Cant beat it for bang for buck imo

vectisitch · 4 Feb 2013 at 19:23

forgot to mention, he won't be overclocking ,doesn't need a hdd or dvd writer and will be running 1920x1080 res. leaning towards the amd at the moment

lee32uk · 4 Feb 2013 at 19:33

The i5 will be better for encoding over the AMD trinity chip

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Black 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (KHX16C10B1BK2/16X) £71.99
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £39.95
1 x BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £26.99
Total : £398.90 (includes shipping : FREE).

vectisitch · 4 Feb 2013 at 19:41

lee32uk said:
The i5 will be better for encoding over the AMD trinity chip

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Black 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (KHX16C10B1BK2/16X) £71.99
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £39.95
1 x BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £26.99
Total : £398.90 (includes shipping : FREE).

will this be faster than the amd A10-5800k and the gigabyte F2A85X-D3H?

dacads · 4 Feb 2013 at 19:44

3570k is £180 of course it's going to be faster..

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/675?vs=701