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-Deano
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Making a build for a friend. Strict £700 budget. He ideally wants it to be as cheap as possible whilst still having decent performance.

He needs it for work and a small amount of gaming.
He works as a 3D environmental artist so does a lot of rendering and can make use of decent CPU performance.

Here's what I had so far:

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CPU: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] (£186.00 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] (£76.02 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] (£63.24 @ Aria PC)
Storage: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] (£71.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] (£39.95 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] (£148.97 @ CCL Computers)
Case: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] (£26.40 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] (£55.39 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £667.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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A bit less storage but that can always be upgraded in the future. 1600 isn't much better then 1500x and this way you get significantly better gpu power.

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CPU: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] (£163.00 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] (£76.02 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] (£66.24 @ Aria PC)
Storage: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] (£39.47 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] (£39.95 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] (£239.92 @ Ebuyer)
Case: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] (£28.38 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] (£47.99 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £700.97
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Z06 wrote 1600 isn't much better then 1500x

Yes, it is.
-Deano wrote He works as a 3D environmental artist so does a lot of rendering and can make use of decent CPU performance.


Z06 wrote and this way you get significantly better gpu power.

-Deano wrote He needs it for work and a small amount of gaming


Not only that, but the 1500x doesn't make sense over the 1400 anyway.



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CPU: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] (£186.00 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] (£76.02 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] (£66.24 @ Aria PC)
Storage: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] (£83.00 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] (£37.99 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] (£128.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] (£26.40 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] (£51.49 @ Novatech)
Total: £656.13

Bit cheaper with a good bit better SSD, faster RAM, and semi-modular PSU. If you don't care about modularity, I'd get one of these instead;
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Super Flower unit is obviously the best quality but 350W is a bit tight for upgradability, you could get the 450W version for an extra fiver though, if you wanted.
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