£800 build

[Fujellup]

First PC Build, £800. Will mainly be used for medium gaming, Music production, general use and maybe streaming.

 

Peripherals not included in the budget.

 

Requires 8GB RAM At least.

I have no preferences to brands, AMD or Intel, Whichever last the longest and does it best.

 

Any recommendations?

[mansoor_]

monitor? OS?

[mansoor_]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor  (£125.00 @ Amazon UK) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£24.86 @ CCL Computers) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  (£82.00 @ Amazon UK) 

Memory: Kingston Beast 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£117.78 @ CCL Computers) 

Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£59.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Western Digital Red 1TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£46.79 @ Aria PC) 

Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 290 4GB Black Edition Double Dissipation Video Card  (£231.00 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Case: Fractal Design Define R4 (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£67.34 @ Aria PC) 

Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£50.93 @ CCL Computers) 

Total: £805.69

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-04 17:36 BST+0100

 

 

Since you said you are into music production you may need more storage than just 1tb.

[CreativeTHC]

Here! Not a fan boy or anything, but seems x3 better than an FX for this times and with this amount of money. To be honest if you were low in money I would 100% go for an FX 8320.. but this is it.

http://pcpartpicker.com/user/creativethc/saved/cRdG3C

[JoaoPRSousa]

@CreativeTHC the 4770k is a bit outdated already, and the budget is 800£ not 1.2k

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£171.54 @ Aria PC) 

CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock 3 113.8 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler  (£45.59 @ Aria PC) 

Motherboard: MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£99.56 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Memory: Kingston Fury Red Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  (£61.77 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£39.96 @ CCL Computers) 

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card  (£274.99 @ Ebuyer) 

Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£37.99 @ Aria PC) 

Power Supply: XFX XTR 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£65.43 @ Amazon UK) 

Total: £796.83

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-04 18:59 BST+0100

[CreativeTHC]

 

@CreativeTHC the 4770k is a bit outdated already, and the budget is 800£ not 1.2k

 

But  I did £800 to dollars and is $1277.56 .. and for what use he have and for another 80% of ppl that use a pc, the i7 4770k is a cpu that would help them do whatver they want for at least 10years. Don't push up the overkill use of a cpu and be in line with the last tech.

[Fujellup]

Is the Cooler Master 212 Evo going to stop me from using all of the RAM slots if I decide to upgrade in the future? It seems pretty intruding.

 

Also, Is Hyper-threading a MUST HAVE? or just quick way to spend an extra £80? I'll be doing a lot of multitasking and maybe a tiny bit of video editing but is it going to help that much?

 

Oh and I'll probably be going dual screen with windows 7.

[FearMe]

Is the Cooler Master 212 Evo going to stop me from using all of the RAM slots if I decide to upgrade in the future? It seems pretty intruding.

 

Also, Is Hyper-threading a MUST HAVE? or just quick way to spend an extra £80? I'll be doing a lot of multitasking and maybe a tiny bit of video editing but is it going to help that much?

 

Oh and I'll probably be going dual screen with windows 7.

If you're only going to be doing a tiny bit of video editing it's not worth it, all it does it speed up the rendering.

This is pretty much the same as @JoaoPRSousa 's build but has an SSD.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£171.54 @ Aria PC) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£24.19 @ CCL Computers) 

Motherboard: MSI Z97-G45 Gaming ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£86.36 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport XT 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£57.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£54.95 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£37.85 @ CCL Computers) 

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card  (£274.99 @ Ebuyer) 

Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£37.99 @ Aria PC) 

Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£46.36 @ Amazon UK) 

Total: £792.22

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-05 16:01 BST+0100

[Fujellup]

If you're only going to be doing a tiny bit of video editing it's not worth it, all it does it speed up the rendering.

This is pretty much the same as @JoaoPRSousa 's build but has an SSD.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£171.54 @ Aria PC) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£24.19 @ CCL Computers) 

Motherboard: MSI Z97-G45 Gaming ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£86.36 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport XT 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£57.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£54.95 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£37.85 @ CCL Computers) 

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card  (£274.99 @ Ebuyer) 

Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£37.99 @ Aria PC) 

Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£46.36 @ Amazon UK) 

Total: £792.22

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-05 16:01 BST+0100

 

Does the NZXT case have enough room to house the GTX 970?

[FearMe]

Does the NZXT case have enough room to house the GTX 970?

Actually no, you'll have to take out the drive cages and look for a place to put your HDD/SSD.

[HashtagMilk]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£171.54 @ Aria PC)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.19 @ CCL Computers)

Motherboard: MSI Z97-G45 Gaming ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£86.36 @ Scan.co.uk)

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£62.39 @ Aria PC)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.85 @ CCL Computers)

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card (£274.99 @ Ebuyer)

Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case (£88.33 @ Scan.co.uk)

Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£50.93 @ CCL Computers)

Total: £796.58

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-05 17:54 BST+0100

On this budget, an SSD isn't worth it. Changed case to an Enthoo Pro because it is great for cable management, has great airflow, and plenty of room for the 970. Changed to the 600w PSU because it was only a bit more and it's semi modular, which will help with cable management.