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£500 budget Computer.



G

Gray

  340i
Hi guys,

I am speccing / building a Computer for a friend, he has given me a £500 budget to build the base unit. He already had a good display and peripherals, OS is sorted too.

It will be used for GoPro video editing, light photography work and general browsing. I've been trawling OC over lunch and come up with the below spec:

Product Name
QtyPriceLine Total
CP-418-IN_60.jpg
Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM£179.99
(£149.99) 		£179.99
(£149.99)
MB-201-MS_60.jpg
MSI Z77A-G45 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard£89.99
(£74.99) 		£89.99
(£74.99)
HD-161-SA_60.jpg
Samsung 120GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD120BW)£79.99
(£66.66) 		£79.99
(£66.66)
MY-033-TG_60.jpg
TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01)£49.99
(£41.66) 		£99.98
(£83.32)
CA-063-OC_60.jpg
OCZ CoreXtreme 500w '80 Plus' Power Supply£34.99
(£29.16) 		£34.99
(£29.16)
CA-011-BX_60.jpg
BitFenix Merc Beta Gaming Case - Black£32.99
(£27.49) 		£32.99
(£27.49)
FG-018-AR_60.jpg
Arctic F12 Pro Case Fan - 120mm£3.98
(£3.32) 		£7.96
(£6.64)
Sub Total :£438.25
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
Deliver to your desk @ Multiplay i49
(This can be changed during checkout)		Shipping :FREE
VAT is being charged at 20.00%VAT :£87.65
Total :£525.90

What do we all think? Any recommendations, improvements? We've gone for a basic case is it's not for show / bling etc
 
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G

Gray

  340i
Forgot to mention... We already have a couple of 1TB HDD's to fit. Now concentrate on the rest of the build! ;)
 
Nik

Nik

ClioSport Admin
  Clio Trophy #355
Good combo, very similar to my recent upgrade. I went for the Asus P8Z77-V PRO Z77 board but that's a bit more pricey.

​3570k o/c'ed to 4.5ghz instantly which will do me nicely.
 
G

Gray

  340i
Do we think a GPU card will be needed for video editing, or will intergrated HD 4000 Graphics be good enough? (I know video editing is more CPU and memory hungry, but how much so on the GPU...)
 
Nik

Nik

ClioSport Admin
  Clio Trophy #355
I know Adobe Premier and Sony Vegas video editing software supports CUDA or OpenCL acceleration to hand off some of the rendering work to the GPU on newer cards.

I've used the option myself rendering video, but not sure if it made that much difference over just CPU. I think it becomes more effective on the high end Quadro cards etc.
 
bomber

bomber

  Qashcow
It is HD gopro footage yes, unsure what editing program I'll end up using but that's a decision for the future. Thanks for the input, gives Gray and I something to think about
 
D

Dave..

  S4 Avant
Get the shiniest bit you can. If not shiny, the more lights and flashes the better.

also, a randomly generated computer character on the box is meant to mean good things.

you're welcome x
 
G

Gray

  340i
ThomasBrentnall said:
Get a decent video card for graphics/video editing.

Can't see the onboard doing too well, especially if he is doing gopro hd editing (is he?).

​Would also consider better cooling for the processor
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Ahh yep, I will get a retail chip and a different heatsink and fan.

bomber said:
It is HD gopro footage yes, unsure what editing program I'll end up using but that's a decision for the future. Thanks for the input, gives Gray and I something to think about
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Decide on the application then we can check the requirements / reccomended spec.
 
G

Gray

  340i
Product NameQtyPriceLine Total
CP-472-IN_60.jpg
Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM£169.99
(£141.66)		£169.99
(£141.66)
MB-238-MS_60.jpg
MSI H87-G43 Intel H87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard£79.99
(£66.66)		£79.99
(£66.66)
HD-161-SA_60.jpg
Samsung 120GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD120BW)£71.99
(£59.99)		£71.99
(£59.99)
HS-000-ND_60.jpg
NH-U14S Ultra-Quiet Slim CPU Cooler with NF-A15 Fan£62.99
(£52.49)		£62.99
(£52.49)
MY-137-KS_60.jpg
Kingston HyperX Blu 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3B1K2/8GX)£61.99
(£51.66)		£61.99
(£51.66)
CA-116-CS_60.jpg
Corsair Builder Series CX 500w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020059-UK)£55.99
(£46.66)		£55.99
(£46.66)
CA-011-BX_60.jpg
BitFenix Merc Beta Gaming Case - Black£29.99
(£24.99)		£29.99
(£24.99)
FG-017-NC_60.jpg
Noctua NF-A15 PWM Fan - 140mm£18.95
(£15.79)		£18.95
(£15.79)
Sub Total :£459.90
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel (Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout)		Shipping :£11.25
VAT is being charged at 20.00%VAT :£94.23
Total :£565.38

We put this build on hold for a couple of months, but back with it now... I've changed the spec slightly and we've up with the above.

I think the Noctua CPU cooler may be slightly OTT, but I love the quality of their components. Would you swap this out for something cheaper though?
 
Amberlamps

Amberlamps

  FF 182
No need for a storage drive?

Also if your not gonna be overclocking the cpu, you could get a way with much cheaper cooler tbh.

Nvm, just read your last sentence ^^ The coolermaster hypers are supposed to be good value for money, here
 
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G

Gray

  340i
Amberlamps said:
No need for a storage drive?

Also if your not gonna be overclocking the cpu, you could get a way with much cheaper cooler tbh.

Nvm, just read your last sentence ^^ The coolermaster hypers are supposed to be good value for money http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-035-CM&groupid=701&catid=2330&subcat=2341
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We've got a couple of 1TB HDD's to use for storage :)

Plan is to clock the CPU to 4.0 4.2GHZ.

We are adding a decent GPU at a later date.
 
Amberlamps

Amberlamps

  FF 182
Ahh, ok then. Looks decent to me, have you seen the Phantek coolers? I have this one and can't recommend it enough, a bit cheaper (and nicer looking :p) than the Noctua
 
A

Addicted

Looks like a decent spec, not been in air cooling for a good while, but Noctua were certainly the best back in the day iirc :)

As above though, Phantek coolers are meant to be up and coming, so maybe worth seeing how much cheaper one is!

Whats the 2nd fan for, the other side of the cpu cooler? Potentially not needed, or as above Phantek I think come with 2 fans anyway and cheaper, so you may be able to save £40 :)
 
T

ThomasBrentnall

Addicted said:
Looks like a decent spec, not been in air cooling for a good while, but Noctua were certainly the best back in the day iirc :)

As above though, Phantek coolers are meant to be up and coming, so maybe worth seeing how much cheaper one is!

Whats the 2nd fan for, the other side of the cpu cooler? Potentially not needed, or as above Phantek I think come with 2 fans anyway and cheaper, so you may be able to save £40 :)
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2nd fan may be a chassis fan
 
G

Gray

  340i
The second Noctua fan was for the other side of the heatsink.

I'll check out some cheaper coolers, do love the Noctua kit though aha :)
 
2

2Damnsly Andy

  Clio 172
I'd get a bigger PSU as if he ever wants to upgrade that'll need doing as well. I'd look for a 750w jobbie, Dabs had a sale on the other day have you checked there? Infact have you priced the same system up on Dabs?
 
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