Spec Me Please ?

PlatinumLiam

PlatinumLiam

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Hi , Can you awesome people of General Hardware please give me a good spec for a photo and video editing machine will need all The things like OS and HDD ,However not the monitor or KB and mouse . I have a budget of £450, I mainly use vegas MS 12 and Adobe Ps . I am looking into starting to learn to use Light Room .
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £179.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £67.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020058-UK) £39.98
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £39.95
1 x **B Grade** Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 (MB-364-GI) £35.00
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x Thermalright True Spirit 120 REV A (BW) Performance CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £24.98
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
Total : £453.97 (includes shipping : £11.75).



Mobo is B grade but a bargain for what it offers you (SataIII, USB3 and overclocking options for the i5K), you might need to get some sata cables though. No OS but you can download the Windows 8 Enterprise (evaluation) Edition for free. Rock that for 3 months to try before you buy and then you can make an informed decision wether to get windows 7 or 8 ;)
 
honosuseri said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £179.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £67.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020058-UK) £39.98
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £39.95
1 x **B Grade** Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 (MB-364-GI) £35.00
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x Thermalright True Spirit 120 REV A (BW) Performance CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £24.98
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
Total : £453.97 (includes shipping : £11.75).



Mobo is B grade but a bargain for what it offers you (SataIII, USB3 and overclocking options for the i5K), you might need to get some sata cables though. No OS but you can download the Windows 8 Enterprise (evaluation) Edition for free. Rock that for 3 months to try before you buy and then you can make an informed decision wether to get windows 7 or 8 ;)
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That Looks Like a good package there :)
 
 
 
unicron85 said:
OK so i cant find a forum to place this in so could somebody PLEASE just do me a favor and let me know what id be able to run on this http://www.brighthouse.co.uk/computing/acer-desktop-7-computer/ me and the missus are on a bit of a budget (baby on the way) and i need a new comp so yeah could ya just give me an idea of what I'd be able to run on this machine. thanks guys
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Hi , you would be able to run most normal games on low settings with that if your on about gaming however if software then thats a different matter:)
 
unicron85 said:
Thanks @ThattechGuy yeah I was on about gaming. do you know what id be able to put in there to up the ante a little ? such as what cards I would be able to use.
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Well it depends as most high end graphics cards are quite expensive , not ideal with a baby on the way and also require seperate power so i think maybe a card like an Asus Radeon 5450 or an Asus Gt640 might be the way to go in terms of upping the graphics performance and you might want to get another 4GB stick of ram to enable you to run several things at one and once you get things you need for games ect installed they run things in the background which will max out that 4GB of ram in no time . :)
 
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unicron85 said:
OK so i cant find a forum to place this in so could somebody PLEASE just do me a favor and let me know what id be able to run on this *snip* me and the missus are on a bit of a budget (baby on the way) and i need a new comp so yeah could ya just give me an idea of what I'd be able to run on this machine. thanks guys
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Please don't link to competitors it's against forum rules.

If you need a spec done start a thread with a budget and what you need and we shall do our best to balance it out. If you are on a tight budget then sourcing some things 2nd hand can be the way forward. A 2nd hand GPU like Nvidias 1GB 460 or AMDs 6850 actually perform better than the latest generation GPUs until you hit the likes of the 2GB 7850
 
honosuseri said:
Please don't link to competitors it's against forum rules.

If you need a spec done start a thread with a budget and what you need and we shall do our best to balance it out. If you are on a tight budget then sourcing some things 2nd hand can be the way forward. A 2nd hand GPU like Nvidias 1GB 460 or AMDs 6850 actually perform better than the latest generation GPUs until you hit the likes of the 2GB 7850
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Sorry from my part should have mentioned it to him :)
 
ThattechGuy said:
Well it depends as most high end graphics cards are quite expensive , not ideal with a baby on the way and also require seperate power so i think maybe a card like an Asus Radeon 5450 or an Asus Gt640 might be the way to go in terms of upping the graphics performance and you might want to get another 4GB stick of ram to enable you to run several things at one and once you get things you need for games ect installed they run things in the background which will max out that 4GB of ram in no time . :)
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Sorry honosuseri completley forgot about the posting rules :( wont happen again
and thanks again ThattechGuy You've been really helpfull. and if my situation changes as to where i have a budget number available then ill ask you two guys directly as way of an apology for posting a "competitor" (Ha as if they could compete with you guys) :p

Thanks again
 
unicron85 said:
Sorry honosuseri completley forgot about the posting rules :( wont happen again
and thanks again ThattechGuy You've been really helpfull. and if my situation changes as to where i have a budget number available then ill ask you two guys directly as way of an apology for posting a "competitor" (Ha as if they could compete with you guys) :p

Thanks again
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LOL No problem started my account here for the sole purpose of helping people in need of advice so i am glad to have helped you . Hopefully will see you around on the fourms :)
 
unicron85 said:
Sorry honosuseri completley forgot about the posting rules :( wont happen again
and thanks again ThattechGuy You've been really helpfull. and if my situation changes as to where i have a budget number available then ill ask you two guys directly as way of an apology for posting a "competitor" (Ha as if they could compete with you guys) :p

Thanks again
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Easily done fella. No harm no foul and all that jazz. There are plenty of decent speccers on the forum but unfortunately some people do suggest rubbish. Always best to do your own homework and read reviews etc but you'll often see similar specs so you can tell what you should be aiming for.

Sounds like you might want to look at AMDs FM2 socket (Trinity), Youtube it I think you will be quite surprised by the performance available.
 
honosuseri said:
Easily done fella. No harm no foul and all that jazz. There are plenty of decent speccers on the forum but unfortunately some people do suggest rubbish. Always best to do your own homework and read reviews etc but you'll often see similar specs so you can tell what you should be aiming for.

Sounds like you might want to look at AMDs FM2 socket (Trinity), Youtube it I think you will be quite surprised by the performance available.
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+ 1 :)
 
honosuseri said:
Easily done fella. No harm no foul and all that jazz. There are plenty of decent speccers on the forum but unfortunately some people do suggest rubbish. Always best to do your own homework and read reviews etc but you'll often see similar specs so you can tell what you should be aiming for.

Sounds like you might want to look at AMDs FM2 socket (Trinity), Youtube it I think you will be quite surprised by the performance available.
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ok thanks to you both yet again and yeah ill be around every now and then to check in on things and see whats going on in here, and ill look those up tomorrow thanks for that.
 
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