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[DARKFiB3R]

It's been a while since I specced out a PC, this one is for a friend of the family.

He does live performances, singing and a bit of comedy, and uses the PC for recording and editing backing tracks, which he creates with a keyboard and software like Ableton Live.

He has zero interest in games so he doesn't need a power house, or any extra gpu performance.

He said he wanted to spend around £400 to replace his million year old PC, but was willing to go a little higher if needed.

He already has a monitor, speakers, kb/mouse, and hdd's for storage.

I've gone a bit over budget here, so I'd like to know if you guys think it's a good value build, or could I reduce the cost, without effecting the performance/quality toooo much.



Thanks


After saving the list, the price has gone up to £500.27 Fixed. It had removed the case/psu bundle deal.


Also, sorry for the ****ty pic

[+Jdawg683]

looks great to me. is he in need of an optical drive though?

[+sanke1]

Great build. No need to change anything.

For a price of an iPhone 4S, see what all things we can get

[DARKFiB3R]

Jdawg683, on 22 June 2012 - 12:46, said:

looks great to me. is he in need of an optical drive though?

Sweet Pretty sure his old Dell has a DVD drive, so no worries there.

sanke1, on 22 June 2012 - 12:57, said:

Great build. No need to change anything.

For a price of an iPhone 4S, see what all things we can get

Unexpected, but cool Thought I'd have at least 10 people telling me it was crap, and that I am an idiot for one reason or another lol

Yeah, it's amazing what you can get today, compared to 5 years ago. My £2000+ PC is looking kinda pathetic. :'(

[DARKFiB3R]

Just noticed that the front USB ports ports on the Antec Three Hundred are USB 2, meaning I can't take advantage of the USB 3 headers on the mobo.

The Antec Three Hundred Two has USB 3 ports on the front, but it's £54.79 compared to £46.01, and I loose the £19.20 discount on the PSU deal, but gain an unwanted DVD burner

Any ideas? Trying to get the price down a bit, not up lol

[+Jdawg683]

What about the Corsair Carbide line? i love mine. the 300R is $80 here, which is £51. the 400R isnt too much more, either. they all have usb3 front headers too

[DARKFiB3R]

Not much difference price wise, like £1 or £2 less, and I still lose the case/psu bundle deal.

Wonder if I can get usb 3 header cables that will fit?

[+sanke1]

I got NZXT H2 last week when I built my new PC. The case looks sex. I got the black one but there's a white one as well. It's got top USB3 as well as top hard disk hot swap slot. This case if (Version 2) also has internal USB 3 header cable to connect to top USB3 port. But you waste 1 USB 3 port that way. My model has a back USB3 cable which connects to motherboards USB port

http://www.amazon.co...y/dp/B004ULYPVK

The case is elegant and I chose it because I don't want Paul Walker in my case. Thank you.

[SnoopZ]

I would go for a Kingston 120GB V+200 as you can currently buy it for £69.99 use 'Rooney' as a code at checkout. http://www.ebuyer.co...d-svp200s3-120g

Or for a little more Samsung 128GB 830 Series SATA 6Gb/s 2.5" SSD Laptop Kit + FREE Norton Ghost 15 for £77.98 http://www.dabs.com/...tm_content=TB00

[+sanke1]

OR.... You can get any case you want then buy a separate 3.5" front USB3 panel which has header cables attached.

[DARKFiB3R]

sanke1, on 22 June 2012 - 18:36, said:

I got NZXT H2 last week when I built my new PC. The case looks sex. I got the black one but there's a white one as well. It's got top USB3 as well as top hard disk hot swap slot. This case if (Version 2) also has internal USB 3 header cable to connect to top USB3 port. But you waste 1 USB 3 port that way. My model has a back USB3 cable which connects to motherboards USB port

http://www.amazon.co...y/dp/B004ULYPVK

The case is elegant and I chose it because I don't want Paul Walker in my case. Thank you.

Down mate, I want to get the price down. lol

"Paul Walker" meaning you don't want your case looking like something out of The Fast and the Furious?

[SnoopZ]

DARKFiB3R, on 22 June 2012 - 19:04, said:

Down mate, I want to get the price down. lol

Those 2 great SSDs i posted will do that for sure mate.

[Astra.Xtreme]

SnoopZ, on 22 June 2012 - 19:05, said:

Those 2 great SSDs i posted will do that for sure mate.

The Vertex 4 is better, so he should stick with it.

[SnoopZ]

Astra.Xtreme, on 22 June 2012 - 19:11, said:

The Vertex 4 is better, so he should stick with it.

This is a budget build so i disagree and those other SSD's are top drives and the owner of the pc won't notice any difference.

Budget build remember even though they're not budget SSD's, it is all about saving money and £40 is alot.

[DARKFiB3R]

I agree that the owner probably wouldn't notice the difference, and will more than likely be blown away by the speed of his new system, even with one of those "lesser" drives.

I think reliability is more of a concern at this point.

If the build was for myself, I think I'd be sticking with the Vertex 4.