Spec £600 build

elludovico

elludovico

elludovico

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Hey guys,

I am new on this forum and I would be looking for a spec around £600.

I would want the following:

- Really quiet fans ! (When spending 12h working on pc, it better be really silent or you end up with a headache :) ) What's the best on the market ?
- i7 would be good.
- RAM minimum 8Gb
- SSD minimum 80 Gb
- Graphic card should support 2 monitors (Don't need monitors, already have those.)
- Card reader included in the case.

I use computer mostly for web browsing (around 30 tabs at anytime ...) and development, no gaming.

Cheers !
 
You wont get a i7 system with SSD for £600.

Did you need an Operating System?

If not.

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
AMD Phenom II X6 Six Core 1055T 2.80GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £149.99
(£127.65) £149.99
(£127.65)
Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £135.00
(£114.89) £135.00
(£114.89)
Crucial RealSSD C300 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CTFDDAC064MAG-1G1) £99.99
(£85.10) £99.99
(£85.10)
Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black (with 500w Elite Power PSU) £62.99
(£53.61) £62.99
(£53.61)
Gigabyte GA-880GM-UD2H AMD 880G (Socket AM3) microATX DDR3 Motherboard £59.98
(£51.05) £59.98
(£51.05)
Gainward GeForce 9800 GT Green Edition 512MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card £58.74
(£49.99) £58.74
(£49.99)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £40.98
(£34.88) £40.98
(£34.88)
Sub Total : £517.17
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.50
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £92.34
Total : £620.01

This is 6core CPU, 8GB ram, 64GB SSD, 1TB harddrive.

You may even be able to run two monitors with the motherboards onboard gpu, if so you can ditch the 9800gt card and the build comes to £560.69
 
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Damn that's amazing value stulid. To think I paid £600 for a dual core system 2 years ago. :/
 
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2.80GHz Intel Core i5-760
Gigabyte GA-P55M-UD2
8GB 1,600MHz DDR3
OCZ ModXStream Pro 500W
Gelid Tranquillo
Xigmatek Utgard
SATA DVD-RW
1TB Samsung SpinPoint F3

Need to add a graphics card to the above and its a decent system for the price.
I would be looking at something along the lines of this, i doubt you could squeeze an i7 and an SSD into a £600 build.
 
stulid said:
You wont get a i7 system with SSD for £600.

Did you need an Operating System?

If not.

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
AMD Phenom II X6 Six Core 1055T 2.80GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £149.99
(£127.65) £149.99
(£127.65)
Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £135.00
(£114.89) £135.00
(£114.89)
Crucial RealSSD C300 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CTFDDAC064MAG-1G1) £99.99
(£85.10) £99.99
(£85.10)
Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black (with 500w Elite Power PSU) £62.99
(£53.61) £62.99
(£53.61)
Gigabyte GA-880GM-UD2H AMD 880G (Socket AM3) microATX DDR3 Motherboard £59.98
(£51.05) £59.98
(£51.05)
Gainward GeForce 9800 GT Green Edition 512MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card £58.74
(£49.99) £58.74
(£49.99)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £40.98
(£34.88) £40.98
(£34.88)
Sub Total : £517.17
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.50
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £92.34
Total : £620.01

This is 6core CPU, 8GB ram, 64GB SSD, 1TB harddrive.

You may even be able to run two monitors with the motherboards onboard gpu, if so you can ditch the 9800gt card and the build comes to £560.69
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Windows 7 Home Premium Retail £120 inc VAT.

You can add another £100 or so for a decent PSU cause I wouldn't trust the one bundled with the case.

And you would want to add a decent HSF instead of the stock one that comes with it. So add another 40 to 60 £ to that.

As for the graphics card, well you would want something with at least 1 GIG of onboard Ram and faster than that model so it wouldn't become a bottle neck for the CPU.

In reality you are looking at over £900 to £1000 + when you put it all together. If you want something thats going to last, be powerful ( and overclockable) and reliable. Do it properly, it will save you time, hassle and money in the long run. Do it cheap with a cheap PSU and your components won't thank you when they go pop along with your PSU.
 
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ScottMC7000 said:
Windows 7 Home Premium Retail £120 inc VAT.
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To be confirmed if he needs it.

