Spec me a £450 machine

shinester184 · 15 Mar 2009 at 21:05

Hi guys, made several baskets of my own, now would like to see some of yours! £450, will be used for video editing, browsing, office etc.

Future proof too, got to lsat a minimum of 3 - 4 yrs!

Cheers

PS. For my Dad, not to replace my Phenom

Trunks9486 · 15 Mar 2009 at 21:31

Does that include everything?

shinester184 · 15 Mar 2009 at 21:36

No just base unit.

Trunks9486 · 15 Mar 2009 at 21:37

I mean everything besides monitor...

If you have a case you can use, DVD PSU etc it would help a lot.

Does he need discreet graphics?

Reason why i ask is because video editing would benefit from Quad Core processor and a big hard disk, and i ma trying to make the best bundle possible.

shinester184 · 15 Mar 2009 at 22:04

Gonna need a complete base unit. A very basic graphics card would be needed, as no gaming what so ever. Possibly even integrated.

Trunks9486 · 15 Mar 2009 at 22:37

AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 940 Black Edition 3.0GHz (Socket AM2+) - Retail
Asus M3A78-EM AMD 780G (Socket AM2+) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
Western Digital Caviar Green 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache
Corsair CX 400W ATX Power Supply
Corsair 4GB DDR2 XMS2 PC2-8500C5 TwinX (2x2GB)
Coolermaster Elite 335 Case
Samsung SH-S223F/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM

Total: £452 without shipping.

Motherboard would need to be checked for compatibility though, haven't checked it myself. You could change the processor to a Tri-Core 720 and save some money too, or spend more on the motherboard instead, or get a discreet graphics card.

shinester184 · 15 Mar 2009 at 22:44

Yeh that looks good, quad core probs overkill as he's only doing a bit of editing, and not on too demanding programmes, tri-core seems ideal!