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ObixConstant

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I made a thread last month saying I'd only have a budget of £400 or so if I decided to buy a Desktop if my upgrade to a Q6600 didn't work out and as expected it hasn't really.

However my budget is now £700 (now £1000) and I'll be buying it at the end of this month it's sole purpose is for video rendering with After Effects and maybe some live streaming which is a cpu eater apparently because of the encoding required.

I don't need it for anything else like gaming etc just from the knowledge I have the two most important aspects to the build are CPU and Ram (plenty of ram)

So I call on you guys to help me out here for a final build I'll be purchasing (don't need a monitor/keyboard or mouse)

So look forward to recommendations.

Thanks
 
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For £700 you'll be able to get a lovely machine based around the 2600K. Remember NOT to buy a graphics card :D unless you need more than 2 displays

Something like this and add yourself a case .... I'm sure someone will come along to refine this

Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £233.99
(£194.99) £233.99
(£194.99)
Gigabyte Z68X-UD3H-GEN3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £122.98
(£102.48) £122.98
(£102.48)
Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £77.99
(£64.99) £77.99
(£64.99)
Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT064M4SSD2) £69.98
(£58.32) £69.98
(£58.32)
XFX Pro 650W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £64.99
(£54.16) £64.99
(£54.16)
Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £31.19
(£25.99) £31.19
(£25.99)
Sub Total : £500.93
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.00
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £102.19

Total : £613.12
 
Subliminal Aura said:
For £700 you'll be able to get a lovely machine based around the 2600K. Remember NOT to buy a graphics card :D unless you need more than 2 displays

Something like this and add yourself a case .... I'm sure someone will come along to refine this

Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £233.99
(£194.99) £233.99
(£194.99)
Gigabyte Z68X-UD3H-GEN3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £122.98
(£102.48) £122.98
(£102.48)
Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £77.99
(£64.99) £77.99
(£64.99)
Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT064M4SSD2) £69.98
(£58.32) £69.98
(£58.32)
XFX Pro 650W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £64.99
(£54.16) £64.99
(£54.16)
Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £31.19
(£25.99) £31.19
(£25.99)
Sub Total : £500.93
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.00
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £102.19

Total : £613.12
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Thanks for the build, I think I'd need a graphics card for some open gl stuff possibly but not sure how important it is though in all honesty. As the type of content I'm producing means I only really need to see the image preview on the timeline and stretch the video to get rid of black bars and then I pump out the video from there. I think for the most part something similar to what you've suggested just probably twice as much ram.
 
The case is upto you but this is a guideline. 8GB of RAM will do you fine, the SSD will help with load speeds. 550W will be enough. Included an air cooler so you can overclock the i7.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-2700K 3.50GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £269.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68A-D3H-GEN3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £109.98
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT064M4SSD2) £69.98
1 x Cooler Master CM-690 II Lite Dominator Case - Black £64.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £61.99
1 x XFX Pro 550W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £52.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £35.99
1 x Corsair A50 High-Performance CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £21.98
1 x Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24B3ST SATA ReWriter - Black (Retail) £16.99
Total : £719.89 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
A bit over budget but a new generation GPU.



YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £233.99
1 x Asus P8Z68-V GEN3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £124.20
1 x Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM (ST2000DL003) £99.95
1 x Sapphire HD 7750 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £85.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT064M4SSD2) £69.98
1 x XFX Pro 550W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £52.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £35.99
1 x Bitfenix Outlaw Gaming Case - Black £33.98
1 x Corsair A50 High-Performance CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £21.98
1 x Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24B3ST SATA ReWriter - Black (Retail) £16.99
Total : £788.65 (includes shipping : £10.50).

 
Doomedspeed said:
The case is upto you but this is a guideline. 8GB of RAM will do you fine, the SSD will help with load speeds. 550W will be enough. Included an air cooler so you can overclock the i7.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-2700K 3.50GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £269.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68A-D3H-GEN3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £109.98
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT064M4SSD2) £69.98
1 x Cooler Master CM-690 II Lite Dominator Case - Black £64.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £61.99
1 x XFX Pro 550W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £52.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £35.99
1 x Corsair A50 High-Performance CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £21.98
1 x Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24B3ST SATA ReWriter - Black (Retail) £16.99
Total : £719.89 (includes shipping : £12.50).

