Lurker takes the plunge. Please help me spec!

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Taking the plunge. Please help me spec.

Hello all

Lurked a while and decided to register as I've seen how helpful some of you are.

My old system is really biting the dust now. It's positively creaking under the strain of what I'm using it for.

I'm heavy into photography and fully expect my next DSLR to be pumping out 30mb+ for each RAW image I put into my library.

I already have decent Nvidia graphics, an IPS display, keyboard and mouse.

I need help on the brain and guts now. I'm a little behind the game in terms of the tech available since I've gotten old and creaky myself so I'll ask you; the kind contributors here, as to what you think I can get, for the biggest bang, for around the £600-£800 mark.

I need the MB (future proofed slightly?) I'd like to have a respected SSD for the OS and packages such as Photoshop and Lightroom (latest editions). 1TB HDD & 16Gb of RAM.

I really appreciate your suggestions/laughter if it's not possible. Thanks in advance.
 
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YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £269.99
1 x MSI Z77A-G45 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £104.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £64.99
1 x Intel 330 Series 60GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £53.99
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.98
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £34.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 612S CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/1156/1155/775/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £31.79
2 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38192M1600HC11DC) £29.99 (59.98)
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £699.68 (includes shipping : £12.50).



What GPU have you got?

Tamzzy, why did you spec that PSU? and case also?
 
cm silent pro is rated 408w on the 12v, depending on his gpu, the sm silent pro may not have enough juice

and i was underbudget, so, yeah, decided to spec a fancier case...lol...or could go for the arc midi...enough in the budget to play around
 
tamzzy said:
cm silent pro is rated 408w on the 12v, depending on his gpu, the sm silent pro may not have enough juice

and i was underbudget, so, yeah, decided to spec a fancier case...lol...or could go for the arc midi...enough in the budget to play around
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Arc mini. :)

Ahh, didn't realise. Thanks for that. Would a higher juice PSU be better, like a OCz 550W, or the CX 600w?
 
mickyflinn said:
Dont see any OS or software in anyones spec.

Or am i misinterpretating what the op said?
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whoops
stulid said:
So where is the fancier case?
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pssh shush ;p

happier? lol
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £179.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) £84.98
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Desktop Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC128D/EU) £83.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Fractal Design Arc Midi Tower Case - Black £79.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED316G1600HC11DC) £74.39
1 x Antec High Current Gamer M 520W "80+ Bronze" Modular Power Supply £73.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 612S CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/1156/1155/775/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £31.79
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £807.08 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
Thanks so much for the replies. Really, very much appreciated as I've been tearing my hair out on this.

I will probably need an OS, but I might not as a friend may be able to help me out, so I'm assuming Win7 Ultimate 64 due to the high RAM requirements?

My current GPU is an NVIDIA GeForce 9400GT 1GB. Which I assume would be fine for photography? I'm not a PC gamer but will have need for full HD video editing/rendering on occasion as I like to make timelapse movies.
 
So do we think this will all work together as well as with my GPU (NVIDIA 9400GT 1Gb)? Is it worth investing in a new GPU?

Sorry, I don't know how to post it all nicely like you guys!


Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £179.99
(£149.99) £179.99
(£149.99)
Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
(£70.82) £84.98
(£70.82)
Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) £84.98
(£70.82) £84.98
(£70.82)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
(£69.99) £83.99
(£69.99)
Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Desktop Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC128D/EU) Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Desktop Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC128D/EU) £83.99
(£69.99) £83.99
(£69.99)
TeamGroup Elite 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED316G1600HC11DC) TeamGroup Elite 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED316G1600HC11DC) £74.39
(£61.99) £74.39
(£61.99)
Antec High Current Gamer M 520W "80+ Bronze" Modular Power Supply Antec High Current Gamer M 520W "80+ Bronze" Modular Power Supply £73.99
(£61.66) £73.99
(£61.66)
Fractal Design Define R3 Midi Tower Case - Titanium Grey Fractal Design Define R3 Midi Tower Case - Titanium Grey £69.98
(£58.32) £69.98
(£58.32)
Cooler Master Hyper 612S CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/1156/1155/775/AM3/AM2+/AM2) Cooler Master Hyper 612S CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/1156/1155/775/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £31.79
(£26.49) £31.79
(£26.49)
OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
(£11.66) £13.99
(£11.66)

Plus shipping this comes to £782.08.

Thanks
 
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Yeah that will work.

Looks solid.

If you wanted to add more RAM later, then Windows7 home Premium can only address upto 16GB, you need Professional or higher for more.
 
Need 16GB? else take 8GB and upgrade to R4 :)

Basket tools in my sig.

EDIT :
I'm heavy into photography and fully expect my next DSLR to be pumping out 30mb+ for each RAW image I put into my library.
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Oh well, I suppose you need that 16GB. As for the PSU :


YOUR BASKET
1 x Antec High Current Gamer 620W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £79.99
1 x XFX 650W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £72.98
1 x OCZ ZT 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £69.98
1 x Corsair Gamer Series GS 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £65.99
1 x Antec High Current Gamer 520W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £62.99
Total : £364.54 (includes shipping : £10.50).



Can't knock ANtec HCG (seasonic).
 
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Will the Xigmatek Asgard Pro case be big enough to house the Cooler Master 612S?

I tried to find a black or grey Fractal R3 case but they seemed to have completely disappeared off the site. They only have white, which just won't do!
 
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