£500+ computer. Need advice

[Erik4boss]

Ok. So a friend of mine is looking to build a new computer and he comes from England. He is the founder and admin of a forum so he manages that quite a lot. This includes using web browser, Photoshop, coding and such. I'm not quite sure of his budget, but this was the things he thought about getting.

Fractal define r4

AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor

ASRock 970 Extreme3 R2.0 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 ATX Motherboard

 

So you kind of see his budget there. I'm guessing it is £500-600 and he also wants to get a screen (not in the budget).

For £600 I came up with this build: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2udCn and I don't know if it is good? Anyway I'd like your suggestions.

[thedigitalmilk]

Ok. So a friend of mine is looking to build a new computer and he comes from England. He is the founder and admin of a forum so he manages that quite a lot. This includes using web browser, Photoshop, coding and such. I'm not quite sure of his budget, but this was the things he thought about getting.

Fractal define r4

AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor

ASRock 970 Extreme3 R2.0 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 ATX Motherboard

 

So you kind of see his budget there. I'm guessing it is £500-600 and he also wants to get a screen (not in the budget).

For £600 I came up with this build: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2udCn and I don't know if it is good? Anyway I'd like your suggestions.

I would get 2x4GB sticks so that he can upgrade more in the future and with the money saved get a 7870 or somthing better on sale perhaps?

[neision]

If you have a 7850 why go APU? Why not fx series on a 970 board?
To be honest I like this build  
Looking good. make sure the RAM speed is compatible with your mobo.

good luck,
~Nick

[WoodenMarker]

No point getting an APU with the dedicated gpu.

Edits: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2ufkZ

[Wano97]

Why get a fractal design r4? I mean, you're on a low budget so why not go with a cheaper case

[Cryptonite]

No point getting an APU with the dedicated gpu.

Edits: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2ufkZ

that motherboard only supports 16 gig (4x4gigs) not 8 gig modules. 

 

Ok. So a friend of mine is looking to build a new computer and he comes from England. He is the founder and admin of a forum so he manages that quite a lot. This includes using web browser, Photoshop, coding and such. I'm not quite sure of his budget, but this was the things he thought about getting.

Fractal define r4

AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor

ASRock 970 Extreme3 R2.0 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 ATX Motherboard

 

So you kind of see his budget there. I'm guessing it is £500-600 and he also wants to get a screen (not in the budget).

For £600 I came up with this build: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2udCn and I don't know if it is good? Anyway I'd like your suggestions.

I don't know why I bother, people tend to not listen anyway.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

 

CPU:  AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor  (£109.50 @ Amazon UK) 

Motherboard:  Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard  (£36.96 @ CCL Computers) 

Memory:  Kingston 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory  (£56.39 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage:  A-Data Premier Pro SP900 64GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  (£53.29 @ Amazon UK) 

Storage:  Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£43.96 @ CCL Computers) 

Video Card:  Sapphire Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition 2GB Video Card  (£129.90 @ Amazon UK) 

Case:  Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£79.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Power Supply:  XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£49.00 @ Ebuyer) 

Optical Drive:  Samsung SN-208DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer  (£14.99 @ Novatech) 

Total: £573.98

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

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-02 11:29 GMT+0000)

 

 

if he wants more storage he can get a 2 tb instead for just a little more, they're  not that much more expensive.

[WoodenMarker]

that motherboard only supports 16 gig (4x4gigs) not 8 gig modules. 

Not sure what's up with pcpartpicker--maybe it's a newer firmware or that it depends on the cpu and whether some play nice with high density dimms or not. The mobo supports 8GB dimms and up to 32GB ram just fine. This has been confirmed by users of the motherboard and by the Asus's website.

[Cryptonite]

Not sure what's up with pcpartpicker--maybe it's a newer firmware or that it depends on the cpu and whether some play nice with high density dimms or not. The mobo supports 8GB dimms and up to 32GB ram just fine. This has been confirmed by users of the motherboard and by the Asus's website.

apologies then, I'm not a big asus fan, so rarely follow their stuff.