Kit list for a quiet image-editing PC?

Joe T · 28 Jun 2008 at 11:34

Kit list for a quiet image-editing PC? (No gaming).

Antec Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case £56.99

Asus P5K Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £59.99

Intel Core 2 Duo E8200 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 2.66GHz (1333FSB) - Retail Intel £94.99

Corsair 4GB DDR2 XMS2 PC2-6400C5 TwinX (2x2GB) £54.99

Antec EarthWatts 500W PSU £44.99

Asus ATI Radeon EAH3450/HTP/256M Vcool Silent 256MB DDR2 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £24.99

Samsung SpinPoint F1 750GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD753LJ) £56.99

Pioneer DVR-215DBK 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775) £14.99

Sub Total : £423.91
Shipping : £12.95
VAT : £76.45
Total : £513.31

Any comments? Cheers!

Joe T · 28 Jun 2008 at 11:40

Forgot to add Windows Vista Home Premium 64bit.

neoboy · 28 Jun 2008 at 11:46

Isn't quad better for image editing?

icey_haj · 28 Jun 2008 at 11:52

Quite PC? I would go for an Antec P182 instead of the 900, and like neoboy said, use a quad

Joe T · 28 Jun 2008 at 11:53

Cheers for the advice so far. However, I read that the getting a faster clocked 2 core was better for image editing that a quad-core at a lower speed? Is this not true? Cheers.

TheRedZealot · 28 Jun 2008 at 11:54

so would £600 be your budget?

Joe T · 28 Jun 2008 at 11:58

TheRedZealot said:
so would £600 be your budget?

Yeah roughly speaking, and to include the OS.

TheRedZealot · 28 Jun 2008 at 17:33

I had a go at one for you.

Joe T · 28 Jun 2008 at 17:39

Cheers TRZ. Looks good.

TheRedZealot · 28 Jun 2008 at 17:43

You planning on using Photoshop CS3 for your editing? if so i wouldnt reccomend it as i kept getting the error where it stops working every 5 mins.

Joe T · 28 Jun 2008 at 18:05

TheRedZealot said:
You planning on using Photoshop CS3 for your editing? if so i wouldnt reccomend it as i kept getting the error where it stops working every 5 mins.

I'm using CS2 and RSE for the moment. Cheers for the heads-up though.

helmutcheese · 28 Jun 2008 at 18:08

Sonatas (only used II's to date) are very quiet, the 900 is mostly open with mesh aint wont be as quiet and nice and gets dusty too,

You get a good Earthwatts PSU with the Sonata III.

TheRedZealot · 28 Jun 2008 at 18:09

There is still room in the budget to buy some of these anyway:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp... NF-S12 1200RPM 120mm Silent Case Fan - 3 Pin

Joe T · 28 Jun 2008 at 18:11

TheRedZealot said:
There is still room in the budget to buy some of these anyway:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp... NF-S12 1200RPM 120mm Silent Case Fan - 3 Pin

Cheers, I was looking for another 120mm for the front of the case.

TheRedZealot · 28 Jun 2008 at 18:18

I need to get some of them the enxt time i upgrade aswell, my comp is pretty loud.

Glaucus · 28 Jun 2008 at 18:58

I would use this for the base

3 xNoctua NF-S12 800RPM 120mm Silent Case Fan - 3 Pin Noctua NF-S12 800RPM 120mm Silent Case Fan - 3 Pin (£42.27 inc VAT)
NZXT Hush Classic Series Silent Midi-Tower Case - Black NZXT Hush Classic Series Silent Midi-Tower Case - Black £56.99
(£66.96 inc VAT)
NH-C12P Top-Down CPU Heatpipe Heatsink with NF-P12 Fan £46.80 (£55.00 inc VAT)#
Xilence XP420-12R Power 420W Price: £28.08 (£33.00 inc VAT)

Joe T · 28 Jun 2008 at 19:55

I'll have a look at that, cheers AcidHell2.

Glaucus · 28 Jun 2008 at 20:25

np, oh and deff go quad core for video editing.

It's games that the dual core is slightly better than quad.

Joe T · 28 Jun 2008 at 20:45

AcidHell2 said:
np, oh and deff go quad core for video editing.

It's games that the dual core is slightly better than quad.

Its image editing not video editing. PS and the like. Does that make a difference?