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1. Budget & Location
I have a budget of £600 (I am not able to go higher) and am based in the UK.

2. Aim
I am planning on doing some photo editing, light audio work and some gaming. Games like F1 2013, Dirt 3, Assassins Creed 4 and the Batman Arkham franchise.

3. Monitors
I am using 1 1600*900 monitor and will not be upgrading to more than 1 any time soon as will be leaving for uni in 1 1/2 years so need to stay compact.

4. Peripherals
II will only need a copy of windows - preferably 8.

 

5. Ascetics

I am very picky with PC components, so some colour schemed in the suggested builds please, and for the love of god NO brown PCB s.

 

Thanks 

 

Also, can it be compact, so no HUGE cases.
 

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Might help if you give an idea for the color scheme...everyone's color tastes are different.

CPU: Ryzen 9 5900 Cooler: EVGA CLC280 Motherboard: Gigabyte B550i Pro AX RAM: Kingston Hyper X 32GB 3200mhz

Storage: WD 750 SE 500GB, WD 730 SE 1TB GPU: Gigabyte GTX 1050 PSU: Corsair SF750 Case: Streacom DA2

Monitor: LG 27GL83B Mouse: Razer Basilisk V2 Keyboard: G.Skill KM780 Cherry MX Red Speakers: Mackie CR5BT

 

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RAM: G.Skill RipJaws 16GB DDR3 Storage: Transcend MSA370 128GB GPU: Intel 4400 Graphics

PSU: Integrated Case: Shuttle XPC Slim

Monitor: LG 29WK500 Mouse: G.Skill MX780 Keyboard: G.Skill KM780 Cherry MX Red

 

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CPU: Intel i5 7600k Cooler: CryOrig H7 Motherboard: MSI Z270 M5

RAM: Crucial LPX 16GB DDR4 Storage: Intel S3510 800GB GPU: Nvidia GTX 980

PSU: Corsair CX650M Case: EVGA DG73

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PSU: Thermaltake TR2 Case: Phanteks Enthoo Evolv ITX

Monitor: Dell P2214H x2 Mouse: Logitech MX Master Keyboard: G.Skill KM780 Cherry MX Red

 

 

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Might help if you give an idea for the color scheme...everyone's color tastes are different.

Not hugely fussed, just 2 main colours, blue is my least favourite paired with black but my favourite paired with white so just experiment and I will say what I do or don't like about the colour scheme.

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What programs are you using for photo/audio work?

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A copy of Photoshop CS3 and probably Audacity/simmialr

What's the average number of layers you work with in photoshop?

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5 picture 5 perameters (brightness, curves ect)

Alright.

How's this look? http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2EztX

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What is the colour scheme? and why no case?

Oh whoops. 

I mean to use either of these cases depending on whether you wanted a smaller case, front usb 3.0, or more expandability.

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/fractal-design-case-fdcacore1000bl

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/fractal-design-case-fdcacore1000usb3bl

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/cooler-master-case-nse200kkn1

 

There really isn't much of a color scheme.

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Oh whoops. 

I mean to use either of these cases depending on whether you wanted a smaller case, front usb 3.0, or more expandability.

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/fractal-design-case-fdcacore1000bl

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/fractal-design-case-fdcacore1000usb3bl

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/cooler-master-case-nse200kkn1

 

There really isn't much of a color scheme.

Colour Scheme was point 5 as was no brown PCBs. Also, those cases take it over budget, £600 is the absolute maximum.

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Colour Scheme was point 5 as was no brown PCBs. Also, those cases take it over budget, £600 is the absolute maximum.

Yeah, I just noticed since I forgot the case earlier. 

How about this? http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2EALR

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Why only 1 8GB stick of ram not 2*4GB?

Pricing and your issue with being picky with components, color scheme, and whatnot.

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Here are 3 designs I have come up with, each as a colour scheme and name idea.

 

Frostbite - Black and White (mITX) - http://pcpartpicker.com/user/Mclaren12c/saved/3s99

 

Nightwing - Black and Red (mATX) - http://pcpartpicker.com/user/Mclaren12c/saved/3xbZ

 

Hush - All black (ATX) - http://pcpartpicker.com/user/Mclaren12c/saved/3xdb

 

Which is est and how can they be improved?

 

Pricing and your issue with being picky with components, color scheme, and whatnot.

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Here are 3 designs I have come up with, each as a colour scheme and name idea.

Frostbite - Black and White (mITX) - http://pcpartpicker.com/user/Mclaren12c/saved/3s99

Nightwing - Black and Red (mATX) - http://pcpartpicker.com/user/Mclaren12c/saved/3xbZ

Hush - All black (ATX) - http://pcpartpicker.com/user/Mclaren12c/saved/3xdb

Which is est and how can they be improved?

They're all more expensive and worse than what I suggested.

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Go with my rig, but maby a diff mb

NZXT Phantom 410, red

AMD fx-6300

Asus direct cu II 7850

corsair vengeance Red 8gb and corsair vengeance black 8gb

any psu

get a FX water cooler off ebay http://www.ebay.com/itm/AMD-FX-Series-Liquid-Cooling-System-/121259027096?pt=US_Water_Cooling&hash=item1c3b99ea98

n0ah1897, on 05 Mar 2014 - 2:08 PM, said:  "Computers are like girls. It's whats in the inside that matters.  I don't know about you, but I like my girls like I like my cases. Just as beautiful on the inside as the outside."

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The prices in the UK do not scale with dollars in a linear fashion. All of my builds are £50 cheaper than the one you suggested.

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Why post US links then?

^

There's a UK version of pcpartpicker and you used the US version.

We can't read your mind and know where you're shopping/located if you don't tell us.

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