Another Spec Me Thread I'm Afraid

[macfanuk]

Currently looking for components for a new build that'll take place in the next month or two.

Basically, the computer will be used for Web Design (for work) and possibly some regular video editing (probably using Adobe CS5) and it needs to be fast.

Not really sure on a budget so we'll just see how it goes. I've already got my Ram sorted, thanks to OCUK's current special offer on OCZ stuff so got 8GB DDR3 Special Ops stuff for this machine.

Ideally I would prefer an Intel setup (as that's what I've always used) but any suggestions would be fine.

 

[stulid]

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £184.99
(£154.16) £184.99
(£154.16)
Asus GeForce GTX 460 Direct CU TOP 768MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £124.99
(£104.16) £124.99
(£104.16)
MSI P67A-C45 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) £104.99
(£87.49) £104.99
(£87.49)
Crucial RealSSD C300 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CTFDDAC064MAG-1G1) £89.99
(£74.99) £89.99
(£74.99)
Seagate Barracuda Green SATA 6Gb/s 2TB Hard Drive - OEM (ST2000DL003) £65.99
(£54.99) £65.99
(£54.99)
BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W Power Supply £46.99
(£39.16) £46.99
(£39.16)
Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black £38.80
(£32.33) £38.80
(£32.33)
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.19
(£10.99) £13.19
(£10.99)
Sub Total : £558.27
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £113.75
Total : £682.52

2TB of storage.

and a nvidia card for the CUDA acceleration for ADOBE apps.

but you should just wait until you are actually ready to buy it, as prices can and do change every day.

 

[RJC]

Ignore.

 

[macfanuk]

Thanks stulid. I didn't know about the nvidia card for the CUDA acceleration for ADOBE apps, that's really useful to know.

Would that PSU be sufficient to add more hard drives if needed?

 

[stulid]

yes it is, and heres the cable layout.

 

[Redmint]

Thanks stulid. I didn't know about the nvidia card for the CUDA acceleration for ADOBE apps, that's really useful to know.

Would that PSU be sufficient to add more hard drives if needed?

Most hard drives use less than 10W, samsung F3 review here found a power consumption of 7.3W:

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/reviews/hard-disks/359743/samsung-spinpoint-f3-1tb

So unless you're anywhere close to the max output of your PSU from the CPU+GPU+mobo then you can probably run 8+ HDDs off that PSU quite happily.