A little help needed

[Ethermaster]

Another PC spec that requires the masters eyes

Hi Guys,

Im currently trying to spec up a high(ist) end machine that will be a good all rounder, I will be using it mostly for HD video editing, gaming and web design (as well as work related stuff... citrix and mircosoft office are the worst inventions ever).

This is what I have come up with so far, what do you guys think?

and for storage don't worry I will be using my current 1Tb WD 10,000 rpm sata II HDD.

feed back well come

 

[stulid]

1) Get a retail Blu-ray drive so you get some playback software.
2) swap the board for this Gen3 - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-188-MS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1990
3) The cooler will interfere with the tall RAM
4) The RAM speed is unneeded, all the RAM guides say 1600Mhz is perfect. Use this RAM instead - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-290-CS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517
5) £10 more get a GTX570 - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-112-MS&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1010
6) Crucial M4 SSD's are faster and more reliable.


So,

I've made it cheaper and better.

 

[Ethermaster]

the oem blueray is fine i have the playback software i need (thanks work )

Never been a fan of MSI mobo's i have had 2 and both failed so since then have been an ASUS fan (don't mind spending a little more).

For the gaming side wouldn't the faster ram help? and the video editing will be boosted by the quicker ram ???

The EVGA card is 2Gb that MSI 1Gb so isn't the EVGA better value for money ?

Will pick a different heatsink

Thanks Stulid

 

[stulid]

All the RAM guides show that there is little improvement with RAM speed on Sandybridge systems,

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/memory/2011/01/11/the-best-memory-for-sandy-bridge/1

If you're the type of person that runs dozens of applications all at once, then a higher memory frequency does help, particularly when you're running demanding software. However, our testing shows that memory rated at over 1,866MHz doesn't give much extra performance. Worse still, in some applications only 1,333MHz memory gives a performance penalty, meaning that 1,600MHz memory is fine.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/4503/sandy-bridge-memory-scaling-choosing-the-best-ddr3

Final Words

I think we confirmed what we pretty much knew all along: Sandy Bridge's improved memory controller has all but eliminated the need for extreme memory bandwidth, at least for this architecture. It's only when you get down to DDR3-1333 that you see a minor performance penalty. The sweet spot appears to be at DDR3-1600, where you will see a minor performance increase over DDR3-1333 with only a slight increase in cost. The performance increase gained by going up to DDR3-1866 or DDR3-2133 isn't nearly as pronounced.

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/memory/display/sandy-bridge-ddr3_8.html#sect0

Therefore, we believe that inexpensive DDR3-1600 SDRAM with not very aggressive timings would be the most reasonable choice for contemporary LGA1155 systems: in our opinion, memory like that offers the best price-to-performance ratio today.

The EVGA card is 2Gb that MSI 1Gb so isn't the EVGA better value for money ?

The GTX570 is much faster as it has more processors, also its 1.25GB Vram.
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/306?vs=330
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/graphics/2011/11/08/gainward-geforce-gtx-560-ti-2048mb-phantom/3

Is this - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-138-MS&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1863 - faster than a GTX570?

 

[Ethermaster]

ram taken gonna get 2 lots (16Gb) total due to the price (may as well ) SSD changed, will have to do some more reserach on my GPU, it will always be a Nvidia card tho never like ATI (now AMD)

 

[Ethermaster]

ok minor changes

thanks Stulid