Before buying?

[ApexGuardidian]

How is this before I buy it

 

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/ApexGuardian/saved/Y8ghP6

[Bego232]

What will you be using it for?

[ApexGuardidian]

What will you be using it for?

 

Games and video editing

[Bego232]

Probably okay then.

 

Wouldn't cheap out on the mobo though

[ApexGuardidian]

Probably okay then.

 

Wouldn't cheap out on the mobo though

 

Yep I am not sure what to change that mobo to, got any ideas? My budget all together is around £700

[Demons Wrath]

@ApexGuardidian GTX 970 my lord?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: AMD FX-8320E 3.2GHz 8-Core Processor  (£92.34 @ Aria PC) 

CPU Cooler: Deepcool GAMMAXX S40 54.2 CFM CPU Cooler  (£21.60 @ Amazon UK) 

Motherboard: MSI 970 GAMING ATX AM3+ Motherboard  (£77.60 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£52.98 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Kingston Fury 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£47.00 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£38.34 @ Aria PC) 

Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card  (£257.94 @ Amazon UK) 

Case: Zalman Z3 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case  (£26.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Power Supply: Zalman 750W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£70.98 @ Amazon UK) 

Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer  (£10.55 @ CCL Computers) 

Total: £696.32

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-16 18:30 GMT+0000

 

Ability for future SLI is possible with the PSU.

[Starelementpoke]

 

@ApexGuardidian GTX 970 my lord?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: AMD FX-8320E 3.2GHz 8-Core Processor  (£92.34 @ Aria PC) 

CPU Cooler: Deepcool GAMMAXX S40 54.2 CFM CPU Cooler  (£21.60 @ Amazon UK) 

Motherboard: MSI 970 GAMING ATX AM3+ Motherboard  (£77.60 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£52.98 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Kingston Fury 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£47.00 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£38.34 @ Aria PC) 

Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card  (£257.94 @ Amazon UK) 

Case: Zalman Z3 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case  (£26.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Power Supply: Zalman 750W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£70.98 @ Amazon UK) 

Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer  (£10.55 @ CCL Computers) 

Total: £696.32

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-16 18:30 GMT+0000

 

Ability for future SLI is possible with the PSU.

 

95% sure that cpu will bottleneck that gpu more than 80% of the time.

[Starelementpoke]

This is what I suggest:

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/XJmYt6
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/XJmYt6/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£168.88 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: MSI H77MA-G43 Micro ATX LGA1155 Motherboard  (£48.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£49.80 @ Kustom PCs)
Storage: Kingston Fury 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£47.00 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Toshiba  1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£37.97 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 290 4GB TWIN FROZR Video Card  (£229.55 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Zalman Z3 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case  (£26.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Zalman 750W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£70.98 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer  (£10.55 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £690.71
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-16 20:08 GMT+0000

 

Most quad intel xeons are pretty much I7's without Igpus, so they'll perform just as well in that case. Plus with DX12 coming out, more threads = more performance. Since this xeon has hyper threading plus 4 cores, not only should it perform well in gaming now and in DX12, it'll be more than adiquate for video editing.

[Demons Wrath]

95% sure that cpu will bottleneck that gpu more than 80% of the time.

 

It'll be fine. An OC will help alleviate most issues arising from the old warhorse.