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Punce

Punce

Punce

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Using Adobe CS5, and need to build a decent rig.
Best bang for buck

Needs to include:

i7-2600k
motherboard (would like firewire for pro tools hardware)
case/psu
16Gb RAM

I also need an Nvidia GTX with CUDA.

What do you think? How much am I looking at??
 
 
it depends how much performance your looking for really

Minimum spec
1 x Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £234.98
1 x OcUK GeForce GTX 460 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £115.99
1 x Asus P8P67 LE Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** *LOWEST UK PRICE* £72.98
2 x Kingston HyperX Blu 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1333C9D3B1K2/8G) £45.59 (£91.18)
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W '80 Plus' Power Supply £44.99
1 x Cooler Master Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black £35.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500413AS) £29.99
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222AL/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £679.68 (includes shipping : £10.50).

Much higher spec
1 x Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £234.98
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 570 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £227.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £183.98
1 x Silverstone RV02W-EW Raven 2 Evolution Windowed Case - White £155.99
1 x Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £139.98
1 x Lepa B-Series 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £72.98
2 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £62.39 (£124.78)
1 x Thermalright Silver Arrow CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA775/AM2/AM3) £47.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £43.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222AL/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £1,264.15 (includes shipping : £13.75).

we really need to know what your budget is, then we can get you the best for your money

*edit*
hmm, since when did the total price of multiple items get displayed on your shopping cart viewer oliver?
its a great addition, but ive never noticed it before
 
Thanks for those.

I don't really want to spend more than £800 really.
Not bothered what the case looks like as it's pretty much out of sight.
No need for a DVD writer either.

As regards RAM, someone told me I should have 1600+ but I'm not too sure about this. I might settle for 8Gb or 12Gb for the time being.
And perhaps a WD black HD for the projects disk, and use a couple of HDs from my current rig for OS and storage.

(How do you make those links quickly?)
 
 
So how about this?


YOUR BASKET
1 x intel core i7-2600k 3.40ghz (sandybridge) socket lga1155 processor - oem £233.99
1 x asrock z68 extreme4 intel z68 (socket 1155) ddr3 motherboard £139.98
1 x ocuk geforce gtx 460 oc 1024mb gddr5 pci-express graphics card £99.98
1 x antec high current gamer 620w '80 plus bronze' power supply £62.99
2 x corsair xms3 8gb (2x4gb) ddr3 pc3-12800c9 1600mhz dual channel kit (cmx8gx3m2a1600c9) £61.99 (£123.98)
2 x samsung spinpoint f3 1tb sata-ii 32mb cache - oem (hd103sj) £44.99 (£89.98)
1 x cooler master elite 430 windowed case - black £35.99
1 x gelid tranquillo cpu cooler (socket 754/939/940/am2/am2+/am3/lga775/lga1155/lga1156/lga1366) £25.99
total : £825.48 (includes shipping : £10.50).



a little bit over my budget, but might stretch if it's gonna be better.
i was thinking of using the f3s in a raid 0 - the guys on the adobe forums recommend this. and they also recommend going for 16gb ram (what do i know)
they have a benchmark results page at http://ppbm5.com/Benchmark5.html
to see other peoples scores on their systems.
 
Punce said:
So how about this?


YOUR BASKET
1 x intel core i7-2600k 3.40ghz (sandybridge) socket lga1155 processor - oem £233.99
1 x asrock z68 extreme4 intel z68 (socket 1155) ddr3 motherboard £139.98
1 x ocuk geforce gtx 460 oc 1024mb gddr5 pci-express graphics card £99.98
1 x antec high current gamer 620w '80 plus bronze' power supply £62.99
2 x corsair xms3 8gb (2x4gb) ddr3 pc3-12800c9 1600mhz dual channel kit (cmx8gx3m2a1600c9) £61.99 (£123.98)
2 x samsung spinpoint f3 1tb sata-ii 32mb cache - oem (hd103sj) £44.99 (£89.98)
1 x cooler master elite 430 windowed case - black £35.99
1 x gelid tranquillo cpu cooler (socket 754/939/940/am2/am2+/am3/lga775/lga1155/lga1156/lga1366) £25.99
total : £825.48 (includes shipping : £10.50).



a little bit over my budget, but might stretch if it's gonna be better.
i was thinking of using the f3s in a raid 0 - the guys on the adobe forums recommend this. and they also recommend going for 16gb ram (what do i know)
they have a benchmark results page at http://ppbm5.com/Benchmark5.html
to see other peoples scores on their systems.
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Looking good from my point of view, given your initial requirements.
 
I ordered last night, except I opted for 8Gb RAM instead of 16Gb, see how it goes. I can always add later if I feel the need.

I went for the F3s, as the F4s although more capacity are only 5400RPM. And I wanted at least 7200RPM.
I will also be using 2 x WD Caviar Blue 500Gb HDs from my existing rig. One as the OS/progs disk and the other as an output disk. The F3s will be used for Media/Projects and Pagefile/Media Cache.

How easy is it to OC this setup?
 
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