New Build for friend

[RaVenBelgium]

I'm looking for some advice for a new build for a friend. His budget is around 1000-1200 euro, he likes to do a bit of editing, gaming on a 1920x1080 monitor (which he already has) is something he loves. He also has a keyboard, mouse and headset, so we are looking for complete build + 200 euro for a case he likes to buy (probably a midtower, so if you have any suggestions you can add them too).

 

Thanks in advance!

[Youbetternot]

Need OS or no?

 

Without OS

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

 

CPU:  AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor  (£112.21 @ Aria PC) 

CPU Cooler:  Be Quiet DARK ROCK 2 57.9 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler  (£48.89 @ Aria PC) 

Motherboard:  Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  (£100.94 @ Amazon UK) 

Memory:  Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£125.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage:  Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  (£73.13 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage:  Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£46.96 @ CCL Computers) 

Video Card:  Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 4GB Video Card  (£310.52 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Case:  Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£89.94 @ Aria PC) 

Power Supply:  SeaSonic 650W 80 PLUS Gold Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply  (£91.98 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Total: £1000.56

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-11-03 19:05 GMT+0000)

 

Intel build without OS

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

 

CPU:  Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£245.99 @ Ebuyer) 

CPU Cooler:  Be Quiet DARK ROCK 2 57.9 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler  (£48.89 @ Aria PC) 

Motherboard:  MSI Z87-G41 PC Mate ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£74.24 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Memory:  Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£125.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage:  Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  (£73.13 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage:  Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£46.96 @ CCL Computers) 

Video Card:  XFX Radeon HD 7970 3GB Video Card  (£203.75 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Case:  Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£89.94 @ Aria PC) 

Power Supply:  SeaSonic 650W 80 PLUS Gold Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply  (£91.98 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Total: £1000.87

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

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[Mo5]

I'm don't have time to configure it on PCPartPicker, but I'll contribute this

[coen113]

 

Need OS or no?

Without OS

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

 

CPU:  AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor  (£112.21 @ Aria PC) 

CPU Cooler:  Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£23.98 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Motherboard:  Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  (£100.94 @ Amazon UK) 

Memory:  Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£125.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage:  Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  (£129.89 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage:  Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£46.96 @ CCL Computers) 

Video Card:  Gigabyte Radeon HD 7970 3GB Video Card  (£276.98 @ Dabs) 

Case:  Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£89.94 @ Aria PC) 

Power Supply:  SeaSonic 650W 80 PLUS Gold Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply  (£91.98 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Total: £998.87

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

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a pound is more than a dollar

[cjeffcoatjr]

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1WSWP

Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1WSWP/by_merchant/

Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1WSWP/benchmarks/

 

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230 V3 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£185.94 @ Aria PC) 

CPU Cooler: Be Quiet SHADOW ROCK 2 87.0 CFM Rifle Bearing CPU Cooler  (£38.17 @ Aria PC) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD3H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£129.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£63.53 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Corsair Neutron Series GTX 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  (£99.50 @ Ebuyer) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£63.98 @ Aria PC) 

Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card  (£259.99 @ Aria PC) 

Case: Corsair 650D ATX Mid Tower Case  (£138.78 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Power Supply: Corsair RM 450W 80 PLUS Gold Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply  (£77.28 @ Novatech) 

Total: £1057.16

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

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[Youbetternot]

a pound is more than a dollar

HE said euros tho

[coen113]

HE said euros tho

i ment pounds being more than euro's

[Youbetternot]

i ment pounds being more than euro's

Then just downgrade the GTX 770 to a 7970 or R9 290x and he will be fine

[MoYo]

here this is where I buy most of my stuf: http://www.alternate.be/html/index.html

little over budget but this is an awesome pc, only add a aftermarket cpu cooler to be able to overclock the cpu. 

[RaVenBelgium]

 

Need OS or no?

