Helping a friend choose a new PC.
He has around $1000 (AUD) to spend. ($1200 absolute tops...)
Need a PC and monitor for that budget (have speakers/kb&mouse)
Pretty standard usage:
Internet; MS Office (already have); Gaming; light use of PhotoShop/Premier/After Effects.
Won't be overclocking, or needing BluRay.
- As always, key requirements is getting a good value system thats as futureproof as possible.
For various reasons, we will not be building the machine and will be purchasing the machine from a reputable store (with terrible website) called MSY.
- They have a bunch of various configurations to start with, like this one.
- In terms of tinkering the parts, the general rule is that I am limited to this parts page. (May need updating, so new stuff may be ok, not sure).
From some limited advice in another forum, I have the following spec together:
CPU: Intel i5 2500 $ 215
MOBO: ASRock P67-PRO Motherboard B3 $129
GPU: PowerColor Radeon HD6950 1GB – $249
Hard Drive: Seagate SATA3 1TB – $58
Mem: 4G Kit 1600 Kingston HyperX Blue – $69
DVD/CD: SATA Pioneer-219L $45
Monitor: BenQ 24” 5ms Benq E2420HD: $215
OS: Win7 home 64bit $100
Total: $ 1080
What am I asking for help on?
Q1 - Do you agree with the above setup?
Q2 - Still need a case + PSU (I am limited to the cases on the parts page).
Some people were saying that the bundled PSUs are rubbish. Is it worth buying a separate PSU?
Really looking forward to wise advice from you lot.
Thanks
He has around $1000 (AUD) to spend. ($1200 absolute tops...)
Need a PC and monitor for that budget (have speakers/kb&mouse)
Pretty standard usage:
Internet; MS Office (already have); Gaming; light use of PhotoShop/Premier/After Effects.
Won't be overclocking, or needing BluRay.
- As always, key requirements is getting a good value system thats as futureproof as possible.
For various reasons, we will not be building the machine and will be purchasing the machine from a reputable store (with terrible website) called MSY.
- They have a bunch of various configurations to start with, like this one.
- In terms of tinkering the parts, the general rule is that I am limited to this parts page. (May need updating, so new stuff may be ok, not sure).
From some limited advice in another forum, I have the following spec together:
CPU: Intel i5 2500 $ 215
MOBO: ASRock P67-PRO Motherboard B3 $129
GPU: PowerColor Radeon HD6950 1GB – $249
Hard Drive: Seagate SATA3 1TB – $58
Mem: 4G Kit 1600 Kingston HyperX Blue – $69
DVD/CD: SATA Pioneer-219L $45
Monitor: BenQ 24” 5ms Benq E2420HD: $215
OS: Win7 home 64bit $100
Total: $ 1080
What am I asking for help on?
Q1 - Do you agree with the above setup?
Q2 - Still need a case + PSU (I am limited to the cases on the parts page).
Some people were saying that the bundled PSUs are rubbish. Is it worth buying a separate PSU?
Really looking forward to wise advice from you lot.
Thanks
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