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Yeah I looked into it quickly and the more ram you can add the better 16GB-24GB Ram is ideal to get after effects working at a super efficient rate in combination with the CPU thanks for the build

Incapable said:
A bit over budget but a new generation GPU.



YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £233.99
1 x Asus P8Z68-V GEN3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £124.20
1 x Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM (ST2000DL003) £99.95
1 x Sapphire HD 7750 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £85.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT064M4SSD2) £69.98
1 x XFX Pro 550W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £52.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £35.99
1 x Bitfenix Outlaw Gaming Case - Black £33.98
1 x Corsair A50 High-Performance CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £21.98
1 x Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24B3ST SATA ReWriter - Black (Retail) £16.99
Total : £788.65 (includes shipping : £10.50).

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I can always add the GPU the month after :D
 
A lot of recommendations for the Genesis grey. If you've ever used them you'll find the XMP profile for 1600mhz is set at 1.65V - I've always had trouble with these sets trying to run them at lower voltages.

Seriously recommend the Ballistix that run at 1600 @ 1.5V without problems

ObixConstant said:
Yeah I looked into it quickly and the more ram you can add the better 16GB-24GB Ram is ideal to get after effects working at a super efficient rate in combination with the CPU thanks for the build
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+1 On this ... 16gb is getting to be a sweet spot for a 2600k
 
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YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £175.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £85.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard REV 1 £84.98
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £38.99
1 x BitFenix Merc Beta Gaming Case - Black £31.99
1 x Corsair A50 High-Performance CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £21.98
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-7280S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
Total : £470.92 (includes shipping : £12.50).



YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-2700K 3.50GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £269.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £85.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard REV 1 £84.98
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £38.99
1 x BitFenix Merc Beta Gaming Case - Black £31.99
1 x Corsair A50 High-Performance CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £21.98
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-7280S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
Total : £564.91 (includes shipping : £12.50).



The Core i5 2500K Vs Core I7 2600K

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/288?vs=287
 
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You'll have to excuse me while I ignore your budget :p

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-3820 3.60GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - OEM £218.39
1 x Gigabyte X79-UD3 Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £174.98
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 460 Superclocked *** 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (01G-P3-1363-KR) £119.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £77.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual/Quad Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3K4/16GX) £69.95
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500W V2 '80 Plus' Power Supply (CMPSU-500CXUKV2) £44.99
1 x BitFenix Merc Beta Gaming Case - Black £31.99
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-7280S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
Total : £796.75 (includes shipping : £13.75).




That'll give you some real number crunching power plus CUDA support (might be able to swap the GPU out for something like a 560ti at the end of the month when the GTX6**'s are out)
 
Cyanide said:
You'll have to excuse me while I ignore your budget :p

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-3820 3.60GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - OEM £218.39
1 x Gigabyte X79-UD3 Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £174.98
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 460 Superclocked *** 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (01G-P3-1363-KR) £119.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £77.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual/Quad Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3K4/16GX) £69.95
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500W V2 '80 Plus' Power Supply (CMPSU-500CXUKV2) £44.99
1 x BitFenix Merc Beta Gaming Case - Black £31.99
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
1 x Sony Optiarc AD-7280S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
Total : £796.75 (includes shipping : £13.75).




That'll give you some real number crunching power plus CUDA support (might be able to swap the GPU out for something like a 560ti at the end of the month when the GTX6**'s are out)
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http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/523?vs=287

Pointless going 2011 on a quad.
 
Thanks for all the builds guys.

Getting a general idea of what I should get now will definitely try and get 16GB of Ram or 24GB of ram if possible within my budget ? or is that pushing it.
 
 
jamesfreddie said:
Didn't they overclock very well?
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But the board doesnt havent like 8-10+ VRM CPU phases (actually just 4) like better boards and monster heatsinks to cool them, it does around 4.5-4.6Ghz± safely according to reviews.

Then theres the CPU lottery, some overclock better than others.

That £36 could get a better case with multiple fans/features.
 
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