New PC build for Aspiring Developer and Gamer

MurDawg

1. What is your budget? [€500-600]

2. What will be the main purpose of the computer? [Android Studio and development work. gaming will also play a part]

3. Do you need a copy of Windows? [Yes]

4. Can you use any parts from an old computer? [No]

5. Do you need a monitor? [Yes]

5a. If yes, what size do you need. [Any size under 21"]

6. Do you need any of these peripherals? [Can sort the basics myself]

7. Are you willing to try overclocking? [don't see it being necessary]

8. How can you pay? [Credit Card]

9. When are you purchasing? [In 30 days]

Thoughts on getting it all from same supplier in one go? I say this because it will likely be a company purchase and thus ex vat

RossieMan

I assume the budget doesn't include the monitor and peripherals?

I've bought recently and have spent 800 for a decent build without a monitor. Running perfectly.

MurDawg

RossieMan wrote: »

I assume the budget doesn't include the monitor and peripherals?

I've bought recently and have spent 800 for a decent build without a monitor. Running perfectly.

It does not include any peripherals. I can get them separately to the budget.

K.O.Kiki

That's a fairly low budget for a PC + monitor.

Does it have to be all new parts?

e.g. If you bought Xeon 1240 v2 from eBay (€120-140) & paired it with a cheap H61 motherboard, it would give you performance far above a new CPU.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1240 V2 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (€140.00)
Motherboard: ASRock H61M-DGS Micro ATX LGA1155 Motherboard (€49.90 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport XT 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (€62.99 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Storage: Samsung 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (€53.57 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Case: BitFenix Nova ATX Mid Tower Case (€29.56 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Power Supply: be quiet! PURE POWER 9 400W 80+ Silver Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (€60.90 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Monitor: LG 24MP47HQ 23.8" 60Hz Monitor (€122.00 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Total: €518.92
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-07-08 16:06 CEST+0200

+ video card

Not sure if this build helps you enough.

Digital Solitude

€100 on a monitor
i3 6100 €120
H150 €60
8gb RAM €40
1tb HDD €40
Case €40
400w PSU €50
GTX 750Ti €120
Total €600

K.O.Kiki

Digital Solitude wrote: »

€100 on a monitor
i3 6100 €120
H150 €60
8gb RAM €40
1tb HDD €40
Case €40
400w PSU €50
GTX 750Ti €120
Total €600

Respectfully, a Xeon 1240 v2 would trash an i3-6100 in compiling :pac:

Digital Solitude

Our builds were posted at the same time mine wasn't mean to be an equally powered alternative.

Have you links to Xeons that cheap? Any ones I see that cheap are in the states so will have VAT added, though I didn't view many

BloodBath

It is a low budget but he said it will be a company purchase so knock off 23% for the VAT which gives a budget around €740.

Still pretty low if you need a monitor and windows.