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So im looking at building a pc for work.

As a penny pincher id like it be low cost as possible.

It will only run work applicaions and multiask, such as Adobe Photoshop , Adobe Ilustrator, and Premiere Pro (but only for realy short basic videos and i only make how to videos for the company that i work for).

so based on that i dont see me needing anything amazing. so here is my part list i have got together just wanting advise on if there is anywhere else i can save money

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/k97xyc Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/k97xyc/by_merchant/
 

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230 V3 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£205.80 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Seidon 120V VER.2 76.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£39.98 @ Novatech)
Motherboard: ASRock B85M-PRO3 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£46.98 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Kingston 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR3-1333 Memory  (£111.59 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: OCZ TRION 150 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£55.38 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: PNY Quadro K420 1GB Video Card  (£103.17 @ Dabs)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£28.95 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: SeaSonic ECO 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£38.85 @ Ebuyer)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer  (£19.90 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £650.60
 

So quick info on why i picked which parts:

CPU well thats a hyperthread 4 core Xeon and its cheaper than a I7 so

Cooler i want it to be quite as it will be in a office with other people

Memory i want enough to run photoshop ilustrator at same time as well as multiple website instances as im a website developer/designer amoung other things so

storgae i want SSD for fast preformance with enough room for my programs ( all files ect are stored on a server)
video card i went with the quadro for fact i dont need a gtx for gaming and it was just as cheap as the GTX i was looking at it was between this quadro and a 750ti

 

so ye thats it basicly and advise or tips or option to save money let me know cheers

Case:- 4U Rack Mount Case | Cooler:- Antec Kuhler H600 | CPU:- Intel i5 4690K @ 4.50GHz GPU:- Zotac GeForce GTX 970 4GB AMP! Omega Core Edition @ 1449MHz | Motherboard:- MSI Z97S SLI Krait | PSU:- XFX XTR 650W Gold | RAM:- HyperX DDR3 1866MHz 4GB White (x2) Black (x2) | Storage:- Kingston V300 120GB | Storage 2:- Seagate FireCuda 1TB | Build Log |

 

 

 

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2 minutes ago, Ykno said:

So im looking at building a pc for work.

As a penny pincher id like it be low cost as possible.

It will only run work applicaions and multiask, such as Adobe Photoshop , Adobe Ilustrator, and Premiere Pro (but only for realy short basic videos and i only make how to videos for the company that i work for).

so based on that i dont see me needing anything amazing. so here is my part list i have got together just wanting advise on if there is anywhere else i can save money

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/k97xyc Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/k97xyc/by_merchant/
 

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230 V3 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£205.80 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Seidon 120V VER.2 76.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£39.98 @ Novatech)
Motherboard: ASRock B85M-PRO3 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£46.98 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Kingston 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR3-1333 Memory  (£111.59 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: OCZ TRION 150 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£55.38 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: PNY Quadro K420 1GB Video Card  (£103.17 @ Dabs)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£28.95 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: SeaSonic ECO 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£38.85 @ Ebuyer)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer  (£19.90 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £650.60
 

So quick info on why i picked which parts:

CPU well thats a hyperthread 4 core Xeon and its cheaper than a I7 so

Cooler i want it to be quite as it will be in a office with other people

Memory i want enough to run photoshop ilustrator at same time as well as multiple website instances as im a website developer/designer amoung other things so

storgae i want SSD for fast preformance with enough room for my programs ( all files ect are stored on a server)
video card i went with the quadro for fact i dont need a gtx for gaming and it was just as cheap as the GTX i was looking at it was between this quadro and a 750ti

 

so ye thats it basicly and advise or tips or option to save money let me know cheers

Ignore me I´m stupid.

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Just now, Starelementpoke said:

That xeon isn´t hyper threaded btw.

http://ark.intel.com/products/75054/Intel-Xeon-Processor-E3-1230-v3-8M-Cache-3_30-GHz

Case:- 4U Rack Mount Case | Cooler:- Antec Kuhler H600 | CPU:- Intel i5 4690K @ 4.50GHz GPU:- Zotac GeForce GTX 970 4GB AMP! Omega Core Edition @ 1449MHz | Motherboard:- MSI Z97S SLI Krait | PSU:- XFX XTR 650W Gold | RAM:- HyperX DDR3 1866MHz 4GB White (x2) Black (x2) | Storage:- Kingston V300 120GB | Storage 2:- Seagate FireCuda 1TB | Build Log |

 

 

 

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2 minutes ago, Starelementpoke said:

 

 

ah you edited your anwser ill let you off then xD

Case:- 4U Rack Mount Case | Cooler:- Antec Kuhler H600 | CPU:- Intel i5 4690K @ 4.50GHz GPU:- Zotac GeForce GTX 970 4GB AMP! Omega Core Edition @ 1449MHz | Motherboard:- MSI Z97S SLI Krait | PSU:- XFX XTR 650W Gold | RAM:- HyperX DDR3 1866MHz 4GB White (x2) Black (x2) | Storage:- Kingston V300 120GB | Storage 2:- Seagate FireCuda 1TB | Build Log |

 

 

 

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