Urgent System Components Spec

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My sons PC broke in the week and he needs it for school work and video editing (Photoshop CS6, Cinema 4D etc.) plus he plays some games such as COD MW3, SkyRim and will want to play COD Ghost. The current spec is:

ASUS P5Q Mobo
Q6600 Quad CPU
8800GTX OC NVidia GFX Card
8GB OCZ Reaper DDR2
Corsair 650W PSU
128Gb SSD System Drive
Dual 1Tb SATA Drives for data and backup

I've put the 8800 Gfx card in my system and it doesn't work, so I know the gfx card is faulty. I've baked it twice which has helped it last an extra 1.5 years. I've put the known working gfx card from my system into his and it does not work (280 GTX) which I know is compatible and uses the same driver set. So the only thing I can think is that the CPU, Mobo and Gfx card have gone. So rather than replacing them, I'll just buy him new.

So what I really need is a new mobo, CPU + Fan, RAM and GFX card. I'm not looking to spend more than £400 and plan on keeping the same gaming 900 case, PSU and other HDD/SSD and peripherals. I'm interested in what I can get in Intel/Nvidia or AMD/ATI spec. I know the AMD CPU 8 core's are very good and more cost effective that Intel, but I bough to your experience....thank you in advance.

One other thing is I want to go to OC today to buy it so I can build it today/tomorrow.

Thanks.
 
Oceaness: Yes he does rendering. If I could afford the Intel I would but AMD provide a lot for the value. Not heard PS is tailored for Nvidia??? School work is just MS Office Suite.

SnipsX86:

Not sure on the TeamGroup RAM, I prefer well known brands. What about the below:

Kingston HyperX Genesis 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel

I like the look of the ASRock and prefer the Piledriver 8-Core on offer for £139.00 as it comes with a heatsink and fan.

If I go with the 7870 Ice-Q with the above processor and RAM will the Gfx card cope with throughput i.e. no bottlenecking with the card?
 
So I think I have my spec thank you guys:

1 x HIS HD 7870 IceQ X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H787QN2G2M) £143.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8350 Black Edition 4.00GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £139.99
1 x ASRock 990FX Extreme3 AMD 990FX (Socket AM3+) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £86.99
1 x Avexir Core Blue Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CW) - Blue Light £55.99

Just one final question. I've always gone for ASUS mobo's (AMD & Intel chipset) so know the tuning features, but never experienced ASRock, I know the name but are they a reliable and resilient?

Thanks
 
Not sure about that. If I had another £30-£50 to play with on the mobo what would you recommend?
 
Well pointed out there T345 but with the offer I get a 5% performance increase for £20. Small price for a 5% increase and it will make a difference on rendering and frame rate. But thank you all the same.
 
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