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Hi, I'm trying to spec a new PC to replace my ancient Dell P4. It's about time to invest in something new and I'm looking forward to building it.

Don't game at all, but want to edit HD video from my gopro, run software like VMware Workstation and GNS3. Will be running dual 24in screens, probably Dell U2412M's. Have chosen 2x8GB memory as I will probably upgrade to 32GB at some point.

Currently have put together the following spec, but am unsure about which video card to choose and would appreciate any comments on the spec as well, especially memory and PSU.

Am I correct in thinking if I run a single video card the H100i will mount to the top vent?

Don't really want the build to go over £1200 excluding monitors.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £269.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD250BW) £149.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED316GM1600HC11DC01) £99.95
1 x Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060009-WW) £99.95
1 x Gigabyte Z87M-D3H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £95.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy M MATX Cube Case - Midnight Black £74.95
1 x OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
Total : £854.90 (includes shipping : £11.75).

 
Agree with above the HD4600 should be more than sufficient and the EVO's are much faster and £10 less lol.

Photoshop can use CUDA graphics, it wont necessarily offer you any performance improvement however, unless you are performing specific tasks that can be offloaded.

In addition I'd consider upgrading the PSU to one of the following as they are better quality. The 620 watt is just on there incase you fancy a modular unit :)

YOUR BASKET
1 x Antec High Current Gamer M 620W "80+ Bronze" Modular Power Supply £79.99
1 x Seasonic S12II 520W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £59.99
1 x Antec High Current Gamer 520W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £59.99

 
Thanks for the feedback. I had meant to spec the EVO SSD's but somehow selected the wrong one's.

One other question is the 4770k video good enough to support 2x 24in Dell's running 1900x1200?

Have also added a fan for the bottom of the case after reading a few other thread's

Whats a good HHD something like a Seagate Barracuda ?

Updated basket below

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £239.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £149.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED316GM1600HC11DC01) £119.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 3TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST3000DM001) HDD £99.95
1 x Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060009-WW) £99.95
1 x Gigabyte Z87M-D3H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £95.99
1 x Antec High Current Gamer M 620W "80+ Bronze" Modular Power Supply £79.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy M MATX Cube Case - Midnight Black £74.95
1 x BitFenix Spectre 230mm Fan - Black £11.78
Total : £986.68 (includes shipping : £11.75).

 
The HD4600 should be capable of running up to 3 screens, so 2 should be fine, as long as the board has the necessary outputs, looks like your board has HDMI, DVI and VGA.

With regards to the drive I'm not sure whats a good make, I've always sworn by WD's, but I don't think there's anything wrong with Seagate.
 
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