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I need a pc that I will use for gaming and recording, editing and rendering.

I don't need an OS, or an SSD since I have them already. However, I need a 1080p monitor, keyboard and mouse (and the pc parts obviously).

I don't mind AMD, Intel or Nvidia.

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DonkeyOatie
No monitor but much better GPU for mostly gaming.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£140.47 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£67.16 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Kingston Savage 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£35.75 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£30.98 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 380 4GB SOC Video Card (£179.99 @ Aria PC)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case (£30.63 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX...
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DonkeyOatie

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How much editing and rendering, opposed to gaming?

These are the non-optional foundation parts, cut to the bone almost. There maybe ten quid of fiddle room, but not much more. I cut the monitor to the minimum, I would prefer bigger, but....

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Memory: Kingston Savage 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£35.78 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£36.12 @ CCL Computers)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case (£28.10 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£36.40 @ Ebuyer)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£9.38 @ CCL Computers)
Monitor: LG 22MP55HQ-P 60Hz 22.0" Monitor (£107.72 @ Dabs)
Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse (£26.38 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £279.88
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Now we have the CPU, Motherboard, and GPU.

This is about as good general purpose as you can go.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£140.47 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£67.16 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Kingston Savage 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£35.78 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£36.12 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R7 260X 1GB Direct CU II Video Card (£106.02 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case (£28.10 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£36.40 @ Ebuyer)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£9.38 @ CCL Computers)
Monitor: LG 22MP55HQ-P 60Hz 22.0" Monitor (£107.72 @ Dabs)
Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse (£26.38 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £593.53
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Better rendering, worse gaming.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor (£109.00 @ Scan.co.uk)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.95 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock 990FX Killer ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£109.16 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Kingston Savage 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£35.78 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£36.12 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R7 360 2GB Video Card (£83.98 @ Aria PC)
Case: BitFenix Comrade ATX Mid Tower Case (£27.10 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£36.40 @ Ebuyer)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£9.38 @ CCL Computers)
Monitor: LG 22MP55HQ-P 60Hz 22.0" Monitor (£107.72 @ Dabs)
Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse (£26.38 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £605.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Much better rendering, much worse, but not horrible, gaming.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£196.14 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£54.33 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston Savage 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£35.78 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£36.12 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R7 250X 1GB Video Card (£72.58 @ Dabs)
Case: BitFenix Comrade ATX Mid Tower Case (£27.10 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£36.40 @ Ebuyer)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£9.38 @ CCL Computers)
Monitor: LG 22MP55HQ-P 60Hz 22.0" Monitor (£107.72 @ Dabs)
Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse (£26.38 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £601.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-10 02:18 BST+0100
 
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turbopiki

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Its a bit over, but i would get this even if i had to save up a bit more money

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£140.47 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£54.33 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£32.64 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Toshiba 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£33.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card (£147.43 @ Aria PC)
Case: Zalman Z3 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case (£25.29 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£36.40 @ Ebuyer)
Monitor: LG 22MP55HQ-P 60Hz 22.0" Monitor (£107.72 @ Dabs)
Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse (£26.38 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £604.65
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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I want to render 1-2 videos a week.
What if I left out the monitor for now, what part should I spend it on? I was thinking the GPU mostly
 
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jmsellars1

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If the rendering is just recreational and not really of critical importance, you could just focus the PC on gaming and the rendering will just take a few extra seconds here and there. Not the end of the world if it is only a few per week.

I'd go for an i5 and R7 370, here's a benchmark which shows that the R9 270 (which is slightly less powerful than the 370) has no problems playing Battlefield 4 at high settings and 1080P.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-r9-270-review-benchmarks,3669-4.html

There's a very low cost build that will quite happily game at 1080P and will be good for your rendering:

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/PMmLTW
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/PMmLTW/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor (£138.52 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: MSI B85M-P33 V2 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£40.59 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury White 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£29.99 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 750GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£25.99 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R7 370 2GB PCS+ Video Card (£116.99 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Zalman ZM-T4 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£14.99 @ Novatech)
Power Supply: Antec EarthWatts Green 380W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£31.84 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £398.91
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Couple of bargains there on the RAM and case in particular, leaves plenty of cash for a nice monitor. It should be stated though that you need to make sure that motherboard has an updated BIOS before buying it otherwise it may not be compatible with that CPU.

This seems to be a well reviewed 24'' monitor:

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/benq-monitor-gl2460hm

Still some cash left over even after that so you could pocket it, buy a second monitor or upgrade the GPU/case to something more preferable. The GTX 960 is a very good card that will run well on that PSU.
 
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DonkeyOatie

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No monitor but much better GPU for mostly gaming.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£140.47 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£67.16 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Kingston Savage 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£35.75 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£30.98 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 380 4GB SOC Video Card (£179.99 @ Aria PC)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case (£30.63 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£49.98 @ Novatech)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£9.38 @ CCL Computers)
Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse (£26.38 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £570.72
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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I don't particularly like the corners that jmsellars1 cut to get to that price. The ultrastar has only 32Gb of cache, Powercolor is more of a budget build than I like, the case is too 'cheap and nasty', and the PSU is good, but the system's needs are closer to the PSU's limits than I like. The keyboard and DVD also disappeared, If you want to go this way, andother thirty quid would make it a lot better as far as I am concerned.
 
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With the exception of the GPU, my objections are more technical than personal preference. 32Gb of cache will be a little slower, the case reviews 'cheap', and the system power vs the 380W PSU with 15A and 17A on the 12V rails (338W) is less than is recommended, even on a good PSU like this one.

Again not an argument, but giving reasons for my choice.

When the OP has insufficient money, as in this case, something has to be sacrificed. Case is certainly one place I would start because is has little effect on performance.
 
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madmatt30

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^ you can cost cut that substantially while still maintaining decent quality.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£140.47 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty H97 Performance ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£79.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£29.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.00 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 380 4GB Video Card (£174.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Zalman Z3 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case (£25.29 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£38.48 @ Novatech)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£9.38 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £537.59
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-10 22:49 BST+0100
 
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turbopiki

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For around £600 without Monitor i would get this

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£140.47 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£56.36 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£29.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£30.98 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card (£234.98 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Zalman Z3 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case (£25.29 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£49.98 @ Novatech)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£9.38 @ CCL Computers)
Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse (£26.38 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £603.81
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-10 23:01 BST+0100

Changed the r9 290 for GTX 970. because i didnt know is just a nit more than r9 290
 
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madmatt30

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Or you can go a whole other direction ,with an fx chip,an ssd & a 970
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor (£78.78 @ CCL Computers)
CPU Cooler: RAIJINTEK AIDOS 48.6 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£15.96 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£62.04 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£29.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£62.69 @ Scan.co.uk)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£30.98 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card (£234.98 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Zalman Z3 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case (£25.29 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£38.48 @ Novatech)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£9.38 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £588.57
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-10 22:55 BST+0100
 
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That CPU won't give you much and it is not overclockable. That's a good board, but you are paying for a lot of capabilities, like Overclocking and SLI, that you are not using.

EVGA makes some great PSUs I recommend a lot. That is not one of them. The EVGA B2 750 Watt is much better.

 
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