Spec needed: £600 budget

Rayment

Rayment

Rayment

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Hi all,



I'm looking to replace my PC with a whole new one. The old one will have a new home so I wont be reusing any parts, with the exception of the keyboard and monitors. It'll be used for graphics work (CS3), After Effects (loads of rendering), Photoshop and Flash.



My budget is around £600. I built my last one with help from here and it went relatively smoothly, so any advice is greatly appreciated!



Cheers,



Paul
 
maybe something like :

AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 920 2.8GHz (Socket AM2+) - Retail £160.99 (£139.99)

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (66I-01939) £91.99 (£79.99)

Asus M3A78 AMD 770G (Socket AM2+) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £67.84 (£58.99)

Gainward ATI Radeon HD 4650 512MB DDR2 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail (471846200-9702) £60.94 (£52.99)

Corsair VX 450W ATX Power Supply Corsair VX 450W ATX Power Supply £59.79 (£51.99)

Samsung SpinPoint F1 640GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD642JJ) £54.04 (£46.99)

Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black (No PSU) £49.44
(£42.99)

Corsair 4GB DDR2 XMS2 PC2-6400C5 TwinX (2x2GB) £45.99 (£39.99)

Samsung TS-H653F 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.09 (£13.99)

Sub Total : £527.91
Shipping : £12.99
VAT : £81.14
Total : £622.04
 
Rayment said:
Hi all,



I'm looking to replace my PC with a whole new one. The old one will have a new home so I wont be reusing any parts, with the exception of the keyboard and monitors. It'll be used for graphics work (CS3), After Effects (loads of rendering), Photoshop and Flash.



My budget is around £600. I built my last one with help from here and it went relatively smoothly, so any advice is greatly appreciated!



Cheers,



Paul
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Sorry for going off topic, but you clearly state that you built a computer with help from here last time. May I ask, how did you manage that? You've joined in Feb 09 and have 2 posts to your name.
 
Haha! Yes, I did a couple of years back. I ordered all the parts and then built it, only to discover the RAM wasn't compatible with the Motherboard. I wasn't allowed to swap and I raised the issue in the forum, then they banned me :eek:

Anyway, it's still the best place to get parts from and everyone on here properly knows what they're talking about (unlike me).


ro55o - I have an Xbox so I wont really need it for gaming. I'm just wondering if a better GPU will help rendering times in AfterEffects.
 
if you don't need an o/s then i'd update the mobo to the Asus M3A78 Pro AMD 780G, graphics card to a slightly better Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4670 512MB, and maybe get a decent cooler like the Noctua NH-U12P (not sure how good/quiet the default Phenom II coolers are).
 
AlexTrickle said:
An aftermarket cooler will significantly improve overclockability. If you don't plan to overclock then stick with stock cooler.

EDIT: You've also specced an AM3 CPU for an AM2 motherboard.
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AM3 CPU's are backwards compatible with the AM2+ mobo's.
 
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