my first spec me thread - adobe spec

Lartyconshayo

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Hey folks. The other half wants her own comp for a graphics design course that will need to be able to run the adobe suite of products. 256GB SSD is a must for OS, OS required as well.

The machine will NOT be used for gaming or media except image processing as mentioned.

I am open to using B-Grade or members market stuff as well.

Do not need monitor , keyboard or mouse

Budget ideally £550 - stretch £700

hit me !
 
yeah I would like to put the adobe program stuff on the SSD as well. Just some space redundancy also. I have a 1TB HDD I can add myself for storage

Sorry my OP reads wrong. 256GB SSD is a must. Also not used 8 or 8.1 one really and am used to 7 but am prepared to sell it to herself if 8.1 is better ( and cheaper )
 
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Cheers guys. Never actually built and entire computer before. Have put almost all components in and out except the mobo itself.

I also was wondering about using a modular power supply to reduce cable mess ? Is it worth it ? Appears to be only corsair in similar price bracket.
 
Shivy011 said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI - Devils Canyon Core i5 4690K Bundle **£14 Saving** £264.58
1 x Kingston HyperX Savage Red 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX324C11SRK2/16) £123.95
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
1 x SK Hynix 256GB SSD SH910A SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (HFS256G32MNB-2201A) £74.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £59.99
1 x BitFenix Neos ATX Tower Black/Black £29.99
1 x Raijintek Themis Black Heatpipe CPU Cooler PWM - 120mm £19.99
Total : £665.57 - £22.50 = £643.07 (includes shipping : £11.75).




Free shipping, quick i5 which you should OC, 16GB RAM for video editing etc. However, for a bit of CUDA acceleration (costs a bit more) add one of these;

YOUR BASKET
1 x **B Grade** KFA2 GeForce GTX 760 EX OC 2048MB PCI-Express G (GX-049-KF) £99.95
Total : £109.55 (includes shipping : £8.00).



Not required though, the spec without the GPU would be fine
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Ordered w/out the GPU ( had to go with a crucial instead of SK HYNIX due to price change from spec me. )


Looking forward to first ever build. Got some thermal compound as well for the heatsink
 
so I built this just now and it's working fantastico ( can't belive how quiet it is compared to my machine )

But I ordered 8.1 as per spec because (my fault I know) I thought it was standalone but now I see it's not so I can't activate it. What are my choices here ? Do I have to buy and install 8 ?
 
yeah - all activated now.

This was actually an alright simple project. My least favourite bit is probably trying to spread the thermal paste. I still cannot get over how quiet this thing is although suppose no GFX card as yet. But my i7 950 can be a bit overbearing in quiet movie scenes. Although between cards and AIO watercoolers there's about 7 fans on the go.

So how do I overclock then ? What software ?
 
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