Hello again, last time i posted i was checking a few things with my build spec which was fine. But a few things have changed at home and im having to compromise a few things. My original spec was: Pro: i7 920 Mobo: Gigabyte GA-X58-UD5 RAM: OCZ Gold tripple channel 1333mhz PSU: Corsair HX650 Case: Antec p183 Cooling: Noctua NH-U9B HDD: 500gb Samsung F3 Windows 7 home premium 64bit I cant cover this spec now so im looking for a decent compromise? Possibly i5? The PC wont be for gaming, but for music production and some photo editing. Cheers
i7-860 + Gigabyte GA-P55M-UD2/UD3R? If you're still after threaded performance, otherwise drop it down to the i5-750. How much do you want to cut back the budget by? The Noctua is an expensive CPU cooler - try the Gelid Tranquillo.
You could economise on the case too. No one is denying that the P183 is a lovely case, but you could go down to an Antec 900 (Scan, £77.53) or even an Antec 300 (Scan, £41.10), which has fantastic air cooling for its £40 price tag.
I would also drop down to a less expensive PSU. i5 will be capably handled by the Corsair HX450W, or the similarly-priced but non-modular VX550W, and save you £40.
Thanks for the replys. Not sure what to comromise? As its a Music computer il need alot of performance because of multiple vsts plugins which can be cpu heavy. Im not to bothered about noise, obviously i want the cooling to be effeciant to prolong the life of the intenals What about somthing like this? http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?BB-I5754A
I'd hazzard a guess that, the 750w PSU, is generic, unbranded crap. And for that alone, I'd avoid it.
Yea i was thinkin the same thing, far to overpowered aswell!! Just found the bit-tech guide. Quite intresting with the example builds and explanasions.
If they don't specify anything about the motherboard, the cooler, the case, or the PSU, it's best avoided. The memory is uninspiring and by the time you'd put in a video card and HDDs it's not looking wonderful. Also, though that's not a disastrous deal, it's certainly not a brilliant one; CPU: Intel Core i5 750 £160 CPU Cooler: Titan Fenrir £32 Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-P55M-UD2 £86 RAM: Geil Value 4GB 1600Mhz DDR3 CL9 £85 Chassis: Antec Three Hundred £41 PSU: Corsair HX650W £94 Total: £498, or £80 more than the barebones, with a far superior CPU cooler, 1600Mhz memory, a named-brand motherboard, a better case, and an excellent modular PSU. Buying the retail processor and leaving on the stock HSF - probably what they've done - would save you half the difference; dropping down to the VX550W or HX450W (either of which would be easily powerful enough to deal with your build) would save the rest. It's just generally better to do it yourself, and we're here to help!
Keep the 920, drop down to a lower wattage Corsair PSU and a cheaper case for now. Maybe a lower spec motherboard, such as the UD3R? Maybe a cheaper cooler aswell, or bear with the stock cooler untill you can afford something better. These cuts should not affect your performance whatsoever but probably save as much or more money as going for a lower-end CPU.
That's why you're here The BT Buyer's Guides are are great starting point. Just for the record, what is your absolute maximum budget?
Well i dont have a budget set aside but then im not looking to spend more than £1000 more like £600-£700 would be ideal. Thanks for helping
Using the buyers guide "Gaming WorkHorse" as a starting point at about £900, Scale down the GFX Card, PSU and Case and you could quite easily get that down to about £700-750
