Need help with a €1000 euro build

eyelex1 · 21-03-2015 6:57pm #1

1. What is your budget?
MY budget is €1000

2. What will be the main purpose of the computer?
Gaming, Video editing and streaming

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

5. If yes, what size do you need.
21' and up

6. Do you need any of these peripherals?
No

7. Are you willing to try overclocking?
Yes

8. How can you pay?
Paypal and or visa

9. When are you purchasing?
In 3 weeks time

Any help would be greatly appreciated!!
P.S.
I already know that I'm going to be buying a WD 1TB harddrive. (€60)

Digital Solitude · 22-03-2015 2:42am

i7 4790k 330
Z97 MB 115
8gb RAM 60
PSU ~50
Nanoxia DS3 65
GTX 970 315
HHD 50
Monitor 120
CPU Cooler 30
Windows 20
I feel like I'm forgetting something important

Total is 1155. I'll check out a lower spec i7 and post links tomorrow. If you already have the HDD you've mentioned, all the better

EoinHef · 22-03-2015 5:29am

^^Id say its an SSD your forgetting. You have a HDD in there.

eyelex1 · 22-03-2015 12:19pm

Thank you will this in mind!

Digital Solitude · 22-03-2015 12:43pm

Do you have the hard drive already eyelex? I've priced a 1tb for a few euro cheaper just incase

eyelex1 · 22-03-2015 12:58pm

No, I don't have a hard drive yet but I know which one I want to get.

Digital Solitude · 22-03-2015 1:44pm

Item|Price
8GB Kit Crucial Ballistix Sport Series DDR3-1600, CL9|€€ 59
ASRock Z97 Extreme3, LGA 1150, ATX|€€ 111
Thermaltake 630W Berlin|€€ 51
Antec One, ATX, no power supply|€€ 42
BenQ GL2450|€€ 120
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO - Intel / AMD|€€ 29
MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 2G 2GB GDDR5|€€ 219
Intel Core i7-4790K Tray, 4.0 GHz, 8MB Cache, LGA 1150 VGA|€€ 354
Shipping|€18.99
Total|€1002

Windows

I know you're a little over budget there. If you do a lot of video editing, then the i7 is pretty much needed, if it's not so much, you might be able to use an i5.

There's about a 30% performance increase, so 30% of 4 hours a week mightn't be worth the money, whereas 30% of 40 hours will be.

eyelex1 · 22-03-2015 4:01pm

Thanks for that list but I probably should have specified that the video editing would be pretty basic and low level, but that's still looks pretty good! Thanks man.

Digital Solitude · 22-03-2015 4:11pm

Well if you're okay with an i5, you can get a better GPU and case and hit the budget squarely I think?

Your decision

eyelex1 · 22-03-2015 5:52pm

Yeah, that's probably what I'll do. Thanks man!

Digital Solitude · 22-03-2015 8:04pm

Item|Price
Thermaltake 630W Berlin|€€ 51
8GB Kit Crucial Ballistix Sport Series DDR3-1600, CL9|€€ 59
BenQ GL2450|€€ 120
ASRock H97 Pro4, LGA 1150, ATX|€€ 83
Nanoxia Deep Silence DS 3 Dark Black, without power supply|€€ 65
Intel Core i5-4460 in-a-Box|€€ 182
Shipping|€18.99
Total|€565

GTX 970

Windows link is above. That leaves you €30 inside the budget

An SSD for your boot disk is €55. I'd recommend it too

Aswerty · 26-03-2015 10:27am

Thanks Digital Solitude for the builds you put up.

I went for something similar to the i5 build. Just ordered it last night. Differences are I got an optical drive and a 250GB SSD. I also dropped the GPU since I'll just be using it for software development. The BenQ is a good price for the screen size but I couldn't forgo the HDMI port. I went with two of these instead – so 2.5" less for a €20 saving and a HDMI port. Also doubled up on the RAM for the rare occasion I'd be running multiple VMs.

Also, is it normal for hardwareversand.de to only charge about €12 for an entire build including two monitors? It seems insanely cheap. A few years ago I was paying half that for Amazon to send me a paperback from the UK.

Digital Solitude · 26-03-2015 1:26pm

Yeah they use a €12 flat delivery charge.

Aswerty · 26-03-2015 2:24pm

I was just hijacking the thread. I'm not the OP.

Good to know the €12 wasn't a mistake.

Need help with a €1000 euro build

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