Please spec me a great value Photo/video editing rig..

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Hi,

Please could you guys spec me a great value photo/video editing rig?

I'd like to use dual screens (I use my laptop at the moment, and dual-screen to a 24 inch Ben-Q monitor) which works great. I don't need to include the extra monitor I'd like (I'll likely be using 2x 24") in this build as I'll be adding this later, but I'd like the functionality to be able to add this whenever.

Other than that, I'm thinking I'll go with a quiet Silencio 550 case (as the computer will be in my living/dining room), and creating a positive pressure inside of the case with filters on all the intakes, to minimise dust. I'm a bit of a dust freak.

To save money, am I better going the AMD route?

Thanks in advance!
 
Thanks for the reply matey.

So Intel over AMD? Just for the capacity to O/C?

Probably not looking to spend more than 400 if I can help it... Although I'm happy to wait and order the HDD when prices come down, as well as anything else that's extraordinarily expensive at the moment..
 
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail£179.99

Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £81.98


BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W '80 Plus' Power Supply £45.98

Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black £42.98

Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £39.98

Iwould imagine something like this and an average GPU, probably come out at about £450
 
THANKS! Appreciate that :)

Please excuse my ignorance, but is there a significant advantage to going with a i5-2500K as opposed to say, some Quad Core AMD CPU?
 
THANKS! Appreciate that :)

Please excuse my ignorance, but is there a significant advantage to going with a i5-2500K as opposed to say, some Quad Core AMD CPU?

Check out the CPU sub-forum here and just have a glance at the comments from the various 2500K threads. :)
 
I5 2500k is the king at the moment :)

Clock for clock its more powerful than the Phenom and it can overclock higher than the phenom :)
 
If this is serious photo editing - where accurate colours matter - you will at some point need to spend some money on an IPS panel screen. The average TN panel as found in most laptops and monitors has a limited colour gamut and often pretty inaccurate colours. Ideally you would be getting a calibration device as well - a Spyder for example.

You can help a monitor along by setting the correct colour temperature, 6500K, if it will let you - most are too blue by default - and by using something like the Photo Friday page to help you set the black and white points.

http://www.photofriday.com/calibrate.php

I used to work with two monitors - the LCD was far too blue, the CRT was fairly accurate and I had no problem getting prints that were close enough for me. However using monitors with two very different colour temperatures felt a bit odd at times.
 
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