500$ Workstation

[sebz2]

My brother is going to have USD 500 soon and needs a good build that must include 

> A Good processor for editing/coding/adobe stuff - As good as you can get for money

> A lot of storage + SSD is MANDATORY

>16 gigs of ram is mandatory too

>  Parts he needs

> Cpu, Motherboard, aftermarket cooler, ram, HDD, SSD, psu, case

He does stuff like this and doesn't want it to take hours to render. Please help

 

 

[BrinkGG]

1 minute ago, sebz2 said:

My brother is going to have 500$ soon and needs a good build that must include 

> A Good processor for editing/coding/adobe stuff - As good as you can get for money

> A lot of storage + SSD is MANDATORY

>16 gigs of ram is mandatory too

>  Parts he needs

> Cpu, Motherboard, aftermarket cooler, ram, HDD, SSD, psu, case

He does stuff like this and doesn't want it to take hours to render. Please help

 

 

Does he have a graphics card already? 

Is he okay with used parts? 

[Piemanfood]

$500 is not really going to do much for what hes doing

Edit: Even buying used thats going to be a stretch to get close to what he wants 

[sebz2]

Just now, Brink2Three said:

Does he have a graphics card already? 

Is he okay with used parts? 

He has a graphics card already. Hes fine with used parts - but from company not ebay.

[VerticalDiscussions]

I really dont think its possible. For what he needs, the cpu is already 300$, so unless he ditches 1200$, this wont be getting on its track, with new parts. In Europe tough, this would be a lot harder to build , import taxes and vats sux

[Streetguru]

4 minutes ago, sebz2 said:

My brother is going to have 500$ soon and needs a good build that must include 

 

So is there any gaming involved? as an FX 8 core is probably the best CPU you're going to get at that budget

So then ditch the GPU here then upgrade the RAM here and get an after market heatsink for overclocking, something like a Hyper 212
 

Overclocking Guide
http://www.overclock.net/t/1348623/amd-bulldozer-and-piledriver-overclocking-guide-asus-motherboard
 

8320E Gaming Benchmarks
http://www.anandtech.com/show/8864/amd-fx-8320e-cpu-review-the-other-95w-vishera/5

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/hDDR23
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/hDDR23/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD FX-8320E 3.2GHz 8-Core Processor  ($126.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Asus M5A99X EVO R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($111.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill Value Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1333 Memory  ($33.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R7 360 2GB Core Edition Video Card  ($100.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT WH ATX Mid Tower Case  ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($34.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $493.73
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-14 16:01 EST-0500

[BrinkGG]

Just now, sebz2 said:

He has a graphics card already. Hes fine with used parts - but from company not ebay.

His only option is ebay... As long as you get them from a good seller you should be fine. 

I'll post parts in a minute.

 

[sebz2]

Just now, VerticalDiscussions said:

I really dont think its possible. For what he needs, the cpu is already 300$, so unless he ditches 1200$, this wont be getting on its track, with new parts. In Europe tough, this would be a lot harder to build , import taxes and vats sux

His core 2 duo is working pretty fine but anything that can quadruple his cpu performance plus he will be fine with.

[VerticalDiscussions]

Just now, Streetguru said:

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Maybe an older 3770K then? Could potentially work just fine, and if he could get one, a 3960X-3970X used?

[Streetguru]

4 minutes ago, VerticalDiscussions said:

Maybe an older 3770K then? Could potentially work just fine, and if he could get one, a 3960X-3970X used?

Used parts are too sparatic and may be broken

 

also a Xeon 1231v3 with 16gbs of RAM is doable, so

@sebz2
probably just go for this

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/zrVf6h
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/zrVf6h/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($244.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($67.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Mushkin Stealth 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.89 @ OutletPC)
Case: Xion XON-310_BK MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($28.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($34.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $486.74
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-14 16:08 EST-0500

[VerticalDiscussions]

1 minute ago, Streetguru said:

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Not everyone sells broken parts :p. I still have hope in sellers sigile and honesty. Not on Ebay of course. And yeah, a high end Xeon and ECC memory for this persons work would be a lot safer and more future tasks "saviour", but with such a budget, every option counts i guess :/.

[Streetguru]

4 minutes ago, VerticalDiscussions said:

Not everyone sells broken parts :p. I still have hope in sellers sigile and honesty. Not on Ebay of course. And yeah, a high end Xeon and ECC memory for this persons work would be a lot safer and more future tasks "saviour", but with such a budget, every option counts i guess :/.

ECC isn't going to be nessisary

[VerticalDiscussions]

Just now, Streetguru said:

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So he would just rather lose his data? He didnt say he needed it, but it doesnt mean his aware of its benefits and non.

[Streetguru]

1 minute ago, VerticalDiscussions said:

So he would just rather lose his data? He didnt say he needed it, but it doesnt mean his aware of its benefits and non.

This ain't a NAS, or other high compute server, a bit flip really isn't going to hurt much if any, there's only a tiny chance of one happening anyways