Spec check please

thirdchances · 27 Feb 2013 at 12:07

Silly question to begin with, how do I post my basket like I have seen people do before when suggesting builds?

thirdchances · 27 Feb 2013 at 12:16

Excellent thank you I will try that.

thirdchances · 27 Feb 2013 at 12:16

Here is the spec I am currently looking at:

YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 680 Classified 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £539.99
1 x Intel Core i7-3930K 3.20GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail £469.99
1 x OCZ RevoDrive3 X2 240GB PCI-E SSD - (RVD3X2-FHPX4-240G) £399.98
1 x Asus Rampage IV Extreme Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £334.99
2 x Corsair Dominator PLATINUM 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C9 2400MHz Dual/Quad Channel Kit with DHX Pro Connector (CMD16GX3M4A2400C9) £299.99 (£599.98)
1 x Seasonic X-Series 850w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £149.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 3TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST3000DM001) HDD £104.99
Total : £2,611.91 (includes shipping : £10.00).

thirdchances · 27 Feb 2013 at 12:24

Video editing mainly with some general admin multi tasking and some gaming at the weekends

thirdchances · 27 Feb 2013 at 12:26

I don't know much about cases and cooling so was looking for advice on that.

Budget is around £3.5K and I don't need a screen

thirdchances · 27 Feb 2013 at 13:11

My friend is building it for me as I have no experience or knowledge on building PCs.

I think he does intend on overclocking. Which watercooling parts would I need? Do I need a raid controller for the SSDs? Will it perform the same as one big, faster drive for opereting system and programs to be loaded onto?

How about the below list is that any better?

YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX TITAN Superclock Signature Edition 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (06G-P4-2793-KR) £999.95
1 x Intel Core i7-3930K 3.20GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail £469.99
1 x GeIL EVO Corsa 64GB (8x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz 2x Quad Channel Kit (GOC364GB1600C10DQC) £319.99
1 x Asus P9X79 Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £197.99
1 x Seasonic X-Series 850w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £149.99
1 x Cooler Master HAF X Gaming Tower Case - Black (RC-942) £129.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 3TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST3000DM001) HDD £104.99
2 x OCZ Vertex 4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (VTX4-25SAT3-128G) £99.98 (£199.96)
Total : £2,590.55 (includes shipping : £14.75).

thirdchances · 27 Feb 2013 at 16:15

Changed the RAM so it is slightly cheaper and faster. Any opinions on this and the above questions?

YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX TITAN Superclock Signature Edition 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (06G-P4-2793-KR) £999.95
1 x Intel Core i7-3930K 3.20GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail £469.99
1 x Asus P9X79 Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £197.99
2 x GeIL EVO Veloce Hot-Rod Red 32GB (4x8GB) DDR3 PC3-14900C10 1866MHz Quad Channel Kit (GEV332GB1866C10QC) £149.99 (£299.98)
1 x Seasonic X-Series 850w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £149.99
1 x Cooler Master HAF X Gaming Tower Case - Black (RC-942) £129.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 3TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST3000DM001) HDD £104.99
2 x OCZ Vertex 4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (VTX4-25SAT3-128G) £99.98 (£199.96)
Total : £2,570.53 (includes shipping : £14.75).

thirdchances · 28 Feb 2013 at 09:05

Is this a good spec for what I am looking to do?
Is there any way I can make it faster?
Could anyone recommend a raid controller and some cooling parts?
Thank you all for your help so far.

thirdchances · 28 Feb 2013 at 09:43

In terms of RAM as it would be nice to have 64GB which would be best to go for?

2x http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-152-GL
or
2x http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-061-PA&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=

The Geil has slower latency but faster mhz.

thirdchances · 28 Feb 2013 at 09:46

I'm glad I don't need to spend the extra on a raid controller I just want to know if I can make any aspect of the system faster as I don't want to have to upgrade it for a while.

thirdchances · 28 Feb 2013 at 11:44

ubersonic said:
The Geil is the more responsive of the two and has higher bandwidth, wins hands down.

Is there any RAM faster than the GEIL?

Being new to the PC building world i'm still a bit confused with mhz, latency, timings, memory channels etc and just want it to be as fast as possible within budget

thirdchances · 28 Feb 2013 at 12:42

Ok thank you. So four of the below would be even faster then? I still have quite a bit of budget left so don't mind the extra cost.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-011-TG&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1387

thirdchances · 28 Feb 2013 at 15:33

Yes I would ideally like 8gb sticks so I can have 64gb total.

Is there any cas latency 9, 2400mhz RAM avaliable in 8gb sticks? I couldn't see any but this would be faster wouldn't it?

thirdchances · 1 Mar 2013 at 14:18

For editing high resolution, high framerate and 3d digital video with heavy effects the more RAM the better in my experience.

Adobe cs6 supports up to 256gb of RAM with windows 8

I would like that much RAM if possible at the higher speeds. I have the budget and any increase in speed saves me time in my work which is a great help.

Thank for all your advice and help so far and your patience with my lack of knowledge