I am looking to a build a machine for general use, some gaming and photo editing. Possibly some CAD in the future. We have around £600-800 for the right machine must include a screen and peripherals and keep costs as low as possible without compromising on quality components and speed/life of the machine. Below is a quick parts list, I want to drive down the price a little, are there any better components at less money? SSD is for the OS as this should give a speed boost??? This list is totally up for swapping and changing nothing in stone. Any recommendations on a 22" ish screen at sensible money? Very much interested in thoughts, ideas and new lists? PCPartPicker part list / CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£169.98 @ Scan.co.uk) Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£88.76 @ Scan.co.uk) Memory: Corsair Vengeance LP 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£59.90 @ Ebuyer) Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£55.00 @ Aria PC) Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£53.94 @ Aria PC) Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 760 2GB Superclocked ACX Video Card (£159.34 @ Scan.co.uk) Power Supply: Corsair Builder 750W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£59.98 @ Amazon UK) Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£10.09 @ CCL Computers) Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£69.99 @ Ebuyer) Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WDN4800 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter (£26.90 @ Aria PC) Other: CASE (£26.14) Total: £780.02 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Thank you
Ive used an Edimax wireless adapter for years with no issues, i don't game online so i dont know what that would be like, but i always max out my connections download speed, you can pick one up on amazon for under £14, that would save you £12. You could probably find a cheaper motherboard and knock £20 off, do you plan on overclocking?
What about the Gigabyte GX-Z79P-D3 motherboard at Scan - its best part of £30 less, though loses you the option of adding a second GPU later on. I'd also say that you don't need a 750W PSU, 500W should be enough for a single GPU system, dropping to the semi-modular 500W version would save you another £10-12.
Excellent, Power supply will go smaller Motherboard want to keep some upgradeability. But is this a good setup? Anywhere else to drive down cost?
Cooler Master G550M is better (better performance, longer warranty) than the CX500M (£47 @ CCL, Scan or Dabs): http://skinflint.co.uk/cooler-master-g550m-550w-atx-2-31-rs-550-amaa-b1-a1010360.html Review: http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/CoolerMaster/G550M/
Sold on the powersupply How is the setup going to perform? ; PCPartPicker part list CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£169.98 @ Scan.co.uk) Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£88.76 @ Scan.co.uk) Memory: Corsair Vengeance LP 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£59.90 @ Ebuyer) Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£55.00 @ Aria PC) Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£53.94 @ Aria PC) Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 760 2GB Superclocked ACX Video Card (£159.34 @ Scan.co.uk) Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£10.09 @ CCL Computers) Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£69.99 @ Ebuyer) Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WDN4800 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter (£26.90 @ Aria PC) Other: CASE (£26.14) Other: G550M Power Supply (£47.50) Total: £767.54 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
