Gaming and video editing

[JonathanBuller]

uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/culturecoder/saved/#view=wC8D4D

I have about 700 pounds to spend.

I do alot of gaming, video editing and some virtualisation on my system.

I have 2 1080p monitors.

 

[pokechat8978]

5 minutes ago, JonathanBuller said:

uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/culturecoder/saved/#view=wC8D4D

I have about 700 pounds to spend.

I do alot of gaming, video editing and some virtualisation on my system.

I have 2 1080p monitors.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£143.99 @ Novatech) 
Motherboard: MSI H97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£65.81 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Patriot Signature 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£27.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£63.98 @ Novatech) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£40.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 390 8GB Nitro Video Card  (£259.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case  (£49.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Power Supply: Super Flower Golden Green HX 550W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply  (£63.48 @ More Computers) 
Total: £716.19
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-01 21:52 GMT+0000

 

 

3 pounds more gets you a 650w PSU.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£143.99 @ Novatech) 
Motherboard: MSI B85-G41 PC Mate ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£60.20 @ Dabs) 
Memory: Patriot Signature 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£27.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£63.98 @ Novatech) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£40.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 390 8GB Nitro Video Card  (£259.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case  (£49.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£72.40 @ More Computers) 
Total: £719.50
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-01 21:53 GMT+0000

[Atmos]

7 minutes ago, JonathanBuller said:

uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/culturecoder/saved/#view=wC8D4D

I have about 700 pounds to spend.

I do alot of gaming, video editing and some virtualisation on my system.

I have 2 1080p monitors.

 

 

Overall, a much better build
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/c7sxXL
Much better gpu, much better psu, higher quality ram, higher quality motherboard, better all around ssd, cpu is roughly equivalent. there's enough play in the budget left to drop a cheap aftermarket cooler if you can't bear the stock cooler.

[pokechat8978]

4 minutes ago, Atmos said:

 

Overall, a much better build
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/c7sxXL
Much better gpu, much better psu, higher quality ram, higher quality motherboard, better all around ssd, cpu is roughly equivalent. there's enough play in the budget left to drop a cheap aftermarket cooler if you can't bear the stock cooler.

My builds have a 390 and a 250GB Samsung SSD. While my build may not have 16GB of RAM, OP can it add later if need be.

Also that PSU isn't great.

[Atmos]

Just now, pokechat8978 said:

My builds have a 390 and a 250GB Samsung SSD. While my build may not have 16GB of RAM, OP can it add later if need be.

Also that PSU isn't great.

For video editing, and more so for gaming and general use today 8gbs is being phased out. I honestly, am no longer rec'ing except in very hard budgets, 8gbs of ram. Since the cpu was downgraded, and ram cut in half rendering times are going to suffer on that build.

I never said the evga psu was a golden egg, I simply said that it was far better than the corsair cx430. And the supernova nex isn't a bad psu by any means at all.

Kept the same case as the op, no real reason not to go for it, it's only 7£ more than what you dropped. You're build is also 40£ more expensive than what I listed, I tried to stay within his 700£ budget.

The 390 isn't massively faster than the 380X. It's certainly a better gpu, and if you flex my build to include the cheapest 390 over the 380X then it comes out to about the same price as your build, while keeping an ssd only marginally slower, but larger, double the ram, and a roughly equivalent psu.

[Streetguru]

53 minutes ago, JonathanBuller said:

uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/culturecoder/saved/#view=wC8D4D

You're going to want a Xeon 1231v3, it's basically an i7 without an iGPU, and the 380 is a fair bit faster than the 960

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/MPcjt6
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/MPcjt6/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£215.26 @ Dabs)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£74.27 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Crucial 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£55.27 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£40.98 @ Ebuyer)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 380 4GB Video Card  (£156.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1100 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£28.49 @ Novatech)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£44.17 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £615.43
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-01 22:41 GMT+0000