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i5aces

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After seeing my set-up my mate wants a new PC he was looking at getting a MAC but changed his mind to a custom PC.
His main uses will be Photo editing and maybe some VERY light gaming, he will need everything bar OS, keyboard and mouse and would like an SSD
he has chosen these ( apparently they look MACish )
his budget is £1250 but less than 1K if possible
YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus SonicMaster MX239H 23" Widescreen Ultra Slim Bezel LED Monitor - Black with Bang & Olufsen ICEpower Speakers £209.99
1 x Thermaltake Soprano Tower Case - White £109.99
Total : £319.98 (includes shipping : FREE).

 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £191.99
1 x MSI HD 7850 OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards with FREE GAMES £131.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £104.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £86.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD38G2133HC11ADC01) £65.99
1 x Seasonic S12II 520W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £59.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £49.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler £29.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £750.90 (includes shipping : £10.00).



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YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £269.99
1 x MSI HD 7850 OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards with FREE GAMES £131.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £104.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £86.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD38G2133HC11ADC01) £65.99
1 x Seasonic S12II 520W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £59.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £49.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler £29.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £828.90 (includes shipping : £10.00).

 
I'd personally go with 16Gb of RAM especially if he's editing very big picture, that eats RAM like a Tortoise in a cabbage patch (fast i assume) :)

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus SonicMaster MX239H 23" Widescreen Ultra Slim Bezel LED Monitor - Black with Bang & Olufsen ICEpower Speakers £209.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £191.99
1 x MSI HD 7850 OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards with FREE GAMES £131.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 16GB (2x8GB) PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX21C11T3K2/16X) £119.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £104.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £86.99
1 x Seasonic S12II 520W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £59.99
1 x BitFenix Shinobi USB3.0 Gaming Case - White/Black £49.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £49.99
1 x Antec Kúhler H2O 620 Series 4 CPU Watercooler £49.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £1,089.38 (includes shipping : £13.75).

 
I have come up with this 250gb SSD and 2TB storage
YOUR BASKET
1 x "Klondike Gold Rush" Intel i5 4670K @ 4.4GHz Overclocked Haswell Gaming PC Bundle £409.99
- 1 x Standard Build Systems - Approximately 5-7 working days £0.00
- 1 x No Memory Upgrade £0.00
1 x Asus SonicMaster MX239H 23" Widescreen Ultra Slim Bezel LED Monitor - Black with Bang & Olufsen ICEpower Speakers £209.99
1 x MSI HD 7870 Black Knight 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (R7870-2GD5T) with FREE GAMES £149.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD250BW) £141.95
1 x Thermaltake Soprano Tower Case - White £109.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £74.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 600w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020060-UK) £62.99
1 x Samsung SH-224DB/RSMS 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black/Silver/Biege) - Retail £22.99
Total : £1,182.88 (includes shipping : FREE).



Is there any reason not to go for this ?
 
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i5aces said:
Is there any reason not to go for this ?
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Depending on the Use 16GB of RAM will help, if its heavy photo-merges and rendering it will help no end. Also we've picked faster RAM (more calculations per second) which means itll be quicker at editing.

The SSD's weve gone for have quicker write speeds (double i think), this will help no end for photoshop. I think 120gb is enough..

What do you think to the cheaper BitFenix case? :)
 
Or a small form factor build in white, .... themed of course as that's all I do and I factored in CUDA support in case he needs it.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus SonicMaster MX239H 23" Widescreen Ultra Slim Bezel LED Monitor - Black with Bang & Olufsen ICEpower Speakers £209.99
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 670 OC Twin Frozr Power Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £199.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £191.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 16GB (2x8GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX24C11T3K2/16X) £139.99
1 x MSI Z87I Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ITX Motherboard £106.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £86.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £74.99
1 x BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX Cube Case - Arctic White £69.95
1 x Seasonic S12II 520W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £59.99
1 x Antec Kúhler H2O 620 Series 4 CPU Watercooler £49.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
Total : £1,230.77 (includes shipping : £19.10).

 
Thanks very much for the reply. in that case he will probably order one of the builds you suggested.
he has decided on the thermaltake case i did show him the bitfenix case first
 
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