Photoshop/Video-Editing + Light Gaming [Budget=£900]

[dogbomb]

Already have a couple of monitors (though they'll likely be upgraded in future).

Looking for a system for around £900. I'm going to need Windows too.

Mostly for Photoshop (CS2, but work upgrade imminent) and some video editing work, though I do like to hop onto Steam from time to time.

I'd like a system I can upgrade in the future if finances allow... and if someone is feeling particularly fruity I like red and black as a colour scheme.

Thanks in advance for your wisdom

 

[mickyflinn]

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 7 - Devils Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£43 Saving** £351.98
1 x Kingston HyperX 16GB (2x8GB) PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Red (HX21C11BRK2/16-OC) £137.99
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 270X Boost OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card £129.95
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £59.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £53.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £39.95
1 x Zalman Z3 Midi-Tower - Black £34.99
1 x Samsung SH-118BB/BEBE SATA 18x DVD-ROM (Black) - OEM £12.95
Total : £909.37 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 

[dogbomb]

That looks solid. I think I'll need to upgrade that DVD-Rom for a DVD-RW though. I don't know a great deal about Sapphire graphics cards either - but reading about that one it looks solid enough.

Thank you

 

[ShivP]

YOUR BASKET
1 x EPIC BUNDLE: Intel 4790K, Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 7, Kingston 16GB 2400MHz Kit, Superflower 750W PSU & FREE STUFF!! **£50 SAVING** £561.97
1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 760 EX OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card - OEM (76NPH6DV8RNZ) £145.99
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £77.99
1 x Raijintek Agos Midi Tower - Black £39.95
1 x **B Grade** Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (S (HD-257-SE) £26.99
Total : £942.48 (includes shipping : £8.00).



Slightly over budget

GTX 760 > R9 270X for photo editing I believe? May be wrong though, but you should be able to use CUDA acceleration on a wider variety of editing software over OpenCL, though OpenCL is getting wider support
256GB MX100 SSD
Large PSU (650W), Agos has excellent features for a £40 case - even rubber grommets for cable routing!

However this is £40 over budget

 

[dogbomb]

However this is £40 over budget

Don't worry too much about that. I'll see what I can do. Doesn't include a DVD-RW drive either, so that will need to be added... hmmm... choices, choices.

Thank you

 

[mickyflinn]

I meant to put a dvdrw in the spec lol , The cuda cores on the 760 may come in handy if the software uses them

I wouldnt skrimp on a b-grade item but it is a nice way to get the budget down, Sneaky Shivy

The Samsung are probably the best SSD'S out there and the Samsung Magician software is awesome.

 

[Combat squirrel]

Would it be an idea to get 2nd hand 6 cores? can it be done ? Challenge set

 

[ShivP]

I meant to put a dvdrw in the spec lol , The cuda cores on the 760 may come in handy if the software uses them

I wouldnt skrimp on a b-grade item but it is a nice way to get the budget down, Sneaky Shivy

The Samsung are probably the best SSD'S out there and the Samsung Magician software is awesome.

Why not? They are very often just open box DSR's and haven't been used much, saves a nice amount of money and still sometimes has manufacturer warranty and 90 day OcUK warranty which should be more than enough time to run tests etc

Do agree with the Samsung SSDs though, but I have 2 MX100 drives in systems and both are really great - not sure if it's worth the extra for the Samsung though