Kaby Lake £600 budget build, improvements? Will Intel HD 630 play 4K BluRays?

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chris_shadez

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Building a Kaby Lake 7400, budget £600 (GBP/UK) Will order parts today.
Gifting to a cousin, no overclocking due to budget

Most intensive task would be 4K BluRays (have a spare drive,) Adobe Photoshop (regular), light video editing but not often. As well as 4K netflix/office/forex trading

Due to current GPU price increases, will add it on later if needed, most likely 1060, so hoping the onboard HD 630 would be sufficient for perfectly smooth 4K movies and full use of Photoshop.
Mobo; Using 2 VGA monitors, mobo has 1x vGA and 1x DVI (have adapter for 2nd monitor) [4K TV for movies via HDMI port]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-7400 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor (£151.14 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master - Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£28.87 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Asus - PRIME B250-PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£80.71 @ Aria PC)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (£63.84 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£84.90 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£55.80 @ Aria PC)
Case: Phanteks - Enthoo Pro M ATX Mid Tower Case (£61.24 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£84.97 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £611.47
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Thanks for suggestions
 
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IMHO,
- PSU is overkill for a system without a GPU and even when you add that up, it's still stronger than really needed. CX450M is enough, if you wanna still go with G2, the 550W is doable as well.
- Intel stock cooler does a pretty decent job, not realy need to get a after-market one, save up those £30

Try to save up some on those and get yourself a nice i5 7500 or 16GB of RAM ( 2x8GB ) for future proofing.

Aside from that, everythings compatible and pretty decent choices, :)
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IMHO,
- PSU is overkill for a system without a GPU and even when you add that up, it's still stronger than really needed. CX450M is enough, if you wanna still go with G2, the 550W is doable as well.
- Intel stock cooler does a pretty decent job, not realy need to get a after-market one, save up those £30

Try to save up some on those and get yourself a nice i5 7500 or 16GB of RAM ( 2x8GB ) for future proofing.

Aside from that, everythings compatible and pretty decent choices, :)
 
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Shektron

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Considering what you plan to do with the build, this would be a better build, overall:

PCPartPicker part list: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/BkJQbj
Price breakdown by merchant: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/BkJQbj/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1500X 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£164.00 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard (£74.79 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£68.88 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£84.90 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£55.80 @ Aria PC)
Case: Phanteks - Enthoo Pro M ATX Mid Tower Case (£61.24 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: Corsair - RMx 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£80.97 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £590.58
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-07-13 15:42 BST+0100

That processor has 8 threads instead of the i5's 4, which will help in Photoshop. And the HD 630 will handle 4K playback perfectly fine. One down side here is that the Ryzen system doesn't have integrated graphics, so you'll have to buy a discrete GPU for any kind of video output at all:

PCPartPicker part list: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/zBqMNN
Price breakdown by merchant: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/zBqMNN/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1500X 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£164.00 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard (£74.79 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (£67.06 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£84.90 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£55.80 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB Mini Video Card (£238.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Phanteks - Enthoo Pro M ATX Mid Tower Case (£61.24 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£63.80 @ Alza)
Total: £810.58
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-07-13 15:51 BST+0100
 
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if its 600 strict and would need a igpu for now :

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-7500 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£172.50 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI - B250M BAZOOKA Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£68.14 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: Patriot - Viper 4 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (£112.80 @ Alza)
Storage: Corsair - Force LE 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£71.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£55.80 @ Aria PC)
Case: Cooler Master - MasterBox Lite 3.1 ATX Mini Tower Case (£39.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£48.44 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £569.66
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Thanks,
I'll remove the cooler, makes room for a 7500.
Only DDR3 is rocketing in price atm, DDR4 still in production, 8GB more than enough for him

I know the 650W G2 is overkill but sticking with full modular, it is somehow £1 cheaper a G2 550W ;) and only £6 more than a 550W G3. So negligible difference there towards budget
A Discrete GPU is a definite addition once prices stabilize from the cryptocurrency market supply issue

@Shektron;
His GPU+PSU died 2 days ago; Need it in fully functionality soon as all parts arrive; IGPU & Kaby Lake mandatory

@Lucky_SLS;
External 5.25" bay required for the spare BluRay Drive i mentioned.
Full Modular PSU - will be using spare LED strips, maybe cut into case to custom install triple knob RGB controller in

Rather upgrade CPU than spend budget on 16GB RAM which can be bought for same price several months or even a year down
There isn't really a case preference but needs atleast;
1x 2.5 + 2x 3.5 drive bays
1x 5.25" external for bluray
2x USB 3.0 headers front panel
 
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As the focus of the PC rn is video/music production, i'd say no.
The difference is mostly in single core speed, which is more important for gaming.

for music production and etc, i'd go with a i7 before thinking about getting a 7600 in your case
 
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If a Kaby Lake system is a necessity, then here's one:

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/FkyPqk
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/FkyPqk/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel - Core i5-7500 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($188.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Asus - PRIME B250M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($65.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws 4 series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($59.92 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($104.88 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($66.89 @ OutletPC)
Case: Corsair - 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.88 @ OutletPC)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($56.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $603.54
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-07-14 06:50 EDT-0400

Had to cut the power supply costs to keep it reasonable. With the PSU you mentioned the cost was around $650.
 
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Thanks, but already purchased all parts that same day and happy with it.
Found some more discounts price hunting on other sites, total came to £603.47 inc shipping not included on the site.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-7500 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£172.50 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Asus - PRIME B250-PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£80.71 @ Aria PC)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (£65.12 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£80.40)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£55.80 @ Aria PC)
Case: Phanteks - Enthoo Pro M ATX Mid Tower Case (£61.24 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£84.97 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £600.74
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-07-15 03:31 BST+0100
 
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