Hi Everyone, my first post so be nice please! - im an absolute noob to the building pc's world but i am fairly handy and learn quick, and am fairly confident il be able to muddle through the building process... However I have been looking at all the proposed pc builds posts for a few weeks now and am having trouble working out what will work best for me. ANY HELP MUCH APPRECIATED!!
One of my main points here is that im not interested in flashy cases, neon lights or any of that - this is to be a no - nonsense working and gaming machine. I'm a professional illustrator and art director so often have multiple high-memory use programs running at the same time, creating very high-res bitmap graphics (Adobe After Effects, PhotoShop, Illustrator all at once with individual PS bitmap file sizes often in the 500mb+ range, with hundreds of layers so needs some welly in the ram department!)
Here's what ive got so far - if you can think of any ways to cut the price while maintaining performance please speak up! Thanks in advance!
CPU
Core i5 2500 3.3GHz Socket 1155 6MB Cache Retail Boxed Processor (£152.96)
MOBO
Asus P8H61-M LE H61 Socket 1155 8 Channel HD Audio mATX Motherboard (£53.40)
RAM
G-Skill 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600Mhz RipjawsX Memory Kit CL9 (9-9-9-24) 1.5V (£34.86)
GRAPHICS
XFX HD 6870 900MHz 1GB GDDR5 Dual DVI Dual DisplayPort HDMI PCI-E Graphics Card (£139)
HD
Samsung HD103SJ Spinpoint F3 1TB Hard Drive SATAII 7200rpm 32MB Cache (£43.31)
CASE
Coolermaster Elite 330 Case With Coolermaster eXtreme Power 500W PSU (£55.67)
TOTAL: £479.20
One of my main points here is that im not interested in flashy cases, neon lights or any of that - this is to be a no - nonsense working and gaming machine. I'm a professional illustrator and art director so often have multiple high-memory use programs running at the same time, creating very high-res bitmap graphics (Adobe After Effects, PhotoShop, Illustrator all at once with individual PS bitmap file sizes often in the 500mb+ range, with hundreds of layers so needs some welly in the ram department!)
Here's what ive got so far - if you can think of any ways to cut the price while maintaining performance please speak up! Thanks in advance!
CPU
Core i5 2500 3.3GHz Socket 1155 6MB Cache Retail Boxed Processor (£152.96)
MOBO
Asus P8H61-M LE H61 Socket 1155 8 Channel HD Audio mATX Motherboard (£53.40)
RAM
G-Skill 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600Mhz RipjawsX Memory Kit CL9 (9-9-9-24) 1.5V (£34.86)
GRAPHICS
XFX HD 6870 900MHz 1GB GDDR5 Dual DVI Dual DisplayPort HDMI PCI-E Graphics Card (£139)
HD
Samsung HD103SJ Spinpoint F3 1TB Hard Drive SATAII 7200rpm 32MB Cache (£43.31)
CASE
Coolermaster Elite 330 Case With Coolermaster eXtreme Power 500W PSU (£55.67)
TOTAL: £479.20
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