How is this for Lightroom & graphic design with a spot of gaming on the side?

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hotchilidamo

Member
Just customised this one, any thoughts on this system?

I already have other hard drives ready to plug into this from an older PC

Am I missing a trick? Could I tweak this to save a bit of cash and still get similar performance?

I had no idea which case to buy but many of them don't accept 5 in 1 card readers

Case
COOLERMASTER CM690 MKII ADVANCED CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-3820 (3.6GHz) 10MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® P9X79: INTEL® SOCKET LG2011
Memory (RAM)
32GB KINGSTON HYPERX GENESIS QUAD-DDR3 1600MHz X.M.P(8 x 4GB KIT)
Graphics Card
1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE 210 - DVI, HDMI, VGA
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
480GB INTEL® 520 SERIES SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 550MB/sR | 520MB/sW)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Power Supply
450W Quiet 80 PLUS Dual Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan
Processor Cooling
INTEL SOCKET LGA2011 STANDARD CPU COOLER
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
Asus Xonar DG 5.1 SoundCard & Headphone AMP (Award Winner) (£22)
Network Facilities
DUAL-BAND WIRELESS 802.11N 450Mbps PCI-E CARD (£35)
USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Operating System
NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 10 to 12 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £1,265.00 including VAT and delivery.
 
keynes

keynes

Multiverse Poster
Hi,
What sort of games do you have in mind? I'd suggest at least silver warranty for £5.
 
keynes

keynes

Multiverse Poster
hotchilidamo said:
Mostly RPGs and first person shooters - Skyrim, COD, Battlefield etc.

Yep warranty sounds sensible
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For BF 3 you may want to upgrade your gpu to the HD 7850 or gtx 660 to game at ultra settings, if you can push your budget more the gtx 670 will allow you to max most games at high settings.
 
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Karnor00

Bright Spark
The Geforce 210 GPU isn't really up to the job of gaming - to be honest about all its good for is if you want to connect up more than one monitor. Really, about the minimum for gaming would be an HD6670 which would add about £25 to your order but would be about 5 times as fast as the Geforce 210. If you can push the budget a little more, Keynes suggestions above are very good.

The large SSD's such as the 480GB version you selected are very expensive and don't represent the best value for money. A more cost effective approach would be to get a smaller SSD (120GB or 240GB) to put Windows and your most often used programs, and use your existing HDD's for the rest of the storage.

Also, you should be aware that you will need Windows 7 Professional or Windows 8 to be able to utilise 32GB of memory.
 
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hotchilidamo

Member
Thanks chaps, done a little editing (see highlighted bits). I'd like to bring this down to under £1200 if I can but can't see anywhere else to save on.

I have an OS ready for 32GB memory.

Case
COOLERMASTER CM690 MKII ADVANCED CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-3820 (3.6GHz) 10MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® P9X79: INTEL® SOCKET LG2011
Memory (RAM)
32GB KINGSTON HYPERX GENESIS QUAD-DDR3 1600MHz X.M.P(8 x 4GB KIT)
Graphics Card
2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 660 - DVI, HDMI, VGA - 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
240GB INTEL® 520 SERIES SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 550MB/sR | 520MB/sW)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Power Supply
600W Quiet 80 PLUS Quad Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan
Processor Cooling
INTEL SOCKET LGA2011 STANDARD CPU COOLER
Extra Case Fans
2 x 12CM Black Case Fan (configured to extract from rear/roof) (£9)
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
Asus Xonar DG 5.1 SoundCard & Headphone AMP (Award Winner) (£22)
Network Facilities
DUAL-BAND WIRELESS 802.11N 450Mbps PCI-E CARD (£35)
USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Operating System
NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 10 to 12 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £1,239.00 including VAT and delivery.
 
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Karnor00

Bright Spark
You could save some money on the case - something of a personal choice as to what you like the look of, but in terms of performance something like the PCS Maelstrom T900 or Coolermaster HAF 912 would be as good.

You've selected a dual band wireless card - you'll need a dual band router to make use of this. Great if you have one, but if not then you could drop to the cheaper wireless card to save £20.

If the soundcard is just for gaming then it's not really needed. But if you want it for other purposes then it's a very good soundcard.

The extra case fans probably aren't really needed, but certainly aren't a bad thing to have and not very expensive.
 
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El Wayneo

Silver Level Poster
do oyu need a 3820 and X79?

wouldn't a cheaper Z77 and 3770k be cheaper? or a 3570k is cheaper still and no slouch, have built some photoshop Rigs for clients and used the 3570k, no real performance difference.
 
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hotchilidamo

Member
Lol. I've tweaked it even further based on the feedback, but I've not managed to save any money :)

Case
COOLERMASTER CM690 MKII ADVANCED CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-3770K (3.5GHz) 8MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® P8Z77-V PRO/THUNDERBOLT: PCI-E 3.0 READY,WIFI, SLI, X-FIRE
Memory (RAM)
32GB SAMSUNG DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (4 X 8GB)
Graphics Card
2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 660 - DVI, HDMI, VGA - 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
240GB INTEL® 520 SERIES SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 550MB/sR | 520MB/sW)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Power Supply
450W Quiet 80 PLUS Dual Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan
Processor Cooling
INTEL SOCKET LGA1155 STANDARD CPU COOLER
Sound Card
Creative Sound Blaster® Audigy™ SE (£19)
Network Facilities
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs
USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Operating System
NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 9 to 11 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £1,229.00 including VAT and delivery.
 
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