New Build ~ £1500 - £2000

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Bought a system from OC about 2 years ago and i'm looking to upgrade again, I'm thinking this time I'll build it (or attempt to) myself. Willing to spend between £1500 - £2000, was hoping to stay closer to £1500 though.

I'm a web designer so spend most of my day in Photoshop, need it to run effortlessly. Current system runs it ok, it's starting to lag a bit though when I have a few PSD's / larger PSD's open. I don't play games, other than designing it'll just be used for everyday stuff. Main thing I want is speed (hence the more expensive SSD).

Specification that I've got so far is as follows;


Processor
Intel Core i7-3930K 3.20GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail [BX80619I73930K]
£431.99 inc VAT


Motherboard
ASRock X79 Extreme7 Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard [X79 EXTREME7]
£214.99 inc VAT


Memory
GeIL EVO Corsa 32GB (4x8GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Quad Channel Kit (GOC332GB2400C11AQC) [GOC332GB2400C11AQC]
£279.95 inc VAT

Hard Drive 1
OCZ RevoDrive3 240GB PCI-E SSD - (RVD3-FHPX4-240G) [RVD3-FHPX4-240G]
£299.99 inc VAT


Hard Drive 2
Seagate Barracuda 3TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST3000DM001) [ST3000DM001]
£104.99 inc VAT


Graphics Card
MSI GeForce GTX 660 OC Twin Frozr 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card [N660 TF 2GD5/OC]
£167.99 inc VAT


PSU
Corsair Professional Series HX+ 850W '80+ Gold' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020032-UK) [CP-9020032-UK]
£139.99 inc VAT


Case
Corsair Obsidian 650D Gaming Midi Tower - Black [CC650DW]
£149.99 inc VAT


CPU Cooler
Intel Liquid Cooling Solution CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1155/1156//1366/2011)
£72.98 inc VAT


Case Fans
Corsair AF120 Quiet Edition Low Noise High Airflow - Dual Pack [CO-9050004-WW]
£19.99 inc VAT


CD/DVDRW Drive
Samsung SH-S222BB/RSMS 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black/Silver/Biege) - Retail [SH-S222AB/RSMS]
£19.99 inc VAT


Soundcard I use headphones so would it make a difference if I got 7.1?
Asus Xonar DG 5.1 PCI Sound Card with built in Headphone Amp [90-YAA0K0-0UAN0BZ]
£25.99 inc VAT


Total comes to just over £1900. I'm a complete novice when it comes to building so I may have selected incompatible components or gone OTT on certain things.

Help would be much appreciated!

Thanks!
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-3930K 3.20GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail £431.99
1 x Gigabyte X79-UP4 Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £209.99
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 660 OC Twin Frozr 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £167.99
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 830 Notebook/Apple Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC256N/EU) £149.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 3TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST3000DM001) £104.99
1 x XFX 850W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £94.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/LGA2011/AM2/AM3) (CWCH100) £85.98
1 x Corsair Vengeance 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual/Quad Channel Kit (CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9) £65.99
1 x Antec P280 Super Midi Tower Case - Gun Metal Black £64.99
1 x Asus Xonar DGX 5.1 PCI-Express Sound Card with built in Headphone Amp £26.99
1 x Samsung SH-224BB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £1,435.37 (includes shipping : £13.75).




I few tweaks.

Notice the PCI-E sound card and not PCI type.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-3930K 3.20GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail £431.99
1 x Gigabyte X79-UP4 Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £209.99
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 660 WindForce 2X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £173.99
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 830 Series SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive - (MZ-7PC256B/WW) £149.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/LGA2011/AM2/AM3) (CWCH100) £85.98
1 x Seasonic G series 550w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £76.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Blue 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual/Quad Channel Kit (CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9B) £65.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** £61.99
1 x BitFenix Shinobi USB3.0 Gaming Windowed Case - Black/Green £56.99
1 x Asus Xonar DGX 5.1 PCI-Express Sound Card with built in Headphone Amp £26.99
1 x Samsung SH-224BB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £1,370.87 (includes shipping : £12.50).





Tweaked stulids build slightly save some moneys

can also double up ssd's if more space is needed or get a 512 gb ssd for £343

Also i hope your planning on doing some overclocking ^^
 
Thanks stulid!

Is the RAM going to make much difference? If for example I switched from the one you've suggested to the one below;

Corsair Dominator 16GB (4x4GB) PC3-14900C9 1866MHz Dual/Quad Channel Kit (CMP16GX3M4X1866C9) **SPECIAL** [CMP16GX3M4X1866C9]

Or even one with a higher clocked speed (e.g. 2400MHz), will it be noticeable?


As for the SSD, I've currently got a 75GB one, it runs fast but the only problem with it is that when I'm in Photoshop, it sometimes won't allow me to open more PSD's due to the scratch disks been full (I have usually have around 10GB - 15GB of free space on it). So I think I'd be ok with a 120GB one so I could switch to the one below;

OCZ RevoDrive3 120GB PCI-E SSD - (RVD3-FHPX4-120G) [RVD3-FHPX4-120G]

I'd siding towards the PCI-E SSD due to being double the speed of the one you suggested, which I think will be quadruple the speed of my current one. Again though, I'm not sure if I'm just going OTT here and whether it'd make any difference (or only very minor) at all, I just want it to be very fast and run everything very smoothly!

Thanks again!
 
Also, in regards to the graphics, the latest Photoshop does use the GPU which the older versions (before CS3 I think) didn't I don't think so I'm not sure what difference this will make? May well be able to switch down to a cheaper card without losing any performance?
 
How do you copy from your basket so that it displays all the info like below please?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-3930K 3.20GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail £431.99
Total : £1,370.87 (includes shipping : £12.50).
 
Thanks!

So it's looking like this now;

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-3930K 3.20GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail £431.99
1 x Gigabyte X79-UP4 Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £209.99
1 x OCZ RevoDrive3 120GB PCI-E SSD - (RVD3-FHPX4-120G) £199.99
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 660 WindForce 2X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £173.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/LGA2011/AM2/AM3) (CWCH100) £85.98
1 x Seasonic G series 550w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £76.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Blue 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual/Quad Channel Kit (CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9B) £65.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** £61.99
1 x BitFenix Shinobi USB3.0 Gaming Windowed Case - Black/Green £56.99
1 x Asus Xonar DGX 5.1 PCI-Express Sound Card with built in Headphone Amp £26.99
1 x Samsung SH-224BB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £1,420.87 (includes shipping : £12.50).




Should that run Photoshop at a breeze and in general perform very well / fast?
 
It will be fast, but the Antec P280 case is unbeatable value for money.

It was like £100+ not long ago.


Bigger, supports bigger boards, more fans, quiet.
 
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