• Build Help - Looking to Spend £1000
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I'm looking to spend £1000 for a new desktop computer I don't mind if its AMD or Intel, also i live in the UK. I will be using all Adobe programs - (Mainly Photoshop) I do render videos from time to time and play games such as bio shock and Mw2. I don't need an OS as i already have windows 7 ultimate 64 bit ready to install. The monitor I will use is my 1080p HD 24'' television which has a HDMI port and standard VGA port. Would love it if you could help me out on a build. Thanks :) Oh one last thing, I Already have a mouse & keyboard
Can anybody here help me?
I'll whip something up. [editline]1st July 2011[/editline] [img]http://gyazo.com/9d337c5e43b773710b618a254f193fcc.png[/img] [url]www.scan.co.uk[/url] Its 20 pounds over, but i have no idea if Adobe software would profit from hyperthreading. If it doesn't you can get away with the i5-2500k and be ~50 pounds cheaper
[QUOTE=Goz3rr;30822877]I'll whip something up. [editline]1st July 2011[/editline] [img]http://gyazo.com/9d337c5e43b773710b618a254f193fcc.png[/img] [url]www.scan.co.uk[/url] Its 20 pounds over, but i have no idea if Adobe software would profit from hyperthreading. If it doesn't you can get away with the i5-2500k and be ~50 pounds cheaper[/QUOTE] Thanks for your help, just a couple of questions, 850 watt is a tad overkill don't you think? also im loving everything else but not to sure on the graphics card and the case, what do you think?
It allows for SLI in the future. You'd need about 800watt for SLI with those specs so to be on the safe side.
[QUOTE=Acapon;30823454]Thanks for your help, just a couple of questions, 850 watt is a tad overkill don't you think? also im loving everything else but not to sure on the graphics card and the case, what do you think?[/QUOTE] The graphics card is excellent and may help with video rendering depending on your program. The HAF series of cases is excellent too. You may want an asus motherboard or MSI one, seeing as you've got £1000.
[QUOTE=Goz3rr;30822877]I'll whip something up. [editline]1st July 2011[/editline] [img]http://gyazo.com/9d337c5e43b773710b618a254f193fcc.png[/img] [url]www.scan.co.uk[/url] Its 20 pounds over, but i have no idea if Adobe software would profit from hyperthreading. If it doesn't you can get away with the i5-2500k and be ~50 pounds cheaper[/QUOTE] switch to the P67A-GD65, it has a free hyper 212+ included and I doubt 40GB is enough for OS and applications as well as a partition for whatever the Z68 hard drive cache is called or spend a little more to the get 60GB vertex 2E or agility 3 and if OP doesn't mind it only being semi-modular you can use [url]http://www.scan.co.uk/products/850w-xfx-pro-modular-80-plus-silver-88-eff-sli-crossfire-eps-12v-135mm-quiet-fan[/url] instead
[QUOTE=Goz3rr;30823905]It allows for SLI in the future. You'd need about 800watt for SLI with those specs so to be on the safe side.[/QUOTE] I see where your coming from, thanks for your help, much appreciated. Just out of curiosity, could i save money switching to AMD and use a different Motherboard?
[QUOTE=Acapon;30825771]I see where your coming from, thanks for your help, much appreciated. Just out of curiosity, could i save money switching to AMD and use a different Motherboard?[/QUOTE] You will save money yes, but Intel currently has the best CPU's with their sandy bridge line.
[QUOTE=reapaninja;30824303]switch to the P67A-GD65, it has a free hyper 212+ included and I doubt 40GB is enough for OS and applications as well as a partition for whatever the Z68 hard drive cache is called or spend a little more to the get 60GB vertex 2E or agility 3 and if OP doesn't mind it only being semi-modular you can use [url]http://www.scan.co.uk/products/850w-xfx-pro-modular-80-plus-silver-88-eff-sli-crossfire-eps-12v-135mm-quiet-fan[/url] instead[/QUOTE] 40GB SSD should be plenty for windows 7 and most of my Adobe programs, switching to a 60GB vertex wont give me much better performance tbh, at least not from what i heard. [editline]1st July 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=Goz3rr;30825790]You will save money yes, but Intel currently has the best CPU's with their sandy bridge line.[/QUOTE] Yeh i did do quite allot of research into the new architecture of sandy bridge, and it looks pretty solid, im just not sure weather to go for a higher GHZ AMD processor or not.
[QUOTE=Acapon;30825813]40GB SSD should be plenty for windows 7 and most of my Adobe programs, switching to a 60GB vertex wont give me much better performance tbh, at least not from what i heard. [editline]1st July 2011[/editline] Yeh i did do quite allot of research into the new architecture of sandy bridge, and it looks pretty solid, im just not sure weather to go for a higher GHZ AMD processor or not.[/QUOTE] Windows takes up 20gbs, but then with shadows and updates that'll hit 40gb in a couple of months.
[QUOTE=BrainDeath;30824271]The graphics card is excellent and may help with video rendering depending on your program. The HAF series of cases is excellent too. You may want an asus motherboard or MSI one, seeing as you've got £1000.[/QUOTE] Would using an ASUS motherboard or MSI give me any other benefits from using a Gigabyte though? [editline]1st July 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=SataniX;30825877]Windows takes up 20gbs, but then with shadows and updates that'll hit 40gb in a couple of months.[/QUOTE] Another 20gb worth of updates and shadows in a couple of months!? are you sure? lol, you may be right, although the 60gb SSD's are quite expensive and would be pushing my budget. Unless you could post me an alternative build? :)
[QUOTE=Acapon;30825889]Would using an ASUS motherboard or MSI give me any other benefits from using a Gigabyte though?[/QUOTE] Maybe some of their Military grade components or OC Genie, but no noticeable performance difference.
