Titan Spinosaur Offer - urgent advice please

music · 3 Apr 2011 at 23:46

Hello,

thinking of getting this asap:

"Titan Spinosaur" Intel Core i5 2500K 3.30GHz @ 4.60GHz DDR3 Sandybridge System

This Week Only Offer
was £755.99 inc VAT
£706.00 inc VAT
£588.33 ex VAT

Got to be this week!!!!

A few questions if I may -

I am not a gamer - just like a fast PC - main things are multimedia and video editing - want reliable and silent too. Therefore ....

1. What graphics card should I choose?
2. Is an SSD worth the upgrade (what size?)
3. is the spinosaur the way forward - or should I be looking at a different system (can't be bothered to build my own)
4. Which operating system should I choose?
5. if i want quiet system - would I be better off going for a different case? Or is this quiet enough.
6. Do these systems all have wi-fi built in?
7. can I put in an extra hard disk?

Any advice please :confused:

?????

many thanks,

M

Ginger-Menace · 3 Apr 2011 at 23:49

for encoding a 2600k would be better imo, also an ssd is the way forward, as for size depends what u want to put on it, i have a 120gb plenty for me

music · 3 Apr 2011 at 23:54

Can't see the 2600k on the same offer.
is it worth the extra?
thanks for your speedy reply.

music · 4 Apr 2011 at 00:00

Also,
now I add in a 60Gb ssd
a better graphics card
and an OS

it all goes up by some £200 -----

Is it worth it>?

Currently using windows Vista!
M

stulid · 4 Apr 2011 at 00:06

you don't need a fancy gpu, the 430 card it comes with is ample.

Ginger-Menace · 4 Apr 2011 at 00:09

the 2600k has hyperthreading which is better for encoding, would also be cheaper to but the bit and put it together yourself

Baldbloke · 4 Apr 2011 at 00:18

music said:
Can't see the 2600k on the same offer.
is it worth the extra?
thanks for your speedy reply.

If you ask ocuk they will more than likely be happy to offer you the 2600K as an upgrade option. It's probably common for them to get such requests.

stulid · 4 Apr 2011 at 00:23

music said:
1. What graphics card should I choose?
the one it comes with, you dont need any more.

2. Is an SSD worth the upgrade (what size?)
60GB will hold Windows and 5-6 large program installs

3. is the spinosaur the way forward - or should I be looking at a different system (can't be bothered to build my own)
probably

4. Which operating system should I choose?
windows 7 home edition

5. if i want quiet system - would I be better off going for a different case? Or is this quiet enough.
its a good case, well built and the fans are big, slow rpm ones

6. Do these systems all have wi-fi built in?
no. you need to add a wifi card or USB adapter

7. can I put in an extra hard disk?
yes, or OCUK can add one for you during its build if you just ask

Big-Daddy · 4 Apr 2011 at 01:31

Look here

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/syscon_int.php?prodid=FS-282-OK