Looking for advice on new system.

[babybugner]

Hi. I'm looking at building a new pc to be used mainly for photo editing and maybe a little gaming (Eve for me and WOW for the kids). I'm not too bothered about OC'ing i just need a good reliable system thats going to last for a few years. After reading these forums and other review sites i have some to the following list...

Asus GeForce GTX 285 1024MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card (Includes Terminator Salvation PC Game)
Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping (SLBEJ) 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail + World In Conflict PC Game
Asus P6T Deluxe v2 Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard
Coolermaster ATCS 840 Classic Case - Black (No PSU)
OCZ Gold 12GB (6x2GB) DDR3 1333MHz PC3-10666C9 Low-Voltage Triple Channel (OCZ3G1333LV12GS)
Zalman ZM750-HP Heatpipe Cooled 750W Modular Power Supply
Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (WD1001FALS)
Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (WD10EADS) x 2 RAID1
Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (WD5001AALS) x 2 RAID0
Noctua NH-U12P SE1366 CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366)
Pioneer DVR-217FBK 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer LabelFlash ReWriter (Black)A
kasa Internal Smart 8 Port Card Reader (AK-ICR-05)
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g)
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM + Windows 7 Upgrade Voucher (66I-03525)

Keyboard, mouse and monitor (though i may dual monitor later in the year) are sorted. Budget is flexible but not endless, maybe £2000 but nearer £1700 is preferable.


Any opinions/advice greatly appreciated, thanks in advance

 

[siumatfung]

i can do all that within the 1700£ budget tbh and 12gb is overkill

5mins for a spec

 

[PhoenixUK]

Another i7 2grand spec for editing 10mpx pocket camera photos and WoW ? ;X
Could do it for half of this budget without noticeable difference in performance.

 

[babybugner]

Another i7 2grand spec for editing 10mpx pocket camera photos and WoW ? ;X

No, for editing Canon 1Ds Mark 3 files.

 

[DireEmblem]

Whats the deal with all that raiding and no SSD's?
4TB space - you really need that?

Looks good, except I would get some faster Ram, and not so sure you need 12GB tbh...

 

[PhoenixUK]

No, for editing Canon 1Ds Mark 3 files.

That's still just photos which aren't really that big or complicated.

What's your current setup if I could ask? And how well does it handle your editing if you could say in 1/10 scale : ).

 

[siumatfung]