£700 to build an editing workstation.

tellmickey

tellmickey

tellmickey

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I need to buy or build a pc from scratch, I have £700 to spend on the tower. I use premiere pro cs4, after effects cs4, and 3ds max 2009 for 3d modelling, please how can i get the best spec, i was looking at this,
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I really wished i could use the Intel i7, I need advise. I havent built a pc before, but i think i can manage it.
 
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Hey there,
As the last person said, knowing whether you need an operating system, monitor, mouse etc will allow us to spec you a better system for your money.

First of all, you will need a lot of hard drive space, for all of the temporary files that you will be building up. In my system I have a seperate drive for my temporary files, as it makes the whole system more responsive. I would reccommend a 160GB drive for the temp, although at todays prices you might as well go for something like a 320GB or a 500GB. It all depends on what you've got left to spend on it. The system and programs drive can be a 160GB, which should be plenty. And finally, your documents and edited files drive. You might as well go for a Terabyte here, I did :D. If you've got enough money, I would mirror it with another Terabyte, to make the system safer and so you don't lose all of your hard work. I'll post back in a minute with a screen shot of the basket. Chris.
 
Thanks to every one for quick, response, I was wondering, is the i7 a possibility on my kind of budget, and secondly, how does the AMD phenom II x4 3.0ghz quad square up to intel's quad 9550 2.8ghz.
cheers.
 
tellmickey said:
Thanks to every one for quick, response, I was wondering, is the i7 a possibility on my kind of budget, and secondly, how does the AMD phenom II x4 3.0ghz quad square up to intel's quad 9550 2.8ghz.
cheers.
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If you can raise to £750, i7 is quite possible. At £709.02, i7 is possible, with some compromises.

i7 920 - £235.74

Gigabyte X58 UD3R - £160.99

OCZ 6GB 1333MHz - £66.99

XFX HD4830 - £77.04

F1 Spinpoint 320GB - £40.24

Akasa Nero CPU cooler - £31.04

Coolermaster 335 case - £28.99

PCP&P 610W PSU - £67.99

Total: £709.02
 
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i7 920 - £235.74

Asus P6T SE - £180.54

Patriot 6GB 1600MHz - £88.99

XFX HD4830 - £77.04

F1 Spinpoint 320GB - £40.24

Noctua NH-U12P CPU cooler - £57.49

Coolermaster 335 case - £28.99

Corsair 650W PSU - £78.99

Total: £788.02, a little left over to spend on a nicer case, or bigger HDD or whatever.

You don't have to get the better cooler, or mobo, or PSU, or RAM, but it all gives you headroom. The cooler allows better clocks, which means better performance. The mobo is almost identical to the P6T but cheaper. The PSU gives a little more juice for some leeway and overclocking, and the RAM overclocks very well, which is useful.

Of course, if you don't plan on overclocking, you could save some money there, but you won't get as much performance, considering the difference between i7 at 2.66GHz and i7 at 3.6-4GHz.
 
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