Is it a good system?

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Is this a good system? Can it be improved somehow? Can I save something having same quality?
Video and photo editing only, no gaming at all.
Thanks guys

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Video editing with a 250GB SSD and a 1TB HDD? I'd use a couple of 1 or 2TB SSDs personally.
That power supply sounds dodgy. 80 plus? Not even bronze?

Do you NEED a GTX1060? I don't think you do. Makes more sense to go with a 6 core CPU on X99.
 
harpbluesman@gm said:
What gpu would you use?
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This is a question you should be able to answer if your currently using the applications this PC is being specced for.
If it is something your getting into, then as far as I am aware, Nvidia's 1060 and 1070 are regarded as ok for Video and Photo editing systems if the applications utilise them. Such as YouTube Content creator, but if your doing CAD, Cuda or Open CL then your looking at workstation cards.

Don't buy a GPU unless you know exactly in what manner it will be utilised and beneficial to the specific applications you require.

For in depth video and photo editing you may not even need a GPU, and may well benefit from 6 cores, but again, this completely depends on the size of projects and how large they are.


Some old benchmarks that may be worth reading.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/core-i7-4770k-haswell-review,3521-13.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-workstation-graphics-card,3493.html

For me if it was work related to photo and video I would go X99 and more cores, and look at what applications I use benefit from what GPU.

Can you specify what applications and projects you intend to do on the PC?

Below is the sort of items I would expect, not including GPU or software or expansion slot periphials. Not intended as a complete system regarding the drives though.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £1,631.88
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sastusbulbas said:
This is a question you should be able to answer if your currently using the applications this PC is being specced for.
If it is something your getting into, then as far as I am aware, Nvidia's 1060 and 1070 are regarded as ok for Video and Photo editing systems if the applications utilise them. Such as YouTube Content creator, but if your doing CAD, Cuda or Open CL then your looking at workstation cards.

Don't buy a GPU unless you know exactly in what manner it will be utilised and beneficial to the specific applications you require.

For in depth video and photo editing you may not even need a GPU, and may well benefit from 6 cores, but again, this completely depends on the size of projects and how large they are.

he will need a graphics card with that board i think
Some old benchmarks that may be worth reading.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/core-i7-4770k-haswell-review,3521-13.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-workstation-graphics-card,3493.html

For me if it was work related to photo and video I would go X99 and more cores, and look at what applications I use benefit from what GPU.

Can you specify what applications and projects you intend to do on the PC?

Below is the sort of items I would expect, not including GPU or software or expansion slot periphials. Not intended as a complete system regarding the drives though.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £1,631.88
(includes shipping: £14.10)
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Edit, yeah, as Griff7520 points out x99 needs a GPU,

But I was pointing out some system items, not a system. The card would have to be added once the OP knew his requirements, and if he was going for a 6700K build due to not needing X99 he could possibly leave a GPU off the build list.

You could even get by on an AMD FX-8320 system and basic 2gb GPU, completely depends on what level of photo and video editing is required.

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sastusbulbas said:
This is a question you should be able to answer if your currently using the applications this PC is being specced for.
If it is something your getting into, then as far as I am aware, Nvidia's 1060 and 1070 are regarded as ok for Video and Photo editing systems if the applications utilise them. Such as YouTube Content creator, but if your doing CAD, Cuda or Open CL then your looking at workstation cards.

Don't buy a GPU unless you know exactly in what manner it will be utilised and beneficial to the specific applications you require.

For in depth video and photo editing you may not even need a GPU, and may well benefit from 6 cores, but again, this completely depends on the size of projects and how large they are.


Some old benchmarks that may be worth reading.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/core-i7-4770k-haswell-review,3521-13.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-workstation-graphics-card,3493.html

For me if it was work related to photo and video I would go X99 and more cores, and look at what applications I use benefit from what GPU.

Can you specify what applications and projects you intend to do on the PC?

Below is the sort of items I would expect, not including GPU or software or expansion slot periphials. Not intended as a complete system regarding the drives though.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £1,631.88
(includes shipping: £14.10)
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Thanks,I like this build.I think I am going to follow your suggestion.
 
harpbluesman@gm said:
Thanks,I like this build.I think I am going to follow your suggestion.
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lee32uk said:
You still need a discrete video card if you go for an X99 build.

Also the MSI board only has 1 x M.2 slot so you can only use one of the Samsung drives.
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Remember the above is not actually a system spec, just a rough idea showing a few drive options! Completely dependant on OP's requirements. We still don't have details of actual software used and work being done. As such I would recommend the OP goes into a little more detail regarding what software he will be using and the sort of projects and size of workloads.

Unless in a paid job, or some serious education requiring such hardware, the X99 system could be overkill, or the AMD system could be overkill. There are three platforms AM3+, Z170, X99 and three GPU options, not important, consumer of proffesional. And all need more detail about the work equirement before any can be justified.

Hell, I could be into photo and video editing and use a second hand Core2Duo with 4gb of DDR2 and an old Sata 3 HDD if it was low resolution jpeg and video formats.

Another build using on board GPU.

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