i wont be able to build my own as i'm disabled ... i might just buy the system as on the fone to oc..at least that way i got a system they built and will have a warranty.. IT will do what i want .. i dont really understand this ..(cuda)&(lucid virtu ).. ..when i foned oc i asked if i could change the spec of there battle war general..with more memory and SSD BETTER THEN THER ONE THATS IN THERE...the programs i use is nero 7..convertavitodvd quick par ..dvd shrink...what should i do i can buy the bits and get my local pc shop to build but they will want paying or go for the one i was speced at oc..John
bit more help with spec plz
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Oh incase you were interested this lil lot would cost me £968 (i get free delivery as a loyal forum member). That's roughly the price of the OCuk phone spec.
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1 x Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £239.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £139.99
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 460 Superclocked 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £119.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD20EARX) £94.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard REV 1 £84.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.98
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual/Quad Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3K4/16GX) £74.99
1 x OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £52.99
1 x Bitfenix Outlaw Gaming Case - Black £36.98
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £23.99
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-7280S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.98
Total : £979.36 (includes shipping : £11.25).
In some ways it's very similar to shadows. However I went with a 2TB storage drive, the 460 SOC is a lil more money but runs faster so it runs games better but CUDA should also benefit from the higher shader clock.
However I do still need to build it, install windows and do the overclock. It's just to give you an idea of what's possible if you do it yourself.
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £239.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £139.99
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 460 Superclocked 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £119.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD20EARX) £94.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard REV 1 £84.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.98
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual/Quad Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3K4/16GX) £74.99
1 x OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £52.99
1 x Bitfenix Outlaw Gaming Case - Black £36.98
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £23.99
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-7280S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.98
Total : £979.36 (includes shipping : £11.25).
In some ways it's very similar to shadows. However I went with a 2TB storage drive, the 460 SOC is a lil more money but runs faster so it runs games better but CUDA should also benefit from the higher shader clock.
However I do still need to build it, install windows and do the overclock. It's just to give you an idea of what's possible if you do it yourself.
i know where your coming from and thanks for your help..pity u didnt work at oc..your more helpful...i wonder is it they wont build a spec like yours here now cuz of conflicts..with there systems they test them ...they did suggest the battlefield war rush I5.. on the I7 spec with 27" oal monitor the price was £1,357.25 monitor was £185
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Well for those uses an i7 is probably a lil overkill. You appear to be re-encoding movies mainly so an i5K with 8GB of RAM would be more than adequate (and cheaper) especially when overclocked.
I would also suggest you look at DVDfab (software). That one program will cover everything you seem to be doing in one program!
DVDfab also supports cuda and quick sync (from lucid virtu). Basically by having a dedicated graphics card the software can get the job done quicker!!
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £167.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £139.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD20EARX) £94.99
1 x Asus ATI Radeon HD 6850 DirectCU V2 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **PRE-ORDER ONLY PRICE** £89.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard REV 1 £84.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £79.98
1 x Bitfenix Outlaw Gaming Case - Black £36.98
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £35.99
1 x Cooler Master GX 450W '80 Plus' Power Supply £32.99
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £23.99
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-7280S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.98
Total : £818.95 (includes shipping : £11.75).
That's my build with the adjustments. Obviously you would need that built for you so there is an added cost. You could use a cheaper graphics card I suppose if you wanted to cut costs further....just make sure you have one so you can use quicksync in DVDfab to "turbo charge" the process.
If buying one prebuilt is going to be much easier just try and find something similar to the specs i've used.
P.S You also qualify for free delivery having been a member over a year and having 100 posts!!
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LOL That's the beauty of custom building you can tailor the build better to what you want.
It seems your interests are very film orientated. If you have a HDTV with HDMI inputs you could infact run the PC through the tv.
You could add more RAM but personally I would swap the DVD writer for a blu-ray ROM or writer if I was spending more. Adding RAM is soooo easy to do anyway, like I said you get free delivery so you could order more later if you saw it come up on a special offer
The mobos BIOS will have an option to auto overclock the system. The gelid heatsink is popular as it keeps the CPU cool for a very reasonable price, by keeping the CPU as cool as poss the headroom on the overclock increases basically
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Think of overclocking like this. Most flash fast road cars are electronically limited to 155mph, if you remove that limiter they will do 200mph quite happily. So if you can keep your CPU cool enough you can get the full potential from your engine (CPU) by removing the "Limiter" (OC'ing)
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thanks for your help..i just emailed our local shop and asked how much he wud charge for puting this together..he dun my last computer a couple of years ago..q6600 i think it is...pk5 motherboard.. This dvdfab will it convert avi to dvd ii i have just got a copy but cant find that option...theres a lot on there DVDFab.v8.1.6.1
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It's an awesome program!! You want the "DVD creator" tab on the left side of the window. You then drag and drop or point it to your encoded movie file and it will convert it to dvd (just like convertxtodvd does)
got it ..its working ..how long duz it take to convert a 700 mg file to dvd its been going now 15 mins and the slider at bottom hasnt moved ...John...up date 30 mins now and still not burning
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Pass john. The source should be your video file and the target is the DVD writer.
I can't lie I have never used it for that, I just know it has the ability to do it. I use it just to rip blu-ray and dvds. I'll soon be having a bash at making my 2D movies 3D with it.
i dun it ...draged and droped to wrong box...(dow) and u want me to build a comp right ...lol anyway its going ok pity it dont burn mp3 albums ...just want to say a bigh thank you for all your help...thanks ...John
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Building them is like playing with adult lego, using them is far more tricky lol
Your welcome fella. If you see that green tick on the toolbar on DVDfab that gets you into the settings. Under the A/V codec section you can enable the quick sync/CUDA/DVXA goodness depending on your hardware
Have a play with the software and think about what you want from the machine. As a film buff you might like a custom home theatre PC (HTPC). They do cases which emulate the pro audio look of seperate amplifiers and you run the system through your large HDTV.
You could start a new HTPC thread. Explain it's for watching, encoding, decoding Bluray/DVD movies and burning essentially. If that's all you are really doing with the rig. Like I said my graphics card choice is gaming capable you could opt for a cheaper card and still keep the video encoding "extras". See what the spec gurus come up with for you, doesn't hurt to ask and look
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I use imgburn for writing. If you want to convert mp3 to cd audio you have to create a CD cue file. If the CD will be played in a drive that can read mp3s you dont need to bother.
You can still use nero as a burning tool, you just don't "need" it for video encoding anymore
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This thread is going waaaaay off topic now lol
It's not designed for that John. It's to rip dvds and blurays although it does let you burn rips too.
You are looking for something like avidemux. You open the video and then append the next file and save.
That's about all the help your going to get from me now unless you start paying consultation or tuition fees lol