PC + monitor for less than 1200 euro

CommShepard

Please help me with the below PC + Monitor

1. What is your budget?
up to 1,200 eur

2. What will be the main purpose of the computer?
Gaming (like Mass Effect, Dragon Age), Video Editing

3. Do you need a copy of Windows?
Yes

4. Can you use any parts from an old computer?
No

5. Do you need a monitor?
Yes 23" or bigger

6. Do you need any of these peripherals?
Wireless Card, Webcam (w autofocus), Card reader

7. Are you willing to try overclocking?
Yes

8. How can you pay?
Any form of payment

9. When are you purchasing?
2-3 weeks

10. If you need help building it, where are you based?
No help needed

BloodBath

This comes in at around the same price since you didn't include windows. It has a better processor, Case, Monitor and includes an ssd which is a must at that budget. It would be better to have your os and programs on a good fast ssd like the samsung evo while keeping your games on the 1tb wd blue or a hybrid drive.

You could add a small 16-32gb ssd and make your own hybrid drive with the wd blue or a different 2tb drive. HWVS also sell those Seagate hybrid drives for around €100. You could buy a 2tb hdd either and a 16-32gb ssd cache drive for around the same. How they all compare I do not know. I'm only starting to look into making my own hybrid drive as well. I'd have my worries that the 8gb of nand on the seagate would die quickly from all the writes it would have to do to keep your most accessed data up to date.


All I know is the wd 1tb blues are one of the fastest hdd's at the moment and I'd imagine combined with a 16-32gb cache drive they would have great performance. I'm going to combine a 60gb ssd with one with one myself.

I have no clue what the final result will be but I'd hope it should beat the performance of those seagate hybrids. The software seagate uses might give it better performance. It's your call. The reviews for that hybrid drive are great anyway.

That webcam has auto focus and it isn't great but nothing in that price point is. The next jump up would be about twice the price or more for a good quality one. It's still a good cam for the money though.

Item|Price
Intel Xeon E3-1230v3 Bx, LGA1150, ohne Kühler|€212.42
Alpenföhn Sella - 92mm, AMD/Intel|€16.86
ASRock H87 Pro4, Sockel 1150, ATX|€72.99
HIS HD 7950 IceQ Boost Clock GDDR5 3072MB DVI/HDMI/2xMiniDP|€219.93
8GB-Kit G-Skill RipJaws PC3-12800U CL9|€68.99
Samsung SSD 840 EVO Basic 120GB SATA 6Gb/s|€89.99
WD Caviar Blue 1TB 6Gb's|€51.53
Zalman Z9 Plus Midi Tower - black, ohne Netzteil|€46.89
be quiet! SYSTEM POWER 7 500W - bulk -|€51.84
Samsung SH-224DB schwarz|€15.48
LogiLink USB 2.0 all-in-one Card Reader, für 3,5" Einbauchschacht|€3.32
LG Flatron 24EA53VQ|€145.99
ASUS PCE-N15|€14.90
MS Windows 8 64bit (SB-Version) Englisch|€80.33
Microsoft LifeCam HD-5001|€17.38
2 x LogiLink e-SATA Anschlusskabel mit Sicherungslasche, 1m|€3.04
Shipping|€18.99
Total|€1130.87

CommShepard

thank you

BloodBath

You can get a discount on that as well i you run it though another site. If you search boards for "hardwareversand discount" you should find it.

No harm checking if you can get better deal on Amazon for some of the parts either. They do free delivery on a lot o things.