£500 gaming/video making computer build help

Jezion · May 7, 2015

I have £500 to buy a cpu + video card + cooler + ram + motherboard, im looking for intel i5, i7 if possible just wondered if anyone had a build i could

Rapajez · May 7, 2015

an i5 is fine for video editing, unless you're doing a lot of demanding, 3D, crazy stuff. Another good alternative is the Xeon. You'll get 4 cores plus hyperthreading to simulate 8-ish.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor (£154.98 @ Novatech)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.98 @ Novatech)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97-D3H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£81.54 @ Aria PC)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport XT 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£54.15 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 2GB Superclocked Video Card (£159.99 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £476.64
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-07 18:18 BST+0100

Rapajez · May 7, 2015

If you have wiggle room, bump up the GPU to a 970 for better gaming at higher resolutions, refresh rates, or detail levels, or bump the CPU to an i7-4790 or Xeon E3-1230 V3.

sora · May 7, 2015

Jezion :

Are you sure you do not need an HDD or anything?

Rapajez · May 8, 2015

sora :

True, not sure if you already have a fast HDD or new SSD. if you're manipulating a lot of large files and/or waiting for your editing software to load, definitely consider a small SSD in your budget. It will drop those load times to near 0.

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