Spec Me - £700 ex VAT Work PC (Web Developer)

FabienO · 7 May 2015 at 12:13

Hey guys,

I'm looking to get a work PC setup. Budgeted around £700 excluding VAT. Mostly I just run a virtual machine on it for my development.

I only need the core stuff. IE the case and everything that goes inside of it. I don't need windows. Can you guys help me spec something up please?

Kind regard,
Fab

edit: I use two monitors currently.

stulid · 7 May 2015 at 12:15

Hi,

How many monitors do you use?

FabienO · 7 May 2015 at 12:32

I use two monitors

stulid · 7 May 2015 at 12:33

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 7 - Devils Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£25 Saving** £393.98
1 x Samsung 500GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E500B/EU) £155.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED316G2400HC11CDC01) £99.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £66.95
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £54.95
1 x Antec VSP5000 Silenced Tower Case - Black £39.95
1 x Alpenfohn Ben Nevis CPU Cooler - 120mm £19.99
Total : £846.76 (includes shipping : £12.50 Ex.VAT).

This board has three outputs for displays.

1 x HDMI port
1 x DVI-I Port
1 x D-Sub Port

Is that enough storage?

There is also this bundle,

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1 x Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H-BK - Devil's Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£15 Saving + Gigabyte Free Upgrade ** £399.98
Total : £409.58 (includes shipping : £8.00 Ex.VAT).

This board has a 5yr warranty and a 2for1 upgrade offer.

FabienO · 7 May 2015 at 12:43

stulid said:
Is that enough storage?

Yeah, I don't require much space fortunately.

Nice setup, thank you. Is there any reason not to go for a graphics card? Or it simply provides not advantage for my use-case?

dacads · 7 May 2015 at 12:51

That's spot on from Stulid, personally I'd go for a modular PSU it's not a necessity but definitely a luxury and will make things easier when building.

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1 x EVGA Supernova GS 650W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £69.95
Total : £79.55 (includes shipping : £8.00 Ex.VAT).

Good luck

Kurgen · 7 May 2015 at 13:25

FabienO said:
Yeah, I don't require much space fortunately.

Nice setup, thank you. Is there any reason not to go for a graphics card? Or it simply provides not advantage for my use-case?

if your not playing games, and doing any 3D work , you will get away with onboard

the good thing is you can always add a GPU if you need one later.

for ref. i use AutoCAD (for 2d) everyday on laptop with intel onboard graphics with 2 displays and its fine