Help Needed

[Niko_Art]

I am a budding young animator who is wanting to bulid a new machine at the end if this year. My current plan is as follows

CPU:AMD FX 6300 Hexcore @ 3.5Ghz (£78.76)

Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M Micro ATX (£44.95)

RAM: Kingston DDR3 [2x4GB] @1333Mhz (£36.17)

SSD: Kingston SSDNow 30GB (£24.12)
HDD: Western Digital Caviar Blue 320GB (£18.99)

GPU: GeForce GT730 (£34.98)

Case: Zalman ZM-T4 (£17.99)

PSU: XFX ProSeries 450W 80+Bronze (£35.04)

Optical: Lite-On iHAS124-14 (£9.96)

OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit (£67.95) (Plan to upgrade to 10 on release)

Moniter: BenQ GL2023A 60Hz 19.5" (£62.79)

Keyboard: HP DT528AT#ABA (£9.50)

Mouse: Zalman ZM-M300 (£4.49)

 

This entire thing comes to £445.69

I want to shave some pounds but I am trying to find a better graphics card for a similar price by either AMD or Nvidia.

Also if anyone knows of a cheaper SSD then I will proberly switch to that but i need it to be cheaper in the UK. I want to keep this build under £450

Anyway to save a few pounds and/or improvements for similar/cheaper prices will be greatly appreciated.

 

Pc Part Picker Link: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/JNqkZL

 

[MiniGamerYT]

I don't know if you should get an FX CPU, im in the same situation as you, with a little bit more budget, i am considering the i3-4160 if you want an Intel option, but the 6300, despite being on a slightly dead socket is still very solid.

[IanDrexP]

I don't know if you should get an FX CPU, im in the same situation as you, with a little bit more budget, i am considering the i3-4160 if you want an Intel option, but the 6300, despite being on a slightly dead socket is still very solid.

Maybe for his software the a FX CPU is better at his price point.

 

 

I am a budding young animator who is wanting to bulid a new machine at the end if this year. My current plan is as follows

CPU:AMD FX 6300 Hexcore @ 3.5Ghz (£78.76)

Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M Micro ATX (£44.95)

RAM: Kingston DDR3 [2x4GB] @1333Mhz (£36.17)

SSD: Kingston SSDNow 30GB (£24.12)

HDD: Western Digital Caviar Blue 320GB (£18.99)

GPU: GeForce GT730 (£34.98)

Case: Zalman ZM-T4 (£17.99)

PSU: XFX ProSeries 450W 80+Bronze (£35.04)

Optical: Lite-On iHAS124-14 (£9.96)

OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit (£67.95) (Plan to upgrade to 10 on release)

Moniter: BenQ GL2023A 60Hz 19.5" (£62.79)

Keyboard: HP DT528AT#ABA (£9.50)

Mouse: Zalman ZM-M300 (£4.49)

 

This entire thing comes to £445.69

I want to shave some pounds but I am trying to find a better graphics card for a similar price by either AMD or Nvidia.

Also if anyone knows of a cheaper SSD then I will proberly switch to that but i need it to be cheaper in the UK. I want to keep this build under £450

Anyway to save a few pounds and/or improvements for similar/cheaper prices will be greatly appreciated.

 

Pc Part Picker Link: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/JNqkZL

What software do you use?

[ADZ_123_!"£]

£10 over budget:

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/NQD8cf

Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/NQD8cf/by_merchant/

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/MwzMHx

Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/MwzMHx/by_merchant/

 

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  (£78.76 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-S2 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard  (£33.36 @ Amazon UK) 

Memory: Kingston 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1333 Memory  (£32.94 @ CCL Computers) 

Storage: Sandisk X110 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£59.99 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£39.91 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 280 3GB TurboDuo Video Card  (£154.75 @ More Computers) 

Case: Raidmax Vortex ATX Mid Tower Case  (£25.18 @ Amazon UK) 

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£36.98 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Total: £461.87

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-19 17:32 BST+0100

[Hman1250]

Don't even consider getting that GPU. It's terrible and slow. It uses DDR3 RAM when today's GPU's use GDDR5

[Niko_Art]

I use usually a combiantion of CS6 Photoshop, Premier, after effects, audition, flash and encore. Sony Vegas. I also like to record and stream games using Bandicam and ffsplit respctively. Oh and SFM

[Niko_Art]

Also if any of you can produce a similar power/ more powerful system with all the extra bits i need on either the Kaveri system or the intel platform i am willing to have a look

[Prysin]

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

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£52.00 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A78M-HD2 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  (£34.98 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Kingston 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1333 Memory  (£32.94 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 640GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£28.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card  (£96.99 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Zalman ZM-T4 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£17.99 @ Novatech)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£35.04 @ Ebuyer)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer  (£9.96 @ Aria PC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 OEM (64-bit)  (£67.95 @ Ebuyer)
Monitor: BenQ GL2023A 60Hz 19.5" Monitor  (£62.79 @ Amazon UK)
Keyboard: HP DT528AT#ABA Wired Standard Keyboard  (£9.50 @ Amazon UK)
Mouse: Zalman ZM-M300 Wired Optical Mouse  (£4.49 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £453.62
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-19 18:09 BST+0100

 

This will be the best you can get. It will run most modern games at medium settings given the resolution of the screen you chose.

[Prysin]

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

CPU: AMD A10-7850K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£96.94 @ Scan.co.uk)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 103 43.1 CFM CPU Cooler  (£17.51 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-HD3 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  (£39.89 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: G.Skill Trident X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2400 Memory  (£44.55 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£32.40 @ Aria PC)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  (£27.93 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£35.04 @ Ebuyer)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer  (£9.96 @ Aria PC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 OEM (64-bit)  (£67.95 @ Ebuyer)
Monitor: BenQ GL2023A 60Hz 19.5" Monitor  (£62.79 @ Amazon UK)
Keyboard: HP DT528AT#ABA Wired Standard Keyboard  (£9.50 @ Amazon UK)
Mouse: Zalman ZM-M300 Wired Optical Mouse  (£4.49 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £448.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-19 18:20 BST+0100

 

This would be the best Kaveri system i could set up for you.

 

My previous post would offer better performance in general. So you should just think about it.... Kaveri runs fine on a 900p monitor, you will most likely hit 60FPS + with it.... albeit the 750Ti system would run better, and wouldnt consume much more power. Atleast here you have a Kaveri Option, since you said you would tink about it.

[BigDay]

go for an intel build. save up some more money. you'll be happier with your purchase if you spend 100-200 quid more

[Niko_Art]

As much as Intel systems are cheaper I have always had problems with them especially because they can be difficult to overclock especially if you don't get a "k" processor which are Expensive. And Prysin i was looking at the AMD A8-7600 chip what is your opinion on this particular one, keep in mind i am a streamer and game recorder mainly minecraft is the game but i play things like half life portal and tf2 plus dota and a few others so yea.