You can add another £100 or so for a decent PSU cause I wouldn't trust the one bundled with the case.
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Nonsense, the coolermaster elite 500w psu will be more than enough.

And you would want to add a decent HSF instead of the stock one that comes with it. So add another 40 to 60 £ to that.
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Doubt he will be overclocking, so why? the stock cooler aint that loud.

As for the graphics card, well you would want something with at least 1 GIG of onboard Ram and faster than that model so it wouldn't become a bottle neck for the CPU.
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For browsing some web pages and web development, and zero gaming? no he wont, and the onboard gpu will probably do if it can run two monitors.

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In reality you are looking at over £900 to £1000 + when you put it all together. If you want something thats going to last, be powerful ( and overclockable) and reliable. Do it properly, it will save you time, hassle and money in the long run. Do it cheap with a cheap PSU and your components won't thank you when they go pop along with your PSU.
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seriously?
 
To be confirmed if he needs it.
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True but if he does.

Nonsense, the coolermaster elite 500w psu will be more than enough.
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But it's cheap and nasty.

Doubt he will be overclocking, so why? the stock cooler aint that loud.
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Then why bother buying a 6 Core based machine when he can pic up a dualcore for less than half the price to do stuff like web development and the internet.

For browsing some web pages and web development, and zero gaming? no he wont, and the onboard gpu will probably do if it can run two monitors.
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Possibly but thats going to be dependent on the resolution he's running at and if he/she ventures into 3D apps then the display redraw becomes a factor.

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As for my pricing, well for an all round solid system for the benefit of others reading this. This is what I would aim for. As for the OP well in all honesty, a 6 core system for what he wants to do is pretty much overkill and could have a base system much much cheaper. And he really don't need 8 gigs of ram to do the kinda stuff he's doing.
 
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+1 to the Gelid Tranquillo. I agree that getting an aftermarket is a good idea if you want to reduce noise levels as much as possible.

I think it's based on this review (http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/728) that scott is bashing the CoolerMaster Extreme 500W. Personally I think it's only worth getting when on a really low budget. If elludovico isn't going to be running a power hungry video card then he could get something like the Antec Earthwatts Green EA-380D, which is reasonably quiet running through most of it's power range according to this review:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/3902/antec-earthwatts-ea-380d-green-380w
Or this, seeing as it on a deal: OCZ StealthXStream II 500W
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-045-OC&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=
 
ScottMC7000 said:
True but if he does.



But it's cheap and nasty.



Then why bother buying a 6 Core based machine when he can pic up a dualcore for less than half the price to do stuff like web development and the internet.



Possibly but thats going to be dependent on the resolution he's running at and if he/she ventures into 3D apps then the display redraw becomes a factor.

seriously?
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As for my pricing, well for an all round solid system for the benefit of others reading this. This is what I would aim for. As for the OP well in all honesty, a 6 core system for what he wants to do is pretty much overkill and could have a base system much much cheaper. And he really don't need 8 gigs of ram to do the kinda stuff he's doing.
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the psu isn't that cheap and nasty, I see no Qtec or i cute psu here?

six core CPU for the muti tasking/multi threading apps.

he won't need much gpu vram for this system, your thoughts of 1GB is crasy.

as for your pricing, the clue is in the thread title, if you now think a dual core system will suffice? then spec him.
 
An i7 and a 6 core AMD for web browsing and development... really? You could have an Athlon II quad core with a good 880 board and your SSD for £600 instead.
 
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8GB RAM = check.
80GB minimum SSD = check.
Graphics card that supports two monitors = check.
Card reader included (though not in case) = check.

And if you're worried about the PSU in the case... I have a machine downstairs that is running a Q8400, 4GB DDR2, 500GB HDD, 5670 (previously a 4670) and a card reader on a 300w power supply. Which I built this time last year. And it's still going strong.

It's not an i7 monster build. But then the only reason you'd need that is for e-peen waving considering all you're doing is web browsing and development.
 
Well replace it with two sticks of CMX4GX3M1A1333C9. Still comes in under £600. Problem solved.

Edited to stop Stulid whinging.

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Go with Stulids build, ditch the gfx card (90% sure you dont need it) add the Gelid cooler and an optical drive and card reader
No need to worry about the PSU included with the case
 
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