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[kleb0nas]

Hi guys , I hope you will help me to choose the best solution of building a new pc. Last 6 years i was living in laptops "world" and now I am migrating to dekstop pc domain, so I am newbie here.

My expectations and primary tasks of my future computer:

 

- I am an IT specialist for networking , IT security and etc, so it will be used for network simulations , OS virtualization and lot of many other tasks and intensive calculations and visualizations (at the same time/moment) - multitasking.

 

- Video editing, recording (not for gaming, but mostly for live lectures and etc.)

- Gaming : I am not a really big gamer .. but ... I love World of Warcraft , so it would be really nice to play it with no problems on Ultra settings with my 24 inch Full HD monitor (@60Hz) . New expansion is almost here, so I want to be ready for it with smile on my face )) (other games I play ... they work fine with "stone age" computers).

 

Basically that's all. I don't want to exceed my 500-700 British pounds budget, so price/performance ratio is very high priority for me.
There is a link with most of hardware prices here in UK https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/ (I think most of you know this page).
 
Basically I think that the AMD FX - 8350 would fit for this really good, but everything else?
Thanks for you in advance.

Mindaugas
(p.s sorry for my "broken English")

 

[Rheinwasser]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£214.77 @ PC World Business)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£23.86 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: Asus H97M-PLUS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£73.96 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston Fury Black Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£113.22 @ More Computers)
Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£74.39 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Palit GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB StormX OC Video Card  (£92.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  (£30.36 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: Corsair CSM 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£55.99 @ Aria PC)
Total: £679.54
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-26 13:00 GMT+0000

[kleb0nas]

Thank you for your quick answer ,but talking about processor , is this Intel Xeon the best choise ? Because as i know , Xenon series is more for servers than home users .
Just it would be nice to know advantages and disadvantages  between Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 and AMD FX 8350.
Best  regards

[Demons Wrath]

Thank you for your quick answer ,but talking about processor , is this Intel Xeon the best choise ? Because as i know , Xenon series is more for servers than home users .

Just it would be nice to know advantages and disadvantages  between Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 and AMD FX 8350.

Best  regards

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: AMD FX-8320E 3.2GHz 8-Core Processor  (£104.34 @ Aria PC) 

CPU Cooler: Zalman CNPS10X OPTIMA CPU Cooler  (£17.98 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Motherboard: MSI 970 GAMING ATX AM3+ Motherboard  (£69.56 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1333 Memory  (£54.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1333 Memory  (£54.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Crucial M500 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£69.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£38.24 @ CCL Computers) 

Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 290 4GB DirectCU II Video Card  (£209.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Case: Zalman Z3 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case  (£34.68 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Power Supply: Zalman 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£48.76 @ Amazon UK) 

Case Fan: Arctic Cooling Arctic F12 74.0 CFM 120mm  Fan  (£3.83 @ Aria PC) 

Total: £707.35

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-26 13:25 GMT+0000

 

Can I tempt you?

[kleb0nas]

Hi Demons , it look very atractive for me , just the question about GPU: do I really need this so powerfull graphic card just to play WoW ? ( Or maybe just my mindset about these things is wrong, count this too )

[Demons Wrath]

Hi Demons , it look very atractive for me , just the question about GPU: do I really need this so powerfull graphic card just to play WoW ? ( Or maybe just my mindset about these things is wrong, count this too )

No you don't need such a powerful GPU for WoW, but I was thinking what if you wanted to play something else? You aren't going to be playing WoW forever, and when you want to play something else, maybe you'd like a nice beefy GPU to play it on. The 750ti is really the lowest end GPU I would consider for gaming, but if it was my budget I'd want something that could handle anything at 1080 for the foreseeable future.

[Joshua Ondangan]

this one is kinda below 700 pounds? uk cash/British cash >.< sorry don't know what it's called.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230 V3 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£188.34 @ Aria PC) 

Motherboard: MSI H97M-G43 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£63.56 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£120.19 @ CCL Computers) 

Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£74.39 @ Aria PC) 

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card  (£99.99 @ Ebuyer) 

Case: Corsair 350D Window MicroATX Mid Tower Case  (£78.00 @ Aria PC) 

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£63.31 @ Amazon UK) 

Total: £687.78

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-26 14:09 GMT+0000

 

kinda similar to what the xeon build above has but I put the parts where I have personal first hand experience in.

 

xeons are very good for the stuff you put there and so is the 8320. but if just playing wow then the 750 ti should be plenty and the xeon e3 would do wonders too.

 

you can buy a hard disk around 1tb western digital caviar red in the future. like the next payday.

 

I kinda put this build to prioritize your work related stuff.

 

edit: adding a hdd to the build I posted would opt for around 36 more.

 

If you are rushed and in need of storage space and can't salvage the one from your laptop then buying the hdd might be more reasonable just that it's easier to add a hdd while having a sdd as boot drive than adding a ssd and making it your boot drive. kinda less hassle.

[kleb0nas]

Ok, thank you guys for the support! I do appreciate that!

 

Just few more questions if you can answer : again about FX class CPUs vs Xeon  - if they both are good for my tasks ,so why should I pay more 70-80 pounds for Xeon instead to buy FX - 8320 or 8350 ?
And most important thing I always wanted to figure out is about motherboards : there are lot of them with similar properties , but the prices range are enormous , because (I think ) i see some Mob for 30-40 pounds what would fit for these builds you showed me (is this all about socket type /sli/crossfire support? )

thanks!