 

Without OS

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

 

CPU:  AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor  (£112.21 @ Aria PC) 

CPU Cooler:  Be Quiet DARK ROCK 2 57.9 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler  (£48.89 @ Aria PC) 

Motherboard:  Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  (£100.94 @ Amazon UK) 

Memory:  Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£125.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage:  Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  (£73.13 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage:  Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£46.96 @ CCL Computers) 

Video Card:  Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 4GB Video Card  (£310.52 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Case:  Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£89.94 @ Aria PC) 

Power Supply:  SeaSonic 650W 80 PLUS Gold Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply  (£91.98 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Total: £1000.56

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

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Intel build without OS

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

 

CPU:  Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£245.99 @ Ebuyer) 

CPU Cooler:  Be Quiet DARK ROCK 2 57.9 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler  (£48.89 @ Aria PC) 

Motherboard:  MSI Z87-G41 PC Mate ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£74.24 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Memory:  Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£125.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage:  Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  (£73.13 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage:  Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£46.96 @ CCL Computers) 

Video Card:  XFX Radeon HD 7970 3GB Video Card  (£203.75 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Case:  Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£89.94 @ Aria PC) 

Power Supply:  SeaSonic 650W 80 PLUS Gold Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply  (£91.98 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Total: £1000.87

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

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I like the second build the most! He doesn't need OS, he already has it. Thanks!

I'm don't have time to configure it on PCPartPicker, but I'll contribute this

Watched the video, was thinking the same way! Thanks!

 

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1WSWP

Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1WSWP/by_merchant/

Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1WSWP/benchmarks/

 

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230 V3 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£185.94 @ Aria PC) 

CPU Cooler: Be Quiet SHADOW ROCK 2 87.0 CFM Rifle Bearing CPU Cooler  (£38.17 @ Aria PC) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD3H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£129.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£63.53 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage: Corsair Neutron Series GTX 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  (£99.50 @ Ebuyer) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£63.98 @ Aria PC) 

Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card  (£259.99 @ Aria PC) 

Case: Corsair 650D ATX Mid Tower Case  (£138.78 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Power Supply: Corsair RM 450W 80 PLUS Gold Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply  (£77.28 @ Novatech) 

Total: £1057.16

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

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Just wondering why you went with a Xeon but the rest is nice!

 

here this is where I buy most of my stuf: http://www.alternate.be/html/index.html

little over budget but this is an awesome pc, only add a aftermarket cpu cooler to be able to overclock the cpu. 

Looks nice, but why not 1600MHz RAM? And I prefer 600W just in case he wants to upgrade later on.

[cjeffcoatjr]

Just wondering why you went with a Xeon but the rest is nice!

It is just a locked i5 with hyperthreading and no igpu. Better performance for $25 more (at least that is how it is in america). The aftermarket cooler is just to keep things cool and quiet. 

[MoYo]

Looks nice, but why not 1600MHz RAM? And I prefer 600W just in case he wants to upgrade later on.

1600hmz and 600w would only increase the cost even more and wouldn't increase any performance.

[WoodenMarker]

Do you need a copy of Windows?

Programs being used to edit? Type of content being worked on?

 

Where are you shopping?

[cjeffcoatjr]

Do you need a copy of Windows?

Programs being used to edit? Type of content being worked on?

 

Where are you shopping?

He is retrieving windows from an old machine, so no OS.

[RaVenBelgium]

Do you need a copy of Windows?

Programs being used to edit? Type of content being worked on?

 

Where are you shopping?

 

No need for OS, also no need for programs... Mostly GoPro-videos editing but I don't know exactly what he is going to do with it.

Shopping by www.azerty.nl

He is retrieving windows from an old machine, so no OS.

Not exactly old machine, he can fix something with his school or something like that

[WoodenMarker]

No need for OS, also no need for programs... Mostly GoPro-videos editing but I don't know exactly what he is going to do with it.

Shopping by www.azerty.nl

In that case, my recommendations: 

http://azerty.nl/winkelmandje/winkelmandje/?legen=1&product%5B563659%5D=1&product%5B478347%5D=1&product%5B397470%5D=1&product%5B566985%5D=1&product%5B455750%5D=1&product%5B618585%5D=1&product%5B649574%5D=1&product%5B556542%5D=1&product%5B398419%5D=1

It should be plenty powerful for his needs.

