Spec me PC! £550

[ByMRK1]

I have a case, hard drive, 7GB RAM, 1 x 120mm FAN.

 

[stulid]

Whats this to be used for?

Want an operating system?

Is the harddrive SATA?

Is the RAM DDR3? what speed is it? how many sticks and capacity?

What size board can your case take?

 

[95thrifles]

That fan will come in handy lol no but seriously what do you want the PC for? to do what? Can you confirm the RAM spec

 

[ByMRK1]

Graphics Design And Video Editing. Light gaming.
The hard drive is a Seagate 7200RPM 500GB SATAII? And no OS thanks

 

[stulid]

What about my other questions?

 

[ByMRK1]

That fan will come in handy lol no but seriously what do you want the PC for? to do what? Can you confirm the RAM spec

Lol, I mentioned the Fan because normally in spec me threads they ask what can come in handy. So I tried to say most stuff that I can use that is worth something. And the RAM is 3x2GB & 1x1GB.

 

[ByMRK1]

What about my other questions?

Ram is 1333Mhz, DDR3, 4 Sticks, Capacity? :S
My case can take ATX and up to 11" Graphics cards.

 

[stulid]

Well there are two options I see.

Faster CPU with Hyperthreading for Video editing etc,

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £229.99
(£191.66) £229.99
(£191.66)
Asus GeForce GTX 560Ti DirectCU II 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **BLACK FRIDAY SPECIAL DEAL** £149.99
(£124.99) £149.99
(£124.99)
Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
(£70.82) £84.98
(£70.82)
Antec High Current Gamer 520W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £56.99
(£47.49) £56.99
(£47.49)
Arctic Cooling Freezer 13 High Performance CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/1155/1156/1366/939/AM2/AM2+) £17.99
(£14.99) £17.99
(£14.99)
Sub Total : £449.95
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.00
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £91.99
Total : £551.94

Add two of you 2GB sticks for 4GB RAM and keep the dual channel operation of the memory controller.


Or,

Slower CPU,

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £155.99
(£129.99) £155.99
(£129.99)
Asus GeForce GTX 560Ti DirectCU II 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **BLACK FRIDAY SPECIAL DEAL** £149.99
(£124.99) £149.99
(£124.99)
Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
(£70.82) £84.98
(£70.82)
Antec High Current Gamer 520W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £56.99
(£47.49) £56.99
(£47.49)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £19.99
(£16.66) £19.99
(£16.66)
Arctic Cooling Freezer 13 High Performance CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/1155/1156/1366/939/AM2/AM2+) £17.99
(£14.99) £17.99
(£14.99)
Sub Total : £404.94
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.00
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £82.99
Total : £497.93

Add your RAM along side this 4GB kit making 8Gb in total, but make sure you set the frequency in the BIOS to 1333MHZ to make the faster RAM match your RAM speed.

With a Nvidia card you get CUDA support also, which some programs can use to speed up rendering/editing time.

 

[ByMRK1]

Lepa W-Series 500W '80 Plus' Power Supply - with FREE LEPA Hard Drive Enclosure
Krypton Z68 620i Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40Ghz @ 4.40GHz Overclocked Bundle (8GB Option)

= £482.

Leaving £67 for a graphics card, I can extend that to £100 to maybe get a GTX 460?

 

[stulid]

Lepa W-Series 500W '80 Plus' Power Supply - with FREE LEPA Hard Drive Enclosure
Krypton Z68 620i Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40Ghz @ 4.40GHz Overclocked Bundle (8GB Option)

= £482.

Leaving £67 for a graphics card, I can extend that to £100 to maybe get a GTX 460?

Dont forget a DVD drive

 

[ByMRK1]

Oh yes, I have one of those too!

 

[stulid]

Oh yes, I have one of those too!

That would have been useful to know also, have updated the baskets to suit.

 

[ByMRK1]

Would it help even more if I tell you which programs I am going to be using?

 

[stulid]

Nah, you can easily afford a i7, so get one.

 

[ByMRK1]

Ok.