PC for: Gaming | Video editing | running game server | livestreaming | General Stuff

[deh-cheesekake]

Hai, like most people who visit this website, I am looking for a good quality PC that can play cool games. After playing around with some of the configurations I have come to decide on what I want (specificity what you see below this paragraph). Please provide me with feedback on this as I have never ordered a custom PC before. Just so you know I mainly intend to play valve games (+ minecraft) whilst recording them with FRAPS or something to that nature. I will also be wanting to run video editing programs like Adobe Premier Elements to edit my videos and maybe running a livestream or game server of some sort. This is my specification:

Case
InWIN MANA-136 BLACK GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5 Quad Core Processor i5-3570K (3.4GHz) 6MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® P8Z77-M: MICRO-ATX, USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs, ATI®CrossFireX
Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (2 x 4GB KIT)
Graphics Card
1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 550 Ti - DVI,HDMI,VGA - 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
750GB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD7502AAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply
450W Quiet 80 PLUS Dual Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£29)
Processor Cooling
SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE INTEL CPU COOLER (£19)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
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
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
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: £734.00 including VAT and delivery.

Configure Here: http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/computers/intel-ivy-bridge-pc/

 

[ShadowGaming]

i think u may need a bigger gpu

 

[Yrubdarb]

That's some serious multitasking you have in mind for it. You might benefit from an i7 (hyperthread capability) and more memory too. It's all going to cost money. Also, the silver warranty is a steal.

 

[Garfield]

Hi mate,

Couple of things.

CPU: the I7 will make a reasonable difference to Video Editing, its one of the few things that actually benefit from Hyperthreading. If you can afford the cash get the i7-3770.

As Yrubdarb says get the silver warrenty its only a £5 and will save you cash should need to return the rig outside of the initial month period.

If you plan to game i would look to get something better than the 550ti to be honest if you want to play at HD res (1920x1080) with decent frame rates, which you should considering the speed of your CPU you want a 560/570 minimum. Again though it all comes down to cash.

Hope this helps.

 

[Jack-]

As said above, an i7 would benefit video editing; however, if this comes second to gaming, I wouldn't bother depending on your willingness to spend the extra cash. Games do not benefit from the hyperthreading of an i7, so if your list of priorities has gaming at number 1 and video editing only a distant 2nd or 3rd, why bother? You won't be utterly crippled in an i7's absence after all. 16GB of memory would be an additional pro in a similar category to the i7, in that its unnecessary for games, yet beneficial for the kind of multitasking your describing.

I would look into upgrading the GPU, as the 550 ti is unlikely to offer you high settings at exceptional frame rates. Still, you could check out http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/ to compare different GPU's benchmarks to suit your desired performance.

Unfortunately, upgrading the GPU to something like the 570 will likely force you to increase the size of your PSU, so factor that into your decision.