[QUOTE=Acapon;30825889]Would using an ASUS motherboard or MSI give me any other benefits from using a Gigabyte though? [editline]1st July 2011[/editline] Another 20gb worth of updates and shadows in a couple of months!? are you sure? lol, you may be right, although the 60gb SSD's are quite expensive and would be pushing my budget. Unless you could post me an alternative build? :)[/QUOTE] MSI's boards are very good for continual running, they run very cool and decently fast. ASUS has the fastest SATA read/write speed of any motherboards out today. [editline]1st July 2011[/editline] :ninja: [editline]1st July 2011[/editline] I don't think you should get a 212+ with a £1000 budget.
[QUOTE=SataniX;30825932]MSI's boards are very good for continual running, they run very cool and decently fast. ASUS has the fastest SATA read/write speed of any motherboards out today. [editline]1st July 2011[/editline] Maybe something i should look into then but i think Gigabyte should do me ok for a few years, i wont miss the read/write speed that much :P :ninja: [editline]1st July 2011[/editline] I don't think you should get a 212+ with a £1000 budget.[/QUOTE] [editline]1st July 2011[/editline] I will most likely stick with using the original MOBO that you posted i think, what are your views on a bigger SSD?
Yea, probably a NH-D14 or something. [editline]1st July 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=Acapon;30825969][editline]1st July 2011[/editline] I will most likely stick with using the original MOBO that you posted i think, what are your views on a bigger SSD?[/QUOTE] Agility 3 60GB Isn't that more expensive, and has almost double the speed. I couldn't find it on scan though.
[QUOTE=Goz3rr;30826005]Yea, probably a NH-D14 or something. [editline]1st July 2011[/editline] What about this? [url]http://www.scan.co.uk/products/thermaltake-frio-cl-p0564-dual-120mm-fan-socket-775-1156-1366-am2-am3-cpu-cooler[/url] Agility 3 60GB Isn't that more expensive, and has almost double the speed. I couldn't find it on scan though.[/QUOTE]
Don't put your reply in the quote, it's confusing.
Sorry about that, i was wondering what you thought about this cooler instead: [url]http://www.scan.co.uk/products/thermaltake-frio-cl-p0564-dual-120mm-fan-socket-775-1156-1366-am2-am3-cpu-cooler[/url] Also this for the SSD: [url]http://www.scan.co.uk/products/s60gb-ocz-technology-vertex-2e-25-sandforce-ssd-mlc-flash-read-285mb-s-write-275mb-s[/url]
[img]http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/407/pcbuild.jpg[/img] What do you guys think of this build?
Frio is good. Vertez are decent too, but i've heard about a lot of problems with that. Get a Crucial drive if they have the 60gb version on Scan.
[QUOTE=SataniX;30831270]Frio is good. Vertez are decent too, but i've heard about a lot of problems with that. Get a Crucial drive if they have the 60gb version on Scan.[/QUOTE] Are the Crucial Drives more expensive? also Vertez aren't to bad these days and are under warranty. And this is the only Crucial drive that i could find for a decent price [url]http://www.scan.co.uk/products/64gb-crucial-realssd-m4-25-sata-6gb-s-ssd-mlc-flash-read-415mb-s-write-95mb-s[/url]
for that price you might as well chuck an extra £5 in and get the agility 3 60GB which is a fair bit faster
[QUOTE=reapaninja;30832060]for that price you might as well chuck an extra £5 in and get the agility 3 60GB which is a fair bit faster[/QUOTE] Hmmm why is that? faster read and write speeds?
[QUOTE=reapaninja;30832060]for that price you might as well chuck an extra £5 in and get the agility 3 60GB which is a fair bit faster[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Goz3rr;30826005] Agility 3 60GB Isn't that more expensive, and has almost double the speed. I couldn't find it on scan though.[/QUOTE] [editline]1st July 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=Acapon;30832099]Hmmm why is that? faster read and write speeds?[/QUOTE] Yes it's about 2x faster in both read and write.
[QUOTE=Goz3rr;30832155][editline]1st July 2011[/editline] Yes it's about 2x faster in both read and write.[/QUOTE] My god!, well i may as well do that then, x2 faster for an extra 5 or 6 pounds o_0 [editline]1st July 2011[/editline] [img]http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/5779/yupu.jpg[/img] [editline]1st July 2011[/editline] well im guessing its pretty much set then? just to confirm i will be purchasing this within a week, is everything here compatible? also will i need any extra leeds/cables fans e.c.t?
I think you can put an extra 120mm fan in the 922? Not sure.
[QUOTE=SataniX;30841398]I think you can put an extra 120mm fan in the 922? Not sure.[/QUOTE] 200mm in the side panel [editline]2nd July 2011[/editline] or 2x 120
[QUOTE=Goz3rr;30842162]200mm in the side panel [editline]2nd July 2011[/editline] or 2x 120[/QUOTE] Would you say it was necessary to have any extra fans?
[QUOTE=Acapon;30844157]Would you say it was necessary to have any extra fans?[/QUOTE] They'd blow cool air on the GPU which is always nice.
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