Spec me PC £600ish

Boozebeard · 20 Sep 2011 at 18:56

My friend wants to make desktop that will be used for things like 3ds Max, Maya, Photoshop etc. as well as other general PC stuff and gaming. The budget is about £600 but can stretch over that (upto £1000 if really worth it). Needs everything except monitor, including OS mouse and keyboard.

Thanks

Kennysevenfold · 20 Sep 2011 at 20:12

How about this?

Keyboard and mouse would be to personel preference

Product Name Qty Price Line Total

Asus M5A99X EVO AMD 990X (Socket AM3+) DDR3 PCI-Express ATX Motherboard £104.98
(£87.48) £104.98
(£87.48)

AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 965 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.40GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £91.99
(£76.66) £91.99
(£76.66)

XFX ATI Radeon HD 6770 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE DIRT3 Game £83.99
(£69.99) £83.99
(£69.99)

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.99
(£66.66) £79.99
(£66.66)

Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD1002FAEX) £72.98
(£60.82) £72.98
(£60.82)

OCZ ModXStream Pro 600w Silent SLI Certified Modular Power Supply £59.99
(£49.99) £59.99
(£49.99)

Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £49.99
(£41.66) £49.99
(£41.66)

Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £41.99
(£34.99) £41.99
(£34.99)

LG GH22NS70 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
(£14.99) £17.99
(£14.99) Sub Total : £503.24 Shipping cost based on delivery to Credit/debit card billing address, *** *** with:
FREE SHIPPING (DPD Next Day)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : FREE VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £100.65 Total : £603.89

Jony27 · 20 Sep 2011 at 21:11

i5 2400 will dump all over that Phenom II X4.
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/88?vs=363

also included a great mice/kb combo

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2400 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £149.99
1 x HIS ATI Radeon HD 6850 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with DIRT3 & Deus Ex PC Games £112.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit £68.40
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £44.99
1 x MSI H67MA-E35 Intel H67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro-ATX Motherboard - (Sandybridge) **B3 REVISION** £64.99
1 x Lepa W-Series 500W '80 Plus' Power Supply £46.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £41.99
1 x Microsoft SideWinder X4 Gaming Keyboard - Retail (JQD-00006) £34.98
1 x BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x Logitech G400 3600DPI Gaming Mouse (910-002279) £30.98
1 x Samsung SH-S222AB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £664.98 (includes shipping : £14.75).

should come around £650 with free shipping

mickyflinn · 20 Sep 2011 at 21:19

Get a 2500k and a z68 motherboard which will add another £50 + to jony 27 build and maybe up the psu to 650w in case you want to add another gpu at a later date.

Jony27 · 20 Sep 2011 at 21:24

i was going to do that but, i tried staying as low as possible while still maintaining a good price/performance ratio.

olivier renault · 20 Sep 2011 at 21:24

IMO, this worth the upgrade without spending a grand.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail with FREE TrackMania 2 Canyon PC Game £179.99
1 x OcUK GeForce GTX 560Ti 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **Supplied with FREE Batman: Arkham City PC game** £169.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £99.98
1 x XFX Pro 750W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £74.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit £68.40
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £44.99
1 x BitFenix Shinobi Gaming Windowed Case - Black £52.98
1 x Microsoft SideWinder X4 Gaming Keyboard - Retail (JQD-00006) £34.98
1 x Logitech G400 3600DPI Gaming Mouse (910-002279) £30.98
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £25.99
1 x LG GH22NS70 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £817.76 (includes shipping : £13.75).

Can replace with a 6870 (good price-performance), a weaker PSU, 500GB HDD bundle, but I'd keep the 2500K. Software may prefer NVIDIA though.

Boozebeard · 21 Sep 2011 at 00:55

That looks good but he would prefer 8gb ram. Any reason not to get the G.Skill 2x4gb?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-053-GS

If not then will probably swap the ram and get the 650watt PSU.

Probably best to get an after market cooler as well. Recommendations on that front?

mp260767 · 21 Sep 2011 at 01:16

Boozebeard said:
That looks good but he would prefer 8gb ram. Any reason not to get the G.Skill 2x4gb?

Probably best to get an after market cooler as well. Recommendations on that front?

thats the reason for maybe not going with the gskill memory, the cooler fins can cause issues trying to fit 3rd party coolers, if there cooling fins extend towards the memory slots.

cooler wise have a look at the Gelid Tranquillo.