New build £1,000 to play with

[corey19]

Hello to all. I have the above budget. I'm going to use it for photo-editing/video editing/large format printing/general use. I'm not much of a gamer. I'll be buying the new Company Of Heroes and a decent cricket simulation should a miracle happen and one is ever released. I buy a new system roughly every five years. Stability is important. How am I doing with these bits? A bit of cash left over. This lot comes to £890.00 at Overclockers. Thanks for any advice and input.

Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail with FREE Grid 2 PC Game £191.99
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 660 WindForce 2X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-032-IN - Retail Intel 335 Series 180GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £119.99
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-437-GI (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard£109.99
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050)£83.99
Corsair Vengeance Blue Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML8GX3M2A1600C9B) £59.99
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-048-CS Corsair Builder Series CX 600W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power £59.99
Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £52.99
Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black £49.99

 

[foster grant]

Will you not need more ram if your video editing ?

 

[corey19]

Thanks. I'll happily jump up to 16gb if it's needed. I've had a read and it can be better; certainly won't do any harm. Some of the files can be very large, it'll help when trimming them I'm sure. Ta again.

 

[Combat squirrel]

Go 32gb ram, I edit all the time and frequently hit 22-25gb with HD sources.

 

[corey19]

I'm going to go with 16gb of RAM. Going to change my GPU to this one http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-185-MS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=411

 

[corey19]

Hoping to order this weekend. Any suggestions welcome if this could be bettered for my budget. Thanks.

Gigabyte ATi Radeon HD 7950 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £269.99
Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail with FREE Grid 2 PC Game Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail with FREE Grid 2 PC Game £194.99
Samsung 128GB SSD 840 PRO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7PD128BW) £115.99
Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99
Kingston HyperX Blu 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C10D3B1K2/16G) (KHX1600C10D3B1K2/16G) £99.95
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Case - Black £65.99
Corsair Builder Series CX 600w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020060-UK) £62.99
Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £49.99
Corsair Fan, SP120 PWM High Pressure Fan 4 pin, Dual Pack (CO-9050014-WW) £25.99
Samsung SN-208DB/BEBE Slimline 8x DVD±RW SATA Drive - OEM £17.99

 

[honosuseri]

I'd suggest giving the Windows 8 Enterprise evaluation edition a bash for free on it's 3 month trial. Windows 8.1 will be a service pack of sorts and will add back the start menu, it too should get a preview to try out for free. This lets you spend more on components now and worry about the OS later.

The slimline ODD isn't for that case either fella and it's Slooooow.......

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail with FREE Grid 2 PC Game £263.99
1 x MSI HD 7870 Black Knight 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (R7870-2GD5T/OC) £161.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x Avexir Core Blue Series 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16001008G-2CW) - Blue Light £89.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HG5D Series THNSNH 7mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - (THNSNH128GCST) £89.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Windowed Case - Black £69.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £67.99
1 x Thermaltake Smart Series 530w Modular '80Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Thermalright HR-02 Macho CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1150 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366) £39.98
1 x OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £11.99
Total : £977.27 (includes shipping : £17.85).



i7K will help your video editing, cooler added to help OC it. 16GB of RAM is 1600Mhz but has decent OC potential. Faster SSD, more storage on the HDD. I've put a 7870 in the basket but I'd personally try and source a Tahiti core 7870 (eg the VTX3D black boosted edition OCuk have only just stopped stocking), it's closely related to the 7950 with an OC it trades blows with a stock 7950 at 7870 prices

 

[DaleTheWhale]

E:\ - Switched it around, took the OS off as you can use the 3 months free instead for now. Added a 670 as they're cheap as chips and well worth it for the CUDA support.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail with FREE Grid 2 PC Game £263.99
1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 670 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with a free copy of 3DMark advanced edition £239.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual/Quad Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3K4/16GX) £99.95
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD120BW) £77.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £67.99
1 x XFX Pro 550W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler *Manufacturer Refurbished Unit - 90 Day Warranty £39.95
1 x NZXT Source 210 Elite Midi Tower Case - Black £39.95
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £1,028.20 (includes shipping : £17.85).



How's that?

 

[honosuseri]

E:\ - Switched it around, took the OS off as you can use the 3 months free instead for now. Added a 670 as they're cheap as chips and well worth it for the CUDA support.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail with FREE Grid 2 PC Game £263.99
1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 670 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with a free copy of 3DMark advanced edition £239.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual/Quad Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3K4/16GX) £99.95
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD120BW) £77.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £67.99
1 x XFX Pro 550W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler *Manufacturer Refurbished Unit - 90 Day Warranty £39.95
1 x NZXT Source 210 Elite Midi Tower Case - Black £39.95
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £1,028.20 (includes shipping : £17.85).



How's that?

Are you sure that H100 fits the case ok? The RAM I used is cheaper and doesn't fill all the DIMM slots. I'd like a modular PSU too if I'm really honest not that XFX PSUs are a bad choice.