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Ive put together a list of parts for my own first custom build,my budget is roughly £650-£750, I might be overclocking but probably not because I'll use the stock cooler, is the build any good? Ill use the machine for video editing/rendering in sony vegas and for light gaming minecraft, etc. Is it easy to build a PC from the parts ive chosen? Will they all be compatible, and will the CPU, graphics card and RAM all be suitable for my needs? Here is the link: http://
Many thanks Josh
 
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That build will be OK but here's one that will be better suited to what you'll be doing:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor (£142.49 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: MSI H97M-E35 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£59.98 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston Fury Red Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£53.06 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£79.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.99 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Palit GeForce GTX 970 4GB JetStream Video Card (£263.94 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Fractal Design Arc Mini R2 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£64.99 @ Novatech)
Power Supply: Corsair CSM 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£64.14 @ Aria PC)
Total: £766.57
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-21 12:37 GMT+0000
 
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Only issue I see is, if you're going with a K part from Intel, get yourself a Z97, not a H97. You'll never get as much out of that K part otherwise. The K part is for overclocking. If you have no desire to OC, then the K part will be a waste. You can just get the non K version of the i5 and it will do you just fine.
 
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For video editing, 16GB is recommended. Since you will only be doing light gaming, GTX970 is heavy overkill, even Radeon 280 is, but at least it's not that expensive.

I included i5 4460 (100 mhz faster at same price), a better case and a much better quality power supply. And it is cheaper in the end.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£143.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI H97M-E35 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£59.98 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£101.74 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£79.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£41.98 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 280 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (£146.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: NZXT Phantom 410 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£74.39 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£45.49 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £694.54
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-21 12:57 GMT+0000
 
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16gb sounds good but I would go for a CUDA enabled card for video editing in Sony Vegas - the engine in Vegas works exceedingly well with CUDA compared to OpenCL.
 
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PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/vcfNZL
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/vcfNZL/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor (£155.94 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£70.16 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£105.82 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£58.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive (£58.95 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 280 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (£146.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case (£58.79 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£65.94 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer (£14.89 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £736.47
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-21 13:17 GMT+0000
 
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Good point, totally forgot about that. I guess he could still get 960 and get CUDA at lower price. Yeah, hard to balance with tight budget which requires strong components. 16GB + 960 seems like a right balance here.

 
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Yeah - 16gb and a 960 sounds pretty good for this budget.
 
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Revised first version with 960 included:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£143.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI H97M-E35 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£59.98 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£101.74 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£79.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£41.98 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card (£164.99 @ Aria PC)
Case: NZXT Phantom 410 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£74.39 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£45.49 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £712.54
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-21 13:20 GMT+0000

Now, if you want i7, that is doable - but it will cost you 100 GBP more.
 
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I'll probably stick with the I5 it will suffice for me I'll probably go with this build but I'll put my own hardrives in and I'll add a DVD drive if I have enough money left I might consider the I7
 
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