[RaVenBelgium]

In that case, my recommendations: 

http://azerty.nl/winkelmandje/winkelmandje/?legen=1&product%5B563659%5D=1&product%5B478347%5D=1&product%5B397470%5D=1&product%5B566985%5D=1&product%5B455750%5D=1&product%5B618585%5D=1&product%5B649574%5D=1&product%5B556542%5D=1&product%5B398419%5D=1

It should be plenty powerful for his needs.

That's a cool build, however you can raise the price up if you want to: money is not his problem as long as it is not over 1200 euro

[zxcvbnmmssdh]

 

 

Intel build without OS

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

 

CPU:  Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£245.99 @ Ebuyer) 

CPU Cooler:  Be Quiet DARK ROCK 2 57.9 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler  (£48.89 @ Aria PC) 

Motherboard:  MSI Z87-G41 PC Mate ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£74.24 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Memory:  Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£125.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage:  Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  (£73.13 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage:  Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£46.96 @ CCL Computers) 

Video Card:  XFX Radeon HD 7970 3GB Video Card  (£203.75 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Case:  Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£89.94 @ Aria PC) 

Power Supply:  SeaSonic 650W 80 PLUS Gold Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply  (£91.98 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Total: £1000.87

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

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I applaud this build

[RaVenBelgium]

I applaud this build

Let me show you what I have for now: http://azerty.nl/winkelmandje/winkelmandje/?legen=1&product%5B620105%5D=1&product%5B626334%5D=1&product%5B434780%5D=1&product%5B277222%5D=1&product%5B629110%5D=1&product%5B613968%5D=1&product%5B564541%5D=1&product%5B634347%5D=1&product%5B626550%5D=1&product%5B550165%5D=1

What's your opinion on that build?

[MoYo]

Let me show you what I have for now: http://azerty.nl/winkelmandje/winkelmandje/?legen=1&product%5B620105%5D=1&product%5B626334%5D=1&product%5B434780%5D=1&product%5B277222%5D=1&product%5B629110%5D=1&product%5B613968%5D=1&product%5B564541%5D=1&product%5B634347%5D=1&product%5B626550%5D=1&product%5B550165%5D=1

What's your opinion on that build?

Looks good but do you need a sshd when you get a ssd? Also I would get something like a fractal r4 of fractal arc midi r2 for the case, but that's personal preference.

[RaVenBelgium]

Looks good but do you need a sshd when you get a ssd? Also I would get something like a fractal r4 of fractal arc midi r2 for the case, but that's personal preference.

I've seen the review and test on that 500GB SSHD, and it is faster/better than the WD Velociraptors, he doesn't need that much space so it is the perfect choice I guess. Also, I added a midrange priceclasse case so if he wants another one then he can choose any case he likes.

[WoodenMarker]

Looks good but do you need a sshd when you get a ssd? 

Nope. A ssd + hdd would be better than just a sshd.

That's a cool build, however you can raise the price up if you want to: money is not his problem as long as it is not over 1200 euro

Then just put a 780 in there: http://azerty.nl/winkelmandje/winkelmandje/?legen=1&product%5B563659%5D=1&product%5B478347%5D=1&product%5B397470%5D=1&product%5B566985%5D=1&product%5B455750%5D=1&product%5B618585%5D=1&product%5B649574%5D=1&product%5B398419%5D=1&product%5B631760%5D=1

By now, there's little point in spending more--you wouldn't be getting much more performance. 

[RaVenBelgium]

Nope. A ssd + hdd would be better than just a sshd.

But it's SSD + SSHD?

[WoodenMarker]

But it's SSD + SSHD?

Anything that woudl benefit from being on a sshd would be better off on a ssd. 

[RaVenBelgium]

Anything that woudl benefit from being on a sshd would be better off on a ssd. 

I'm just wondering, not seeking to argue, but the SSHD has 500GB and if I remembered it right, SSD's are not optimal to put constantly put data on it and off it again so I thought that maybe SSHD is the best solution because it is faster than a HDD but still is very suited for storing data.

Correct me if I'm wrong!